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cyclonefence

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5. No better way to keep the MAGATs all churned up

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sun May 28, 2023, 12:15 PM

May 2023

and the more extravagant and outrageous the lies he tells and insinuates, the better they like it. They *want* to believe the ridiculous things he says; he earns his living this way.

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What Could Trump Possibly Get Out of Attacking Special Prosecutor Jack Smith? [View all] marmar May 2023 OP

It's like telling the wind not to blow. tanyev May 2023 #1

Best answer! moonscape May 2023 #8

He'll get an ego rush and a few donations calguy May 2023 #2

He gets to vent his anger vlyons May 2023 #3

Smith is after TFG on 4 broad things Botany May 2023 #4

No better way to keep the MAGATs all churned up cyclonefence May 2023 #5

Yes and Trump hopes his base will protest and rebel again on his behalf. Irish_Dem May 2023 #13

Protest and/or take up arms. Or hang people. emulatorloo May 2023 #21

Absolutely NowISeetheLight May 2023 #20

He's keeping MAGAts churned up for one reason KS Toronado May 2023 #34

TFG sees everything as a personal battle treestar May 2023 #6

It's all about him... and his ego RainCaster May 2023 #7

Targeting? moondust May 2023 #9

Yes Trump hopes his base will terrorize Smith to make him back down. Irish_Dem May 2023 #14

"Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?" DBoon May 2023 #16

Yes, same shit, different guy. GoCubsGo May 2023 #18

He has boundary issues bucolic_frolic May 2023 #10

28 months and counting republianmushroom May 2023 #11

He is hopeless. His brain is, seriously, neurologically hard-wired differently than RKP5637 May 2023 #12

Hopefully claudette May 2023 #15

He can't help himself. He will always attack people who oppose him Ocelot II May 2023 #17

He has no defense so he lashes out to attract the attention. twodogsbarking May 2023 #22

Donations from dipshits. flvegan May 2023 #19

I'm guessing he's building up his assets in rubes $$$s (not rubles) before heading to the USSR. erronis May 2023 #29

He has always railed against his critics and those who disagree with him unblock May 2023 #23

Yes, working the refs - and that's not the special prosecutor, but Republicans in Congress muriel_volestrangler May 2023 #39

He'll get sucker donations. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2023 #24

Hate to say this, but those suckers deserve to lost their money. Just don't go on welfare, Medicaid, erronis May 2023 #30

Current equivalent of allegedly punching his art teacher in the face Marthe48 May 2023 #25

A bump in the polls. Iggo May 2023 #26

This has worked for him all his life and he became president. carpetbagger May 2023 #27

I would also factor in his mafia mentality of "go after the family." ancianita May 2023 #28

More charges? A more determined prosecutor? CaptainTruth May 2023 #31

I see 2 reasons why Trump trashes Smith. wnylib May 2023 #32

Maybe I'm underestimating things Trenzalore May 2023 #41

True, Trump and his acolytes who showed up in NY wnylib May 2023 #42

He's a malignant narcissist, it's what they do Warpy May 2023 #33

It's his go to response to almost everything. 3catwoman3 May 2023 #35

Spite. soldierant May 2023 #36

20 to life, I hope. Meadowoak May 2023 #37

Trump probably thinks that Smith is as dumb as he is. Chainfire May 2023 #38

"Trump" and "think" don't belong in the same sentence. Straw Man May 2023 #40