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In his Meet the Press interview, Trump claimed credit for lowering the trade deficit with China through massive tariffs, downplayed rising costs by saying kids don’t need 30 dolls, and shrugged off due process concerns as nothing new. He hinted he’s not seriously pursuing a third term but made clear he no longer cares about public opinion. On foreign policy, he bizarrely refused to rule out military force to take Greenland, criticized Canada’s defense spending, and gave murky, evasive answers about Russia and Ukraine—blaming Biden for the war and refusing to name which side is less cooperative. As usual, he took credit for anything good and blamed Biden for everything else.

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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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Roger M. Moery's avatar

Here is my theory and has been for a while- 2025 project and the techos just wanted to get trump over the finish line and now they are able to implement their plan. Trump goes completely crazy and the pushed him there. They sit him in the corner and let him piss his pants and slobber while they "handle the business" and maybe he has a little TIA or stroke and JD and the boys take over.

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MediaMaverick's avatar

Please, we ARE "freaked out." Using a click-paid headline doesn't offer us anything new.

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Marisa Curran's avatar

I agree that these interviews are telling us that Trump is not the one in charge. He makes no sense as always. He is the “useful idiot” to the likes of Stephen Miller.

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JamesPalmer's avatar

I hate to sound paranoid, although it's more or less unavoidable these days, but re Fatass not caring about public opinion at the beginning of the piece... is it because he knows he's a lame duck and just doesn't care about his party's fortunes after he's gone, or is it because he intends to seize power?

I've wondered if farm bailouts wouldn't be a good bellwether on this question. If he doesn't bail out farmers--again--is it a sign that he no longer thinks he needs their support?

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Jeannie Litz's avatar

No … YOU are desperate for a deal…you omit the repercussions to middlemen and then retailers…. my god youre an idiot! if Chinas not doing business, our wholesalers and stores are losing everything!

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Deborah Alecson's avatar

This is not insanity. It is the fascist take over of our country on steroids.

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Eric Smith's avatar

I doubt that Trump and Zelensky are that close to an agreement on the endgame. Ukraine accepted the rare earths deal so they can continue to receive U.S. military and surveillance assistance. Perhaps there is an understanding on ceding Crimea as well. But will we agree to a security guarantee? And how much additional Ukrainian territory will be given up besides Crimea. What about EU membership for Ukraine?

A question that I have is whether there may be backside pressure from the hawkish elements of the Republican Congressional caucuses and perhaps even from Rubio to sustain an independent Ukraine. Trump is allowing the transfer of the additional patriot batteries, for example.

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Mark Steven Moore's avatar

I don't understand all the consternation about Trump's Tariff policies. It's simple he wants to have Americans give him an income stream he calls, "Tariffs". He want our country to be his piggy bank. Oh, don't think so? Then why did he sign a Presidential order to create a new Gov't Dept to collect tariffs!?

Think that department will be transparent on tariff collections and expenditures? I doubt it.

His grift off the American economy explains everything. It surely isn't based on good, or even logical, economic policy!

We need to start asking how much on tarrifs, from whom, and where the money goes!

The Emperor has no clothes. Trump needs to answer about tariff "MONEY"....

Pengy Moore

= ) 🐧 💰🇺🇲🗽🙏

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Rambles and Rabbit Trails's avatar

If you read the new Atlantic interview with T, you’ll learn that for everything to be in place and ready for him to sign off on on Day 1 had been put together behind the scenes for four years by the Heritage Foundation/the Project 2025 “Gilead” psychos. They were buttoned up and ready to go.

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DonnaD's avatar

There was a widely distributed video, reported ALL OVER MSM, in August 2024, of

an interview with Russell Vought where he described all of this plan. I don't know how anyone could have missed it. Everything done from day one was described by Vought. There is nothing to be surprised about. whathttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8G8yBwF_tQ

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Jeannie Litz's avatar

word salad, term 2

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Matt Gibson's avatar

The reason he loves Meet The Press, is because there is zero pushback to any of his lies or the garbage he speaks. To Trump it's like going on Faux News lol, it's his happy place.

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Carrie's avatar

remember Trump is fixated on pencils because of Milton Friedman. the dolls' thing is just weird and probably really twisted.

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Carrie's avatar

Trump is psychotic. Has been for a long time, how long exactly we don't know. What we do know is that he never had treatment for his condition. Add to this, aging and dementia and stress and his cocoon of yes-sayers, we get this blithering glob of spitefulness and gibberish that is destroying our country and harming our world.

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Carrie's avatar

Tim. No title needed. Let's just call you The Tim. The one and only. Truly. Love ya. From a boomer childless cat lady.

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Alexandra Barcus's avatar

Walker does terrible interviews with him. She is a pushover.

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Alexandra Barcus's avatar

If he believed he didn’t have to run in order to get a third term, he might behave this way..

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Michael A Higgins's avatar

Did these guys just confess to disappearing their kids' stuff.

We've all ICED our kids' largesse at one point or another.

