He cares hugely about optics

almost more than anything else (aside from money...). Hence his relentless posting on Truth Social and his willingness to speak to journalists even if they just call him on his mobile.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on August 13th 2026 at 12:21:28

Message Thread

If Iran *had* blown up Air Force One (General Chat) - norwaay, Aug 13, 10:44:27
- It's cute that you think anyone in the Trump administration has ever cared about optics (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Aug 13, 11:27:23
  - He cares hugely about optics (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 13, 12:21:28
    - ... (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Aug 13, 12:24:15
  - Well, yes - but Rubio, Miller and others were on that plane (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Aug 13, 11:32:52
    - Sure he has plenty of other toadying lickspittle waiting to fill those roles (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Aug 13, 11:50:33
- Yes, I'd wondered exactly this. You almost think they hadn't thought it through (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 13, 11:26:15
- “People are saying “Mr. President that was the best decoy ever “” (n/m) (General Chat) - colincanary, Aug 13, 10:51:59
- He has no shame. The sane option would have been to cancel the AF1 flight, not (General Chat) - Pixelman, Aug 13, 10:49:54
  - He listens to absolutely no-one and thinks he knows better than (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Aug 13, 11:07:15

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