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matheusmoreira • yesterday at 1:49 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

It's honestly somewhat refreshing. Politicians are all sociopaths who say all the right things while keeping their true thoughts secret. Trump calls other countries shitholes, and that's actually what he thinks. No doubt it's a diplomatic nightmare but I can't help but muster a small amount of respect for the sheer brazenness of it.


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whatisthiseven • yesterday at 2:24 PM

Brazenness is one way to describe it. Another might be a total lack of respect for anyone that doesn't capitulate.

It isn't like "saying it like it is" is actually good, or a morally respectable position. It is just word vomit. Most cynically, it is a political strategy to distract from his real self-interests.