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kentuck

(115,637 posts)
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 01:01 PM Sep 2025

Comfortable with insanity...

Our military blows up a boat with 11 people killed, off the shore of Venezuela, and we hardly notice. We have become comfortable with the insane actions of our elected leaders.

We are told this is the greatest presidency in history. Who tells us that? The President, of course!

The number of unemployed has grown sharply in 4 of the last 5 months. This is the lowest growth we have seen since the beginning of the year. As reported on NBC, the last time we had such anemic growth was in June of 2020. Who was the President then?

Maybe it's time to fire the new BLS commissioner?

And what could hurt even more? The photos of Putin, Xi, an Kim-Jong Un having a gathering without him. The idea that the strongest authoritarians in the world have a party and he is not invited.

Insane.

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Comfortable with insanity... (Original Post) kentuck Sep 2025 OP
Trump's base (approximately 37%) love him killing "the bad guys." surfered Sep 2025 #1
Unfortunately.... kentuck Sep 2025 #2

surfered

(14,301 posts)
1. Trump's base (approximately 37%) love him killing "the bad guys."
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 01:11 PM
Sep 2025

And if he says they’re bad, that’s good enough for them.

kentuck

(115,637 posts)
2. Unfortunately....
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 02:36 PM
Sep 2025

...true.

But they don't really care if they are "bad guys" or innocents, so long as he is showing as a strong man.

But who am I to judge?

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