The Glass House: Method in the Madness

[Neon Ignition]

As was laid out in the Blast Processing thread, the shift away from a slew of poll based threads led to the creation of a single thread that would cover different topics and debates on the matter of gaming. If that thread covers one side of the coin then here we find the other side, a thread dedictated so the other areas of life that we all experience and observe as we attempt to navigate our way through the trials and tribulations of simple existence.

Covering political, social and moral discussions - these areas of debate can often lead to exploration, learning or theb gripping of entrenched verbal argument stones in your clenched fist ready to throw them out into the debate within the thread we will be calling in this instance:





As with the gaming thread, new topics will be put forward to explore different areas of discussion and to often place take a deeper dive into what is going on in the issues of the world around us. No polls, just a place of conversation on the ever changing or in some cases never changing matters we all face.

Also, similarly, this is also an open arena for anyone to put forward their own discussion points.

[Neon Ignition]

The Aims of Trump
The current tariff's situation is causing financial devastation globally which is only expected to get much worse in the coming weeks, possibly to a scale never before seen under a US President. There has already been a whole host of theories around what the intentions are behind Trump's approach. It's not a new plan to him, he's pushed the theory that tariff's are the key to rebalancing the US economy since the 1980's but it never seriously came to the fore during his first term. This time however America is only a few weeks into his term and the walls are already collapsing down around its people.

Theories on his plan come in various forms. Some believe it's a planted idea from the minds behind the Project 2025 playbook that he has followed so far, some believe that it's matter of revenge, tearing down the rich states that defied him in his first term to level them with the poorer ones that offer him greater levels of support. Others think that's its a financial scam; freed from repurcussions by a biased Supreme Court he and Elon are looking to crash the markets to buy stocks up on the cheap and then profit from a boom that follows, whilst the theory also exists that it's an egotistical move - something massive that isn't popular but cements his name in infamy within the halls of Presidential history.

The result is that there are already trillions of dollars lost in just several days and even some ardent Republicans are starting to get twitchy.

What do you feel is at the heart of Trumps intentions and how do you envisage the effects of this move panning out not just for America and the Globe but also for Trump himself and the future of the role of President?

[Asura]

What do you feel is at the heart of Trumps intentions and how do you envisage the effects of this move panning out not just for America and the Globe but also for Trump himself and the future of the role of President?

I feel, and have always felt, that Trump's political intentions are the same now as they were decades ago, and most other things come from that. Trump has come from a place of being nouveau riche, and wealthy (even if much of his wealth is a sham, yeah, yeah, bankrupt 10 times or whatever but he still has buildings in his name, he's a grifter in the same sense the stock market is a pyramid scheme).

Trump wants to be seen as an aristocrat, and saw political power as a means to that end once he fully realised that there was no way to reach that goal purely via business. He's trying to imitiate the oligarchy of Russia because they seem to have an air of aristrocracy that the newly-wealthy of America lack.

I genuinely feel most of the other stuff relates to Project 2025 or other groups who have manipulated him, because he's easy to manipulate as his goal is such a childish thing.

I also believe him to be some form of sociopath, though then again they say most CEOs are.