Imagine giving Trump $180,000,000 and he calls you "Leon". LMAO at these clowns.
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But... Elon's a man (technically). Not a woman, camera, or TV. How did Trump pass that in-depth cognitive test!?
He doesn't have a problem with mental acuity...
.... he was always an idiot.
He didn't change, he's always been like this
No, he's much worse than he used to be.
Which was already bad.
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I hope so. