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Kid Berwyn

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2. Small people do tend to do the only they know how to do again and again and again.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Thu Aug 14, 2025, 09:06 AM

Aug 2025

"...the narrative magic of wrestling..."

"Trump is a showman who has long been a fan of the theatrics and grandeur of wrestling," says journalist John Hendrickson, who, in 2023, published an article in The Atlantic about how wrestling explains recent US history. "He is even a member of the WWE Hall of Fame. I believe the similarities between his rhetoric and that of many wrestlers are undeniable."

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https://www.mundoamerica.com/entertainment/2025/02/05/67a37a86e9cf4a295e8b457a.html

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Trump is turning the 250th anniversary of America's independence into A PROMOTIONAL EVENT FOR THE UFC. [View all] Swede Aug 2025 OP

Is THAT Jilly_in_VA Aug 2025 #1

Small people do tend to do the only they know how to do again and again and again. Kid Berwyn Aug 2025 #2

Shit! Might as well have Roman Gladiators while he's at it. ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2025 #3

Oh God, why have you forsaken us? no_hypocrisy Aug 2025 #4

Turns out it was our footprints all along. Xavier Breath Aug 2025 #6

O. M. G. alittlelark Aug 2025 #5

It seems the favorite part for UFC fans like trump Submariner Aug 2025 #7

UFC is as phony as trmps hair and makeup. It all makes sense. spanone Aug 2025 #8

Idiocracy is a more accurate prophesy than Nostradamus or futurology muriel_volestrangler Aug 2025 #9

Stay classy, America The Blue Flower Aug 2025 #10

Of all the people who could be honoring America's 250th birthday, we get that jackass. WTF. Initech Aug 2025 #11

OMG 😳 this is crazy 😧 TommieMommy Aug 2025 #12