Worth reading: David Roth on Trump "You Can't Get There From Here"

[edhopper]

https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/you-cant-get-there-from-here-1831622949/amp?utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow&__twitter_impression=true

What most bears repeating and is most readily forgotten about Trump, even after his shutdown stole paychecks from 800,000 government employees and more than a million contractors for reasons even he never seemed to understand, is that he has no idea what he’s doing. There were certainly ways in which Trump’s shutdown reflected both traditional reactionary values—bullying and stiffing vulnerable working people are core to both Trump and his party—and Trump’s unique determination to leverage his every ugly belief to the max, but also there was never the sense that any of this was happening by design. On Friday, he agreed to the same deal that he rejected 35 days ago for the same reason that he rejected it then, which is that he decided it was the right thing to do. The belief, however inchoate and incoherent, is the thing.

[dalton99a]

1. Great article

[ADX]

2. I know I'm not the only person who saw the thread title and thought...

...it was going to be about a different David (Lee) Roth...

[JI7]

3. I thought the same

[Dunnjen]

4. Worth every minute

And the comments section adds depth to the already thick musings. He believes what he believes until he doesn't, reality not relevant. Idiot-savant manipulator and/or just enough of a manipulation-vulnerable population and media cohorts to make this disaster happen. That's the trifecta of our time?