Donald Trump is Playing Zero-Demensional Chess: CNN

[Stuart G]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/08/politics/trump-corker-attack/index.html

Chris Ciillizza, updated :3:03 ET

— On Sunday morning, President Donald Trump decided to go after Bob Corker.

"Senator Bob Corker 'begged' me to endorse him for re-election in Tennessee," Trump tweeted. "I said NO" and he dropped out (said he could not win without my endorsement). He also wanted to be Secretary of State, I said 'NO THANKS.' He is also largely responsible for the horrendous Iran Deal!"

Trump didn't leave it there. "Hence, I would fully expect Corker to be a negative voice and stand in the way of our great agenda," he added. "Didn't have the guts to run!"

Trump's comments come days after Corker cast him as an agent of chaos and suggested that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson wasn't receiving enough support from Trump. And they illuminate two fundamental principles about Trump.

The first, which anyone paying attention already knows, is that Trump bends truth -- and often breaks it -- to fit his purposes.

It turns out that Corker didn't beg for Trump's endorsement or make his re-election bid contingent on being endorsed by the president. Quite the opposite, according to two sources who spoke with CNN's Manu Raju Sunday.

"The President called the senator early last week and asked him to reconsider his decision not to seek re-election and reaffirmed that he would have endorsed him, as he has said many times," one source told Raju.

The second thing this Corker episode makes clear is that, strategically speaking, Trump is playing zero-dimensional chess. As in, the only strategy is that there is no strategy. (rest of article at link)

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. He's playing UNO with half a deck n/t

[pansypoo53219]

2. not 'go fish'?

[mahannah]

4. 52 pickup

[BREMPRO]

6. perfect metaphor for his chaotic undisciplined don't play by any rules game

an he leaves others to pick up his mess...

[Mr.Bill]

3. Hey, Donnie,

if you hadn't started making enemies in the republican Senate during the campaign, you could have repealed Obamacare and destroyed health insurance for millions. Glad to see you are continuing the same strategy. Keep making enemies in your own Senate when you only have a two vote edge. Art of the Deal indeed.

You can't make this shit up.

[world wide wally]

5. He does have a strategy.... Same as all his other strategies...

Lie

[SharonAnn]

7. I can't imagine Corker "begging" 45 for anything.

[Perseus]

8. What??? Trump 'bends the truth'???

"The first, which anyone paying attention already knows, is that Trump bends truth -- and often breaks it -- to fit his purposes."

Why can't this person be straight forward and say "Trump lies all the time.", he would have saved words and told the plain truth at the same time.