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bigtree

(93,952 posts)
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 01:05 PM 6 hrs ago

We've all been made victim to whatever unthinkable act Trump is inevitably drawn to

...by a republican party that refuses to use their majority to restrain him.

He's a spoiled, privileged man-child who is fast running out of things he can grab and break, including his own promises.

After destroying what he could of the federal government, he discovered he could get a firm hold on the military and flail it around wherever he pleases; taking the nation where they told him they didn't want to go; where he promised he wouldn't go.

Trump's burned through those taboos like crack and it won't be long before he's jonesing for a new high- like a cocaine addict who's snorted too much and drained themselves of dopamines- and he starts eyeing our country's nuclear arsenal as a way give himself another rush of power and self-aggrandizement.

We can only hope they've got man-child-safety locks on the nuclear briefcase.

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We've all been made victim to whatever unthinkable act Trump is inevitably drawn to (Original Post) bigtree 6 hrs ago OP
It's insane that our spineless media is actively complicit in carrying out his crimes. Initech 6 hrs ago #1
There is one taboo he still yearns to break with every fiber of his being- nuking a city Blues Heron 6 hrs ago #2
IMO, it is important to remember that whatever Trump does, he is only able to do RockRaven 6 hrs ago #3
Don't give T any ideas!! ;) Dave says 6 hrs ago #4
too late? bigtree 5 hrs ago #6
They clearly WANT to lose the midterms leftstreet 6 hrs ago #5
Anything to knock the pedo stories off the front page. PSPS 2 hrs ago #7
distraction from the distraction bigtree 2 hrs ago #8

RockRaven

(19,068 posts)
3. IMO, it is important to remember that whatever Trump does, he is only able to do
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 01:28 PM
6 hrs ago

because 80 million Americans voted to give him that power and 90 million more didn't bother to vote against giving him that power.

Trump is a problem, yeah. He is creating problems for all of us, yeah. But the root of that is 170 million adult American eligible voters and what they did or didn't do when faced with a choice in 2024.

Are we all victims of Trump's actions? Yeah, sure. But Trump's actions are the actions of the majority of Americans. Nothing is going to get better until America looks in a mirror instead of gawking at the freak in the White House.

bigtree

(93,952 posts)
6. too late?
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 02:09 PM
5 hrs ago

...

Trump (just now) on Iran attack plans: 'The big one is coming soon'

US President Donald Trump claims the largest wave of strikes in Iran is still to come.

“We haven’t even started hitting them hard. The big wave hasn’t even happened. The big one is coming soon,” Trump tells CNN.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/trump-iran-attack-plans-big-175238256.html

leftstreet

(39,940 posts)
5. They clearly WANT to lose the midterms
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 01:36 PM
6 hrs ago

It'll be so much easier for them (and future campaigns) to claim they're not responsible

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