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newdeal2

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9. Only if no one stands up to him

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Original post)

Wed Aug 13, 2025, 08:08 AM

Aug 2025

For example, the universities and big law and Paramount/ABC could and should have sued and kept fighting. Everyone said they would win.

But they picked the path of least resistance which was to settle and pay Trump bribes and admit that they were the ones who were in fact wrong.

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IMPORTANT POLL ON THE POWER OF TRUMP!!! [View all] Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 OP

He is omnipotent until someone stands up to him and stops him. Examples: usonian Aug 2025 #1

He has been stopped, stalled, or dissuaded numerous times Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #2

How bout a selection for B.See Aug 2025 #3

I think he is closer to total chaos than total control. Nt Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #4

problem being, B.See Aug 2025 #5

Chaos is not the path to control Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #6

Well, maybe by "chaos" we're speaking of different things: B.See Aug 2025 #7

Chaos gives him power, but it doesn't give him control Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #8

Only if no one stands up to him newdeal2 Aug 2025 #9

Harvard is standing up to him Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #10

Last I read they are readying a settlement newdeal2 Aug 2025 #11

The president of Harvard denies any settlement is being negotiated. Nt Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #12