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Prairie Gates

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1. Trump thinks of all politics as one-off contests between individuals
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 09:51 AM
Sunday

He hasn't had a policy thought in his life. Everything is a one-on-one fight between two people. That's all he understands. So, in this sense, he doesn't care about (policy) consequences at all: there's a fight, you either win or lose. Period.

It is a deeply childish belief, but he thinks like a child, so that's not surprising.

More surprising are those abetting his nonsense by trying to leverage his limited understanding for their own purposes. Also included in the abettors' group are the "optimists" who envision the most positive consequences flowing from all of Trump's goofy actions (like the Wave of clowns spamming message boards about how everything will be better now).

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