Sorry for a potentially extremely dumb question, hopefully that means this question is a good fit for this community, at least.

Judging by the news, it seems like US and Iran are entering a deal to end the war. I did not expect it to end this easily. I thought Iran would want to get something tangible out of the war, that is not a mirage of “we will not attack you / put sanctions on you”. But I guess they just want to end the war…

In the end, Trump got major disruptions and distractions he wanted, got a rug-pull in stock market for his croniss, and can pull out before there are much consequences. People will forget, and maybe vote in favor for Trump in the midterms. Is he lucky, or is he actually quite smart in achieving nefarious intent?

  • TootSweet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago
    • What makes you think it’s ending? Can you link to a particular news article in particular? I’ve seen nothing to that effect. Even the ceasefire collapsed immediately after it was announced.
    • What disruptions do you think Trump got? Again, I’ve heard nothing indicating that.
    • I don’t think Trump is exceedingly unintelligent per se. He’s pretty talented at manipulating people. He’s more like… extremely immature emotionally and short-sighted. And definitely not book-smart and doesn’t care to be. Maybe even illiterate. Think -1 INT, -4 WIS. (Compared to, say, W. who was more -2 INT, -1 WIS. Or Palin who is -4 INT, -3 WIS. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.)

    I think you’re getting downvotes because you’re saying the war is ending and Trump’s getting what he wanted out of it and nobody knows where you could possibly have gotten those impressions. Unless you’ve got newer news than I’ve been able to find with a minute or so of searching.