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Nickson's avatar

Trump sounds weak and infirm. He so desperately wants and needs to be a successful dictator, but he just doesn’t have it physically or mentally. He never had it. Too bad

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Maxine Milner Krugman's avatar

I guess I’m over an edge. I missed most of this interview because I cannot listen to him or watch him. I’d rather go to the dentist.

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Jordan Shafer's avatar

Trying to make sense out of someone who has dementia will never be logical or make sense. It seems to me that The Bulwark's unwillingness to address the dementia issue directly is probably an editorial decision and is a shortcoming.

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Aviva Patt's avatar

There is no charitable way to think about Trump deliberately ruining our economy. And on the dolls thing - someone should ask him if his grandchildren are going to be limited in the number of toys they get - or is rationing just for the 90% of the population who are not millionaires and billionaires?

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David MacNeil's avatar

Seems as though another example of conflicting Trump goals is emerging. He wants to drill baby drill, but the Saudis appear to be caving to pressure from Trump to lower oil prices by increasing OPEC production despite already low prices. Remind me were the oil execs for or against Trump, and does a lower price help or hurt them?

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Aviva Patt's avatar

I didn't just chuckle - I laughed out loud. He's such a doofus.

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Sam F's avatar

Clearly he loves meet the press because they just let him sit there and spout lies without challenging him at all.

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Rich Wingerter's avatar

Democrats should hammer Republicans on the war in Ukraine. Ukraine is vastly more popular than Criminal Trump in the United States. Russia and Putin have single-digit approvals.

Dems: Stand up in the Senate and spend 25 hours talking about the atrocities of this war, starting with Russia breaking their commitment to leave Ukraine alone in exchange for Ukraine giving up nuclear weapons. Talk about the daily war crimes of Russia--the rapes, the intentional civilian casualties, the kidnappings, the torture of captives. Call for Putin to stand trial in an international tribunal for the crime of aggression. Go into it in detail, then put forward a bill to contribute another $50 billion or so in military aid to Ukraine.

Take one of Criminal Trump's lies, like the idea that this was Biden's war, and hammer it for 12 hours or so.

Not only is it the morally correct thing to do, it is the politically correct thing to do. The vast majority of Americans would prefer to see Russia lose this war. So, drive down Trump's approval ratings by blasting him repeatedly for siding with Putin.

And call him "Loser Trump" because he's been siding with Putin. Europe is never going to let Russia win in Ukraine because they'd be next.. So, Putin has no off ramp. He's going to lose, and Criminal Trump will lose along with him.

Make every minute in the Senate another minute where Republicans suffer for their complicity in the morally bankrupt Trump regime.

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Bruce Lawrence's avatar

It would be hard for Democrats to become so vocally pro-Ukraine because they have always been ambivalent about Russia and NATO. Their base hates neocons at least as much as they hate Trump, and they would rather die than admit neocons were right about anything.

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Rich Wingerter's avatar

That’s true. It would be hard.

But this is a time that calls for doing hard things.

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Lily who reads The Bulwark's avatar

Thinking that Trump is not running for a third term simply because he’s unconcerned with popular opinion is a wild take. He was concerned about winning the traditional way only when the traditional rules applied. Running for a third term at all demonstrates a total abandonment of tradition. Anything goes once you’ve sufficiently pissed on the constitution.

Trump doesn’t need to be popular or persuade anyone to vote for him anymore. All he has to do is refuse to leave, just as he attempted to do in 2020. He can declare some sort of bogus “emergency” and sign an executive order canceling the election, citing national security concerns. Congress is already terrified of him and doesn’t want to deal with a second coming of January 6, so they will comply. Any legal challenges will take weeks or months to work their way up to SCOTUS, where he has at least 2 justices who will rule in his favor.

Or he can still run without having to concern himself with popularity because he will have almost certainly have corrupted the system sufficiently by then to “win,” and you still end up with the same situation as above where by the time any legal challenges work their way up the chain, he’ll be sworn in.

The failure of our collective imagination is partly what got us to this point. Let’s not make that mistake again.

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Enoch's avatar

I'm going to keep saying this forever.. I love The Bulwark. Thank you.

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Kim McDanell's avatar

Trump's communication is so meaningless. Just words falling out of his mouth.

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Norman Bradford's avatar

Here’s a deal, laugh laugh laugh. It’s all funny funny but NBC journalist the minute he says the prices have gone down is when she needs to stay is the president please I need you to understand prices have not dropped. Why does she do this?

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Nathan Gervais's avatar

“Tariffs are going to make us rich.”….WTELF?

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Bruce Lawrence's avatar

Trump thinks like an old-school mercantilist. Mercantilism, as a school of economic thought, was discredited three centuries ago.

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Andrew's avatar

Honest to god, if Trump hadn't pulled this tarriff war on everyone, then I think some countries may have started fighting back a bit more - England, France, Germany, etc, over this constant bullying of Denmark and Greenland. They'd be telling Trump to either make a deal or stop threatening them all the damn time.

