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Cosmocat

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24. He may be nuts, but this stuff serves a purpose
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 09:37 AM
Jul 2025

This guy has been doing this for a LONG time now, and you see that while he may not have a thought out strategy to things, he does have a primal sense of how to manipulate his base and the country at large.

His repeatedly doing this with Hillary, Joe, Obama and expanding it does two things - it numbs the public, cause when people raise reasonable concerns it and nothing happens, it seems harmless, while tiring people out with it to the point when it actually happens they are burnt out from trying to deal it and just accept it.

Second, it cranks up his base, so they get more and more eager for it, which will equal the outcry from those who oppose it.

And, finally ... it eggs on the Rs in power to actually do it. They won't respond at first, but if he keeps pushing it and pushing it and they sense that the general pubic is getting numb to it, while the base is foaming at the mouth for it, they will eventually pull the trigger to be the "hero" to the base gain his favor.

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Trump has gone totally nuts! [View all] Playingmantis Jul 2025 OP
Where's the evidence? Judges are getting tired of his nonsense Deuxcents Jul 2025 #1
Countermeasures being spewed to stop Epstein files talk. applegrove Jul 2025 #2
This is part his weak attempts to try to bait the black community... appmanga Jul 2025 #3
Flailing orangecrush Jul 2025 #4
All black folks too. maveric Jul 2025 #5
Trump REALLY hates successful black women Skittles Jul 2025 #15
BINGO FalloutShelter Jul 2025 #29
Vaudeville hook came to mind reading this... SheltieLover Jul 2025 #6
Distraction of course. tavernier Jul 2025 #7
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2025 #8
Traitor has "low behavior" Stealing Money Cha Jul 2025 #9
Just more evidence of his mental state. Grammy23 Jul 2025 #10
have you ever seen a sporting event where the winnnig team comes off the field and complains about Takket Jul 2025 #11
Every accusation is a confession. KentuckyWoman Jul 2025 #12
So true! Emile Jul 2025 #28
On the plus side, B.See Jul 2025 #13
Remember the ever present black Traildogbob Jul 2025 #26
Or maybe he and others like him B.See Jul 2025 #35
They all have something in common. I just can't figure it out. Keepthesoulalive Jul 2025 #14
You know the music. One can only hope .... (Still photo) usonian Jul 2025 #16
I wonder who tsf paid for an endorsement... rubbersole Jul 2025 #17
It's amazing how little work the Presidential role entails in the USA. C Moon Jul 2025 #18
Look over there! LW1977 Jul 2025 #19
3 and one half years Raine Jul 2025 #20
We'll all be crazy by then Playingmantis Jul 2025 #21
Where does it end? spinbaby Jul 2025 #22
He ran out of ketchup so he's flinging feces at the wall Martin Eden Jul 2025 #23
He may be nuts, but this stuff serves a purpose Cosmocat Jul 2025 #24
Epstein diversion malaise Jul 2025 #25
Mentally insane! And the media doesn't cover it! OrlandoDem2 Jul 2025 #27
I'm guessing trump does this thinking it will reunite his maga base? Omnipresent Jul 2025 #30
Stop the windmills! milestogo Jul 2025 #31
This is not new. He's said this multiple times before. Of course there is no truth to it. Wiz Imp Jul 2025 #32
Didn't he offer RFK Jr the HHS job if he dropped out and endorsed him? underpants Jul 2025 #33
He also had a personal baby monitor installed at CBS. Initech Jul 2025 #34
Maddow Blog-Trump adds Kamala Harris, Beyonce and Oprah to the list of those he wants prosecuted LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2025 #36
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