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That is certainly a part of it. . . . but not all of it. I am not going to pretend to know why he is behaving the way he is. There are limited answers, and they include Putin having something on him at worst, and at best, his ego not being able to handle even a hint of his election being illegitimate to the point that he will sell out his country rather than acknowledge a reality he doesn't like. But I want know how much this goes beyond naivete or lack of preparation, and I think everyone else who cares about the country should. It's important as a country that we find out -- just the truth.

Regardless, you are right in this sense. He was playing golf in Scotland the day before he embarked for that shit show. He is an absolute moron playing the role of the presidency like a bad reality TV show. Not even Real Housewives good. I am sure he thought this would play out the way he thought Singapore played out. He'd breeze in, meet with Putin, bullshit endlessly, come out and claim a great success and how he had done things no president before him was ever able to -- basically spiking the football before it has even been thrown, let alone caught. And if he says it, well, it MUST be true for everyone in the reality he creates for himself.

Now put that into perspective. Not even the most naive, narcissistic, biggest idiot on the planet would possibly think they can do that with Vladimir Putin. But that is our president. And Putin just stood there and let it happen. It actually didn't require any genius or Vulcan mind meld on the part of Putin, which makes it even more remarkable. But good on Trump. He got a round of golf in and he got to wear a crappy baseball cap that said USA on it, for full douche effect.