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Gregory Dunkling's avatar

He’s making America the laughing stock of the world.

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WJB Motown's avatar

The Orange Turd has made America the laughing stock of the world. MAGA has done the deed......Will the people start to push back???

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MT's avatar

We are trying to without causing him to explode. It's a careful, precise line that must not be crossed.

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MT's avatar

Yes, he is. Utterly embarrassing! Vulgar, demented!

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Rev.Carlton's avatar

He’s already done that. The laughter is sad though. The videos from the flat earth facebook page he showed the President of South Africa just confirm you have a moron for a king. But that is an insult to morons, to whom I must apologize.

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Gregory Dunkling's avatar

Just returned from visiting Europe for 6 weeks. “He’s an idiot” was the most common description of our President.

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Jarno Jokinen's avatar

Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...

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Public Servant's avatar

We need to deport the Afrikaners. They are fascist white supremacists, not refugees. Trump and the muskrat brought them here for votes: https://democracydefender2025.substack.com/p/deport-the-afrikaners

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Maya Ram's avatar

I am in favor of deporting them to the giant cement box in El Salvador. Hell, I’m in favor of invading El Salvador and turning it into a giant penal colony for all the undesirables of the world such as right wingers of all stripes.

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MT's avatar

Invading means bullets and guns and bombs. No. I don't want to start another war. We're already too close to two of them exploding in our faces.

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David Maceira's avatar

The t regime is testing the limits of the courts, the Constitution and the people of the US. You can bet that if violence broke out Stephen "Goebbels" Miller would urge (demand) that t declare martial law, end habeas corpus and everyone gets a one-way trip to a foreign gulag. Emotional reactions can often lead to violence. Which never solves anything. Trying times call for cooler calculating heads.

"An eye for an eye just makes the whole world blind." ~ Mahatma Ghandi

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MT's avatar

Absolutely agree. Thank you. Cooler heads have to prevail.

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Marycat2021's avatar

You sound like a fascist who doesn't give a shit about the principles Trump spits on. With both of you it's all about retribution. And your hateful comment got 24 likes, I'm disgusted.

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Debi Heather's avatar

Or just send them to Texas.

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MT's avatar

Yes. They're here under false pretenses. They must go back to their country immediately!

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MT's avatar

Send them back to South Africa they are here under false pretenses.

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Nora M's avatar

We don’t have enough homegrown racist so we’re importing them.

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Debi Heather's avatar

Exactly my thought let’s shore up the racists cause folks are getting woke and we’re losing members.

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Steve Carson's avatar

Trump’s goal is to bring this country to its knees for rejecting him.

It’s time to fight back, 86-47!

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MT's avatar

WE HAVE TO GET HIM OUTED! SOMEONE MUST ADMINISTER A DEMENTIA TEST WITHOUT HIM KNOWING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WITHOUT STEPHEN MILLER KNOWING!!!!

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Debi Heather's avatar

I know whiny little bitch.

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Barbara Dillard's avatar

Trump sat there and lied to him. It’s on the news. Trump makes false claims

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patti smith's avatar

trump seems to believe anything his advisors (Steve Miller most of all) tell him. But he doesn't have any knowledge of our constitution or what is going on in his various cabinets!

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Crissy Bellon's avatar

I live in a maga-run town. I overhear them talking about how he is a conspiracy theorists' dream, and how sometimes they purposely feed tRump stories that they KNOW are false, just so he will show their pics and read their stories on the air. They feel like they 'own' the libs by 'owning' tRump. While they are busy smokin and drinking and yukkin it up, I am busy doing side hustles and bustin my ass so my house doesn't get foreclosed. FYI - I downloaded a sheet of pre-forclosures coming up in my area, and there is a HUGE amt. Instead of yukkin it up, maga should be taking what's going on in our country since tRump took office, a little (or a lot) more seriously 😳.

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patti smith's avatar

Wow! So many people are hurt (some are dead) because of trump and his follower's horrible decisions. It really is heart breaking.

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Marycat2021's avatar

I remember back when Dubya Bush was president and I was a clerk in state Supreme Court. The foreclosures just poured in every day. People were encouraged by shady loan companies and mortgage lenders to buy homes they couldn't afford, at outrageous interest rates, and of course, they defaulted on their payments. This is what happens when Republicans deregulate banks and other lending institutions, and they're at it again. They're fucking disgusting.

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MT's avatar

Stephen Miller and the entire regime tells him what he needs to know. He the forgets his lines at times, but they try to control everything.

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Marycat2021's avatar

It's a symbiotic relationship wherein Trump gave incompetent people powerful positions in exchange for their loyalty. They let Trump think he's the boss, but of course he's an evil but stupid man and they are the real power behind the curtain.