The US has a base on Greenland exactly because Denmark and NATO are friends and allies of the United States, and that provides security for them. The friendship is the key to the US security. I wish Denmark could tell Trump to pack up his base and GTFO, but that would only provide Trump with the excuse to escalate this.

This is how the US becomes Russia.

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Carol E Smith's avatar

What a childish fool this man is.

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Joy G's avatar

The bad parts are theirs and the good parts are mine is rarely a convincing argument for a leader about anything.

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Karen Hein's avatar

What!? I just heard on the news (MSNBC The Weekend:Primetime) that Trump is instructing the Bureau of Prisons to reopen Alcatraz! Idiot!!🤪

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Linda Brown's avatar

Well, it's right up there with Gitmo. Open to the weather, rusted bars, sleep-on-the-floor-with- the-rats comfortable. Just what a dictator would love. Oh, wait. He wants to renovate it and go bankrupt?

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Sue Opsal's avatar

Tim, check out Colin Jost on last night’s SNL weekend update - his new segment “hell no” concerning the Trump 2-doll limit. Sounds like how you described your daughter’s reaction 😂

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Carole Nicholson's avatar

And I don't think this mofo needs to golf every weekend.

He is a joke.

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Ben Johnson's avatar

Him golfing everyday would be a hell if a lot cheaper for the country than anything else he is doing since he got back in power.

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Carey's avatar

I am not sure if I am losing my mind. Is it possible that the Trump administration is going to try to pull off a new constitutional convention around the 250th USA birthday? Is this why he doesn’t care about public opinion, following the SC rulings and thinks he may serve a third term?

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Different drummer's avatar

I don't think we should consider anything out of the realm of possibility.

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Rick G's avatar

Trump is lying sack of shit.

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Linda Brown's avatar

I think I figured it out. He's confabulating just like a chatbot. Starts off in reality and whirls off into fantasy. It's so bad that it can't be a lie. He thinks a girl should have three dolls. WTF???? Ask Ivanka about that, daddy-o.

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jane's avatar

You didn't mention his "I don't knows" about about following the constitution because he has very smart lawyers who tell him something different than what EVERY. SANE. LAWFUL. PERSON. EVERYWHERE. knows what's TRUE. ORANGE BLOB OF PUS!

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Linda Brown's avatar

God, I know. He doesn't know if the Constitution talks about whether he can deport people without due process. Bet he's never even read it. Why bother if your team of lawyers can get you out of it?

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TheresaB's avatar

Trump is talking about dolls because he had the heads of large corporations such as Walmart and Target in his office telling him that his tariffs are going to impact Christmas ordering and shopping. He most likely never purchased any toys himself and so "dolls" is stuck in his head as the only thing he could come up with. Once he comes up with something he sticks with it, so dolls it is.

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Linda Brown's avatar

Yeah. I can think of a perverted reason why he thinks about dolls. He's surrounded with them right now, all dressed in pink with long blonde hair. Little Barbietrumps.

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Maureen Lynch's avatar

I don’t believe he plans leaving

Elections don’t make me laugh.

He is becoming our dictator

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Robert J Danolfo's avatar

I joined the bulwark at the beginning of this year. I enjoyed the commentary and analysis. I know that everyone here has their mind, heart and soul in the effort to stop Trumpism. I'm with you. Now I have heard many of your worst case scenarios and they're not apocalyptic enough. I have heard many people saying that maybe when the Supreme Court rules in a couple months or maybe when Trump's poll numbers are down to 32% or maybe when the tariffs really kick in or maybe Christmas or 26 elections...some metric of time. We don't have that luxury. Consider the break neck speed at which Trump and his minions are decimating the idea of America. The resistance is like a man running a marathon on a track of wet cement. Consider what does Trump want. He wants to be king of America and the world and be the most famous person that has ever lived. He wants to be

richer than he ever dreamed. This is his vision of granduer. Now consider that their is a small group of wealthy white men that told him they can get it for him and their reason is their own dream based in white supremacy. Trump will defy the Supreme Court and the brownshirts in congress will do nothing. Trump's inner circle wants the peaceful protests to get bigger so maybe and incident will happen to apply the insurrection act. They have the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to start one if necessary.Who would stop it? 26 elections really? Trump said " vote for me just this once and you will never have to vote again" What would be next dictatorship, aggression against allies, civil war? Maximum pressure must be brought to bear on those in congress, corporate America and the media by their names. Not generically by groups. We need this to stop soon...before time runs out.

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Sarah's avatar

I read somewhere that Trump/Hegseth had plans to (or already had begun?) move military equipment across the U.S. to be more accessible to law enforcement in our largest cities. 😳 The EO about “strengthening police” definitely suggests that it could be true (I don’t know if it’s true or not, but it wouldn’t surprise me).

From https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/president-trumps-executive-order-on-policing-explained/

“The EO, Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens, increases militarized force and weaponry in protests and warrant executions.

[from a different paragraph, same article: ‘increases National security assets in local jurisdictions to assist state and local law enforcement’]

“Since congressional authorization in 1990, local law enforcement agencies have had access to excess military equipment through the Department of Defense’s 1033 program, often with little to no oversight.”

