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no_hypocrisy

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2. Mob Boss Extortion

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 08:50 AM

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Translated:

1. Give me $1 Billion or I'll impose crushing tariffs on France if you don't join my Club.
2. Give me $1 Billion or I'll impose crushing tariffs on France if don't vote to give Gaza to me.

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Trump threatens 200 percent tariffs on French wine if Macron doesn't join his 'Board for Peace' [View all] dalton99a Tuesday OP

Please lock up this lunatic malaise Tuesday #1

In a normal country he would be doing time in prison dalton99a Tuesday #4

THIS malaise Tuesday #11

He's feeding off or fueling the *NEW* anti white womenfolk thing underpants Tuesday #5

Yep malaise Tuesday #13

Mob Boss Extortion no_hypocrisy Tuesday #2

"Diplomacy" by mobster rules. brer cat Tuesday #3

The Art of the Deal by the world's greatest negotiator: Do What I Say or I'll Kill You dalton99a Tuesday #7

Trump is a whine expert True Dough Tuesday #6

The worst thing about this megalomaniac is that he really malaise Tuesday #8

That's fine. Let him believe his own bullshit. True Dough Tuesday #20

THIS malaise Tuesday #21

If we could put a tax on Trump's whines, we could balance the budget. Midnight Writer Tuesday #14

Dane-geld. Ocelot II Tuesday #9

Or, In Trump's Lingua Franca, "Protection Money." ColoringFool Tuesday #19

I don't think we have that much leverage over French wine sales bucolic_frolic Tuesday #10

FFS! Another point I can raise when I have to meet MAGA family members next weekend! Doodley Tuesday #12

Extortion, pure and simple. MineralMan Tuesday #15

"JOIN" Means "Gives Trump $1 BILLION"!!! The NYT Omitted THAT PART. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 ColoringFool Tuesday #16

Precisely. dalton99a Tuesday #17

He's insane spanone Tuesday #18