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OGBuzz

(308 posts)
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 12:47 PM 3 hrs ago

Jeffrey Sachs confirms what we all know.......

'This is a stupid man. This is not a man making detailed sophisticated calculations. From everything I know, and I don't know him personally but I know a lot of people who do know him personally, I do know a lot of people who interact with him, this is an old man, impetuous, impulsive, not knowledgeable, easily swayed, and unable to pay attention to briefings. Unable to study a problem. So in weighing things, I don't think we're actually seeing a rational calculator making difficult complex calculations. I think we are seeing an impulsive old man who is way out of his depths, surrounded by the least competent group that I have ever seen in American politics, and that's saying a lot.'

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Jeffrey Sachs confirms what we all know....... (Original Post) OGBuzz 3 hrs ago OP
And unfortunately, that incompetent old man is in charge of what is probably the most powerful ... Jim__ 3 hrs ago #1
I have this feeling that since he knows he will soon croak malaise 2 hrs ago #3
The joy of launching a nuke... lame54 2 hrs ago #5
Yes indeed malaise 1 hr ago #9
Kakistocracy awesomerwb1 2 hrs ago #2
Stating the obvious. hay rick 2 hrs ago #4
Under Murphy's Law, this admin will collapse under the weight of its own stupidity. nt Exp 2 hrs ago #6
Can't happen soon enough! calimary 1 hr ago #8
Soon, would be good. Joinfortmill 1 hr ago #13
But there are people behind the curtains, I fear Easterncedar 1 hr ago #7
The A.I. and humanoid robot "bros" who are racing to develop the means..... OGBuzz 1 hr ago #10
Hear, hear! ZDU 1 hr ago #11
Yup, we're in deep shit. Joinfortmill 1 hr ago #12
Go bucket! punguin54 1 hr ago #14
Simple: (1) New Epstein revelations -- (2) Pull another deranged action from the Miller bag of evil.-- (3) GOTO (1) usonian 1 hr ago #15
Yet Another "NS, S" Observation. But, Dear Mr. Sachs, It Is FAR MORE.... ColoringFool 57 min ago #16
Hear hear!! Easterncedar 46 min ago #18
Mentally lazy BlueWaveNeverEnd 54 min ago #17
Add that to EVIL. spanone 45 min ago #19
That's been obvious since before 2015. yardwork 18 min ago #20
All of this...All of this... S/V Loner 14 min ago #21

Jim__

(15,222 posts)
1. And unfortunately, that incompetent old man is in charge of what is probably the most powerful ...
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 12:54 PM
3 hrs ago

... military in the world. I hope we can somehow survive this insane period in history.

malaise

(296,060 posts)
3. I have this feeling that since he knows he will soon croak
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 01:45 PM
2 hrs ago

He really doesn’t give a flying fugg if if he obliterates everyone else

lame54

(39,758 posts)
5. The joy of launching a nuke...
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 01:59 PM
2 hrs ago

Check it off his bucket list

C'mon bucket. Beat him to it

hay rick

(9,604 posts)
4. Stating the obvious.
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 01:55 PM
2 hrs ago

The fact that we are used to it does not make it less of a crisis. The breathless media reporting of possible options and rationales for Trump's actions sustains an alternate, fictional version of reality in which reasonable debate precedes action in the white house. Trump's malevolent reign is an indictment of an American culture that allowed it to happen.

Exp

(954 posts)
6. Under Murphy's Law, this admin will collapse under the weight of its own stupidity. nt
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:01 PM
2 hrs ago

Easterncedar

(6,263 posts)
7. But there are people behind the curtains, I fear
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:08 PM
1 hr ago

Content to push the world to ruin for their own purposes, they installed the distracting clown show, no?

OGBuzz

(308 posts)
10. The A.I. and humanoid robot "bros" who are racing to develop the means.....
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:19 PM
1 hr ago

with which to replace most of humanity.

usonian

(25,273 posts)
15. Simple: (1) New Epstein revelations -- (2) Pull another deranged action from the Miller bag of evil.-- (3) GOTO (1)
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:48 PM
1 hr ago

Epstein evidence is like porn in many ways. (4)
It only increases over time.
I fully expect him to drop the big one, and it's still not over.

Unless he's stopped before he does it. (by peaceful means, hopefully)

(4) there are some hilarious analogies. Maybe on April 1sr.

ColoringFool

(699 posts)
16. Yet Another "NS, S" Observation. But, Dear Mr. Sachs, It Is FAR MORE....
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 03:05 PM
57 min ago

Than "an impulsive old man."

My mother was sharp as a tack and rational and a good Democrat at 91 years.

What she WASN'T, was a PSYCHOPATH.

THAT IS TRUMP'S DEFINING TRAIT, NOT OLD AGE OR KNOWLEDGE DEFICIENCY.

S/V Loner

(9,545 posts)
21. All of this...All of this...
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 03:48 PM
15 min ago

disastrous situation rest on the shoulders of the republican party and everyone needs to remember that. None of this would be happening without their complete complicity.

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