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Actually it's a 19th century worldview. Pre-1918, anyway.

Very early 20th century.

Let's not forget that in a world of SeaBaby drones, etc Donald wants to go back to the 1950s and launch a new class of Battleships.

All other nations' leaders have the upper hand over the Terrible Toddler Tyrant. They know he's genuinely ignorant and susceptible to flattery. They know that ultimately they'll have to, and can, engage in business and govt without the US as long as that pathetic, impotent bully is still in office.

20th century worldview? His "Golden Age" is straight out of the 19th century!

The past is all he has, he's trying to bring the world back to the Fifties.

Yes, but Meathead rocks.

Interesting take, but which part of the assessment actually points to an outdated worldview? Is there a concrete example where 21st-century tactics were ignored or misunderstood in policy?

The world is smoking us when it comes to solar energy, electric forms of transportation, and the list goes on. We like to think we're a leader in technology but especially under trump, we're losing ground

Love or hate them, Biden and Obama surrounded themselves with knowledgeable people, experts in their field, dedicated public servants, and then LISTENED to them to apply policy and governance that led the world.

Great work! You can see in how Trump talks about cities he thinks it's 1975. I disagree with you on AI, however. Trump despises new technology, but he LOVES the approval of rich people, and the billionaires he surrounds himself with are all in on AI. It's a grift he can appreciate.

His running circles around Chuck Grassley and Mitch McConnell 😪

You give Donald Trump a lot of credit for wanting to do the right thing, but not understanding how. I disagree. He is a crook and a sadist who enjoys hurting people. He may be ignorant, but that's one of his few positive characteristics. Otherwise, he would be far more destructive.

Back to the future !

Even if we embraced more drones, it would still be a failure. You don't start wars on a whim. You don't start wars and just expect people to follow. You don't start wars and put out propaganda and expect people to trust you, when you have a history of lying.

This is why Kamala used the motto ‘not going back.’ Oh and egg prices are still high (where I live) plus carrot prices doubled from last week

40 Years of Republican Tax Cuts have shifted wealth and power to a wealthy few. Who is the growing debt owed to? Who benefits from corporate tax cuts? Who gets to grow their savings, while others live hand to mouth? In every case, the same people who progressively own more and more of everything.

TRUMP CHINA TRIP RESULTS May 14, 2026 Iran allows Chinese ships through Hormuz The move followed requests from China’s foreign minister and ambassador to Iran, with Tehran agreeing to facilitate the passage of a number of Chinese ships www.firstpost.com/world/iran-a...

Not to mention that something is eating his brain.

A president who thinks in WWII metaphors running foreign policy in the age of drone warfare and AI. The Iran intelligence failure wasn't a briefing problem. It was a worldview problem.

Thank you for saying this. The Iranian people's daily reality is shaped by these choices, not just high-level strategy. Ignoring their struggles in favor of political point-scoring is just exhausting.

He made racism great again. His Court destroyed voting rights and the white southerners immediately went Jim Crow.

Finally, someone hits the big picture, but also the corruption tied to last century's power centers, like fossil fuel energy, has found a vehicle like no other. His thirst for money and adulation for maintaining the status quo knows no bounds!

This is really an argument for politicians having to retire at the same age as everyone else. Many US politicians see the world as it was in the 1980s (eg Biden). Putin saw Ukraine as it was in 1990. It seems many older men eventually get stuck in a now-gone era. When leaders do it it's deadly.

The current president was put in place to dismantle the US, and is doing a damn good job of it. The GOP is the largest and most dangerous enemy to the United States.

That’s true, Trumps racism is right out of the 60s and 70s www.nytimes.com/2016/08/28/u...

This is an excellent piece, once again evaluating Trump by normal standards. Normal standards don't apply to him. He's stuck in a past that is his particular, sick version, wholly created in his sick mind. He can't be properly analyzed without first acknowledging that he is a mental degenerate.

I have often found that people who are failures grasp to the past. As the grasp continues so does their ideal vision of the past become greater. Vote early and avoid the lines. Midterms folks midterms

Very good, well-written article. 🎯

To claim trump has ANY worldview, old or modern, is giving the lazy imbecile too much credit. The lunatic only cares about himself. He’s too stupid to have a single coherent idea or thought.

