• Sheep Herder@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Well, it’s about perception isn’t it… America (Trump) is very sensitive about perception.

    • baldingpudenda@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      While this regime is huge on optics, this shit has gone on for millennia. I remember reading that Obama was pissed his handlers kept telling him to wait for the repubs to call him and not for him to call them as it would show weakness or some BS. He was like idgaf we need to start negotiations! The handlers just told him that’s how DC politics worked and it would affect negotiations.

      It’s also why trump used to jerk ppl in when he shook hands to “throw them off guard” and make him look stronger and more dominant. His dying ass doesn’t do it anymore cause he can barely stand or walk anywhere for more than 10 minutes. If he tried it now, the other person would just pull him and he’d fall.

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        12 hours ago

        I mean he is old as shit but Trudeau made him look like a twit all the way back in his first term with that stupid handshake.

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      16 hours ago

      The world should focus way more on like, dunno, science, facts and shit like dat, instead of stupid powergames.