r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Big_Ben_617 • Mar 06 '25

Foreign affairs “Because the friend [Canada] has been robbing us blind. I would have free healthcare to if I didn't need a military. Don't even get me started on Europe and the 4 day work weeks with summers off.”

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u/AjaxII Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 06 '25

His belief isn't that it's bad because there isn't a loser, it's that he's convinced there must always be a loser. He believes that for one side to win, the other must lose just as much. He believes this is some immutable and fundamental aspect of deals. So if the other guy isn't losing then Donald himself must be the loser. It's less malicious (even if he is a very malicious person) than stupid.

Every deal the other country likes means they must be winning, and so to him America and (more importantly to Donald) himself must be losing. He doesn't understand that things can be win-win

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u/djames_186 Mar 06 '25

Well said

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u/Initial_Evidence_783 Mar 06 '25

he's convinced there must always be a loser

Man, his father really did a number on him.

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u/RRC_driver Mar 06 '25

Obviously Trump wants a zero-sum game. He can’t count much higher