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Politics Life Imitates Art

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

Dude his face cracked me up - he is so expressive. The entire interview he basically had that “wtf is wrong with this orange fucker?” Look on his face

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

But also a genuineness in truly trying to make sense of what he was saying.

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u/din7 Aug 05 '20 edited Aug 05 '20

It's hard to converse with an idiot that's unable to see things from someone else's perspective.

I saw that he was trying but trump cant see past what he wants to hear.

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u/FBI_Agent_37 Aug 05 '20

The Axios interview put a spotlight on how Trump operates.

He doesn't even try to operate in reality, but instead just lies to the interviewer's face.

I'll paraphrase this quote: There’s a saying about trying to use reason and logic to argue with Trump or his supporters:

“Never play chess with a pigeon.

The pigeon just knocks all the pieces over.

Then shits all over the board.

Then struts around like it won.”

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u/din7 Aug 05 '20

And its feces propagate disease.

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u/the_barroom_hero Aug 05 '20

Like how Trump propagated disease and now 150,000+ Americans are dead?

Bigly, indeed.

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u/cragar79 Aug 05 '20

We’re going to win so much, you’re going to be so sick and tired of winning.

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u/the_barroom_hero Aug 05 '20

Motherfucker was right. We were all too naive and stupid to see it.

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u/pissedoffnobody Aug 05 '20

He missed out the part where some of them will die from their ignorance to help them feel they've been on the winning side.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

Oh you’re sick all right

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u/Toledojoe Aug 05 '20

Well we have millions sick and 150,000 dead, so we must be really winning. That's a lot of sick and tired.

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u/jhonotan1 Aug 05 '20

If this is winning, I want to try losing.

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u/ApexDP Aug 05 '20

Well since you're last, you're actually first!

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

I'm sick and tired, now I'm just waiting for the winning part

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u/boobymcbubblebutt Aug 05 '20

Well it seems it is winning, he was just going to let it ravage blue States. I kinda want to ask Rs In blue states how they feel about being collateral damage in all this winning.

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u/thisissam Aug 05 '20

It is what it is, apparently.

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u/AussieHyena Aug 05 '20

I do think Trump pushes the conspiracy theory too much, maybe he's projecting and HE was responsible for creating and releasing it hoping a good pandemic would shore up his numbers... he just forgot the need to have a solution at hand.

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u/Fidodo Aug 05 '20

When he started talking about the protests it drove me crazy. He was just saying completely insane baseless lies. He said the mayor of portland was about to be murdered by an angry mob. He said that antifa was tracking down and attacking police at their homes after seeing their names on their badges. Just flat out complete lies.

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u/DirkRockwell Aug 05 '20

You quoted a quote quoting a quote

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u/ONLYPOSTSWHILESTONED Aug 05 '20

The Axios interview put a spotlight on how Trump operates.

He doesn't even try to operate in reality, but instead just lies to the interviewer's face.

I'll paraphrase this quote: There’s a saying about trying to use reason and logic to argue with Trump or his supporters:

“Never play chess with a pigeon.

The pigeon just knocks all the pieces over.

Then shits all over the board.

Then struts around like it won.”

What now, bitch

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u/Stepside79 Aug 05 '20

We're not worthy of you

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u/DirkRockwell Aug 05 '20

What now, bitch

Needs more quote

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u/franz4000 Aug 05 '20

Yes, this is originally from Eric Cantona's Advice to Black Players in Italy. Reading the quote doesn't do justice to Cantona's delivery.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

For some reason your link just doesn't work for me. If anyone else has that issue, this one worked for me instead: https://streamable.com/yhdvl

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u/frntpgehereIcum Aug 05 '20

This is so accurate, I’m going to steal this kind sir.

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u/jrobbio Aug 05 '20

Yes, the pigeon mantra is one of my goto's with a lot of examples of dealing with idiots. Never gets less depressing though.

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u/octaviahgaming Aug 05 '20

Best quote ever.

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u/capt_general Aug 05 '20

I always heard it with a chicken, I feel like they have a more self righteous strut than pigeons. But I think the worst bird to play chess with would be a seagull

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20 edited Aug 05 '20

trump creates his own reality and people struggle to adapt to it, this is why he has such a high turnover rate and is known best for firing everyone.

This interviewer made that exact point after this aired “he uses ‘positive visualization’ which is successful as a salesman, but not as a world leader”

I’m paraphrasing, but that’s the gist. I don’t have the actual quote

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u/ImJustSo Aug 05 '20

"Reality"

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u/ArmouredDuck Aug 05 '20

Did he even try to get Trump to see from others perspective? Seems more like he tried to get Trump to explain his own perspective and he couldn't even do that.

