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    9 months ago

    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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      It’s worse and more specific than that. He’s basically saying “Russia is welcome to trigger an Article 5 incident, because I won’t respond to it”.

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    9 months ago

    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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      9 months ago

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

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    9 months ago

    That’s funny coming from a guy who is infamous for not paying his bills.

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    Well. At this point it feels like I’m just watching it happen. I can vote against fascism, but what the fuck else can I do?

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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.

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        9 months ago

        The last guy to be president during a world war was elected four times, therefore…

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          Yeah but he was also a decidedly competent leader for most of that time. Trump wouldn’t be. He’d just try to cement himself as a dictator.

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          Actually, that guy died DURING the world war. The last guy to be president during a world war was only elected once…

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            Dying while in office would be the best case for him, since he’d have immunity while in office. Otherwise he’ll die in prison.

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              Him dying in prison penniless without ever taking office again would of course be ideal for the rest of the world though, or at least the parts that are worth anything…

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    Every now and then trump says something where I think surely that had to have been taken at least slightly out of context, but nope, it’s practically verbatim. Every single time.

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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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    "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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    for fucks sake even the dumbest plot in any call of duty was more intelligent than everything this stupid republican wants to happen…

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    Americans really need to bash their elected representatives to invest in public schools and free/affordable higher education. This muppet already happened, but maybe it’s not too late to save the upcoming generations from another one.