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Originally Posted by Minirra
Convenient conflicts, sure, with you there - but you're seriously worried about him conspiring with SA for false flag terror attacks?
For all of Trump's idiocy and many faults I'm at least going to give him the benefit of the doubt. It's a pretty big jump, and one I don't think you can consider making without a tight lock on your inner circle. Right now he can't watch TV without someone leaking it. Putin would have to coach this guy up for years to get there.
I mean Dubya had Dick Cheney and a fairly competent staff to help him organize 9/11, and they still made a lot of obvious mistakes that simple folks on YouTube spotted right away. What were they thinking, everyone knows jet fuel can't melt steel beams.
The statement was purposefully extreme, partly based on the truth of Trump's previous actions and capabilites out of desperation, a lesser part parody, and an even lesser part hyperbole. I'll make a small case for the possibility anyway...
1) Why does he have to involve any potential leakers from his team? Especially after hearing on AF1 that at least Jared or one of his top officials is working as a mole. All he has to do is ask for privacy one or more times, like when he told Pence and Sessions to leave so he could pressure Comey.
2) All the "masterminding" can easily take place on the other side. Trump can simply expose a tiny vulnerability somewhere and leave the rest in their hands. The only qualities needed are a strong sense of self protection and lack of care or compassion for the American people. Check and check.
Bonus) Trump has half a brain left if you remove the part with dementia. Which probably means anyone with more than half a brain is capable of tricking him. Only a short meeting with the Russians got him to reveal code word top secret intel against our interests, and to let Putin's media in posing as a personal photographer to Lavrov. This doesn't show mal intent, though it is another way we're susceptible to a terror attack while Trump is around.
How does it feel, even having this discussion about the US President? There are probably more points to make, but I'm not looking to think too hard at 6:40am on a Saturday.