SheepDog4Life
Natural Gray Man
It's really simple, no mind reading necessary, the same as anything throughout life:I'm not a mind reader and I wasn't there, so I can't say for certain
I am critical of others herein who will endlessly go with their opinion of why something was or was not done by Trump, as if they actually knew, and driven mostly on their animosity towards him
And whenever I try to come up with a rational reason why something might have been done a particular way (because I don't feel that Trump can just be dismissed as an idiot, a narcissist grifter yada yada) at best I'm told I'm just speculating or I have to sit through lectures on how 'awktually, if you looked at all sides of the issue ...' [insert Trump or Bug criticism here, or both]
Even your own stipulation 'without excuses' is prejudiced and subjective. When the game stops being a struggle session and players really want to explore possible reasons that don't involve capitulation to their favorite narrative, maybe I'll play
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Those things that you devote time and energy to, and do first... are a priority.
Those that you don't, aren't.
Draining the swamp was not a priority for Trump.
Approaching the election, it was a missing assignment... even though he'd pledged it would be a day one priority.
By his own promises, it was a day one, first 100 days priority. He was 3 1/2 years late turning in his assignment.