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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump in this crisis is like a grinning chimpanzee at the controls of a 747...
...pushing buttons and flipping dials mindlessly in hopes that something good would come of it. I stole this simile from somewhere, don't remember exactly...but it's fitting, I think...
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Trump in this crisis is like a grinning chimpanzee at the controls of a 747... (Original Post)
First Speaker
May 2020
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abqtommy
(14,118 posts)1. That's a much more pleasant way of saying "we're all gonna die" but either way we have the
same result...
SeattleVet
(5,858 posts)2. Same end result, but I have to admit...
I think I'd sort of enjoy watching the chimp doing it.
tRump - not so much.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)4. I don't doubt that the chimp would do the better job...
RobertDevereaux
(2,033 posts)3. Like this...

ThoughtCriminal
(14,708 posts)5. Except there is no chance he will accidentally press
something that does not make it worse (like auto-pilot). No, this chimp is actually looking for better ways to torment the passengers.