“The EO may reverse this trend and cause previously restricted military equipment to be distributed to local law enforcement without oversight.*. These types of military equipment are often used by local law enforcement for crowd control tactics during protests and the execution of warrants.”

(*In 2017 the Government Accountability Office was able to attain 1033 program equipment that was prohibited from transfer to law enforcement, demonstrating the lack of oversight. See, GAO “DoD Excess Property: Enhanced Controls Needed for Access to Excess Controlled Property” (Jul. 18, 2017) https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-17-532 )

And…

“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is moving to terminate Pentagon offices and positions that focus on preventing and responding to civilian harm during U.S. combat operations, according to three defense officials.” (NYT gift link:) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/us/politics/hegseth-pentagon-civilian-harm.html?unlocked_article_code=1.E08.c1PW.rp7AxyYyVbmc&smid=url-share

This is all pretty scary; seems like taking military control of the country is front-of-mind for Trump and his goons. And, Trump will proclaim that “violent protests” call for “official combat operations”, military equipment is moved into cities, and the military and law enforcement will be ordered to disregard harm to civilians.

I believe that we still have military leaders who will refuse orders to act against American citizens, but that’s based on a dwindling faith in our democracy and rule of law. All of this seems surreal, but it’s not. These little boy-men want to play warrior and it makes me scared and really sad.

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Valerie Shearer's avatar

Absolutely.

Post-Liberals like JD Vance and Heritage "envision a counterrevolution in which they take over government bureaucracy and institutions like universities from within, replacing entrenched “elites” with their own and acting upon their vision of the “common good.”

The Insurrection Act will work this time . . . those around him would be happy to shoot at a few liberals (anyone who does not agree with them).

Flight or Fight?

Tear Gas and helicopters are NOT fun at all . . .

But, I think that it is already too late.

Isn't it amazing how many will fold for more millions? Or a little power?

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Linda Brown's avatar

He just pardoned Enrique Tarrio of the Proud Boys, who received a sentence of 22 years for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection. Make America Great Again. And welcome to Substack, Robert. It's a place where we can speak the truth as well as hear it.

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Denise Allman's avatar

The Welker interview is an example that the Trump Show is getting old and boring.

Maybe we can’t guarantee due process - old news

Tariffs will transform America into a wealthy nation that doesn’t get taken advantage of - old news

Biden is responsible for any economics that make me look bad -old news

Attack Greenland - old news

The Russia-Ukraine war would have never happened if I was president, but I want peace at Ukraine’s expense - old news

I’m sure he’s thinking, what’s next? With this old garbage on repeat, he’s going to have to do new crazy shit to keep his viewers entertained.

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JC's avatar

We don't have to scream anything. Just run ads that show him taking the oath of office followed by the clip where he says he's not sure that his job is to uphold the constitution.

Run another ad too, that shows the cost of his proposed parade followed by his statement that our children have an excessive amount of dolls and pencils. No need for any dems or libs to say a word. His words speak for themselves.

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Andrew's avatar

Are parents going to required to submit their black Friday Christmas shopping list to DOGE for approval before being allowed to purchase?

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Ben Johnson's avatar

World War II style rationing for the non billionaires this Christmas. Courtesy the party of “free markets”

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Valerie Shearer's avatar

If he wants to save lives, let him save the people in Gaza.

Denied any humanitarian aid . . .

starving to death.

They are just not white enough.

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Richard Courtney's avatar

Where's the profit in that? The fewer people are left, the more available ocean real estate there is.

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Valerie Shearer's avatar

Had his friend do the dirty work . . .

so, his hands are clean he thinks.

Pure evil, never believed in it until now.

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Memo-55's avatar

Trump's acting crazed and out of control because he knows he can't really have (steal) a third term? No, he's just doing all these insanely horrible things because he wants to. And if he wants a third term, I'm sure he assumes he can have his loyalists make it so. Because he asked them to. I doubt he thinks the psychotic things he does in the meantime will be a problem. Which really is psychotic. But that's our guy!

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Richard Courtney's avatar

He says he would "cherish" the people of Greenland should he invade and control? We all know his ability to demonstrate overwhelming love for others. I'm just waiting for fat pelvis to find some behavior or grievance to validate retaliation against Greenland or Denmark. "They don't like me very much, so...."

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dean apostol's avatar

China is ripping us off by selling us dolls? Think about this. No one is stopping us from buying made in the USA dolls for some higher price, if that's what we wanted. No one. Why on earth is Trump putting a tariff on dolls?

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Richard Courtney's avatar

Congratulations! You're cranial immune systems are working! Now if we could just get a vaccine for those other......oh wait. Never mind.

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severn's avatar

Look no reason to imagine trump even remembers he took an oath of office. But he's playing the game here. He's trying to wind up his base cause that's all he's got, and to do so he does this kind of talk so libs will scream "impeach!"

I think libs should refrain but say "he doesn't remember taking the oath of office... Sad face..". Or whatever is passive aggressive-ish"

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dean apostol's avatar

On Trump saying: “Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, you know? And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally.”

