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erronis

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5. "just as evil but genuinely smart occupied the White House?" - this doesn't happen often,

Reply to Goodheart (Original post)

Thu Jun 11, 2020, 04:47 PM

Jun 2020

movie themes being discounted.

Usually intelligence goes along with understanding other's feeling and trying to work with them.

Yes, there may be smart psychopaths but they are usually unable to function in society enough to actually steal a presidency.

A dump psychopath with lots of money (borrowed or loaned) can do a lot more damage. They don't care. And they want to hurt others.

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trump threatened this morning to withhold pay raises for the military if [View all] Goodheart Jun 2020 OP

Was this on tape or a tweet? SoonerPride Jun 2020 #1

It's an indirect threat. Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #3

So the OP title SCantiGOP Jun 2020 #14

Don't know if he can even do that. All that goes through Congress. grumpyduck Jun 2020 #2

He was threatening a veto. Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #4

Thank you. grumpyduck Jun 2020 #6

Yeah, looks that way. Rawstory's reporting is not always well expressed. Goodheart Jun 2020 #8

I was still nice to know that there was an amendment to rename the bases, Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #9

"just as evil but genuinely smart occupied the White House?" - this doesn't happen often, erronis Jun 2020 #5

I said in 2016 that we missed a bullet because Trump is dumber than a box of rocks. Doremus Jun 2020 #7

Which is exactly why we have to make Inspectors General more independent, and the BComplex Jun 2020 #10

THIS. roamer65 Jun 2020 #11

I don't thinkt it because he's stupid MrsMatt Jun 2020 #12

Oh, his evil is worse than his stupid. TNNurse Jun 2020 #13

He is taking a chance with the next protest march being the military NCjack Jun 2020 #15

"What's a New Yorker's emotional investment in Confederate generals, anyway? " keithbvadu2 Jun 2020 #16

Traitors gonna treason uponit7771 Jun 2020 #17

He wants his civil war--Putin wants his U.S. civil war. C Moon Jun 2020 #18

The racist rednecks are all he has left. paleotn Jun 2020 #19

Wow. Threating every member of the armed forces. sarge43 Jun 2020 #20