Add energy to your list.

Key stakes in the ongoing US-Iran talks shed light on the evolving diplomatic and strategic challenges discussed in the thread. https://theboard.world/article/us-iran-talks-pakistan-stakes-analysis/

Trump is no visionary. And with the age of our elected Senators and some house members, they don't even recognize how far behind we are. We no longer lead.

Adam, This is one of the brightest things you've said in a while...keep shifting away from that Neocon-liberal mindset...there may be hope for you...

Minor tweak: Trump is actually trapped in a 19th century worldview. But yes.

The entire Trump regime is living in an old white man's world.

What a shallow, two-bit, intellectually slothful, egregiously flawed and profoundly ignorant piece. Adam Kinzinger Is Living in the Partisan Past. It’s Costing Him Analytical Clarity.
This Is What Happens When Former Congressmen Refuse to Update Their Lens. open.substack.com/pub/mikemari...

Hey, remember this: bsky.app/profile/en.a...

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trump & regime are going nowhere unless physically removed, mark my words. We have j6, starting wars without approval, killing legal citizens & NO ONE STOPS THEM.... as examples!

The past, as in his developer days. He can't even remember how to be a president.

That whole substack post is AI. Unfucking real.

He’s also just a dipshit living off scams, that hasn’t changed at all.

Hegsy and Dumper want to kill Iran's Nuclear Ambition! They cannot see that they will never SUBDUE IRAN's soul even as no one can destroy ours, short of Nuclear War. The BIGGEST impediment here is that Dumper will NEVER admit he made a mistake, and is waiting for surrender. Absurd! Dangerous!

We don’t need Iranian intelligence to tell us that. It’s is obvious to the average person who watches news.

he has zero vision for others. It is all focussed on the mirror.

He doesn't care about any of those things! All he cares about is himself, his power, his money, and his ego. PERIOD. This man is not anywhere near "normal."

I hope you sink his golden battleship.

It's the drone in the 21st century. Shoot down a fighter jet and you lose a billion dollar machine. Drones are under $100,000.

Got excited for a minute. Skipped over a couple words in that sentence 🤣 First read Donald Trump is Past Dare to dream 💭

He's stuck in a 20th century worldview? If only. His head is stuck in 1066.

He's too old to make a good decision about the future. Just can't buy green bananas!

Boomers have to live in the past. They cannot catch up. They SHOULD let go of their power and enjoy the slower lifestyle they have earned, but their egos demand they continue to try to rule others.

MAGA, by definition, lives in the past.

But you know- it's all FRAUD

One thing that always seems left out of the conversation about healthcare: People often mention the $7000 out-of-pocket in premiums + what the employers spend as noted here. But most of those plans have anywhere from $5000-$10,000 deductible before ANY insurance payments kick in + co-pays.

Our problem, unfortunately

The man is in the wrong century and should be sent back in time.

Well he is an 80 year old Felon, Rapst, Pedo who has always been out of touch and now in the throes of dementia where is psyche is living way, way in the past...

Of course he is people with dementia usually are the short term memory goes first.

forgot to mention he's both senile AND stupid.......

That’s putting it nicely. His head is up his ass

What would you expect when yoou le lt complete fuckingg idiots run the government?

You hit on healthcare. Many legacy systems still demand text input for symptom checking. But for the next billion, 'kaichal' (Tamil for 'fever') spoken into a device will be the...

Well said.

But Adam. Battleships!!!!!!!

Surprised trump hasn’t signed an EO to make women wear skirts that go their ankles, but than as a mysoginist and child rapist he would be cutting off his own pecker to spite himself.

It’s definitely cost us our future, what about the HERE & NOW⁉️⁉️⁉️

Get the Baby Boomers out of office!

Then he came along and fixed everything. He sealed the border, forced NATO to yield, stopped eight wars, created the greatest economy, and made America the hottest country in the world. When you have such a delusional world view, a lot of bad decisions flow from there.

He and Putin are two (unequal-sized) peas in a pod.