He might want to add:

"Maybe cars will cost a few thousand dollars more. So instead of 20 limos like I have, people might only have 5 or 6."

"Pizza could cost more, so buy a medium instead of a large. I mean, do you really need all those leftovers?"

"A lot of food will go up. Sure. But have you seen my supporters? Some say eating a little less will be good for them."

"Cell phones, now that's a problem. They could double in price. But many people still have an old land line they can just plug into the whatsit."

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Memo-55's avatar

Yep, Trump wants austerity for America. Poor people will put up with a lot of abuse. I don't think Americans will like his poverty plans for them. Now where is that midterm?

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Keith Wresch's avatar

I think you are onto something here. He could tell Americans he’s saving them from waste — now where have I heard that before?

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Alex's avatar

It isn't cryptic!!! He is elderly, not well and cannot complete a thought. Y'all give him WAY too much credit. haha

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Memo-55's avatar

"The" Tim Miller needs no introduction. Don't you know that, Tim? Just enjoy your celebrity status!

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Grant  Williams's avatar

Donald Trump

Doll monitor

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Memo-55's avatar

Donny 2 Dolls, Scrooge's modern protege.

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Keith Wresch's avatar

Can we have that on billboard across the country?

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Memo-55's avatar

You'll have to clear it with Laurence O'Donnell. I stole it from him. 🫢

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Linda Odell's avatar

The only kids who have 30 dolls live with gazillionaires who will be getting an even better tax break and a subsidy for their fleet of yachts. Given those are the only people he cares about, their kids will be getting 30 more dolls, plus a trip to outer space. Problem solved.

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Katinka's avatar

You didn’t discuss the “due process” question. Is everyone present in the US entitled to it? “I don’t know, if that is the case we would have to have 2 or 3 million trials” ……so the plan is clear, anyone that is accused of being in a gang or not being a citizen or having ideas that differ from his, is NOT entitled to due process.

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Kristin Powers (Chin)'s avatar

EVERYONE should call out how much HIS admin's spent compared to Biden. Call out No. of families that can't afford 1 DOLL. Read the Constitution to him and his Oath of Office when he spews 3rd term etc. I doubt his admin tells him EVERYTHING, let alone the Truth. RE Canada: Saudi Arabia, Algeria, South Korea and Poland all spend a higher percentage of their GDP than the US, so fucking what? He actually said, "If I can save 5K souls I just love doing it," while responsible for killing Americans and starving children around the World (measles, COVID, US AID)... get ready to Sieg Heil at his Bday Army parade.

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Robert J Danolfo's avatar

I think Kristen Welker is letting Trump spout his crazy stuff because MAGA is watching and maybe, just maybe, they might start to realize he is totally delusional. If so, it is quite genius.

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Katy Namovicz's avatar

Who is giving children pencils as a gift? I think it's interesting that Trump is focused on depriving CHILDREN of pencils and dolls. Ebenezer Scrooge incarnate. I don't think sending him ghosts while he's alive is going to change anything, though.

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Deborah L. Hall's avatar

Not a gift, but they are on the School Supply list every parent gets.

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Katy Namovicz's avatar

True that. And anybody who has ever used a pencil knows, they tend to need replacement before they are completely finished. Added up over 12 years of school, the number purchased on behalf of a given child might be close to 250!

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Candace's avatar

Who has 250 pencils? Blackwing LTD subscribers - that’s who 🤣 The American economy is, in part, founded on mass consumption. While minimalism is great - that’s not how the machine runs. He is literally pulling the rug out from under the entire economy, from the supply chain down to Main Street USA.

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Felice Bachrach's avatar

I am now convinced he's not lying about everything. More horrifying, he believes all this crap! He has been shielded and lied to by his handlers. He thinks all those bullshit numbers he spews are real. He believes he is amazingly popular. That's why he doesn't care--what is there to worry about? He's stupid and lazy and he's raking in literally billions.

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Geri Shufelberger's avatar

. I know nothing about Kristen Welker but she sounds like she is talking to a 5 year old. Is that her normally or her Trump voice!

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Katy Namovicz's avatar

Welker knows her subject. Talking to him like he's a five year old is actually a very respectful way to address somebody who typically functions like a two year old.

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Susan's avatar

So now he’s dictating how many dolls your kids can have?? Who the F does he think he is?!

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Bruce Lawrence's avatar

He thinks he's the Tariff Guy!

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Grant  Williams's avatar

Doll monitor

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The Left Is RIGHT NOW!'s avatar

Tim Miller The Pearl of the Bulwark 🥰

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Adam J Schmidt's avatar

He just can't comprehend that trade isn't a zero sum deal. No one would trade voluntarily if it were!

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Jim Worthen's avatar

Four clips and 20 minutes and you didn't mention Trump saying, "I don't know" when asked if he has an obligation to uphold the Constitution!? Love you guys, but that's a failure.

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Steven Insertname's avatar

Donny Two-Dolls is trying to bridge the very dangerous Doll Gap with China.

