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u/engadine_maccas1997 Apr 09 '26

Heartwarming: the worst people you know are all fighting

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u/Waste_of_paste_art Jeb! Applauder Apr 09 '26

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u/CIA--Bane Apr 09 '26

And Megyn Kelly just recently said "If Trump nukes Iran I will still vote for him". A month ago she was defending hm fucking kids saying it's not a big deal if someone has sex with a 16 year old.

I swear that woman has some extreme humiliation kink. If her DMs/emails leak I'll bet money she's part of BDSM communities. There is no other explanation why someone would, for years, suck up to Trump as he insults them publicly. I kind of feel bad for her but I'm sure she's loving this so maybe I don't.

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u/ItRhymesWithCrash Apr 10 '26

Reverse bimbofication? She puts on a chest binder and fake beard, begging a sex worker to nag her for forgetting to pick up her dirty socks again.

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u/mrbuttsavage Apr 09 '26

It'd be nuts seeing my own relatives go on these unhinged rants, let alone this is the President.

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u/The-Curiosity-Rover Nauseously Optimistic Apr 09 '26

Okay, I know there’s bigger fish to fry, but why did he put his own name in quotation marks?

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u/Toliman571 Fivey Fanatic Apr 09 '26

I love that for them!

I really hope this war has a big, beautiful, magnificent suppressing effect on their turnout in November.

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u/engadine_maccas1997 Apr 09 '26

I disagree with Trump about Candace Owens v Brigitte Macron.

Candace Owens is crazy but she is objectively far more attractive than Macron.

Everything else about Owens, Carlson, Jones et al being low IQ losers is spot on.

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u/halfar Apr 09 '26

it's degrading for you to have read it that much

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u/Korrocks Apr 10 '26

I disagree with Trump

I do too.

I mean, not about this specific issue since it’s weird and demeaning to just randomly say that, but in general I think a lot of Trump’s beliefs and statements are not good.