[tomkat]

Trump's a smart guy, and while the whole 'xD chess' thing has always struck me as rather silly, what prompted my intemperate response was

Now popping popcorn awaiting the “4-D Chess” crowd...

the unmistakable sense of gloating that conveyed, as if from someone who was pleased to see today's fustercluck.

It's situations such as this that point out the limits of 'communication' in the interwebs.
In real life we'd either laugh and have a beer about it, or take it outside.
But in here, ya just never know, ya know ?

[TiGuy22]

No gloating, just frustrated. There’s a number of folks here that believe all Trump does is planned and traps for the competition.