*** The Official MAGAposting thread ***

[Poopadoop]

Wrong. It's not someone who uses a strategy. It means something very specific:

a person skilled in planning action or policy, especially in war or politics

a person skilled in strategy

an expert in strategy, especially in warfare

You're trying to call someone who drives a truck a trucker or someone who bakes a cake a baker.

So replace the word 'strategist' in my post with 'someone who's using a strategy'. Better?

[spoonitnow]

So replace the word 'strategist' in my post with 'someone who's using a strategy'. Better?

No because you're implying that Trump is still someone skilled at strategy in the political realm, and he's not. It's much simpler than that.

He talks shit because he can. If you show you aren't loyal to him or if you're opposing him, he's going to light your ass up. It's simple.

[Poopadoop]

No because you're implying that Trump is still someone skilled at strategy in the political realm, and he's not. It's much simpler than that.

I'm not implying anything regarding his political skills, except maybe tangentially. I'm basically saying what you say there in bold, though perhaps in a different way than you intend it.

What I'm saying is his default behavior is to react aggressively to anyone who makes him look bad. Conversely, a more flexible person (i.e., one who's operating with some longer-range thinking or 'strategy' if you will, might well respond differently at different times depending on the context.

In short, I'm arguing he's a person who can't bite his tongue even when it would serve him to do so. One could always argue he could bite his tongue but chooses not to, and that's fine. But it's difficult to reconcile either characterization with a person who's thinking deeply about the long-term consequences of such behavior.

[spoonitnow]

What I'm saying is his default behavior is to react aggressively to anyone who makes him look bad. Conversely, a more flexible person (i.e., one who's operating with some longer-range thinking or 'strategy' if you will, might well respond differently at different times depending on the context.

And that's why you can't call him a strategist politically. He doesn't give a shit about politics.

[Poopadoop]

And that's why you can't call him a strategist politically. He doesn't give a shit about politics.

And I didn't.

What else have I not said that you'd like to call me out on?

[wufwugy]

In short, I'm arguing he's a person who can't bite his tongue even when it would serve him to do so.

Why didn't he start yelling out comebacks at Obama during the infamous correspondents dinner?

[spoonitnow]

Why didn't he start yelling out comebacks at Obama during the infamous correspondents dinner?

He was too busy dicking around on Twitter.

[Poopadoop]

Why didn't he start yelling out comebacks at Obama during the infamous correspondents dinner?

I don't know but it would have been funny and not entirely surprising if he had.

Edit: maybe he didn't want a secret service takedown and knee in the back on his political resume.

[wufwugy]

I don't know but it would have been funny and not entirely surprising if he had.

When has he done something that would make such behavior unsurprising?

[Poopadoop]

When has he done something that would make such behavior unsurprising?

I was joking...