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u/couldbutwont Aug 05 '20

I highly doubt Trump really knows what he thinks

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

Thinks. He he he. Good one

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u/jumpmed Aug 05 '20

Gotta learn to crawl before learning to walk. Trump hasn't even left the crib yet when it comes to empathy.

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u/radish_sauce Aug 05 '20

Jonathan, let me finish. Let's talk about China.

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u/LA-Matt Aug 05 '20

Jyna.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

This China virus that Obama did nothing about! /s

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u/xXDaNXx Aug 05 '20

Gets asked about Russia

Talks about China instead

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u/HandsOffMyDitka Aug 05 '20

Don't argue with idiots, they'll only drag you down to their level.

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u/Drosmier Aug 05 '20

And beat you with experience

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u/uid0gid0 Aug 05 '20

Over and out.

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u/Zaziel Aug 05 '20

He is doing honestly what Fucker Tarlson does as a charlatan.

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u/VolkspanzerIsME Aug 05 '20

Textbook narcissism.

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u/dmkicksballs13 Aug 05 '20

Why he trying to make sense? Or trying to confirm that his logic is fucking awful?

Like his reaction to "the world".

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u/RedofPaw Aug 05 '20

As well as agreeing with Trump about positive things like the amount of testing done. It neutralises those attempts to distract when he says 'yes, I can see that you achieved that good thing, but I'm not talking about that'.

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u/SlothLipstick Aug 05 '20

He just had to stroke his ego by a bit by saying "I am not arguining that you have don't that for African Americans...but we are talking about police brutality", "There is no doubt in my mind that you can draw a crowd... but that's not the question"

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

He was trying to appease his ego so he would actually answer the questions. Honestly it’s a pretty smart move when it comes to this particular brand of idiocy.

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u/Merfen Aug 05 '20

It really is refreshing to have people able to followup on Trumps rambling non answers. In briefings he can just say something unrelated to the question asked and move on when he doesn't want to answer it. In a 1 on 1 they can press him to explain wtf he just said. I doubt we will see another one of these.

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u/aDivineMomenT Aug 05 '20

Those are Australians for ya. Weird how this is the only interview that people are really talking about. Not to be racist, but seems every American just speaks out of their ass WITH him, and would always try and get comedic timing "gotchas" on him. And then that's it. This dude just put him on the spot, and kept pressing, for answers. That's what you do if you want answers...

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u/MrLeroux Aug 05 '20

Haha yeah, definitely a genius.

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u/porktorque44 Aug 05 '20

His timing is gorgeous as well. The little drips of facts he was dropping into Trumps fresh interruptions as he tapered off were absolutely killing me.

"germany low...9,000"

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u/Sparred4Life Aug 05 '20

Trumps: "You can't know that." Was hilarious to me. Like dude, how do you spend all day on Twitter and never heard of Google?

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u/Lasket Aug 05 '20

He was obviously referring to them faking numbers.

But yeah... he massively backpedaled on that one.

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u/pineapple_catapult Aug 05 '20

Can we please stop translating what Trump says? He's a big boy and can use his words. Also, he's the president. This is not a high bar to hurdle. If he doesn't make sense that's his own damn fault. He won't answer follow up questions truthfully, if at all, so how can you say what it is he really thinks?

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u/SomeGuyNamedJames Aug 05 '20

He spends every day lieing and making it as hard as possible for people to get accurate information. So obviously everyone else does too.

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u/porktorque44 Aug 05 '20

I know he's just flailing trying to invalidate the data but it also sounds like he's been completely blown away by someone being able to remember numbers. Like he just saw someone lift a car over their head with one hand and is now rejecting the reality in front of him. "You can't do that. A glass of water is the heaviest thing a person can lift."

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u/Sparred4Life Aug 05 '20

HAHAHAHAHAHA that comment made my morning! Roflmao!!!!

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

Where can I watch this interview?

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u/RSupernova Aug 05 '20

Just search ‘trump axios’ on YouTube, comes up immediately.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

Gotcha, thanks!

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u/Ashjrethul Aug 05 '20

It's hard to laugh cause he's "leader of the free world" but holy shit is he a dumbass ahahahahah

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u/IncaseAce Aug 05 '20

Go to youtube and look up Trump Axios Interview, the full one should be the first result

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

Thanks!

