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      And the stupidest thing is, he could have extorted billions from Putin on Inauguration Day.

      “Drop any pictures you want, Vlad. I got the CIA in my pocket, and they’ll prove it’s fake news. Now wire the money, or Ukraine is getting a dozen nuclear submarines tomorrow.”

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      And that is why he was ok with Russia blackmailing him with the pee pee tape.

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    Why do I have a feeling that Putin told him to say that. It’s just too convenient for Trump to say that after that Tucker interview.

    Like, am I imagining things? It’s pretty clear they have communication, right?

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      Oh no, they’ve been communicating since before 2016. Just look at the changes to party platform for the GOP that year regarding funding to Ukraine. The new policies, which came directly from Trumps people, reversed course on Ukraine and basically adopted pro-Kremlin positions. And it was out of left field…on alot of policy positions, they didn’t comment on shit or even have fully developed positions…but on Ukraine they have a very strong and very pro-Kremlin stance.

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        Absolutely. For anyone who’s not familiar with Seth Abramson, he’s written three enormous books sourced from major news media piecing all of it together in excruciating detail. Here’s an interview about one of them for some flava.

        TL;DR Donald Trump is 100% colluding with russia and has been for well over a decade. There’s not a question about it. It’s a tower of concrete facts.

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    "No, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You got to pay. You got to pay your bills.”

    This is a level of hypocrisy… I just cannot

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    “No, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You got to pay. You got to pay your bills.”

    Not exactly the Christian way. Yet, evangelicals apparently just loves a president who will throw their friends under the bus.

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      As someone currently on trial for fraud you’d think he’d not be framing himself as the person in the wrong.

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    quick reminder that only a single NATO member has called for help of their allies with article 5 so far

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      Which one was it and why? Im not in a NATO country and dont understand this article lore thing

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        The one whose ex-president this article is about, which is what makes the whole thing funny.

        The US called for help after 9/11.

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    Can we stop putting him on the front page because he says shut like this? We can’t ignore him, but we are playing into his hands. Headline it something like, More Proof Trump is unelectable, or something that isn’t click bait

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      It’s a fair point, but don’t think about it as someone-posted-it-to-lemmy think about it as The Guardian thought it was amazing this donald trump character would say something outrageous.

      As if they just woke up in the world this morning and were completely perplexed as to how a demented sociopathic rapist fraud could have said such a thing.

      This is what we’re talking about with regard to corporate news media constantly supporting Trump and his campaign. If the reporter was actually allowed to phrase the title, it would be something like “Fuck me, another verbal turd from spray-tan bozo” or . . y’know, something. Instead, it’s this sanitized, starched white “How interesting that such a provocative comment was made” headline which is pure and utter bullshit and everyone is completely aware of it. That’s the 1984 happening.

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    “If I were president I’d encourage Russia to start a world war by telling them to attack a country in a very large military alliance that we’re part of”

    Just when you think the MAGAzis and their sprayed clown couldn’t get any dumber, here comes a public statement.

    He is desperate to stay in the headlines recently, wonder what (specifically )he’s trying to hide this time?

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    He’s like a walking hypocrisy. The biggest deadbeat in the history of deadbeats thinks our allies should pay up or be executed by Russia.

    Riiiight, Diaper Donnie. Why don’t we get you back to the old-age home. I hear it’s almost time for pudding.

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    So he would trigger an article 5 incident to apease his ego? I hope one of is multiple cases gets him locked up. And I don’t care where, as long as it means he isn’t in office.

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    Lol, I have to hand it to him, Trump is pretty funny when he comes up with shit like this. Really riles up his opposition.

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      Haha, encouraging a country to attack other countries that’s fucking hilarious.

      It’d be funnier if Russia came after him for not paying his bills, could you imagine them enforcing the E. Jean Carroll sexual assault settlement?

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        if Russia came after him

        “Wolveriiiiines!”

        “No no they’re just coming after Trump”

        “Oh…Wolverines if they do anything else!!!”

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      Lol at assuming he’s even got the mental capacity to rile up his opposition.

      Wasn’t the conservative mob seriously scared that “Hillary will nuke Russia” during the first candidacy of that treasonous fool?

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      Yeah don’t worry guys this one is definitely a joke right? Lol WW3 with nuclear powers is so fucking hilarious.

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    It would be illegal for any of us poor people to encourage others to attack Donald Trump for not paying his bills in the same way, so I’m not going to do that.