Is Twitler doing the shock doctrine or is it his general incompetence that everything he touches

[kimbutgar]

Turns to shit?

Personally, I don’t think he is smart enough to do the shock doctrine but then again the evil people who surround him might be wishing for the USA to collapse so they can take over. And suspend our constitution with Russia’s help.

[Different Drummer]

1. It's the general incompetence thingy. n/t

[CatMor]

2. Definitely his general incompetence

[0rganism]

3. test-marketing fascism (incompetently)

push the boundaries in all the wrong places, see which violations people will tolerate and continue doing them, while pretending to discontinue the intolerable.

[MGKrebs]

4. Breaking things can make people feel powerful.

Trump may claim to be able to build buildings, but he doesn't know shit about building or maintaining a country.
Breaking things is what incompetent bullies do instead. The feeling of inadequacy must be overwhelming for him. Pretty much everyone on the whole planet can see his failures every day, in real time. So he lashes out and does the only other thing that looks like power to him; destruction.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. He's on a huge ego trip, and ruining other people's stuff

makes small people feel powerful - like the bratty kid who breaks other kids' toys just because he likes to make them cry.

[stuffmatters]

6. Trump's just the mouthpiece for Putin & Koch decades long war on our democracy..

Trump diesn't have to be smart or competent. That's irrelevant to me at this point. BKZ Trump is clearly the tool, funnel and fruition of both KGB's Putin and the Bircher Koch Bros' (& their GOP Oligarchs in Waiting) decades long strategy to destroy our democracy.