the number 1 was "the cost is actually pretty small"

just a few million dollars

I'm sure that will work out well for them

oh forgot one bit

this issue will now utterly dominate the news

you get two variations on Trump: total idiot/loose cannon or 4d chess

but really he plays a schoolyard, hindbrain level game

instead of 4d chess its constant wedgies/swirlies

shit

DNC getting a swirlie: "Please Mr. President Trump, stop winning!"

He gets the timing and how to attack where not expected

on an instinctive level

yeah, and twitter is a deadly weapon in his hands

there was an article somewhere in the mainstream media about Trump's history

and all the episodes mentioned have one thing in common

The amount of apoplexy from one-off tweets is astounding. Even for the owners of twitter bots.

his enemies considered him boorish and "impossible", almost refusing to believe he was anything worth considering

and in the end all of them were left blindsided and lost

Trump is still beholden to the deep state, as you can see in "his" foregin policy

like the recent lets-give-arms-to-Ukraine hilarity

but it seems he gets free reign essentially at home

any prediction on how the Iran/Russia/NK situation may unfold over the next few days? Seems like a lot of things up in the air on that front

next few days? Nothing I would think

over a longer term, there is a real chance NK may experience an attack

as deep state would want to do something there

they have simple thinking too

increase America's sphere of influence

they are playing a longer game than the terms of presidents

by deep state I mean "military industrial complex" or whatever

destabilize states around tangible assets

just influence itself in a region via control of a state is a tangible asset

people tend to make these arguments too material

oil etc.

but they would be willing to lose money over such a thing

like Iraq, Syria

TANAP

after Syria it should be obvious that Iraq was one part of a bigger puzzle

goddamn russians shipping that oil? We derin devlet should ship that oil! we Rockefellers should be shipping that oil!

TANAP, other resources etc. are important

but again

just the control is enough of a reason, over Russians/other players