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Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
5. Not a joke. Truth
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 07:47 AM
Sep 2025

The truth is not tRump. tRump is not a strong man, he is a "strongman" to some degree. He wants to be autocratic, a dictator, and he is behaving autocratically with limited success and a lot of push back. Desire and reality are not the same thing. tRump is a little senile and not strong.

The truth is Bannon wants him to behave more like a "strongman", despite tRump's physical weakness. Bannon wants tRump to be more authoritarian, more fascist. The Kirk / Bannon wing of the Con moment is very definitely "strongman-friendly".

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Cox seems to be torn DFW Sep 2025 #1
Bannon is such a sewer rat johnnyfins Sep 2025 #2
National embarrassment MaineBlueBear Sep 2025 #3
the entire Republican Party gopiscrap Sep 2025 #9
"...a leader of the populist and strongman-friendly wing of the Trump-allied conservative movement." OldBaldy1701E Sep 2025 #4
Not a joke. Truth Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #5
Yes. OldBaldy1701E Sep 2025 #6
Yes, you understand the truth behind what you wrote. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #7
That is perfect! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Sep 2025 #8
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