(February 26, 2017 at 1:15 pm)abaris Wrote:(February 26, 2017 at 1:12 pm)Zenith Wrote: Trump is not an idiot. Or at least his counselors are tough guys. After all, it takes something to build up a propaganda that makes you the president of USA, doesn't it? One may laugh of the absurd things he says, but let's face it, when he speaks those things he doesn't speak to us, he speaks to his supporters.
Trum is an uneducated baffoon. But he's not a laughing stock being at the helm of the most powerful country, economical as well as politically. It's well to keep that in mind. I never mustered a smile over Shrub either although he was mensa material compared to this one.
Still, for the people, it might be a good thing that Trump is a baffoon, and that he can't open his mouth (or tweet) without saying something stupid, and that whatever he does you expect him at any time to make a blunder.
For a would-be-tyrant, a calculated guy is much more dangerous - he would be less likely to stir people to take to the streets, and less likely to make himself hated - no gaffes, that is.
If I take a look at Putin and at his propaganda, the way I see it, he's able to take away your rights and your freedom all by wrapping it up as "I'm doing it to protect your rights and your freedom."