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In reply to the discussion: Donald Trump knew that Joe Biden would beat him in the presidential election [View all]GoCubsGo
(34,909 posts)11. What's really mind-boggling is that he could have avoided all of it, but for his abject stupidity.
And, greed and bigotry. Had he handled the pandemic in a competent way, listening to experts, instituting an actual full-on travel ban immediately, sending everyone face masks, not playing mob boss with PPE supplies, etc., he could likely have won on his own. He could have squashed the whole damn thing in that Washington nursing home. No need to resort to insurrection. What a goddamned, self-absorbed idiot.
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Donald Trump knew that Joe Biden would beat him in the presidential election [View all]
malaise
Feb 2021
OP
It is pretty transparent what he did to start the (attempted) steal and how it ended badly.
Dustlawyer
Feb 2021
#7
Or shot. Trump issued an executive order before he left office reinstating the sentence of death
BComplex
Feb 2021
#34
What's really mind-boggling is that he could have avoided all of it, but for his abject stupidity.
GoCubsGo
Feb 2021
#11
Probably due to his psychological weaknesses but a long term contingency coup plot nevertheless.
Tender hopper
Feb 2021
#27
Trumpism is what happens when you mix toxic frat boy culture with toxic politics.
Initech
Feb 2021
#36