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CousinIT

(12,541 posts)
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:24 PM Jan 2020

HOLY SHIT. Trump on the phone w/ Fox: 'This is MY country. I will do as I please.'

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this convo that Trump had with Fox over the phone should terrify every single American if Trump doesn't sound like A DICTATOR who does?

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HOLY SHIT. Trump on the phone w/ Fox: 'This is MY country. I will do as I please.' (Original Post) CousinIT Jan 2020 OP
Good gawd. What newly formed hell is this each day? hlthe2b Jan 2020 #1
See reply #17. nt Wednesdays Jan 2020 #25
Thanks...Pretty amazing though that, given Trump, it isn't very hard to believe... hlthe2b Jan 2020 #29
Is that for real? I suspect a false flag operation...nt Wounded Bear Jan 2020 #2
This is fake. bearsfootball516 Jan 2020 #3
Then I guess the people need to show him WE do not support him. sinkingfeeling Jan 2020 #4
This is fake. Please consider self-deleting. TwilightZone Jan 2020 #5
That was a DEAD giveaway Cosmocat Jan 2020 #13
dead give-away... stillcool Jan 2020 #20
Pretty sure this is fake or meant to be satire. phleshdef Jan 2020 #6
Can't be real Watchfoxheadexplodes Jan 2020 #7
Confessions of a Megalomaniac Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2020 #8
See reply #17. nt Wednesdays Jan 2020 #24
This may or may not be accurate leftieNanner Jan 2020 #9
Poe's Law. nt tblue37 Jan 2020 #16
I just learned a new thing! leftieNanner Jan 2020 #19
This is fake Cosmocat Jan 2020 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author tblue37 Jan 2020 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author BKDem Jan 2020 #12
FALSE...SNOPES!!! CurtEastPoint Jan 2020 #14
Not real lame54 Jan 2020 #15
It's fake, per Snopes. CaptainTruth Jan 2020 #17
And while you're visiting the link, donate to Snopes.com. nt LAS14 Jan 2020 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author sarcasmo Jan 2020 #18
This needs to be in Democrat's ads during the general election. Scotch-Irish Jan 2020 #21
See reply #17. nt Wednesdays Jan 2020 #23
Oh. Ok. But it sounds just like him, doesn't it? Scotch-Irish Jan 2020 #26
And that is how we lose. Wednesdays Jan 2020 #28
Please delete. nt Wednesdays Jan 2020 #22
This is bogus so be careful not to spread it around social media. Mike 03 Jan 2020 #27
oh oh bdamomma Jan 2020 #30
The scarrier thing is that the left is stopping to actual fakery. We've been better than that. LAS14 Jan 2020 #31
self delete thread if not bdamomma Jan 2020 #32
I wanted to alert this, but there is no category for fakery. We need such a category. nt LAS14 Jan 2020 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author spanone Jan 2020 #34
Fake according to Snopes, link below. Please delete this post designed to make Democrats look bad TeamPooka Jan 2020 #35
WILL PEOPLE STOP RECCING THIS HOAX!!!!! muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #37

hlthe2b

(113,968 posts)
1. Good gawd. What newly formed hell is this each day?
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:25 PM
Jan 2020

Wednesdays

(22,602 posts)
25. See reply #17. nt
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:51 PM
Jan 2020

hlthe2b

(113,968 posts)
29. Thanks...Pretty amazing though that, given Trump, it isn't very hard to believe...
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:55 PM
Jan 2020

Wounded Bear

(64,324 posts)
2. Is that for real? I suspect a false flag operation...nt
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:26 PM
Jan 2020

bearsfootball516

(6,713 posts)
3. This is fake.
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:26 PM
Jan 2020

And needs to be deleted.

sinkingfeeling

(57,835 posts)
4. Then I guess the people need to show him WE do not support him.
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:26 PM
Jan 2020

TwilightZone

(28,836 posts)
5. This is fake. Please consider self-deleting.
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:27 PM
Jan 2020
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-ballistic-fox-and-friends/

Does anyone really think Trump would use the word "capitulate"?

