r/oil • u/GovernmentGoblin • 7h ago
News Trump Admits Making Up Ukraine/Russia Ceasefire.
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u/jarena009 7h ago
This is what people with no real power and no leverage say. These are the words of the desperate and/or defeated.
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u/gimmedatneck 7h ago
He knows putin is making him look like a complete pussy, lol.
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u/alwayzstoned 6h ago
Yeah, before the election he kept saying Putin never would have invaded if he was in office when it started. You’d think that would mean he could have ended it by now.
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u/Braysl-March 4h ago
He quite literally promised to end the war in Ukraine on day 1 in office, and then said it would probably resolve even before he's sworn in. And people actually believed him, for some reason.
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u/mrpuma2u 7h ago
He is also detached from reality, like many narcissists. That is what happened in his mind, so he thinks it actually happened. Grandpa's dementia getting worse.
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u/laosurv3y 7h ago
Trump, and Republicans generally, continue to struggle with the fact that other countries have sovereignty.
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u/Kasoni 7h ago
Even so much as "other people have sovereignty " they expect to be able to tell their neighbors how to live their lives (even when their own life is completely messed up).
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u/Outrageous_Canary159 6h ago
You touched on a key point about the American regime and their backers. They, as a group, don't believe in countries. The oligarchs don't think rules that countries make should apply to them. Many in power in the US believe in transnational civilizations or spheres of influence like the Russian and Chinese regimes do. Others don't believe in anything but personal power and profit.
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u/pivo_kozel_10 7h ago
because they believe that their military power makes them above others, because might makes right, reminds me of a certain ideology
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u/SharpBullfrog1279 6h ago
Trump and Republicans generally have only a fleeting acquaintance with the truth.
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u/Megafritz 6h ago
They also do not really understand the concept of a media that dares to allow hard questions to politicians. An art lost lost in the US.
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u/Bestiax 6h ago
As an Australian I do wonder how so many Americans cannot detect that their president articulates infantile fantasies, driven by his compulsion to aggrandise himself, that simply do not relate to any political, cultural or historical realities. The greatness of America that he promises to return (stupid enough) is the very thing he and his band of morons are dismantling.
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u/SaneMadHatter 6h ago
MAGA is a cult. Just yesterday or the day before trump gave a speech saying "I could say the most stupid things, and you'd still cheer", and the MAGA attendees cheered that, proving his point.
It's like Living Colour said:
I exploit you, still you love me.
I tell you one and one makes three.
I'm the Cult of Personality.
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u/le_sac 5h ago
Good call. I've been learning that song on an acoustic recently. Eternally relevant, and amazing performance too
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u/A012A012 6h ago
Over sixty percent of us agree.
Is popularity right now is between 29-32%.
He's filling smaller and smaller venues on his current speaking tour.
His personal attorney is still covering up most of the epstein files from release.
We know that he bombed an elementary school in Iran because our military used outdated intel.
Prices are up and consumer debt is climbing.
He said he would run the country like a business , but all of his businesses have gone bankrupt. "Ill end the Ukraine war on Day One."
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u/mineralphd 5h ago
That's his approval rating not his popularity. If he was able to run again he would still likely get close to half the vote. Republicans would vote for the absolute worst republican over the best democrat they have been brainwashed so much.
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u/GayCatDaddy 4h ago
I just read a social media post a few minutes ago that said, "I will hold my nose and vote for a lousy Republican before I EVER vote for a Democrat!" That's why we are where we are right now.
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u/N0stradama5 3h ago
They are swayed so easily. Give them a strong, male democrat and we have a chance. As a woman who voted for Kamala and Hillary, please let’s not run a woman this next one.
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u/ArtBl0q 2h ago
Hillary/Kamala voting gal here...hate that you're right but we really need just a regular ole white guy right now.
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u/Extension-Night3825 6h ago
>popularity right now is between 29-32%
Just think of all the shit that he has pulled and still at 1/3. If he had Obama charm he could invade Canada and do mass executions and most Americans would be OK with it.
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u/wahwahwashbear 5h ago
I saw a news clip about his depressing 30% approval once that pointed out that about 35% of adults also really truly believe in psychic powers. So like, in any given scenario we should maybe just accept that 30% of the population holds beliefs that defy logic.
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u/elmekia_lance 4h ago
37% of the adult population of the US believes in young earth creationism. There seems to be a rough overlap.
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u/tgwombat 6h ago edited 5h ago
I'm sure with compulsory voting the average Australian pays at least a little bit of attention to politics. You would be shocked at how many Americans "don't do politics" and have zero idea of anything Trump is saying at all.
