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applegrove

(133,101 posts)
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 04:23 PM Aug 2025

Latest Newsom troll of Trump:

They might be making Trump mad, but Newsom has been throwing these at the press -- if you think these are beneath my office, why don't you say that when the president does the same thing?

He's exposing that the media has a separate set of standards for Our Very Special Boy and that's good.

Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) 2025-08-17T18:18:41.128Z
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Latest Newsom troll of Trump: (Original Post) applegrove Aug 2025 OP
Ha SuzyandPuffpuff Aug 2025 #1
It gets even better Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2025 #20
Lol Demovictory9 Aug 2025 #2
Bahahahaaa! 😆 FirstLight Aug 2025 #3
Exactly! StarryNite Aug 2025 #4
At the very least, the MSM stops clutching their pearls and quickly shuts the hell up. paleotn Aug 2025 #5
This ad only ran one time. I remember our old, old TV in the living room with Dad sitting in his green PatrickforB Aug 2025 #11
Republican Response "'In your heart you know he's right." Marcuse Aug 2025 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Aug 2025 #18
FLAME BURN and torch their asses ZDU Aug 2025 #6
Yeah, "Press".. Why don't yiou say that about the Cha Aug 2025 #7
Punch bullies in the face BaronChocula Aug 2025 #8
Oh Donny Boy, the maps, the big beautiful maps, are calling..... Blue Owl Aug 2025 #9
I don't get it. I seel Hulk Hogan, Tucker Carlson and probably that other guy is Ted Nugent. PatrickforB Aug 2025 #10
Google the following - Dem2theMax Aug 2025 #12
I think the other guy is Kid Rock. applegrove Aug 2025 #13
Kick SheltieLover Aug 2025 #14
Disgusting..,. RSH Aug 2025 #15
Many magas would not recognize some of those people you suggested Attilatheblond Aug 2025 #17
Good point RSH Aug 2025 #19

FirstLight

(15,771 posts)
3. Bahahahaaa! 😆
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 04:35 PM
Aug 2025

Oh this is even better! Cuz he has posted those fucking stupid AI things of himself so newsome pointing out the double standard is fucking perfect. I'm waiting for the media to pull its head out of its ass and figure out they're being trolled too

paleotn

(22,735 posts)
5. At the very least, the MSM stops clutching their pearls and quickly shuts the hell up.
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 05:55 PM
Aug 2025

Plus, getting in Trump's gutter is reshaping the narrative and public perception. Better yet, it's got to be stressing Donnie's arteries to the max. The one thing he cannot stand, that drives him absolutely nuts is being laughed at. Honestly, I think this is one of the smartest ploys Dems have pulled in decades. Maybe since the Daisy ads. It's not a complicated formula. Repukes aren't smart but they figured it out. Making people laugh or scaring the shit out of them gets through. It works.

May seem quaint by our standards but given the times and the context, this ad was powerful. Scare the shit out of them.

https://retroreport.org/collection/political-ads-that-shaped-the-battle-for-the-white-house/

PatrickforB

(15,524 posts)
11. This ad only ran one time. I remember our old, old TV in the living room with Dad sitting in his green
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 06:45 PM
Aug 2025

Naugahyde chair. We always ate dinner on TV trays in the living room in front of the TV. Mom brought the trays out and we were eating. I think it was Wednesday Night at the Movies, and suddenly this ad came on.

For some reason, because I was only 5 at the time, I really wanted to watch this ad. Maybe I liked the little girl. I don't know. But I was watching and Dad said something. I put my hand up and continued watching the ad.

Suddenly Dad was yelling at the top of his lungs about how I needed to listen, listen, LISTEN when he said something. Like that Marine general in Full Metal Jacket, all he ever asked is that I treat every little utterance as if it was the Word of God.

Sigh. I was mad at him for years about that, because it was years before I ever was able to watch this ad in its entirety.

I have forgiven Dad by now, after all these years, but this did bring on some memories of not-so-good times - when I was a kid dinner was always fraught.

Marcuse

(9,081 posts)
16. Republican Response "'In your heart you know he's right."
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 11:04 AM
Aug 2025

Last edited Tue Aug 19, 2025, 11:58 AM - Edit history (1)

Democratic Rebuttal: “ In your brain you know he’s nuts!”


Today he would be considered a “RINO”.

Response to paleotn (Reply #5)

Cha

(320,562 posts)
7. Yeah, "Press".. Why don't yiou say that about the
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 06:09 PM
Aug 2025

Traitor in the WH? Too Chickenshit?

TY for Go Newsom, apple

PatrickforB

(15,524 posts)
10. I don't get it. I seel Hulk Hogan, Tucker Carlson and probably that other guy is Ted Nugent.
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 06:35 PM
Aug 2025

But....what does this even mean?

Dem2theMax

(11,005 posts)
12. Google the following -
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 07:19 PM
Aug 2025

'Trump being prayed over by people.'

Then choose the images tab.

Pro tip - do not do this right after consuming a meal.

RSH

(21 posts)
15. Disgusting..,.
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 10:10 AM
Aug 2025

It suggests those asswholes have religious credence. Should have used Churchill, FDR, JFK and MLK

RSH

(21 posts)
19. Good point
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 02:08 PM
Aug 2025

Good point but I would hope he is appealing to a broader audience. It is great to own the maggots though. Has!

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