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C_U_L8R

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1. I thought all this cr*p would happen during term 1
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 07:01 PM
14 hrs ago

Felt we dodged a bullet when he left office… by then he had to come back again with a vengeance (literally). Ever wonder why traitors get capital punishment? Perhaps it’s so they won’t come back.

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I thought all this cr*p would happen during term 1 C_U_L8R 14 hrs ago #1
Like the civil war. orangecrush 14 hrs ago #3
Yes after I saw what total ass lickers the pubicans had become for monster 45. IA8IT 14 hrs ago #2
I thought that he would repeat actions of his first term BlueWaveNeverEnd 14 hrs ago #4
I believed in the separation of powers, and honestly thought Congress and the Courts could rein him in. sop 14 hrs ago #5
Same here orangecrush 13 hrs ago #15
Nope, when we also lost the Legislative branch to the GOP haele 12 hrs ago #26
I didn't expect instutitions like universities, large companies and media and news organizations to be so fucking In It to Win It 11 hrs ago #31
I think part of the resistance in term one ITAL 10 hrs ago #39
I didn't think it would be this bad in as many different ways. muriel_volestrangler 14 hrs ago #6
Knew it was gonna be bad, but damn, it's been absolutely horrible so far. a kennedy 14 hrs ago #7
The lack of imagination of so many has been unreal to watch NewHendoLib 13 hrs ago #8
Where were the predictions of masked ICE thugs? Of people being deported to prisons in other highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #32
extrapolation of acts from a malignant narcissistic lunatic. Sadly, none of this surprises me - NewHendoLib 11 hrs ago #33
But no one here actually predicted it getting this bad. highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #34
I didn't ponder all the specifics, but expected it to be bloody hell NewHendoLib 11 hrs ago #35
We all hated Trump and expected it to be bloody hell. Without specifics, though, I don't know how we can compare highplainsdem 9 hrs ago #48
I don't understand your need for specifics. NewHendoLib 8 hrs ago #54
See my reply 50. highplainsdem 8 hrs ago #55
I did. Efilroft Sul 10 hrs ago #38
There's nothing in your prediction there about violent masked federal agents, or people they capture being highplainsdem 10 hrs ago #41
Did I have to explicitly spell out ICE? Efilroft Sul 10 hrs ago #46
We all expected ICE to be a problem. All of us. We didn't expect masked thugs doing what they're highplainsdem 9 hrs ago #49
Just did not think it would this bad this fast dhol82 13 hrs ago #9
That makes two of us orangecrush 12 hrs ago #18
Yes, his age Starbeach 13 hrs ago #10
I'm surprised anyone could be surprised. He learned to get Tadpole Raisin 13 hrs ago #11
Some ways worse, some things not as bad as I expected AZProgressive 13 hrs ago #12
It's spiraling out of control, and getting crazier by the minute. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 13 hrs ago #13
I thought it would mvd 13 hrs ago #14
Yes! I was in meltdown in June 2024 when he won the R Nomination Bread and Circuses 13 hrs ago #16
Good foresight orangecrush 12 hrs ago #17
It's actually edhopper 12 hrs ago #19
Same FHRRK 12 hrs ago #20
No not this fast kwolf68 12 hrs ago #21
When I saw what Elon did the first month yes. Tree Lady 12 hrs ago #22
I thought it would be more of a repeat of the first term. Trump 2.0 is much worse In It to Win It 12 hrs ago #23
I'll admit it. I did not. They gutted the agencies to instill fear and compliance Maru Kitteh 12 hrs ago #24
I recommended people read "It Can't Happen Here" Arthur_Frain 12 hrs ago #25
Yea he has been planning this for the 4 years he was out of office in his floridah mar a Lago white power house. kimbutgar 12 hrs ago #27
Honestly I thought this was what 2017 would be like unblock 12 hrs ago #28
I don't recall anyone here predicting masked thugs employed by the government behaving like ICE. Or the highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #29
I think, frankly, that after seeing markodochartaigh 8 hrs ago #52
ICE's behavior has been worse. And no one expected highplainsdem 7 hrs ago #57
Yes, I actually read Project 2025. BlueTsunami2018 11 hrs ago #30
I did not jmowreader 10 hrs ago #36
i did not Takket 10 hrs ago #37
Oh I thought it would get this bad faster. Initech 10 hrs ago #40
FDT orangecrush 10 hrs ago #43
You said both that you "thought it would get this bad faster" and "it's way worse" than you could have imagined. highplainsdem 10 hrs ago #44
OK let me clarify. Initech 10 hrs ago #47
OK. That sort of agrees with something I mentioned in a reply above. We all expected it to get bad highplainsdem 9 hrs ago #50
Interesting premise. Thanks. NewHendoLib 8 hrs ago #56
This message was self-deleted by its author Initech 10 hrs ago #42
Said it would repeatedly Cosmocat 10 hrs ago #45
I thought he would overplay his hand. GoodRaisin 9 hrs ago #51
Yes. In fact, I'm surprised it's not worse. mucholderthandirt 8 hrs ago #53
Wasn't the first term bad enough? hamsterjill 2 hrs ago #58
Did anyone think he would tear down the entire East Wing of the White House in the dark of night? sop 1 hr ago #59
We told all y'all JustAnotherGen 41 min ago #60
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