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Comment by grabcocque | Hacker News Reader

He's running.

I wonder how much of a deal breaker his lack of charisma is. Certainly people have been elected without it, but it's a nice equalizer if you're short in other areas, like experience.

I think he's charismatic.

I definitely give him credit for trying, but watching him speak to a crowd gives me the same uncanny feeling as watching The Polar Express.

And he's worse when it's an interview format where he can't prepare.

On the experience front he'd be stuck with the Trump Paradox.

Either Trump's lack of experience will prove to be a huge negative and hurt Zuckerberg due to his similar lack of experience, OR Trump will somehow turn things around and be successful enough to be competitive in 2020 and Trump can claim he has more experience.

Have you seen Trump? Every day is another fuck up...this is as good as it gets with him... Assuming he isn't impeached by Christmas.

Good grief. He's completely untrustworthy, I think he's proven that.

Also, I can see his taking a position on UBI now as an indicator, and as a way to literally buy votes.

Coming 2020, the great Oprah vs Zuckerberg debates.

presidential politics is mostly about charisma and emotion these days. If he thinks people will listen to good ideas and policy, he'll be sorely mistaken.

I hope not. He has no real bade in either party, and an independent run would inevitably siphon off Democratic votes.

He's not really a likeable person either

yeah, I'd vote for Elon in a heartbeat though...

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