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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Reminder, 95% of what Trump says, the opposite is the usual outcome.
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Not about things like this. This is a critical error people made pre-election and are still making.
This only really applies to when he is replying to a question someone is asking him. If he's replying to something someone else has said, it's 95% (probably closer to 99%) made up or a lie. IMO this is because he is the pinnacle of narcissism; he doesn't give a #### or even a thought to what anyone else is saying or thinking, and will just blab out whatever reply seems most suited to advance the conversation.
But, the other two scenarios he says things in are more likely to be true. If he's at a rally or making a speech and saying something, it's either completely scripted (Project 2025, deportation) or an irrational mind####ing thought that he can't help but let out (see: John Daly Penis, Hannibal Lecter, Fight up'hill me boys!). In either case, these are things the president thinks are true, wants to do, or has been told by someone he is beholden (doesn't actually like or trust people) to that he should do.
Annexing Canada falls into one of these two categories. Either someone he's beholden to is telling him about it constantly and that's why it keeps coming out of his mouth, or it's a totally insane thought like hannibal lector that he just can't help but have parading around in his vacuous mind.
IMO the former is the more concerning and unfortunately the most likely. We have resources and they could need them, especially in a protectionist world where global trade has been muted.