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jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts) Sun Nov 25, 2018, 02:51 PM Nov 2018

"You build an imaginary bridge over the imaginary river."

Kurt Andersen
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To *really* bond with Trump, Putin should tell him about the time Nikita Kruschev gave this advice to Richard Nixon: "If the people believe there's an imaginary river out there, you don't tell them there's no river there. You build an imaginary bridge over the imaginary river."

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"You build an imaginary bridge over the imaginary river." (Original Post) jodymarie aimee Nov 2018 OP

The tax cuts for the rich are the 'imaginary bridge' for trump voters? empedocles Nov 2018 #1

empedocles

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1. The tax cuts for the rich are the 'imaginary bridge' for trump voters?

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Sun Nov 25, 2018, 03:04 PM

Nov 2018

Good metaphor.

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