Trump's Secret Political Weapon: Wasting Opponent's Time

[Nancy Waterman]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/08/14/trump-waste-time-opponents/?arc404=true

Essentially, the administration has weaponized wasting everyone else’s time.

It’s a struggle between firefighters and a spree arsonist. The firefighters must stamp out every blaze, while the arsonist enjoys pouring accelerant, igniting a spark and sauntering off to start anew with kindling elsewhere. And the gradual exhaustion of the firefighters makes it likelier that they will someday fail to contain the flames.

Essentially, the administration has weaponized wasting everyone else’s time.

Over the past several years, Trump and his loyalists have frequently managed to weaken and wear out those they see as enemies by proposing moves that cost the administration little. In these cases, the president often wins either by getting the policy he wants or by making his adversaries — among activists, nonprofits, lawyers, legislators, even business executives — spend disproportionately more effort in response

[Thomas Hurt]

1. narcissists love doing this, makes them the center of attention.

[underpants]

2. This article did touch on what I was going to comment on

Trump’s haphazard policy shifts are so frequent that people often suggest there must be other motivations.

Yes it does drain time to fight them but they also make his whole operation appear to be a disorganized cluster.....which it is. It exposes him as much as it distracts.

[Nancy Waterman]

3. We also waste endless hours on the conspiracy theories

The news media is especially overwhelmed trying to disprove a lie or a conspiracy theory, while other important issues are ignored.

[SWBTATTReg]

4. Just goes to show that trump is totally inept and incompetent to do the job that is required of the

Executive branch of government, and proves it on a daily basis.

So, he hides his incompetence by ranting and raving about other imaginary threats/non critical items, that no one else is worried about.

Another piece of glaring evidence for all to see of his gross incompetence.

[Martin Eden]

5. Vigilance requires paying attention to what Trump actually does or signals he will do

Beyond that, don't take the bait of his daily barrage of inflammatory rhetoric and insults.

He is a petulant manbaby who craves and demands constant attention.

[Thekaspervote]

6. We could look at this in a different way and empower ourselves like Churchill during WWII

When Churchill first gave his famous speech that ended with “we shall go on to the end” were some of the darkest days of the blitzkrieg where London was bombed nightly. He and king Edward VIII had each other’s confidences and were not sure at all they would win

Please read and take heart!

We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and if, which I do not for a moment believe, this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.
He went on to say, “let it be said that this was indeed Britain’s finest hour.”

Dotard never acts he just reacts..herein lies our strength.