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Mtnmama

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8. I believe he wants to provoke unrest

Reply to dweller (Original post)

Sun Sep 28, 2025, 04:52 PM

Sep 2025

So he can respond with a show of force. Cause the unrest, then use it to crack down on "far left extremists", which he believes is anyone who doesn't support him. A distraction, too, from the Epstein files.

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