I can’t access his profile to share the link since his stupid site (truth social) requires you to pay up to read tweets like this. Very cool and totally not a grift on a national level!

  • purpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    42
    ·
    5 days ago

    I know it’s not significant, but why does he keep talking about making America “hot”? Like, I’ve heard him say this a couple of times and I don’t get what sort of idiom he is going for here.

    • SerLava [he/him]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      37
      ·
      5 days ago

      it’s fucking weird, he means it as in like… people being excited about investing in America, and shit like that. In other words the exact opposite of what he’s doing, which is driving a scramble of disinvestment in US trade

      • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]@hexbear.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        25
        ·
        edit-2
        5 days ago

        One of the funniest things about positions of power and “leadership” is that with each step removed from the bottom, the less likely you are to be faced with the truth of what’s going on. Because in reality, anyone reporting to you fears for their job. Especially in an administration like Trump’s. I can’t imagine they are giving him anything but "we are doing great on trade agreements! We just got another 5-10 billion investment, disregard the fact we are losing 100s of billions in trade imports or manufacturing, or shipping prioritization, etc.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      27
      ·
      5 days ago

      I assume he has something stuck in his head. My guess is that it’s something like a Sports Illustrated cover from 1983 that says “HOT!” with Christie Brinkley in a tiny bikini.

    • triplenadir@lemmygrad.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      4 days ago

      Pet theory: one of his “captain of industry” supervillain backers told him to do it, and it’s 4D chess move to make “hot” = “good” just as North American Climate Change Death Summer is getting in gear.