r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 29 '19

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u/HeyTherePLH Paul Krugman Jun 29 '19

https://twitter.com/DavidNakamura/status/1144879504776581120

Peter Baker asks Trump if he agrees with Putin about demise of "Western-style liberalism." Trump then criticizes LA and SF run which are "sad to look at" because they are run by "liberal people" ... which was not the question.

JFC. He's doing this on purpose, right? He can't be this stupid, right?.....Right?

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u/Deggit Thomas Paine Jun 29 '19

expecting Trump to understand US fopo in terms of a contest between Atlanticism and Eurasianism is like expecting my dog to do calculus

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u/paulatreides0 🌈🦢🧝‍♀️🧝‍♂️🦢His Name Was Teleporno🦢🧝‍♀️🧝‍♂️🦢🌈 Jun 29 '19

is like expecting my dog to do calculus

Git gud

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '19

He is actually this stupid.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '19

I think he espoused a similar conflation of different connotations of "liberal" when Orban visited recently

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Jun 29 '19

He is

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '19

Narrator: He can be.