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SakonyaChen

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76. The worst part about Trump
Wed Jan 17, 2018, 09:04 PM
Jan 2018

You have so many instances where the phrase “Dubya wasn’t that stupid” is used. Dubya was pretty dumb, but he was smart enough to know when he didn’t know.

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Maybe someone can help him out by burning down the Reichstag. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #1
republicans are stupid enough, they might burn down the actual reichstag in berlin. unblock Jan 2018 #15
LOL!!! Chrysanthemum Jan 2018 #74
Not really related to what you said, but have you seen the Reichstag? Victor_c3 Jan 2018 #30
I have been there as well sdfernando Jan 2018 #59
But boy, oh, boy, was that Rotunda hot in the summer GulfCoast66 Jan 2018 #85
Or Mar- a- bagel MFM008 Jan 2018 #65
There is a good chance that something like that will happen. FuzzyRabbit Jan 2018 #70
a good chance? jazzcat23 Jan 2018 #89
Wouldn't count on it at this point... renegade000 Jan 2018 #2
Dubya started the day of 9/11 by reading a kids book and then fleeing to a rabbit hole. Girard442 Jan 2018 #5
I hear ya renegade000 Jan 2018 #29
I think you're right, and I think Trump is miscalculating about whether it would be good for him renate Jan 2018 #67
Darth ran into the rabbit hole and Shrub was flying above it all in AF1 for hours and hours BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #33
Actually he bunny-hopped in AF1 to Barksdale AFB and then on to Offut AFB before returning to DC. Girard442 Jan 2018 #41
He was still in the air for hours BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #42
Trump wouldn't be able to keep up the good will Bradical79 Jan 2018 #105
I don't see the nation uniting behind 45 bitterross Jan 2018 #7
My thoughts too. I think Trump would get full blame for it. Chemisse Jan 2018 #58
The worst part about Trump SakonyaChen Jan 2018 #76
In my opinion, if it happens, he already has. Stuart G Jan 2018 #20
To the Repugnant voter base today that does not matter and it never will cstanleytech Jan 2018 #52
That was my first thought. BadgerMom Jan 2018 #88
Yeah, no ... Bush had a gravitas about him, with his dad being Poppy, and Cheney 4 VP, which Dump mr_lebowski Jan 2018 #93
What sick POS from a shithole, hoping that human beings get attacked for political gain. FU turbinetree Jan 2018 #3
and killed too. bdamomma Jan 2018 #12
Well, he did say he could stand on 5th avenue yuiyoshida Jan 2018 #71
I absolutely agree with you blugbox Jan 2018 #16
I'm worried now that they might try to engineer an attack, what with Putin's penchant for... brush Jan 2018 #32
Yeah, sounds to me like he's asking Putin for a favor Farmer-Rick Jan 2018 #96
What else would you expect from this disgusting piece of shit? smirkymonkey Jan 2018 #75
+1 treestar Jan 2018 #103
Fake News. Trump is the best President. Tremendous support. Longest coattails ever. Freethinker65 Jan 2018 #4
Dont forget healthiest too. LW1977 Jan 2018 #69
Trump "is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being FuzzyRabbit Jan 2018 #73
Gods help us. Hekate Jan 2018 #6
The last time justgamma Jan 2018 #8
PNAC Should be Exhibit "A" OMGWTF Jan 2018 #25
GW Bush Turbineguy Jan 2018 #9
I can't remember the name strangedaysindeed Jan 2018 #10
Project for a New American Century Botany Jan 2018 #14
HA Exactly! strangedaysindeed Jan 2018 #11
Fuck you, Trump. Won't work this time. DinahMoeHum Jan 2018 #13
Maybe last weeks incident in Hawaii was a trial run. Grammy23 Jan 2018 #17
Holy crap! You might be right. I had wondered whether the Hawaii incident was an "accident" on... brush Jan 2018 #39
Too far fetched? Not really. ck4829 Jan 2018 #49
Did they ever figure out what caused that? Farmer-Rick Jan 2018 #97
The Man With A Plan bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 #18
Now that this has been exposed, because he said it, this event can't work to help him. Stuart G Jan 2018 #19
Indeed. As for it working against him though... maybe. ck4829 Jan 2018 #47
"Russia, if you can hear me... Raster Jan 2018 #21
Easy job for Putin dalton99a Jan 2018 #56
Once a KGB thug, always a KGB thug. Raster Jan 2018 #62