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MT's avatar

And he calmly tried to tell him he was out of his mind!

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MT's avatar

Since when is that news? He's a liar. He always has been. Except now he's a demented liar.

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Jarno Jokinen's avatar

Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...

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Wendy🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

Because we are dealing with mental illness and classically defined mental disorder https://thistleandmoss.com/p/maga-menality-as-a-dsm-disorder-candidate

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Ole Skaarseth's avatar

The mental illness is Malignant narcissism, PLUSS, and most of us

don't have words for it yet. I'm from Norway, and love to REAL patriots, that oppose destruction of a wonderful country.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/can-you-define-malignant-narci-MWRvQ5I4QPmr4dp0DhIG4Q

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Beth Witrogen's avatar

Ole we are, the sane among us, also utterly gobsmacked. BUT we are the gathering storm, and we are gaining momentum and traction. So much insensate damage and stupidity, but watch this segment of our nation on June 14. Millions will be in the streets, and we are not backing down. Thank you for being here for us -- we need the support of the WORLD!

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MT's avatar

But we don't want the world watching Trump's parade. Don't give it any attention. Tell all media to ignore it. Make it as invisible as possible. Meanwhile in cities all across the country (except Washington DC) there will be quiet protests, people lining the streets saying things like "no Kings" due process for all. Everything within normal grounds. We don't want anyone to cause problems that would lead to any arrests. Just the same normal protests we've been having but more people out on the streets.

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Karla McGill's avatar

So fucking embarrassing to watch this total moron! Absolutely disgusting!

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MT's avatar

We are NOT watching the parade. No media. Nothing. Let him believe he's getting his birthday parade.

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Debi Heather's avatar

Send Trump birthday wishes on all your social media platforms with pictures of Obama, Hillary, Letia James etc. drive him up the wall. Sorry Donald no safe space for you.

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Debi Heather's avatar

Every day and every way it’s so depressing.

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Sandy Keithline's avatar

Macron, Zelenskyy, and now Ramaphosa all showed trump how to conduct yourself in the White House. 👏👏

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Beth Witrogen's avatar

Heads of state should STOP appearing at all! Only the dictators get feted. The others get ambushed and disrespected beyond belief.

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patti smith's avatar

And trump's language is on a par with a 4-year-old.

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Beth Witrogen's avatar

Methinks you give him far too much credit.

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WJB Motown's avatar

Maggots love it!! Blue states need to tell them to fc%k themselves and split

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Douglas Maass's avatar

Strange. The last time I called Rumplestiltsin a maggot and a poltroon (epithets from Gilbert & Sullivan's "Ruddigore") I got an admin warning for a personal attack. It's OK, I guess to call people--judges, especially--"scum." Times have really changed.

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WJB Motown's avatar

The orange hypocracy overflows the gold plated toilet in a fast food tidal wave. You state more reasons to make these protests millions of people strong. Massive numbers will elimiate the "trigger the libs" mantra that these red hat fascists live by.

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MT's avatar

And Trump didn't learn anything.

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Anne P. Sacco's avatar

And Prime Minister Mark Carney (Canada) 🇨🇦 🍁

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Sandy Keithline's avatar

I forgot about him, sorry. As I said , each and every one of those leaders showed trump how to conduct themselves in the White House 💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸

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Lauren Wade's avatar

I'm beginning to think June 14 will be the last chance for the citizens of the United States to save what's left of their country. SHUT THE COUNTRY DOWN ON JUNE 14. No work. No travel . Only buy essentials, until diaper donny is gone. Short term pain, but far less than what is coming. I think big business will make the victory come pretty quickly.

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MT's avatar

With protests everywhere but not anywhere in Washington DC. IT MUST BE A GHOST TOWN. NO ONE WATCHING THE PARADE. NO ONE COVERING IT. IT'S JUST AS IF IT NEVER HAPPENED!!!

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DeeLion's avatar

Exactly 💯 That's what I've been doing Fk Walmart, Target, Amazon absolutely NO spending. Only essential foods. No cookies, chips, soda, juice whatever the the fudge you don't need. And definitely NO eating out.

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MT's avatar

I have no money to eat out so what you're suggesting is my normal life.

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Lindsey Dial's avatar

I like to think of the Oval Office now as "The Apprentice: The Final Apocalypse"

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Rose Cassie's avatar

The OLD felon was such a rude jerk on that corny show. We’re supposed to mentor young people with kindness and care - not hateful firing! 🏴‍☠️😝

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MT's avatar

That's what Trump is. A rude felon who happens to have lost his mind!

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MT's avatar

Never watched the show. I have never liked Trump. Ever!