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u/Navarro480 6h ago
Look I won’t make any excuses for this man because he’s literally the dumbest fuck that has ever set foot in that office. Bush Jr thanks god nightly for this man but we are a democracy and this is what we voted for and it will change soon enough. We apologize but sometimes shit happens you know.
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u/EchelonNL 5h ago
Yes, it'll change: It will get much, much worse. Two decades from now you might not even be a democracy anymore. Not by yesterday's standards anyway.
Don't make the mistake thinking you can just "vote" your way out of this very structural situation that is rapidly in decline.
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u/PM_Me_Your_Kinks369 4h ago
This is the fundamental folly of America right now. We're not revolting because the vast majority of Americans believe that our democracy is still sound. That we simply need to elect better people and then those people can fix everything.
This is fundamentally naive. We aren't being run by politicians in power today we're run by billionaire oligarchs who will continue to hold power after Trump leaves.
Moreover, those oligarchs own EVERYTHING and control everyone. AI and surveillance is getting to Cyberpunk levels within months not decades.
Americans are too naive to save themselves.
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u/Reimant 5h ago
He meets most definitions of tyrant. Your constitution provides a solution to that problem.
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u/Yer-Not-Gonna-Like 5h ago
It doesn’t though, because Impeachment is a dead letter. It requires 2/3rds of the Senate, which is naturally gerrymandered to the President’s party.
It turns out that a lot of the US Constitution relies on good faith and an expectation of rational actors putting the country ahead of themselves. Trump has shown how easy it is broken.
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u/Gold-Border30 7h ago
“They agreed because I said they agreed.”
Welll… I’ve been doing this wrong for my whole life!
I’ll have to see how my wife reacts to this.
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u/BlackMaelstrom1 6h ago
Please report back how it went if you are still alive.
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u/_Big_Bad_Tiddy 6h ago
"These Beats headphones are on sale for 90% off because I said so"
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u/ProtoplanetaryNebula 7h ago
Yeah, that’s not a thing. They agreed is a objective reporting of a situation, not something that can be imposed on someone else
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u/Blizzardof1991 7h ago
Looks like I'm finally getting lucky tonight!! Oh wait, that's not how it works
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u/Turbulent-Society-30 7h ago
MAGA: "Let's vote for a millionaire businessman with no experience in politics, military, or government! What could possibly go wrong?"
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u/The-Manque 6h ago
“Let’s get a four-year demonstration of how terrible he is, and vote for him again!”
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u/Excellent_Turn1812 7h ago
I remember Ronald Reagan. The concern expressed when he was in office. With the stage of dementia he was suffering from. Nixon how he lied and was corrupt . But this guy is both of them times 100. He is so dangerous to the world. I really dont know whos more dangerous Putin or him. Seriously I can't believe i am saying this about our alies current leader.
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u/Rent_A_Cloud 6h ago
Russia is a threat to europe, but the US is a threat to the world. The US is teetering onnthe brink of full autocracy, then you have a state like Russia only with a huge army that can do damage anywhere.
So yeah, the US is the greater threat.
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u/Ephemeral_Drunk 7h ago
The man honestly thinks the level of influence and control he has in the US extends overseas and all he has to do is decree something and ta da. It's a level of narcissism and detachment from reality that will be studied and pointed to for lessons for decades, if not centuries.
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u/Delamoor 7h ago
Ironically, before he took over, the US president kinda could do that. Not all the time, but quite often.
He's actually why the US has llst almost all their influence out here in the rest of the world, heh. He's about as serious as Kim Jong is, nowadays. He's fucked the US's soft powerx and now he's starting work at taking down US Hard power, by firing everything they have at Iran and not bothering to maintain the stockpiles, heh.
The damage he's done to the USA is unbelievable. No wonder the USA's rivals wanted him so bad.
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u/Secret_Cod_749 6h ago
Really wish someone would have said, "But Donnie, you're not Barrak Hussien Obama. You don't have that influence."
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u/The999Mind 7h ago
Wow this clip is incredible. He's saying how powerless he is while thinking what he's saying is powerful. He's dead in the water.
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u/quipcow 7h ago
Good thing hes only around for a couple more years....
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u/SlowlyDrown 7h ago edited 7h ago
Unfortunately no.
Trump will be the guiding star for MAGA for generations. He’ll be far more revered than Reagan for most of your life.
Every Republican primary will be an argument of who best embodies the spirit of Trump and there will be a host of Trump whisperers who will find an industry predicting who or what he would have supported.
