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elocs

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8. I was going to respond with exactly what you wrote: that Nixon was an amateur compared to Trump.

Reply to Raven (Original post)

Thu May 1, 2025, 08:51 AM

May 2025

But all of Trump's executive orders and things being done. Who believes that Trump is even remotely capable of coming up with these things? He certainly is the figurehead, but who is really pulling the strings and remaining in the shadows?

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