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GopherGal

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18. To be Fair to Velveeta Voldemort
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 12:20 PM
Nov 2020

Last edited Wed Nov 18, 2020, 12:53 PM - Edit history (1)

I think "surprise" overseas servicemen-visits have been done before. A quick google shows Dubya did a surprise Thanksgiving visit to Iraq in 2003. At this point, what would be known to us is the same whether he was staying home or making such a visit.

Well, except for the "we know he's a self-obsessed narcissist who would never consider doing anything nice for anyone else and wants to stay home to continue his plotting to overturn the will of the people and maintain his hold on power" part.

Edit to add: I think I was trapped in pre-COVID thinking. During a pandemic, the most destructive thing he could do would be to make a surprise super-spreader visit. So that definitely increases the odds of his doing so. If he still had the peculiar traditional Repuke adoration from the troops, he'd probably do it for the captive audience, but methinks some of the returns from the overseas military balloting didn't come back quite as favorable as the Grotesque Old Pustule's party is used to.

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