Trump vs Trump | La Presse
For more than a decade we have been looking for a rival to Donald Trump. A popular, charismatic personality, capable of capturing media attention. An opposition worthy of the name. A René Lévesque to Pierre Elliott Trudeau. A Batman to the Joker. An Asterix to Caesar. To give us a clash of the titans.
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And all this time, he was in front of us. The best anti-Trump is Trump himself. No one contradicts Donald Trump more often than Donald Trump.
In the same press briefing, he can launch this appeal: “We need help from our allies. » Then, a few minutes later, say in a convincing tone: “We don’t need anyone! »
He even manages to say everything and its opposite in the same sentence.
On March 9, he declared, and I quote: “I think we can say that the war is both over and that it is only beginning. »
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That’s some great Yogi Berra. Like: “No one goes to this restaurant, there are too many people. » Except that Yogi Berra was only the coach of a baseball team, Donald Trump is the leader of the first planetary power, his assertions influence the course of the world economy.
If only we had signs that warned us of his split personality. When he wears a red tie, he is warrior, when he wears a blue tie, he is peaceful.
Well no, he goes from Good Trump to Bad Trump, or rather from Bad Trump to Worst Trump, in the same suitwith the same forelock.
Not only does Trump contradict himself in his speeches, but he also does so in his actions.
For years, the current President of the United States has been pushing to ban mail-in voting in elections. For him, it’s cheating. How did he vote last week in Florida’s by-election to fill a seat in the Orange State legislature? By correspondence. Guess he prefers cheating.
He, the champion of America First, the supporter of isolationism, attacks Venezuela, Iran, soon Cuba, targets Greenland and Canada, and we would not be surprised if he prepares to annex Spain, France, Argentina, England, Brazil and Portugal to ensure that the USA wins the next World Cup.
Do you think I’m exaggerating? Remember, Trump always goes beyond exaggeration.
You might think that all of these examples of blatant cognitive confusion are symptoms of a bad brain. It could be. But ironically, the opposite is also possible. What if Donald Trump was the great master in the art of contradicting himself?
Yes, it is an art. Montaigne and Pascal extolled the skill of minds that know how to navigate opposing ideas. Trump is blowing hot and cold to both bomb Iran and keep the Strait of Hormuz open to navigation, due to the price of oil.
Unless La Rochefoucauld is right: “We are so accustomed to disguising ourselves from others that in the end, we disguise ourselves from ourselves. »
Contradiction becoming second nature to man. Trump lying not only to his people, but also to himself.
If Donald is the GOAT of contradiction, he is not the first major American figure to fall into this category. Thomas Jefferson, signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence, a founding text affirming that all men are created equal, himself “owned” slaves. Bitter America.
Now, how can we ensure that Trumpian duality manages to annihilate its impact? After all, two negatives make a positive.
What if we created a virtual Trump similar to the one Trump himself uses in his videos where we see him dancing in Gaza or scoring a goal against Canada? An AI Trump that would meet Real Trump and confront him with his contradictions?
Sure that the real Trump could not resist his double, Narcissus that he is.
A Trump versus Trump debate.
Use your opponent’s strength to defeat your opponent.
Provided, of course, that the Trump clone doesn’t show up in 2028.
