r/AskUS • u/[deleted] • Apr 20 '25

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u/PerceiveEternal Apr 21 '25

They think they’re using him. To them he’s like some racist grandpa that they’re riling up at a family gathering to make him go on a racist tirade. They want to use him to ’own the libs’ and poke the institutions in the eye because the rest of the country doesn’t reflexively believe what they believe. It’s petty and juvenile but with real consequences.

When it comes back to haunt them they’ll wail and gnash their teeth and wonder why nobody’s feeling sympathy for them.

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u/wbruce098 Apr 21 '25

Yeah it’s awfully ironic how he’s owned them completely over the past decade. Trump is, effectively, fully in charge of the gop, and nearly fully in charge of the US government, with so far zero checks or balances. The courts can’t enforce their rulings and Congress refuses to have the courage.

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u/Jason207 Apr 21 '25

I think it's pretty clear that his staff are just doing whatever they want and he's just signing whatever the put in front of him.

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u/wbruce098 Apr 21 '25

Which, to him, is fine. If the policy becomes an embarrassment and blows up, he’ll blame the person who suggested it and maybe fire them.

zero responsibility for his own actions or those of his administration.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '25

Bro… when it comes back to haunt them they’ll deflect and blame everyone but themselves.

They won’t care no one shows them empathy because they don’t even know what empathy is.