• Spooge@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    This is the equivalent of an NFL Linebacker trying to tackle a kindergartener, missing completely, hurting himself, and buying the kindergartner a Maserati.

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    This whole circus still made the Trump family richer with insider trading so it’s a win for them. They don’t care if the USA burns to the ground.

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      Which gives us our path to punishment for their crimes. The money was all they cared about, so we’ll be removing that from their lives. They won’t be needing it in prison. Or in Hell, if that’s where they end up after the trials.

      • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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        Oh you sweet summer child, the US is designed so that the oligarchs never face consequences for their actions. Think of what would happen to the share holders!

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          We are not obligated to follow the old rules that got us to this point.

          The ironic thing about MAGAs destruction of our governmental systems is that when MAGA gets kicked out, WE get to rebuild the government the way WE want it to be. It will be a unique opportunity for Democrats, and they can’t squander it this time.

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    5 days ago

    A deal as professional as it’s maker.

    I hope he will get reminded every day that he fucked this up completely and made a deal far worse than Obama got - without causing a war, too.

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    4 days ago

    Remember, this is in addition to the billions of taxpayer dollars given to Lockheed, Raytheon, Boeing, General Dynamics, etc. to fund the killing of schoolgirls on the other side of the globe.

    Aren’t you glad that money wasn’t squandered on something frivolous like healthcare instead?

  • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip
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    Can we just take it all from Elon? I hear he just came into a bunch of money, and from the sounds of it, he had a big hand in this presidency happening.

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      5 days ago

      This was the deal that was supposed to fuel his presidential run…tough milk crate to stand upon.

      I suspect at this point he just wants some good ol’ couch time.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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      Serves him right. He has no morals. No class. No ethics. He spent a full election season saying he was a “Never trump guy”. So when trump called him up and said “You wanna be VP?” the respectable thing would have been to say “Yes, but not with you. I’m a never trump guy”.

      He didn’t do that. He said “YES SIR!!! WHERE ON YOUR ASS WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO KISS, SIR???”

      And this is where he is today.

      • zebidiah@lemmy.ca
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        They’ll 25th Trump’s ass as soon as it doesn’t count as a presidential term for vance, if he pulls the trigger now, this will count as a full term and in his (and peter thiels) mind he thinks he’ll win two full terms after Trump’s done

        • jj4211@lemmy.world
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          Yeah, fully expect to see that February 2027 suddenly they decide Trump isn’t fit for office.

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        Vance was a big Project 2025 guy, any presidential candidate would do, so long as they could win. As soon as Trump was the only possible path to make it happen, Vance was there for it.

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        So when trump called him up and said “You wanna be VP?” the respectable thing would have been to say “Yes, but not with you. I’m a never trump guy”.

        I disagree with this. The respectable thing would be to say yes, but also that you’re not just going to be a yes-man. Take the role and push the administration in the right direction. Trump wouldn’t accept this, so that would never happen, but it would be the best thing to do, but effectively it’d be saying no.

        I guess an alternative is to say yes, wait until you’re locked in, and then do the right thing and push back. I don’t think there’s any mechanism, besides impeachment or murder, to change the VP after the election. Get your foot in the door, and then shove the door open. Vance doesn’t have the balls for this though, if he even actually disagrees with him. Him being anti-Trump was probably just a political move.

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    Keep in mind: the vast majority of this is reparations for bombing the shit out of the place, including the water supply (war crimes) and power generation (war crimes).

    It’s not paying; it’s paying back.

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    Remember when Obama got the release of hostages from Iran for a measley $1.7 billion that we already owed them? And remember how Republicans lost their goddamn minds? This millennial remembers.

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    4 days ago

    The war was a huge success for Trump though. It distracted from his Epstein Files and he made some insider trades so he got richer. Win/win!

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      Did it distract from the Epstein Files? You just said it, and so did I. Not forgotten at all.

      They are dumb ostriches who have buried their heads in the sand. They think that just because THEY have distracted THEMSELVES from the Trump-Epstein Files, we are, too, but we’re not. We’re all still talking about how Trump rapes children.

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        It’s almost as if they don’t even need to distract from the Epstein files, and the myopic people who think everything is a distraction from the Epstein files are wasting everyone’s time.

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          Have you heard that Trump rapes children? It’s in the Epstein Files. Spread the word.

          We can play that game, too.