• Jumbie@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    Trump said the opposite and Rubio has no power unless Trump allows it.

    As it stands, Rubio is just playing at “he didn’t mean that.”

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    2 months ago

    It was patently clear during the presser that they had absolutely no plan beyond the capture of Maduro. They literally couldn’t answer questions about this and made stuff up on the spot. Quite bizarre, really.

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      2 months ago

      This was actually the crazy thing to me about the first Trump administration after it was over. You expect there are actually smart people pulling the strings or something.

      But the truth is, details from respectable books written afterwards make it remarkably clear that Trump’s team are quite frequently absolute morons. Legitimately stupid people.

      Steve Jobs talked about this pattern where really great people (“A-players”) hire people who aren’t as good as them. Then the “B-players” hire “C-players,” and the company/organization eventually reflects that.

      Trump has never been anywhere near an A-player, so you can see the issue. They’re always starting at grade D or worse.

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    2 months ago

    Translation: Venezuela will be kept out of the world’s oil market to keep prices high for the rest of oil suppliers.