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global1

(26,507 posts)
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 08:53 AM Feb 2025

After Watching These First Weeks Of This Administration I Now Know Why....

so many of Tr**p's business ventures have gone bankrupt.
He always said he wanted to run the country like a business!!!
Any guesses how this will turn out???

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tanyev

(49,690 posts)
1. I was really hoping he would destroy the Republican party before
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 09:31 AM
Feb 2025

he could do much damage to the country. And in a way he has, but the House and Senate still have majorities with R’s attached to their names.

lark

(26,115 posts)
2. We're fucked, he and Eloon profiteer wildly and the country is destroyed.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 10:05 AM
Feb 2025

That is what he and his master Pooty intend.

Joinfortmill

(21,674 posts)
3. Not good. My take: I hope he goes too far before...
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 10:55 AM
Feb 2025

the midterms, and Dems win in a landslide.

Texin

(2,869 posts)
5. If we have to wait until the midterms, we are all well and truly fucked. Much more damage will have been done by then.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 11:07 AM
Feb 2025

To the point of making TSF's promise to his base that they'd never have to vote again".

rurallib

(64,835 posts)
7. he will wreck it as much as he can as fast as he can
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 11:17 AM
Feb 2025

and skip to Russia with the gold

Joinfortmill

(21,674 posts)
9. I hear you. I just don't think anyone besides the voters or an act of God are going to help us.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 11:47 AM
Feb 2025

Justice matters.

(10,084 posts)
8. $WASTimusKKKA's hackers could have injected viruses...
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 11:38 AM
Feb 2025

into the system?

Midterms DENIED...

Who knows?

They Love chaos and cruelty as much as lots of money...

twodogsbarking

(19,357 posts)
4. He died in 1966. 1966.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 11:02 AM
Feb 2025

“The American Constitution was not written to protect criminals; it was written to protect the government from becoming criminals.”
— Lenny Bruce

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
6. Unfortunately the founders thought scoundrels would be outed and not get near the Presidency
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 11:08 AM
Feb 2025

So they didn't write limits on pardons or more clearly delineate separation of powers. For example, creating a high level bureaucracy independent of political whims and winds, for steadiness and less whiplash.

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