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Nets Katz's avatar

My favorite part of the interview was when Trump was asked what Powell would do with interest rates. "He'll lower them eventually, but he doesn't want to lower them right now, because he doesn't like me, be cause he knows I think he's a stiff."

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Bruce Lawrence's avatar

Narcissist Trump thinks it's always about him!

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Different drummer's avatar

Where did you hear that? I watched the video twice, but if that was in there I missed it!

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Nets Katz's avatar

It was about 20 minutes in on Meet the Press this morning

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Nets Katz's avatar

Go to time stamp 14:43 in Meet The Press May 4 full episode on Youtube.

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Steven Insertname's avatar

Not to pick nits, but the picture on the wall behind you is crooked, Sam.

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DanceThisMessAround's avatar

The picked nits say, "dude-he is allowed 2 crooked pics and no more".

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Sue's avatar

On stuffies: I rehomed a 3 foot bear to a receptacle for such things. A month later, while browsing a second hand shop with my daughter, I heard her gasp. (You know what’s coming.) “My bear!” “Gee honey, it sure looks a lot like yours. Will ya look at the time!”)

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Jan Dorsett's avatar

The midnight purge is the only way.

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JW's avatar

It is shameful that he lies and reporters don’t follow up on them. Prices are not down. Nothing he said is true. He goes on Meet the Press cause he gets another outlet for his batshit crazy ideas. If this was a dem they would have had charts and polling showing prices hadn’t gone down. With Trump it’s, ooh well let’s see what other crazy shit he will say.

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Tim Cremer's avatar

Exactly. If the questioner would have a conversation with the President, where he was allowed to elaborate more on his inane and questionable answers, it would be plain to most folks that he has lost the thread.

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Lara's avatar

Little girls get 2 dolls, little Trump gets a military parade.

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Marcus's avatar

Today Pres. Felon said, "Blah, blah, blah, and I don't care about you or anything, blah, blah, and my good friends the Venutians will support me with their new cryptocurrency Venus World.....blah, blah, blah."

And he finished with "You people are pathetic as I'm sitting here telling you lies and stealing millions of dollars every minute. You don't act like you want your country back.......blah, blah, blah!!!"

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Jan Dorsett's avatar

There is no point in interviewing him;. For any reason. About anything. By anybody. And there’s no point in listening to an interview of him; For any reason. About anything.

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Jan Dorsett's avatar

I forgot to add: he’s insane.

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Paul Topping's avatar

Trump isn't ignoring future elections because he's going to retire from politics. Instead, he's planning on rigging the elections and doesn't want to give anyone a warning of what's to come.

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Different drummer's avatar

I can't find anything in this video about a third term, even tho it's in the description??? (I searched on YouTube and found a clip.)

When I read that, I thought exactly what you said.

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Franz Stiegemeier's avatar

WHY IS HE NOT IN AN ASYLUM?

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Manon Banta's avatar

Be very careful about taking away the stuffies. When I was in kindergarten, my mom ( in what I now imagine was a PMS induced rage) threw out all the toys on the floor of the room I shared with my big sister while we were at school. She spent decades trying to make amends for tossing my little blue bunny.

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Rob Rains's avatar

I simply do not understand how the 25th amendment is not being discussed. Add nausea right now.

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Cari O’Connor's avatar

Why doesn’t she challenge him???? I am so tired of journalists letting him give these non answers. And skirting around stuff. He’s just getting away with saying stupid ish. It’s exhausting. I’m over here yelling “ask him a follow up question! Are you serious?” Ugh..

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🐝 BusyBusyBee 🐝's avatar

Donny finally appears to be leaning toward Ukraine. Just in the last week, Donny’s admin has…

1. Signed minerals deal

2. Signed a $331M deal for F-16 training, maintenance and spare parts. Also some intelligence stuff in this deal.

3. A Patriot air defense system is being moved from Israel to Ukraine. I am not sure who owns this equipment currently, but the Trump admin would’ve had to provide approval for its transfer regardless.

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Different drummer's avatar

The description includes, "...shrugged off due process concerns as nothing new. He hinted he’s not seriously pursuing a third term but made clear he no longer cares about public opinion." I've now listened to the clips twice, and didn't hear anything like this. How am I missing it?

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Gene Sugg's avatar

If I want to have 1000 pencils and 100 dolls that's my choice, not the dump shit FOTUS

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Emma's avatar

Try telling his billionaire pals they're limited to only two trophy wives and see how they like that.

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Keith Wresch's avatar

It’s called class darling. Those aren’t the little people. 2 dolls is all the little people are entitled to expect.

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Emma's avatar

And Trump is nothing if not classy. He also only got one doll, and her name is Ivanka.

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Keith Wresch's avatar

Classy in the East European exotic dancer sort of way. What has happened to Ivanka? She seems to have walled herself off from the world. There were all over the place the first go around and now it’s just crickets.

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Emma's avatar

And also classy in the 'there is no human with less class on the planet' kinda way.