............... bdamomma Jan 2018 #78
Exactly Farmer-Rick Jan 2018 #98
A false flag might give Trump an excuse to cancel the 2018 elections...... LongTomH Jan 2018 #22
I read this with cold dread, wondering if he has already said Enoki33 Jan 2018 #23
"If 45 has a terror event he will be roundly blamed for letting it happen." Texin Jan 2018 #24
Also, in the case of an event... Dopers_Greed Jan 2018 #27
"How is this connected to Hillary's emails? We speculate and then report it as our facts!" ck4829 Jan 2018 #48
Trump is laughable Gymbo Jan 2018 #26
Don't underestimate the ignorance Duppers Jan 2018 #31
I never do. This is why I knew the moron BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #61
Even considering that crap is highly disturbing. Like the first reply says, a "Riechstadt Fire"? marble falls Jan 2018 #28
He might as well put up a fucking neon sign on the White House bullwinkle428 Jan 2018 #34
Thanks Shithole Liberalagogo Jan 2018 #35
It's what Bush did, ignored the reports of an imminent attack on US soil. Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #36
this needs to be reported widely. gopiscrap Jan 2018 #37
His advisors should warn him that a terror event will result in NCjack Jan 2018 #38
But, while campaigning NewJeffCT Jan 2018 #40
Just asinine to assert this. Don't trust Humpty Dumpty/his admin. they could stage it. iluvtennis Jan 2018 #43
How pathetic is Trump? He's hoping for a George W Bush miracle. apnu Jan 2018 #44
Guts every Intel. agency, decimates State Dept.- packman Jan 2018 #45
I have to part with you on Norway SakonyaChen Jan 2018 #77
It wouldn't surprise me if they blatantly allowed one to happen just to score political points. BigDemVoter Jan 2018 #46
K&R ck4829 Jan 2018 #50
Not THIS TIME! New leadership will be DEMANDED by the American people. vkkv Jan 2018 #51
Maybe this is why he keeps poking the rest of the world with a stick Bayard Jan 2018 #53
Erik Prince should be able to rig up something with Putin operatives dalton99a Jan 2018 #54
Hard to forget Cheneys terror attack alarm every time one dae Jan 2018 #55
I'm sure Putin can make that happen. nt SunSeeker Jan 2018 #57
a strike joseph263 Jan 2018 #60
welcome to DU gopiscrap Jan 2018 #107
Yes, it could. I'm worried he'll arrange it, or start a war. Anything for power for himself. nt Honeycombe8 Jan 2018 #63
I'm sure the IC is thrilled to hear this Mr. Ected Jan 2018 #64
Never forget the Reichstag Fire. hedda_foil Jan 2018 #66
I cant find in the original article where Trump says that he hopes for a terrorist attack Oneironaut Jan 2018 #68
Trump says privately that a terror attack could save him and GOP from 2018 election bloodbath ... Jopin Klobe Jan 2018 #72
It doesn't have to be a terror attack. Golden Raisin Jan 2018 #79
Is he hoping Putin will kill some (more) Americans for him? McCamy Taylor Jan 2018 #80
Not that Donald Trump isn't a douche. He certainly is. But the headline is a bit misleading. Gore1FL Jan 2018 #81
What exactly did Trump say? kst Jan 2018 #82
this sounds like Republican words Stargazer99 Jan 2018 #86
"Republican words"? Hardly. kst Jan 2018 #94
Oh please treestar Jan 2018 #104
"Oh please"? kst Jan 2018 #106
If there is a terror attack, Trump will have to answer. Sophia4 Jan 2018 #83
Bush never answered. milestogo Jan 2018 #92
Just like I'm thinking the bush-cheney Cha Jan 2018 #84
Well, I guess every now and then DU needs a post to get the conspiracy theory shit out GulfCoast66 Jan 2018 #87
Well the idea that W let it happen Farmer-Rick Jan 2018 #100
So much could go wrong with that DFW Jan 2018 #90
Can "treason" be a thought crime? BobTheSubgenius Jan 2018 #91
IMO Republican/RW radical "shit-stirring" caused the Benghazi attack & 911 attack. warmongers. Sunlei Jan 2018 #95
Trump is hoping for a terror attack Gothmog Jan 2018 #99
Keep this in the news. Cha Jan 2018 #101
Trump brand needs fear, misery, and death to survive Blue Owl Jan 2018 #102
Trump said a gov. shutdown affects the military most. A worst case scenario betsuni Jan 2018 #108
If Hillary had said this Greenwald would be having a stroke about now Blue_Tires Jan 2018 #109
Remember Trump telling Russia to hack Hillary's emails? workinclasszero Jan 2018 #110
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