"Effective immediately, the United States Navy ... will begin the process of blockading any and all ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz," said the president in a social media post.
The madman theory is a political theory commonly associated with the foreign policy of U.S. president Richard Nixon and his administration, who tried to make the leaders of hostile communist bloc countries think Nixon was irrational and volatile so that they would avoid provoking the U.S. in fear of an unpredictable response.
Nixon was corrupt, but he was also intelligent. He described on the Today Show, in 1994, Putin’s rise to power, 6 years before it even happened. Purely based on being able to see how situations would unfold. And he was right.
But nobody gave a shit, because the person saying it was Nixon. Nobody wanted to hear what that asshole had to say.
I wish people today still held that same contempt for corrupt politians.
He certainly wasn’t stupid, but a rational person would have never bugged the DNC in preparation for an election where he was that heavily favored. He only stood to lose, but he was paranoid.
That’s exactly what Putin has been doing for years. Unfortunately Putin is pulling it off quite well.
We’re just going to take Ukraine, and then likely whatever country looks easiest to take next. But if anyone else got involved in these conflicts I will totally launch my nukes all over the place! You just watch, I’ll do it, I’m fuckin nuts!
Don’t even think about sending troops, because that would add fuel to an already dangerous situation (that we manufactured and could totally end at any time).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_theory
And in this case he actually is mad.
deleted by creator
Nixon was pretty irrational himself.
Nixon was corrupt, but he was also intelligent. He described on the Today Show, in 1994, Putin’s rise to power, 6 years before it even happened. Purely based on being able to see how situations would unfold. And he was right.
But nobody gave a shit, because the person saying it was Nixon. Nobody wanted to hear what that asshole had to say.
I wish people today still held that same contempt for corrupt politians.
He certainly wasn’t stupid, but a rational person would have never bugged the DNC in preparation for an election where he was that heavily favored. He only stood to lose, but he was paranoid.
Nixon was a flower girl next to these goons in the WH.
Are flower girls notoriously sane?
i mean this is what the flower girls at our wedding looked like
edit dammit wrong link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_of_Parks
My mind goes straight to Daisy Girl…but I can’t make the connection between Nixon, and the first ever political attack ad.
That’s exactly what Putin has been doing for years. Unfortunately Putin is pulling it off quite well.