Ivanka's decided she's just fine living her quiet life and enjoying the unethical and most likely illegal billions of $$ incurred by her family's love of trading on the presidency.

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mary jo's avatar

I would like for just one time, Kristen Welker respond to Trump - "you do realize not one thing you said is correct. Everything you're saying is provable untrue. In essence it's a lie. I can prove it. " I am so sick of the media allowing him to lie and lie and lie and lie

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Vicki K's avatar

I appreciate Kristen Welker’s questions to Trump, but when he gives her a BS answer, she continues in a very calm and and measured way to the next question like the answer he just gave he made any sense or wasn’t cloaked in a lie, I have to turn it off-He doesn’t know if he has to follow the Constitution? Ok-next question.

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LCJ's avatar

She’s part of the propaganda. A shame to journalism and that seat she holds.

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Emily's avatar

My parents might have a couple hundred pens and pencils laying around; but that’s only because every place my mom worked would use them for marketing and give them to all the employees and patients, while my dad always accepts whatever free stuff a business hands out. Businesses are the ones who order pens and pencils by the hundreds. I suppose they won’t be paying as much in advertising anymore; Don Draper’s out of a job.

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CZitelli's avatar

I think the Europeans need to take a pro-Denmark stand. They need to say Trump may not care about the alliance, but we they still do and Article 5 still applies. They should say that if he dares try to take Greenland (I still can’t believe we are talking about this semi-seriously) there will be a fight. Also they should remind Trump that he was screaming at Zelenskyy in public saying he’s going to start WWIII, well what exactly would you call a large number of European countries trying to repel a powerful invader?

Europe needs to stop being stunned and frozen and come out with a, “Greenland? Yeah, f**ck off, jerk”

And he probably would F off because he really is a very squeamish weakling which I suppose is a blessing — Hitler or Stalin he ain’t.

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Annie Elizabeth's avatar

When I read this, I was just listening to the Meet the Press interview and was so pissed at his dismissal of the impact the tariffs would have on small businesses. It was mind boggling. It was like the just don’t matter…

On a note I’m made in a restock on my Substack, I commented a comparison of the policy to the approach the government made during the 2008 -2009 Mortgage Loan Swap “bailout” where the government saved the big businesses, banks, investment bank, lenders, etc. while doing nothing to save/help the “little guys” (the home owners) form losing their homes. Often times the largest investment they will ever make was decimated. Some people had to start from scratch and many were homeless.

This case is so similar in that the Trump administration in that they are creating carve outs and tariff relief while doing nothing to help the small businesses that need relief as well. When Kristen Welker asked about the impact on small businesses after his criticism of her asking loaded questions and not focusing on the good stuff, pivoting away from small businesses to talk about the price of gasoline and the “fact” that the auto industry is going to make lots of money because of the tariffs.

Aside from the fact that the tariffs are a tax that is revenue to the us that will be paid by the consumers and will not go into the pockets of the companies, let’s not forget that the strategies that they were working on was based on a trade deal set up by Trump during his previous administration. The auto manufacturers have worked out an arrangement via that trade agreement that was mutually beneficial for the manufacturers and with both countries.

Final note, getting back to the original point I was making. We, as a country need to take a lesson form before and find ways to help/protect to” little guy”, but consumer and small business owners. His deception of what he was going to do on day one and what he is doing is going to have a generational impact on this country if something isn’t done soon!!!

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Tim_TEC's avatar

When Trump says he will use military force to invade Greenland, I wish to God the reporter follows up with saying that's a war crime, and asking Trump if he's fine with being a war criminal?

Like Putin.

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Lori P's avatar

Nothing he says should carry any weight. You have to ignore everything and watch what is actually being done. Then that is what to focus on.

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DanceThisMessAround's avatar

👏👏👏

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Jeff's avatar

Why should he Care? He orchestrated the worst domestic crime against the United States in our history and suffered no consequences. His dutiful sycophants, aka Congressional Republicans, spent Biden's entire term doing absolutely nothing except using their office to weaken Biden so Trump could return to the White House and avoid consequences for his unprecedented one-man crime wave. Several even literally abandoned the House and went to New York to rally around the multiple convicted felon, and now they control both houses of Congress. And the hard right majority of the Supreme Court essentially bequeathed lifetime immunity to him regardless of the consistency and egregiousness of his criminal conduct.

Finally, Lord knows what shenanigans he and his coconspirators must have pulled to convince him to be sanguine about his chances of "winning" last year's election despite his horrific performance in his first term and a campaign that consisted almost entirely of school yard taunts of his opponent.

So, in light of all that and so much more, why wouldn't he feel bullet proof?

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Greg WF's avatar

So, trump’s grand plan is to get the Chinese to tap out first. I remember reading something that may be apocryphal from the Korean War. A U.S. official told a Chinese official that. The U.S. could use atomic bombs to get the Chinese to drop out of the war. The Chinese official said something along the lines of “So we lose a few million.”

Great plan. They are a police state, which doesn’t tolerate descent. Of course that gets Dum-Dum all jealous. I reckon they will hold out longer.

