• artyom@piefed.social
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    4 hours ago

    One would think he would be focused on actually-important shit like an endless war in Iran.

  • ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com
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    7 hours ago

    When we have an incident at work, there’s commonly a ‘root cause analysis’ done after the fact to determine what went wrong. One of the first questions asked is ‘what changed’.

    In this case, revenue plunged after his name was attached to it. But he determined that it must be a sudden change in the building’s condition that caused it, not the recent change.

    Donnie needs to go back to learn how to run a business

    • 4am@lemmy.zip
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      Don’t kid yourself, he doesn’t really think that. He thinks we’re dumb enough to believe it after he’s been getting away with just making shit up until people talk about something else for his entire life.

      And, by the time anyone can prove it’s false, it’ll be too late to do anything about it.

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        6 hours ago

        All he knows how to do is to seek the spotlight and do fake bullshit things like that game show he was given.

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      He probably doesn’t know or care that his rationale for this is complete horseshit, and most normal Americans see right through it. He just wants to slap his name on something because even this idiot knows that no one else will do it when he’s gone [1].

      It’s the same way most people see right through his bullshit claims about how a ballroom and an arch are about “national security”.

      [1] He has to have some dim awareness of just how hated he is. People cannot wait to tear his name off of shit.

      I heard Pod Save America talk about melting down all the trump coins and using those to gild statues of Obama, Hillary, Biden and put them right on the property line of Mar-a-lago. 🤣

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        Do you think they used real gold on those coins? I wouldn’t even be surprised if that was fake.

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          Fair. Not sure they were talking about the $1 ones or the $250 ones…

          If the $1 were made out of plastic like something out of a cereal box, I would not be surprised.

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      6 hours ago

      The Power of Positive Thinking, rule #2:

      Think a positive thought to drown out a negative thought.

      For our president’s narcissistic purposes, a “negative thought” is anything that suggests he’s to blame for his own actions. And a “positive thought” is any thought that makes him feel proud, blameless, or aggrieved. Anything that justifies his actions.

      Negative thought: “The status of the Kennedy Center has plummeted since my name was attached to it.”

      Positive thought: “It’s the condition of the Kennedy Center that’s the root of the problem. It’s not my fault. It’s someone else’s fault.”

      I think this twisted interpretation of rule #2 has some explanatory power for at least 50% of the obviously-counter-factual babble that comes out of this man’s mouth. Maybe more. I think if you listen to him with this in mind, you’ll recognize the pattern very often.

    • crusa187@lemmy.ml
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      6 hours ago

      One does not simply declare bankruptcy 6 times by “learning how to run a business” sweaty

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    So according to the article the roof was scheduled to be replaced, paid for and approved by Congress and then the guy they put in charge canceled it essentially. And then Trump references leaks and part of the ceiling falling as possibly able to kill someone. The roof being redone was a tiny fraction of the budget approved… So this is entirely intentional