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MadameButterfly

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17. I think that is becoming more obvious as he ages and garbles his speech

Reply to wcmagumba (Reply #5)

Sun May 3, 2026, 08:10 PM

4 hrs ago

He used to be able to bloviate with a certain weird charisma. No more. I think the not feeling masculine is about politics or even the economy. Trump just isn't able to fake masculine anymore.

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I think that is becoming more obvious as he ages and garbles his speech MadameButterfly 4 hrs ago #17

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