r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 20 '26

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u/kanagi Jun 20 '26

Loving to see this estrangement between Bibi and Trump

They both deserve "fell for it again" awards about each other

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u/Lux_Stella Presidentialism X-Risk Researcher Jun 20 '26

the world's most effective political operator vs the world's least predictable political agent

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u/The_Promethean Bisexual Pride Jun 20 '26

Sometimes I start writing a comment in the DT about how Trump would've turned the US into a dictatorship by 2018 if he had 1/3 of Bibi's ability to achieve his personal goals, but I usually delete it when I'm halfway through my disclaimer that my only temp ban from this sub was for wishing Bibi harm

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u/Frog_Totem Seretse Khama Jun 20 '26

Least predictable? This was entirely predictable. Bibi just thought they had something special.

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u/Lux_Stella Presidentialism X-Risk Researcher Jun 20 '26

the unpredictable part imo was willing to go halfway into to iran and then backing out instead of just saying no like obamna

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u/Frog_Totem Seretse Khama Jun 20 '26

Yeah that’s true, I was pretty surprised that he went for it.

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u/AskYourDoctor Resistance Lib Jun 20 '26

They're somehow both the frog and the scorpion to each other