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In reply to the discussion: A man who walks onto the stage and hugs a flag is pretty fucked up [View all]BigmanPigman
(51,640 posts)37. Me too. I finally saw some clips last night
and was able to watch without throwing up. I was amazed. It was so obvious that he is both insane and terrified shitless. I really do believe that Whitaker or Barr told him what Mueller and the SDNY know and what they are going after. He is acting like a trapped animal and it will get much worse.
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The world would stop, completely and not go again till said Democrat was removed from society
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2019
#3
Trying to alert friends to seriousness of Trump fascism and sociopathic supporters
onit2day
Mar 2019
#93
I have never seen any world leader of any Nation hug and rub their face against the flag...
Pachamama
Mar 2019
#78
Just another prop to him, I actually do blame the people who follow him more than him.
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2019
#101
Cheering him on are many veterans who he is disrespecting. Big fucking problem.
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2019
#4
You mean also when they gave a standing ovation at CPAC when Trump declared "McCain Dead"?
Pachamama
Mar 2019
#77
As a veteran, this is one use of the Flag I find repulsive.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Mar 2019
#100
W's flag signing was demeaning and arrogant, but Trumps flag humping is more like a rape.
thewhollytoast
Mar 2019
#19
Yes it was. Hoping this exposure will cause people to share (yet another) chapter in our
japple
Mar 2019
#72
The orange maggot has really f'ed up things like reunions, family holidays & long term friendships
kimbutgar
Mar 2019
#65
Say what you will, Trump really knows how to play all those moronic, uneducated rural dweebs who
Nitram
Mar 2019
#55
Don't think you're alarmist. He as at least 40 million followers. How many will kill & die for him?
Evolve Dammit
Mar 2019
#57
Maybe we should all send him KFC and McDonalds gift vouchers to prevent that?
cstanleytech
Mar 2019
#62
Hugging the flag is not the problem rather its the false display of patriotism and the crowd
cstanleytech
Mar 2019
#61
Agree. And yet, he is still here. The nightmare continues to bleed our country...
Guilded Lilly
Mar 2019
#81
Someone in his close circle told him that it would make for great theater
Ferrets are Cool
Mar 2019
#83
Foreign visitors are often amazed by Americans' overdoing of patriotic symbols
IronLionZion
Mar 2019
#86
"the difference between that crowd, and those who cheered and adored Hitler"
FiveGoodMen
Mar 2019
#98