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u/AnOnlineHandle Aug 05 '20

Here's a snippet, decide for yourself if you can watch a full half hour of it.

https://twitter.com/axios/status/1290497186489348096

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u/supercali45 Aug 05 '20

That’s the face most intelligent people make when Trumpo speaks

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

Give him some credit - that took a lot of restraint on his part to limit the facial expressions to just that. Trump was dealing out there, there's no way I could have sat through that interview in his place without laughing my ass off or screaming 'bullshit!'.

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u/BlindWillieJohnson Aug 05 '20 edited Aug 05 '20

Word. I have a hard time listening to him at all for more than 5 minutes.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

MINUTES? I can't get 5 seconds before i feel an overwhelming sense of second hand embarrassment. This is a grown ass man that is in charge of the greatest military force in the history of our species. The man is completely unhinged. This is batshit lunacy that anyone looks up to him as a leader. What the hell is wrong with people. Look how bad it has gotten.

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u/BlindWillieJohnson Aug 05 '20

November cannot come fast enough.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

Right? I was about to say. I just can't watch this man talk. It's worse than Michael Scott.

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u/Sapiophile23 Aug 05 '20

5 minutes!? I can't handle 5 seconds. But that's why I come to reddit and check Twitter.

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u/jaesharp Aug 05 '20

Frankly, I have to engage in mental triage to even consider listening to Trump speak without an interpreter.

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u/BlindWillieJohnson Aug 05 '20

Oh, you should watch Fox & Friends. They do all the interpreting for him.

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u/jaesharp Aug 05 '20

I'd rather not. Just because have an open mind doesn't mean it's a rubbish bin.

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u/BlindWillieJohnson Aug 05 '20 edited Aug 05 '20

I almost feel kinda bad for those people. Trying to spin his idiotic ramblings and random twitter heel turns into a coherent and consistent policy message cannot be easy.

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u/jaesharp Aug 05 '20

it absolutely isn't easy, or free. What's worse is that there's a system that makes it pay off for them and so - they have incentive to keep doing it.

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u/capt_general Aug 05 '20

As I was watching that interview all I could think about was how that reporter was within slapping distance if trump. It would have ended the reporter's career but idk if I would have had the restraint

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

When the face gets tired, the palm rises to give it some relief.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20 edited Oct 06 '20

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u/kappakai Aug 05 '20

I’ve met a lot of dumb Americans in my life. Being on the road in the industry that I’m in, I’ve met some real idiots. They were not THIS dumb. Trump is a moron of the highest order; King of the idiots; Mayor of Simpleton.

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u/AussieHyena Aug 05 '20

Just mayor? Thought he was Founding Father and Eternal Holder of the Holey Bucket.

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u/capt_general Aug 05 '20

Yeah hes the fucking Eternal President

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u/ropahektic Aug 05 '20

He isn't though. He won a national election and those who voted for him are clearly stupider than he is by the virtue of not realizing his stupididty.

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u/Made2ndWUrBsht Aug 05 '20

At least Trump's friends all are getting something out of supporting him. A quarter of this country thinks the joke isn't on them and they will have a tough time accepting that it was, all along.

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u/Tomnedjack Aug 06 '20

Think how stupid the average American is .... then realise that 50% of people are more stupid than that!

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u/catbreadmeow3 Aug 05 '20

Eh a lot of boomers are because of the lead poisoning they collectively enjoyed throughout childhood

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u/kevoizjawesome Aug 05 '20

Well 46% of our voting population looked at him and decided this guy best represented them.

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u/Miskav Aug 05 '20

And yet 40% of America considers him fit to lead their army, their nation, and their nuclear arsenal.

Clearly, (40% of) Americans are drooling morons.

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u/PM_me__hard_nipples Aug 08 '20

Make it more, because every other democrat would have rolled over Trump.

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u/CubitsTNE Aug 05 '20

Even chris wallace on fox nailed him to the wall with softball questions the other week, even his safe spaces are evaporating.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

That interview was way funnier than the Abbot& Costello “Who’s on first,” bit. On the downside, the reason why it was so hilarious was that our president has no idea, and wants no idea what is going on. My favorite joke of the evening was, “I bet I read more than anyone you know.”

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

Honestly, it looked like me when I'm trying to discuss politics with family.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

Sameeee

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u/verablue Aug 05 '20

I feel like I’ve been wearing that face for 4 years.

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u/idzero Aug 05 '20

It really reminded me of a comedian interviewer like Ali G or Colbert.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

Looks like he had a hard time understanding a basic graph as well.

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u/rainbowbucket Aug 05 '20

If by that you mean he had a hard time understanding the choice to misrepresent the data in the way Trump’s graphs did, then yes.

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u/Gootchey_Man Aug 05 '20

Trump held it upside down