I have this theory. That Trump is not really in charge
There have been appointments to our agencies, institutions and billionaires behind the scenes that are truly the ones that are calling the shots. He didn't provide those names for his appointments, they were selected for him. And there are others that tell those appointments what to do. Trump is kept in a cocoon and his ego is constantly stroked by his cabinet and advisors to keep him thinking he is in control of everything that is going on. They let him rant on social media, attend to his beautification projects and make appearances where he makes up bullshit that is never confronted or fact checked. He is easily manipulated by people that are much smarter and more devious than him. Hard to imagine that someone is more evil than Trump. All you have to do is look at Stephen Miller and you will find one. I think the others are shrouded. They have to know that his mental faculties are in serious decline. And that is to their advantage. So they just baby walk him. Knowing that he will do whatever they "talk him into".
There are a whole bunch of people that are getting ridiculously rich. There are ideologues that are getting their polices and agendas implemented. The speed at which our democracy is being dismantled is mind-numbing. They did this damage in 17 months. They used the Project 25 handbook at breakneck speed. Like this was their only chance. If they did enough damage it couldn't be undone. And if they can fuck with the midterms they can complete their tasks.
I don't think that Trump is smart enough or capable enough to have done this himself and I don't think it was his idea. All he wanted to do was to be all powerful and the center of attention. He has many enablers.
I don't think it was just Bibi that talked him into this Iran adventure. There had to be others. What is their goal??
These are things I think about.
Most people on the street have no idea what perilous times we are in. Most people are not paying attention. Yeah they notice their gas prices, and grocery prices are sky-rocketing, but they don't realize the danger that our democracy is in. It is a five-alarm fire.
Who is gonna save us??
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the "laws" FOR the rethugs that the assholes have voted on for decades 
But which one? Programmed by whom?
I am guessing Putin or Bibi, whoever has the REAL kiddie sex videos and is using them to control him.
Whoever releases the videos will doom him. But he's still too useful to them.
Until he isn't.
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/29/the-hallucinating-chatgpt-presidency/
Judge for yourself.
Tue, Apr 29th 2025 09:34am - Mike Masnick
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But over the last few months, it has occurred to me that, for all the hype about generative AI systems “hallucinating,” we pay much less attention to the fact that the current President does the same thing, nearly every day. The more you look at the way Donald Trump spews utter nonsense answers to questions, the more you begin to recognize a clear pattern — he answers questions in a manner quite similar to early versions of ChatGPT. The facts don’t matter, the language choices are a mess, but they are all designed to present a plausible-sounding answer to the question, based on no actual knowledge, nor any concern for whether or not the underlying facts are accurate.
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This is not the response of someone working from actual knowledge or policy understanding. Instead, it’s precisely how an LLM operates: taking a prompt (the question about job losses) and generating text based on some core parameters (the “system prompt” that requires deflecting blame and asserting greatness).
The hallmarks of AI generation are all here:
• Confident assertions without factual backing
• Meandering diversions that maintain loose semantic connection to the topic
• Pattern-matching to previous responses (“ripped off,” “billions of dollars”)
• Optimization for what sounds good rather than what’s true
I think he wears an earpiece that is secretly feeding him the script ... maybe from Stephen Miller or I-don't-know-who. Twenty years ago I would have said Rupert Murdoch, but it's clearly not him. It's somebody younger and craftier who monitors everything he does.
Sometimes the earpiece goes wacky and stops working ... that's when Chump gets really crazy and incoherent. We've all seen him do it, but there's never an explanation forthcoming. You notice how he always tilts his head when he's speaking in front of a camera or to an audience? I think that's a tell that he's wearing the earpiece, because ambient noise is still a problem. I wish somebody would just jam the signal and block out his receiver.
The mark of a money launderer.
Not to mention the "fixer upper" he, slumlord, is leaving behind.
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Is that I think if I were looking for a malleable 'puppet figure' to do the bidding(s) of the 'hand behind the throne'.
I think I would be disinclined to chose a proven bungler and bumbler. A man noted for crashing into a room and leaving a trail of tears, destruction and disbelief - (along with an odor of feces and decay) - and this among friends, allies and supporters! A man whose office and administration is notoriously (and repeatedly) discharging weaponry into their foot ... And thereby sabotaging whatever agenda might have been in play. A man whom is completely predictable in offering gratuitous insult - for no discernible reason at all - to the Italian premier, at an international forum showcasing first world government and diplomacy ...
Somehow ... I just do not see this as my 'chosen vessel' ....
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with the possible exception of Poppy Bush, who was dumped after one term.
As money continues to dominate politics, repubs have become more and more compliant. While trump has been a bull in a china shop on many issues, on shit that counts like business and taxes he toes the line as well as any.