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Buckeye_Democrat

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27. Nope. He's mostly the figurehead of the cult, like Bin Laden...

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Thu Jan 7, 2021, 06:11 PM

Jan 2021

... of Al Qaeda. He didn't need to give direct orders for everything they did, especially after 9/11 happened. The lack of a top-down organization made it easier for him to keep eluding detection too.

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Is Trump That Diabolical That He Had The Ability To Plan & Pull Off This Insurrection By Himself?... [View all] global1 Jan 2021 OP

No way. dalton99a Jan 2021 #1

This has the smell of Roger Stone's Brooks brothers riot all over it.. Same MO... nt mitch96 Jan 2021 #30

Yep. Stone is a key intermediary behind the scenes dalton99a Jan 2021 #31

Well to be fair it was a pretty shitty insurrection...so between he and Rudy and Don Jr, yes. cbdo2007 Jan 2021 #2

With help....Yes Pachamama Jan 2021 #3

It's more like: "Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?" servermsh Jan 2021 #4

He talks in code like Michael Cohen said Walleye Jan 2021 #9

Where's Flynn? LunaSea Jan 2021 #5

The Capitol Police Chief is a trump humping MAGAt. I'd be shocked if he wasn't catbyte Jan 2021 #6

I think the police chief was involved, he posted a skeleton force doc03 Jan 2021 #13

There were reports that the WH was in contact with groups yesterday underpants Jan 2021 #7

Trump is too stupid my bet would be Flynn. I read there was a video of the Trump family doc03 Jan 2021 #8

I think he might be...if you consider the call with Raffensberger...Trump knew exactly what Demsrule86 Jan 2021 #10

Roger Stone, Steven Miller, Rudy, etc? nt Wicked Blue Jan 2021 #11

He certainly could've made it stop at any time. He was loving it Walleye Jan 2021 #12

Interesting atreides1 Jan 2021 #14

tRump is a fucking idiot luv2fly Jan 2021 #15

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Ask who is the most fervent Nazi? Arne Jan 2021 #17

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Putin is an excellent party planner. BamaRefugee Jan 2021 #19

Plus, he knows there can never be consequences for him personally world wide wally Jan 2021 #23

This!👆 SheltieLover Jan 2021 #24

video from insurrection HQ LunaSea Jan 2021 #20

Think partially true. Not quite. Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2021 #21

It was a hitleresque coup carried out by an incompetent wannabe dictator Thomas Hurt Jan 2021 #22

No, he thought that various forces would do so. David__77 Jan 2021 #25

Planned? It was a total disaster if it was. No, this was just a bunch of fools much like the Bundys Quixote1818 Jan 2021 #26

Nope. He's mostly the figurehead of the cult, like Bin Laden... Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2021 #27

"tacit support" LunaSea Jan 2021 #28

So now they say the trump pressured pence into helping Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2021 #29

What has Erik Prince been up to lately? Enquiring minds, etc. nt crickets Jan 2021 #32