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agingdem

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4. Trump had safety nets and buffers hiding his incompetence, his depravity..

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2026, 08:15 AM

20 hrs ago

Every bankruptcy was followed by an infusion of cash…his father Fred before he succumbed to Alzheimer’s, foreign money, dirty money, dark money, or a friend (Mark Burnett/The Apprentice) handing him a lifeline

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