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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 327 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

This is standard procedure for him. Something gives him an idea, he assumes that it is pure genius and he immediately runs with it without even thinking it through or at least educating himself on the subject first to see if it is actually a good idea or not.

This is him just moments before he famously suggested on a national press conference that shining UV light or injecting disinfectant into people's bodies could be a treatment to COVID:

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 120 points 2 months ago

Been commenting about this for YEARS! Could never find that part of the video and here you have a pic!

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 64 points 2 months ago

If it was just him, it wouldn't be that bad. Kinda like Bush Jr. The problem is that he surrounds himself with yes-men. I'm sure you've seen meetings with him and his orbit. He says something, stupid as hell, and his cult claps, stands, cheers and/or laughs like it's worthy of a Nobel. It's seriously deranged behavior. It's a cult. Except he's just grandpa sundowner everyone agrees with to get in his good graces, or a child spouting nonsense while the parents just go "that's nice dear" absent-mindedly. He's so easy to fluff.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is standard procedure for him. Something gives him an idea

so donvict watches public television. huh. the very same public television he wants to cut funding to...

and for entertainment purposes, not just to find 'biased' news reports to whine about in an overnight all-caps twitter tantrum.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He probably just didn't know how to change the channel back to Newsmax.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

He was mindlessly flicking through the channels until one seemed interesting.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I doubt his interest extends that far.

[–] oppy1984@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Like a spoiled 4 year old in so many ways...

[–] M137@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Yep, I've been saying "he isn't just a narcissist, he's narcissistic in the way a 5-year-old would be".

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

I'm sure there was another similar incident in the last few months when some "policy" came out of the blue, and someone connected it to something else that had just recently been on TV. But, finding something like that is nearly impossible. What do you search for, "crazy policy ideas, Trump, 2025" There are just mountains of BS to sift through.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You see, geopolitics is like jazz...

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Honestly he needs to enter into a rap battle

If nothing else the US can be number one for rap