This is an excellent piece from Joseph Stiglitz.

Everyone should read it.

  • karlhungus@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    9 hours ago

    Maybe he is, maybe he isn’t

    WHAT. He sold beans for money in his first term, of course he’s making money off of it.

    I don’t think he’s smart enough to actually take advantage of this.

    This is one of his major MO’s making money, maybe he missed the first few times, but he’s done it so much now that he’s for sure making money on these bets, just like every supporter he’s got out there.

    Why do you think he walked away from the table because of the DST, because he cares about gig tech? They paid him – that’s why they got seats at his inauguration.

    And before you say anything, no he will not learn his lesson.

    Disagree, this is a lesson reinforces itself, I bet he continues this way. I’m not saying he’s smart, just greedy.

    • buddascrayon@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      5 hours ago

      That’s the thing, he sells shit. He is, in every respect, a glorified used car salesman. He takes garbage and dresses it up into gilded trinkets that he pawns off on the morons who believe in him. He also definitely used Mar-a-Lago as a way to launder bribes from foreign nationals. (Yet another reason why presidents should be constitutionally required to divest everything they own before being allowed to take office.)

      Disagree, this is a lesson reinforces itself, I bet he continues this way. I’m not saying he’s smart, just greedy.

      Trump wants a “win”. He will keep doing what he is doing until he can say “See, I won!”. He is that petty and small minded.