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comment by tacocat

So he's bitching on Twitter about a tariff on dairy. Meanwhile the United States has a trade surplus with Canada. And I think Canada has its own cows so why would they want our dairy anyway.

It's fucking retarded. Either he has no idea what he's doing or his Russian handlers are encouraging him to actively destroy our economy and reputation





oyster  ·  2138 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The theory I heard is that he wanted to look tough at the G7 summit before his meeting with North Korea but all everybody talked about was how he was late to a meeting and got put in his place multiple times. So now he’s lashing out at Trudeau on Twitter because he’s basically a toddler.

tacocat  ·  2138 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I mean that's not a theory so much as exactly what Larry Kudlow said which I mentioned in my little rundown.

You don't project strength when you sow discord among your allies. You project the easily exploitable personality of an immature narcissist. Not that NK needed any more evidence of what the guy is like in order to play him like a fiddle.

I don't know that I've heard it before but I'm not sure Putin isn't giving directions to Kim so Trump will have some kind of legitimate accomplishment. I don't think it's the most far fetched theory but I'm not sure Russia and NK have any relationship to speak of

oyster  ·  2138 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don’t think he’s really being an asshole now to save face/look tough though, I think he’s just unraveling after he failed to show strength/leadership in a meeting. I feel like the ensuing twitter rant was just unhinged ramblings of a mad man who’s used to being the boss in meetings, not an attempt to show strength. Pete Souza has been sharing pictures on his insta from the start of the summit of Obama looking respected and like a leader other leaders listen too at previous summits. I don’t doubt that’s how he wanted to look, like he was on top. He probably thought that’s how he would look and he likely blames everybody but himself for not coming across that way. Kudlow seemed to suggest that the other leaders should have made this summit about Trump and his meeting with NK which only proves how narcissistic the guy is. The picture with Merkel make’s him look like a boy being scolded so I’m surprised he hasn’t lashed out at her more.

tacocat  ·  2138 days ago  ·  link  ·  

There's a dude in that picture looking right at the camera like, "Do you see this shit?"

Someone on Twitter pointed it out and compared him to Jim from The Office.

I hope he's leaving Merkel alone because she put the fear of God into him