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u/Formal_Appearance_16 7h ago
"That war is a disaster"
Glad to see he has a good handle on what a war is. Not sure how else it could be described. Good thing we're not involved in any disastrous wars.
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u/CosmoKing2 6h ago
And not trying to give Russia money for crude oil that will fund their illegal invasion of Ukraine - while also demanding Zelenskyy step down.
Other than that, he's been fairly reasonable, right?
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u/Rep2025 7h ago
He says the war needs to stop. And then buys oil from Russia, to fund their war.
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u/Certain-Parsnip-3652 7h ago
And to add to the stupidity the diesel that the US bought was most likely sold to Russia by Iran. You really can’t make this shit up.
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u/crazy_lolipopp 7h ago
How this piece of shit is USAs president and not behind bars I will never understand
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u/aZnRice99 7h ago
We have a very large base of uneducated voters that is very easy to manipulate
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u/Nice-Most-4524 7h ago
Can we just stop giving that guy airtime?
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u/SwampyThang 7h ago
For real, idk who this idiot is but all of a sudden he’s all over the news. From what I’ve found he’s ran a couple businesses which all went bankrupt and is a huge pedophile. Not sure why anyone cares about what he has to say
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u/AmethystOrator 7h ago
A lot of bankruptcies, including 6 hotels and casinos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_career_of_Donald_Trump#Business_bankruptcies
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u/blackdvck 7h ago
What he says matters because he's tipping the world into a depression and famine .
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u/Lumpy_Conference6640 7h ago
We tried, after he banned reporters, he sued for not reporting on him...
It's a mad king... Logic doesn't apply.
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u/Practical_Tomato_680 7h ago
Just mad...no kind..never was, never will be. Mad sore loser
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u/Lumpy_Conference6640 7h ago
You're not wrong, I just can't figure out how the system got so messed up that it's somehow everyone's problem now, like some kind of cosmic tax on America for its foolishness.
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u/TheHumanoidTyphoon69 7h ago
Did he really? Out of the loop on that one
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u/Joking_J 7h ago
Yep, under anti-trust law, of all things. The irony of it coming from his admin is heavy enough to collapse the sun into a neutron star.
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u/slowpoke2018 7h ago
He learned this from Roy Cohn, it's all part of how to destroy democracy via P2025
Flood the courts, sue everyone, don't obey lawful court orders
I don't think any of us - myself included - realized how much our entire system is base upon the assumtion those in power will do what's best for the country
Trump's regime shows how it can go bad so quickly
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u/Fragrant-Anywhere489 7h ago
should have done that in 2015. All that free air time is why we are here right now. CNN used to lock a camera down live on an empty podium waiting for him to appear at his rally, play that hate in full un-edited without fact checks and let him call them fake news. Over and over and over. He didn't have to pay for ads. They gave him all the air he needed.
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u/Zulmoka531 7h ago
Fun fact, he banned all these news sources and is now turning around and investigating them for NOT covering him.
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u/Parahelix 7h ago
No, because American voters decided that putting a criminal con-man, and most prolific liar we've ever seen, in charge of law enforcement, the military, and foreign policy was a good idea.
American voters are the reason that all of this is happening.
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u/templeofsyrinx1 7h ago
Republicans will finally stand up to him when he is out of office.
OHHHH, we NEVER supported him.
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u/TYNAMITE14 7h ago
This is what im afraid of. Republican congressman could have ended this shit show at any point. They are directly complicit in this. But republican voters aren't going to care. They will just say he was better that chick with the weird laugh, and it wasn't their first choice....
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u/Fragrant-Anywhere489 7h ago
"I won the 2020 election because I said I did'
'We won the midterms because I said we did'
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u/Dapper_Tradition_987 7h ago
What the hell? MAGA thinks this is normal behavior. The emporer has no clothes.
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u/SteakEater137 7h ago
He's actually lost a chunk of even them.
Tucker Carlson and Alex Jones hate him now and theyre about as extreme as it gets lol
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u/lexluthor5 7h ago
It's insane that no one asks... but didn't you say you would end this war the day you were elected, can you explain why that didn't happen?
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u/nakedpilsna 7h ago
Because the answer will just be a pivot to the war would have never happened if the election wasnt stolen.
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u/AdventurousFigure9 7h ago
Jesus USA can you do something ? It's just so tiring to watch this dumb shit day in and day out.
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u/Thatsockmonkey 7h ago
Nope. Racists, a few billionaires, many pedophiles, and the Christian Nationalists have a free for all now. Nothing will be done unless the next 2 elections purge the criminals.
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u/Karumpus 7h ago
Ah yes, the Michael Scott school of international diplomacy.
