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Judith Matlock's avatar

Apparently it was always assumed that those in power would be honorable. We now know that the majority of the electorate no longer has "honorable" in their lexicon. My earnest hope is that with so many power seekers in one place, that place with become a snake pit wherein they spend their time going after one another. This would buy time for the midterms.

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Yehawes (VA)'s avatar

Ah! Another tactic - lobbing bait into the pit. Midas Touch was engaging in that one when they did ads suggesting someone was whispering about Trump inside his inner circle.

The Epstein tapes say Trump himself regularly engaged in pitting his advisors and sycophants against each other, saying this one said you're not so great at doing this, I like A but B tells me bad things about them, then to B that A says bad things about them. He liked to keep them stirred up in ways that must have been productive to him (or it just amused him?) and kept them from forming alliances so he was always at the center keeping them off balance.

Writing this it sounds like chaos benefits Trump, and it probably does, but you're right that keeping it off rhythm might slow down their efficiency.

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