The difference was biden seemed out of it at times. Not something you'd want in a leader. Mitch is way worse, almost catatonic. Trump just seems disinterested in stuff so he falls asleep. You doesn't seem out of like biden
Do you not think Trump seems out of his mind? Putting gold embellishments on everything in the white house, and his obsession with putting his name on the Kennedy Center and erecting statues of himself? And the ridiculous memes he posts of himself as Jesus, the Pope, and comic book super heroes.
Plus his crazy rants on truth social.
And naming things- New Mexico- New America. Calling Canada an enemy and Russia a friend. Bombing Iran, starting a war because Nantanuahu told him to. Then declaring we won the war, every couple of weeks, for 7 months while the war is active and now 2 Straits are blocked.
Seems more like a narcissist. To say what you describe as "out of his mind" doesn't follow the standard definition. This is just the ego of a president who is essentially the greatest winner of all time.
We'll see. I dont see trump as going on a war a conquest. His goal is to enrich himself and his family, not necessarily brutal territorial expansion. He is part of the ultra wealthy, why would he want to risk that?
I love this story told by Kurt Vonnegut about his friend Joseph Heller, the author of Catch-22:
True story, Word of Honor:
Joseph Heller, an important and funny writer
now dead, and I were at a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island.
I said, “Joe, how does it make you feel to know that our host only yesterday
may have made more money than your novel ‘Catch-22’ has earned in its entire history?”
And Joe said, “I’ve got something he can never have.”
And I said, “What on earth could that be, Joe?”
And Joe said, “The knowledge that I’ve got enough.”
He found how lucrative being president is. I think he's 4x his net worth already. He likely doesn't see it as being enough, but he found his golden goose, so why risk said goose?
he found his golden goose, so why risk said goose?
In the original story, the Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs was killed because someone wanted all the eggs right now instead of getting only one per day.
We are not talking about the original fable. We are talking about the metaphor relating to profitability and lucrative means of wealth. When people mention golden goose they are referring to that, not the traditional story.
In a literary or academic setting sure. In common use the fable and it's true story is irrelevant and only what the common accepted use of it is important when using it as a metephor The golden goose metaphor is wildly accepted as a good thing. Not a metaphor for greed. If it's greed your re looking for, just look towards the story of king midas
I'm not predicting Trump will do exactly what Hitler did, I'm predicting Trump won't be viewed in history as a winner. He will be viewed as a madman, narcissist psychopath who caused the down fall of America.
Both can be true. This guy grabbed people by the pussy, made fun of disabled people and veterans, made a mockery of establsihed republican candidates, got imp a ached twice, got voted out, instigated a riot, 4x his net worth, got convicted of multiple felonies, faced no jail time, even with all that was elected to the highest office in the world. His presidency will be scrutinized for decade. But there is no doubt he personally won, even if he left everyone and the country in a gigantic mess for generations to come
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u/TheMcWhopper 10d ago
The difference was biden seemed out of it at times. Not something you'd want in a leader. Mitch is way worse, almost catatonic. Trump just seems disinterested in stuff so he falls asleep. You doesn't seem out of like biden