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ShazzieB

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7. Imo, he's perfectly capable of unintentionally driving the economy into the ditch, out of sheer etupidity.

Reply to slightlv (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 30, 2025, 02:16 AM

6 hrs ago

There's a saying that goes "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." I think that applies here.

Granted, Trump has purposely done loads of bad things out of malice. I just think stupidity is ascendant in this particular instance.

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