Cosmocat

(15,424 posts)
13. That was a DEAD giveaway
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:30 PM
Jan 2020

Rest of it read too lucidly, but as soon as I saw capitulate I knew it was fake.

stillcool

(34,407 posts)
20. dead give-away...
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:34 PM
Jan 2020

but no doubts until I saw your comment.

 

phleshdef

(11,936 posts)
6. Pretty sure this is fake or meant to be satire.
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:27 PM
Jan 2020

Watchfoxheadexplodes

(3,542 posts)
7. Can't be real
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:27 PM
Jan 2020

No way not even for him.

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,631 posts)
8. Confessions of a Megalomaniac
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:28 PM
Jan 2020

quoting Sekulow, "Danger, danger, danger."

Wednesdays

(22,602 posts)
24. See reply #17. nt
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:51 PM
Jan 2020

leftieNanner

(16,159 posts)
9. This may or may not be accurate
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:28 PM
Jan 2020

But what's frightening is that we can all imagine him saying this!

tblue37

(68,436 posts)
16. Poe's Law. nt
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:31 PM
Jan 2020

leftieNanner

(16,159 posts)
19. I just learned a new thing!
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:33 PM
Jan 2020

Never heard of Poe's Law. Looked it up. It works perfectly here. As are the frequent remarks that this President will put The Onion out of business!

Thanks!

Response to CousinIT (Original post)

Response to CousinIT (Original post)

lame54

(39,771 posts)
15. Not real
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:30 PM
Jan 2020

CaptainTruth

(8,200 posts)
17. It's fake, per Snopes.
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:31 PM
Jan 2020

LAS14

(15,506 posts)
36. And while you're visiting the link, donate to Snopes.com. nt
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:59 PM
Jan 2020

Response to CousinIT (Original post)

 

Scotch-Irish

(464 posts)
21. This needs to be in Democrat's ads during the general election.
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:49 PM
Jan 2020

Where is Bloomberg? Let's send this to him.

Wednesdays

(22,602 posts)
23. See reply #17. nt
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:50 PM
Jan 2020
 

Scotch-Irish

(464 posts)
26. Oh. Ok. But it sounds just like him, doesn't it?
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:52 PM
Jan 2020

That's how he thinks.

Wednesdays

(22,602 posts)
28. And that is how we lose.
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:55 PM
Jan 2020

By giving the other side ammo to say we spread "fake news."

Wednesdays

(22,602 posts)
22. Please delete. nt
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:49 PM
Jan 2020

Mike 03

(18,690 posts)
27. This is bogus so be careful not to spread it around social media.
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:54 PM
Jan 2020

It could come back to bite us or make us look foolish.

bdamomma

(69,532 posts)
30. oh oh
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:56 PM
Jan 2020

call in the 25th Amendment please.

No man/child is above the law.

LAS14

(15,506 posts)
31. The scarrier thing is that the left is stopping to actual fakery. We've been better than that.
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:56 PM
Jan 2020

We have to stay better than that. Stop this wherever you see it. See post #17.

bdamomma

(69,532 posts)
32. self delete thread if not
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:57 PM
Jan 2020

true.

LAS14

(15,506 posts)
33. I wanted to alert this, but there is no category for fakery. We need such a category. nt
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:58 PM
Jan 2020

Response to CousinIT (Original post)

 

TeamPooka

(25,577 posts)
35. Fake according to Snopes, link below. Please delete this post designed to make Democrats look bad
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:59 PM
Jan 2020

muriel_volestrangler

(106,211 posts)
37. WILL PEOPLE STOP RECCING THIS HOAX!!!!!
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 03:59 PM
Jan 2020

Jesus, people, don't you read? It's gone from about 3 recs to 27, AFTER THE SNOPES LINK DEBUNKING IT WAS POSTED.

FOR FUCK'S SAKE.

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