▲ 324 ▼ Trump unleashes furious rant over Wall Street Journal claim that Iran ‘takes him for a sucker’ (www.independent.co.uk) submitted 4 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/news@lemmy.world 43 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 16 points 4 months ago (1 child) By any standards, Lex Luthor was a better President than Donnie. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] village604@adultswim.fan 10 points 4 months ago (1 child) Didn't Lex at least believe he was doing the right thing? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (2 children) Pretty sure every villain does. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] village604@adultswim.fan 6 points 4 months ago No, I meant that Lex legitimately thought his actions were in the best interests of the people, basically doing wrong things with good intentions. The part that confuses so many people about the behavior of Trump and friends is that the people are trying to logic it as them wanting to do the right thing and getting it wrong, but don't realize that hurting people was always the goal. Trump is more of a classic villain who only wants power for self benefit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago Lex had an actual teacher as Secretary of Education. He put all his holdings into a blind trust. He never visited Epstein Island. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] village604@adultswim.fan 10 points 4 months ago (1 child) Didn't Lex at least believe he was doing the right thing? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (2 children) Pretty sure every villain does. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] village604@adultswim.fan 6 points 4 months ago No, I meant that Lex legitimately thought his actions were in the best interests of the people, basically doing wrong things with good intentions. The part that confuses so many people about the behavior of Trump and friends is that the people are trying to logic it as them wanting to do the right thing and getting it wrong, but don't realize that hurting people was always the goal. Trump is more of a classic villain who only wants power for self benefit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago Lex had an actual teacher as Secretary of Education. He put all his holdings into a blind trust. He never visited Epstein Island. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (2 children) Pretty sure every villain does. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] village604@adultswim.fan 6 points 4 months ago No, I meant that Lex legitimately thought his actions were in the best interests of the people, basically doing wrong things with good intentions. The part that confuses so many people about the behavior of Trump and friends is that the people are trying to logic it as them wanting to do the right thing and getting it wrong, but don't realize that hurting people was always the goal. Trump is more of a classic villain who only wants power for self benefit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago Lex had an actual teacher as Secretary of Education. He put all his holdings into a blind trust. He never visited Epstein Island. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] village604@adultswim.fan 6 points 4 months ago No, I meant that Lex legitimately thought his actions were in the best interests of the people, basically doing wrong things with good intentions. The part that confuses so many people about the behavior of Trump and friends is that the people are trying to logic it as them wanting to do the right thing and getting it wrong, but don't realize that hurting people was always the goal. Trump is more of a classic villain who only wants power for self benefit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago Lex had an actual teacher as Secretary of Education. He put all his holdings into a blind trust. He never visited Epstein Island. permalink fedilink source parent