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Remember when Trump threatened to wipe out a whole civilization? And then backed out of that and talked about forming a deal with Iran? And then dropped that and went to a UFC fight as negotiations fell apart? And then unveiled a triumphal arch and a photo of himself as Jesus?
That was this week.
I’m getting the feeling they just put a dancing clown in front of us so we don’t start talking about real problems and demanding solutions for them. I hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but the entire Trump presidency is one big distraction. We could be talking about and working towards solutions to societies problems, but now the news cycle is a 24/7 clown show.
That is precisely why my cousin Zaphod was allowed to become president, to draw attention.
That’s kinda why the rich let us have elections in the first place.
It’s probably a mix of distraction and real problem.
Or they just throw everything at the wall and hope enough of it sticks.
And the opposition should do the same (but in the opposite direction, of course).
If you talk about the problems people actually have, and you suggest solutions without getting distracted by dancing clowns, you win elections. In the US, Zohran Mamdani demonstrated it, and in Hungary, Peter Magyar. The problem is, many politicians are easily distracted. They think they could score points by pointing out problems in the clowns choreography, when they should be talking about their agenda instead.
He’s not the first one.
Reagan was certainly far more qualified and intelligent than trump, but he was the same thing.
An old, white, face-guy who everyone could focus their attention on while the Heritage Foundation did its dirty work in the shadows.
There’s a reason everything seems to have started stagnating in the 80’s, because it did.
He’s always been a puppet. He wouldn’t be where he is if powerful people didn’t find him useful.