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Elaine H's avatar

Waiting for your take on this disgraceful, demented, incompetent interview.

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Kathy Kelly's avatar

I think he has no John Kelly or Jim Mattis etc. to put the brakes on his whacko ideas. He is free to run amok.

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Karen Andrews's avatar

So he just lies through his teeth and we're supposed to just believe him? What is the point of even suffering through listening to him?

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jackson's avatar

Dems need to make Trump stick to Republicans. This is their man running the country into the ground. If they can not do that Republicans will have a lot better chance of winning a lot more in 2026 and 2028.

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Karen Andrews's avatar

He's fine because he has foreign governments blowing money up his ass

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Debbie Schaffer's avatar

I truly think he’s not in charge. Look at the evidence: he seems to be unaware of basic things that have actually happened ( 9-0 SCOTUS ruling, bombing in Moscow), hes constantly projecting- hello autopen, and the lying that’s getting worse (1.98 gas price, groceries going down). Others are in the background doing the dirty work and he’s just the face of it to keep his base in line

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Bruce Lawrence's avatar

Please leave the insane conspiracy theories to MAGA.

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Deborah T's avatar

You think this is an insane conspiracy theory? You think Trump was instrumental in writing Project 2025? You think he understands how anything affects the world economy? Our economy? The importance of soft power in the world. Complex ally relations? He’s a stuffed shirt reality tv personality who is only concerned with enriching and glorifying himself and is happy to play tough guy while the Heritage Foundation enacts the plans they’ve been working on since the Reagan administration.

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Bruce Lawrence's avatar

Try paying attention to what is actually happening. Trump changes his mind about tariffs every other day, and he can't even maintain a consistent story about the point of the tariffs. He wants to take over Greenland and the Panama Canal. Now he wants to reopen Alcatraz and bring the NFL draft to DC. Was any of that in Project 2025?

Trump isn't following a plan. He is driven by whim, and he is supremely confident in his ability to improvise. Nobody in this administration can make him follow a plan, and they're not even trying to. He is surrounded by enablers and sycophants whose job is to let Trump be Trump and to turn his wishes into reality. If anything in Project 2025 happens, it's only because Trump isn't paying attention and doesn't care about that policy area. Trump is nobody's puppet - except maybe Putin's.

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Deborah T's avatar

You try paying attention to what really matters. Tariffs on and off? An insider trading dream. And a way for Trump to make money when countries/companies buy his crypto to get breaks. Opening Alcatraz, taking over Greenland and the Panama Canal? Smoke and mirrors. Cutting FEMA aid? Heritage Foundation. SAVE Act which keeps women from voting? Heritage Foundation. Cutting essential services from the needy to allow tax breaks for the rich? Heritage Foundation. Those kinds of things are the things to pay attention to.

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Erin Toth's avatar

I also think it may be willful ignorance on his part. So he can make claims like “it’s not up to me” or “ I let the lawyers take care of it.

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Deborah T's avatar

I agree. The Heritage Foundation is in charge. He’s just the frontman to rile up the base and create chaos to distract people from all the horrible things that are happening.

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Susan Douglas's avatar

He isn't even aware that he's supposed to uphold the Constitution. Batshit crazy...

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Maribeth's avatar

Was I imagining things or did he say something about not knowing about the Constitution?

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Susan Douglas's avatar

You aren't imagining it. He said he doesn't know and he has lawyers to figure things like that out. 😳

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Gisele Dubson's avatar

Trump may be beyond the hand of justice, but those lawyers are not. They’d better have a care. Trump won’t live forever.

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Lori P's avatar

1st administration Miller was in charge. This round it is Miller, the billionaire bros, and Putin.

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monoview21's avatar

This guy? The man with spray on hair?

https://youtu.be/vU7v5A5P8BM

Stephen Miller is a putrid piece of rotten skunk covered with maggots that a vulture would not touch.

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Leslie Goodbody's avatar

Your listeners are astonished. Me? I continue to be baffled over the mental gymnastics that his “smarter”sycophants perform on a regular basis to persuade the MAGA lemmings that “all is great.” I’ve been waiting far too long for the Trump Train to dive off the cliff. Too bad “they” are allowing to happen while predicting major collateral damage.

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Tracey Queripel's avatar

“No longer cares about public opinion”. That is truly frightening.

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Keith Wresch's avatar

While waiting in line at the local diner this morning, I overheard a pro-Trumper commenting on how he hoped China would come to the table. While they may still be projecting confidence even MAGA seems to be starting to feel uncomfortable and deep down realize this was not what they were promised.

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Tim_TEC's avatar

Trump ought to. When his poll numbers crash even harder because the store shelves are bare for back-to-school and for Christmas, it will be the Republicans in congress who take the hit. If the Dems take the House, then the fireworks begin.

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Greg WF's avatar

If he and his lackeys crash the economy, I think they will be the ones who are frightened by the backlash of all us freedom loving peeps.

They may have luxury bunkers, but they get stuffy pretty fast when the air intakes are blocked.

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