Trump was only joking about cancelling midterm elections
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Trump Floats Cancellation of Midterms in Reuters Interview
Is Trump's chaos a calculated strategy for American dominance, or evidence of alarming instability and decline?
Above: U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions from members of the press on Jan. 13. Image credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images
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Pro-Trump narrative
Trump's chaotic approach isn't madness but a calculated strategy to reshape global economic order with America dominant. Behind the bedlam lies a serious plan backed by Wall Street heavyweights like Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who sees Trump's unpredictability as leverage to force other nations into submission and establish what amounts to neoliberalism 2.0 with ruthless American primacy.
Anti-Trump narrative
Trump's erratic behavior reveals genuine instability, not strategic genius. From posting fake AI videos about nonexistent "med bed hospitals" to rambling incoherently before military leaders, the president displays alarming signs of confusion and decline that undermine American credibility and inject dangerous uncertainty into an already chaotic international order.
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