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Lindsey Dial's avatar

Never ever have I watched that appalling show! He’s been a fraud since the very beginning. I also was born right outside of NYC and he has been a clown since 70’s!!

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Beth Witrogen's avatar

I call it the Offal Office, for the stench

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MT's avatar

Good one!

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Beth Witrogen's avatar

Hah -- thank you, I just recycled the title from my Substack post "The Stench from the Offal Office" (Sea of Mercy)

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MT's avatar

Excellent! I hear there is always a real stench wherever he goes

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Beth Witrogen's avatar

Hah! Yeah I've read that as well. Hate to be downwind of the gasbag.

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Robin D's avatar

I'm proud to say I've never seen an episode, but if I had, you are right on the money.

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MT's avatar

I never watched it either. Frankly, I have never liked Trump,,!

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Robin D's avatar

I have always despised him. I'm a New Yorker. He has been loathed here forever.

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MT's avatar

I've always wanted to visit New York. The closest I got was JFK Airport heading to Europe.

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Robin D's avatar

I'm sorry you never got to visit when it was truly a wonderful city. I am lucky that I have been able to travel in my life, and I've been to mostly every major European City but even after a great trip I always loved coming home. Theatre, restaurants, stores, every area was like a different neighborhood, Eastside, Westside, uptown, downtown. Really unique places. Then at some point during Guiliani it started getting "Disneyfied" and I hated that. Then 9/11. But covid really ruined it all and I don't think it's ever recovered. I've lived here since I was 20 and now I'm 69 so I've seen it all. I'll be honest. I love NYC from the movies, and even if one despises him, nobody has ever made NYC on film more beautiful that Woody Allen. Especially "Manhattan", Annie Hall, Hannah and Her Sisters. That was my city that I loved the most.

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Gregory Dunkling's avatar

The failure of Republican leaders to confront this stupidity is baffling. They are enablers too and should pay for this irresponsible behavior.

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Robin D's avatar

Because they are in it for the money and power. The insider stock trading. The back door deals. The dark money from lobbyists and anyone with a buck. Cohen said tonight on Political Beatdown that they go to Mar-a-Lago and see all the billionaires and money and they want in!

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MT's avatar

They don't get reelected! They will pay!

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Denita Brinson's avatar

Every republican in Congress should lose their seat in the next election. It does not matter that they are republicans their job is to see to the welfare of ALL of their constituents(whom they refuse to face) not just the republican ones. They have let this mess go on for far too long. Mr Trump needs to be escorted out.

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Valerie Leah's avatar

you wrote: "And unless we wake up—unless we push back, speak out, and hold this administration accountable—we’re not just going to lose face on the global stage. We’re going to lose the very soul of American leadership." We all really need to see this fleshed out in minute detail -- how? using what channels? with what wording to gain the desired impact?

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Sylvia Arrowood's avatar

Exactly what I’m thinking

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Jarno Jokinen's avatar

Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...

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Anne P. Sacco's avatar

Sadly, it's not the present tense "going to lose" but rather already past tense: already lost.

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christopher wilson's avatar

That was the most humiliating display of bigotry, hate, disinformation and ignorance I have seen in the Oval Office since the attack on Zelenskyy, and I daren’t say “WHAT NEXT?”

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Jarno Jokinen's avatar

Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...

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Just Fairview's avatar

I'm thinking that we've already lost. Whilte the Supreme Court helps Trump's takeover we are debating Biden because Jake Tapper ego nerds attention by the NYT no less.

What time is it? FFS, we're losing any chance to save our country and the media is just watching.

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Robin D's avatar

I sadly have to agree with you. I saw that with Ezra Klein today in the NYT It was revolting. When are they going to get over this with Biden already? He is gone. The poor man has metastisizing cancer. And there is NO guarantee that if Biden had said he wasn't going to run and they had another candidate other than Kamala (and more time) a DEM would have won. The fix was in and he had the backing of every corrupt and greedy billionaire and over $200 million of Elon's money.

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Larry Schmidt's avatar

Every day we learn a constant stream of trump's total corrupt on Many levels!! Remove TRAITO, FELON Depraved trump by ANY MEANS NECESSARY!!

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Coleman Rogers's avatar

If that cuckoo performance doesn’t trigger a 25, then nothing will.

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Robin D's avatar

Nothing will from this regime.

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Clarity…. LWest's avatar

In reality….

Trump’s lies are not incidental but instrumental. They are the scaffolding of his public persona, the glue of his political movement, and the weapon he wields against reality itself. As long as his base rewards dishonesty with loyalty, lying will remain his most reliable ally.

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MT's avatar

Sad, but true

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Jarno Jokinen's avatar

Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...

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Clarity…. LWest's avatar

Appreciate your feedback..

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