Donald: “I. Declare. CEASEFIREEEEE”
Zelensky and Putin: “You can’t just say there’s a ceasefire.”
Donald: “I didn’t say it, I declared it…”
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u/Initial_Ad_9857 7h ago
What a master negotiatiator. Must be all that super intelligence he was talking about
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u/rydleo 7h ago
Checkmate Joe Biden- why didn’t he think of this shrewd political move?
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u/maybeAturtle 5h ago
The president announcing a made-up ceasefire in a major war and saying that two world leaders agreed to that made-up ceasefire would have ended presidencies before Trump. We have fallen so far.
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u/_Big_Bad_Tiddy 6h ago
This in insanity!!!!!! How can republicans be okay with this? So if Kamala Harris said this, had she been elected, they would be totally okay with it??? "Because I said so"... that's acceptable???
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u/Specialist-Neat4254 7h ago
I don’t think anyone outside trumps circle actually believed this news. It’s just an excuse to blame Biden/ukraine for his failures because he can’t admit he is wrong about something.
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u/PolicyWonka 7h ago
Well, that was obvious. It’s the only way he knows how to negotiate and it does not work when it comes to politics. It really does not work when it comes to international politics.
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u/Specialist-Mode6556 6h ago
What a stupid incompetent Buffoon of the highest magnitude. The people that fell for the astroturfing for this moron deserve all the suffering he brings. I only hope oil and diesel go up more, groceries go up more and life becomes untenable for the already stretched average American.
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u/PeeCeeJunior 7h ago
He did this with the first Iran/Israel fight in 2025 and again with Israel and Hamas. Boy is manifesting like a millennial on Pinterest. But inexplicably it worked, so of course he’s trying it again.
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u/madadekinai 7h ago
Oh boy, this does not look, I'm certain that conservatives, the ones who are known for accountability will certainly hold Trump account for making it up... and crickets.
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u/Suibian_ni 7h ago
In a similar vein Hitler consoled himself at the end by giving orders to armies that don't exist.
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u/TurnoverComfortable5 7h ago
South America, formerly known as south Park, should make an episode on this guy. He is hilarious!
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u/Reasonable_Deer_8237 7h ago
Useless Putin tool. He's basically using a parental..."because I said so" tactic. How did idiots votes for this piece of shit?
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u/Apprehensive-Art1092 7h ago edited 6h ago
Can't somebody just take this cunt out the back of the barn somewhere like they do with lame horses?
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u/OuterLightness 7h ago
He either made it up or had dementia and believed it happened. Either way he should be removed from office
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u/Visible_Handle_3770 6h ago
It's in bad enough form, geopolitically, to completely fabricate a ceasefire in an attempt to force an end a war that actually has a clearly superior moral side. But to do so while couching it as in pursuit of humanitarianism, from a man who has started his own, truly pointless, war that has cost thousands of young lives, is truly heinous.
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u/Lumpy_Conference6640 7h ago
This is the moment in time I want gif so bad. This guy is so in his own head, he's lost pace with reality. He's the classical flailing iron man , surround by yes men, and world of dilusions.
Just never seen someone speed run it so fast.
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u/mcgeggy 7h ago
And yet he’s not the biggest problem. All of his startlingly stupid, brain dead supporters are…
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u/Lumpy_Conference6640 7h ago
They're so brain dead, they worship him, and then he calls them brain dead. They cheer him on...
Just what are we doing here anymore?
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u/Decoseau 7h ago
Is this real? This is bizarre to say something like this even for Trump. It’s hard to distinguish between reality and truth when watching clips of Trump.
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u/Successful_City3111 7h ago
It all points to the fact that things are much worse than advertised by our Gov't. That stock crash is coming- likely due to oil shortages that won't go away.
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u/RicRacer 7h ago
Straight out of some dumbass B-movie with unbelievably stupid dialog from the supposedly "tough" guy villain.
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u/Own_Peach2163 7h ago
So sad imagining ukranian people potentially getting their hopes up for 5 minutes reading that announcement ffs
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u/Left-Employee-3658 7h ago
And still he's not tired of winning. The week has just started, maybe before weekend he will win the war with Iran
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u/GreatGojira 7h ago
Literally making bull shite up. Maga is the only ones gullible enough to worship him
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u/penilesensorydevice 7h ago
LOL it's the Grand Decider, always deciding things. Global politics, baseball, pop-culture, the economy...it makes no difference. When Waddles makes a decision, that's it.
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u/wilson1474 7h ago
Because I said so.... lol
Damn Donald, geopolitics dont work the same as when you fleece your contractors..