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He’s a textbook malignant narcissist so that’s pretty easy to manipulate
Did they give him the FIFA Bigly Deal Maker Prize?
He's the UFC (Ultimate Failure Champion).
I don't think this is unique, it's just rare for someone to openly say it.
Especially since openly saying it runs the rather high risk of undermining the whole approach. If Trump hears this, he'll get all pissy and tank things for the sake of his fragile ego.
You can see it in most every person in Trump's circle. They all play the game of manipulating the president, all you need to do is risk your dignity and you can pretty much get him to do whatever. If they dare to serve their own ego, they fail.
He's already tanked it several times thus far. That's why he keeps saying they're leaking false conditions. Like no grampa, you just weren't told about those.
Maybe the con is longer than just this deal. Or maybe this is coming from someone other than Iran that wants the war to heat up rather than end (or even just to keep the strait closed).
Or maybe someone's head got too big and they wanted to brag about manipulating Trump when it wasn't yet strategically or tactically sound to do so.
Colud be someone bragging to someone not expecting it to work all the way out to the media.
Or a narrative that is probably fairly described, but editorialized. E.g. if they did state the fact they had the help of psychologists in negotiating, that statement by itself doesn't necessarily insult a man that thinks only very smart people pass cognitive tests.
So the reporting actually extrapolates into the obvious, but unstated implications of why pyschologists would be useful in this situation.
all you need to do is risk your dignity
How quaint of you to think those psychos have a shred of dignity
Well that's what they're saying.. they don't have any dignity, that's why they can get him to do all this stuff.
A lot of people know how to play Trump, give him some meaningless reward, a golden plane whatever. "best president the world has ever seen"
Tell him last time he said this even though he didn't etc. like old people scammers.
Experts are not even needed.
The world needs to crowdfund a gold plated private jet and a "This person did not appear in the Epstein files" award to Trump, then tell him to send the military after the oligarchs and the theocratic fascists.
It could all be much simpler than we think. Half a million people on earth spend 1000 bucks each and it's all over.
A few million to say JD Vance is "crooked" on TV A few million to deport Elon or Peter Thiel
Etc.
This deal isn't worth the paper it hasn't been printed on.....
But Iranians aren't stupid, they know this too, and they won't be caught with their pants down. They were ready 4 months ago, and they'll be ready next time
It's almost like they've been preparing for this for nearly 60 years or something. People are clever, and every time a major power decides to go to war they show the whole world what they're capable of, which isn't a good thing for someone like Trump. Man's all bluff and no follow-through.
They've been preparing ever since Bolton was trying to force this war back in 2018/2019.
Yet now they've let it get in the press that they see him as mentally ill. Trump's ego will not like that despite how true it is.
His nurses will keep it from him. If he doesn't see a fake version of the internet yet, he will be after this
He's clearly losing it, but this is also clearly propaganda from a country engaged in a war. Anyone who takes this seriously is a fool. Trump is a vacant turnip, but we can asses that for ourselves. Don't be stupid. Of course they will say anything they can to smear him. They don't need to. He's already covered in shit.
Let's hope his derangement leads to a direct attack on israel when they refuse to honor whatever peace deal we make to pretend we weren't pantsed by Iran.
Using psychology to understand how to come to terms with a narcissistic shit baby doesn't seem that implausible to me.
Just because it's propaganda doesn't mean it's untrue. The story tracks and changes nothing I believe about the US's tyrannical tangerine toddler.
The next question: so why are they saying this? It seems to me that Iran values weakening the US more than they do a peace deal, even a lopsided $300B one. So Trump has a temper tantrum and goes back to bombing Iran. Through some twisted logic, that's good for Iran.
Unironically, the people leaking this want the war. Could be Iranian hardliners, could be made up whole cloth. Hell, could be mossad agents that have infiltrated the Iranian government, hoping to reignite the war for Israel. I have no doubt that this was written to reignite the war; we'll just have to see what comes out of it.
I think he'd believe it if we told him his golden bunker moon base was completed and ready for him. Then we could just send him out there somewhere.
They took advantage of a mentally disabled octogenarian?! /s
They escaped an abusive relationship
No, no, America. They escaped a nasty fence dispute with a deranged neighbor.
You're the one still stuck in the abusive relationship, unfortunately.
Lots of love from the north. Good luck.
Huh? The statement was that they escaped, not that they're stuck in it.
They should have kept going. Like, get his banking info or something. Him getting scammed would just be chef’s kiss.
They are getting 300 billions out of this. Not from his own account, but still.
As they should have. All's fair in love and war. No '/s' needed.
Iran, if you're reading this, can we uhh, hire your psychologists? Asking on behalf of most Americans.
You don't need them. Manipulating a narcissist is incredibly easy, like take candy from a baby easy.
Are they refering to praying on his narcissism or his dementia??
Probably both.a combination of "don't you remember when we agreed to this?" And "only a big strong president with large hands could make this deal, what a big boy you are."
Good luck with Netanyahu
Evidently Israel asked for a copy of the deal and Washington told them "no". I was cracking up.
The great thing is that they can publish this and it won't change a thing.
"We are giving you the Iranian world peace prize and the golden key the the straight of Hormuz"....thx for the billions