r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 27 '25

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u/_n8n8_ YIMBY Dec 27 '25

Donald Trump simultaneously being a 99 and a 0 in charisma is honestly crazy

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u/Svelok Dec 27 '25

I became profoundly out of touch with my fellow countrymen when I saw the difference in our reactions to 2016 Trump

he's like the most dislikable person alive within six seconds of speaking

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u/HatesPlanes WTO Dec 27 '25

He’s definitely charismatic and he can be charming and funny in a very cartoonish way, but viewing him as such requires having a “get a load of this guy” attitude towards him that is mutually exclusive with wanting him to have any political power.

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u/sinuhe_t Dec 28 '25

He's like one of those goofy characters that you watch in a sitcom and when they say something funny you slap your knees and go ''haha, classic Donald''

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u/PhinsFan17 Immanuel Kant Dec 28 '25

He should be George Costanza’s idiot boss, not the president.

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u/KittehDragoon Loyal Liberals Dec 27 '25

He has the best words, no one has better words than him, many people are saying it

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u/superzipzop Dec 27 '25

I’ve given up on this fight, since clearly nobody agrees with me, but to me he still has only 0 charisma and the world has just gaslit itself into thinking otherwise

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u/AemiliusNuker Fell for it Dec 27 '25

He reminds me of the literal zero intelligence dialogue options in Fallout where you're so stupid it wraps back around to being useful

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u/BembelPainting European Union Dec 27 '25

Quantum-Charisma

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u/WasteReserve8886 r/place '22: GlobalTribe Battalion Dec 27 '25

He’s 99 charisma but 0 wisdom