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democrank

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3. Long before people started whispering "dementia" when referring to Trump

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 07:29 AM

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I noticed how he frequently made me feel the same way I did during an abusive childhood and first marriage. Trump’s cruelty really brought it home as did the enablers surrounding him who could have tried to stop him but did nothing. I could write a zillion paragraphs about this.

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