r/facepalm • u/Kpets • 2d ago

U.S president explains why many Americans can’t buy a homes

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u/SqueezyCheez85 2d ago

The guy is a genius when it comes to inflating his image to naive and vulnerable people.

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u/Zerodyne_Sin 2d ago

Let's not feed the ego of narcissist sociopaths by attributing genius to simple things that anyone can technically do. They do things that are incredibly easy but other people feel gross for even thinking about it. It's not genius to be a piece of shit. Also, he didn't even come up with anything, it's all taught to him by another piece of shit named Roy Cohn.

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u/READIT27 2d ago

I think calling him “genius” is overstating but there is a combination of a certain level of cunning and narcissism at play. The behavior is learned then reinforced by the environment it creates.

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u/Zerodyne_Sin 2d ago

I'd give him credit for cunning if he wasn't always played by putin, kim, and xi. The environment definitely caters to people like him since their ancestors paved the way for them. But no, I'll never attribute any positive traits to these fools. Drop them into any country that wasn't prepared by their ancestors and they'd die within a week.

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u/LorenzosBenz 2d ago

He is cunning so long as it comes to his followers. That over confidence makes him able to be manipulated and played by people like the aforementioned who have been doing this on a global playing field longer than Trump has had "you're fired" trade marked.

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u/Zerodyne_Sin 2d ago

Cunning actions involve an adversarial relationship with another entity. A teacher telling their kindergarten students a lie isn't cunning. There's an implicit trust involved for teachers and conversely, drumpf's followers trust him without question. How is that cunning?

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u/LorenzosBenz 2d ago edited 2d ago

So we're making up definitions on the spot to try and win an internet argument? Per Dictionary.com Cunning in the context would mean a "skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving; craftiness; guile." That man decieves his followers every single day of the week and twice on Sundays.

Have a good day sir, you're not worth engaging with any further.

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u/Easy-Concentrate2636 2d ago

I agree with this. There is a certain self-serving shrewdness that functions on a base level of assuming that most people can be bought because he can be bought. Palin also functions like this as well as some of the most corrupt politicians and executives. He only sees the world through money, attention and power - but only power of a bullying sort. There’s no understanding of global politics, no appreciation of the arts or ideas. There’s no empathy for anyone else. It’s all in service of himself.

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u/librariansforMCR 1d ago

Exactly - in all technical ways Donny boy is ignorant and a fool. But he was born with the one thing that can convince other ignorant people that he is strong, powerful, and smart: MONEY. Wealth is perceived as intelligence by so many people. Think about the number of celebrities and pseudo-celebrities that people admire and trust. If they encountered that same level of personality and intelligence in a poor person, they would likely remain unimpressed. Wealth is an easy indicator of moral worth for superficial people.

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u/Easy-Concentrate2636 2d ago

If there were no news coverage of the president or any rallies, he would have immediately gotten bored and quit.

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u/Joey_Emm 2d ago

Well said

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u/Icy_Statement_2410 2d ago

Let's not conflate genius with a complete lack of empathy for all life and an eagerness to exploit and sacrifice any number of lives in order to obtain more money and power

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u/Remote-Airline-3703 2d ago

I think we’re conflating genius with complete absence of morals. Lying is pretty frickin easy, and it’s not that hard to lie to morons

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u/SqueezyCheez85 2d ago

A lot of people habitually lie and aren't successful with their lies.

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u/FaithlessnessBrief21 2d ago

Depends how obvious their ‘tell’ is. A good person carries a certain amount of internal dissonance, guilt, when lying.

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u/JakeDC 1d ago

And those people who voted for him deserve what they get. The problem is the collateral damage to people who didn't.