Quote Originally Posted by Savy View Post
To think that he has some master plan where he is 10 moves ahead of what's going on is just completely false of all politics, business and life in general. For Trump to work lots of things have had to come together and create the right situation. What people do forget is that Trump has been there the whole time, if that situation never arises people may be like lolololol Trump as a character but when it does he's going to pounce.
I agree that the claims of him using 3d chess (meme version: 12d intergalactic underwater chess) are quite overrating of what is actually going on. However, I estimate some of it is probably 3d chess. The type of example is that it appears to be about as confirmed as can be without actually being confirmed that the Trump administration is planting a significant amount of fake news. The purpose has been to give the media a rabbit to chase, barium meals to find leakers, and to keep the press busy while Trump does actual policy stuff the Democrats don't like.

Another example of 3d chess is the healthcare situation. Trump told us from the beginning that the most likely scenario is that these bills won't pass and that instead we'll have an election with a quickly failing Obamacare on our hands and the Democrats will get blamed while the GOP will be exhausted from failure. So far I've seen none in anti-Trump circles acknowledge this, even though many in pro-Trump circles saw it quickly.

Do we know those are his 3d chess? No, but a solid case can be made that they are. There are other examples of possible 12d intergalactic underwater chess, some I agree with and some I don't, that are very crazy.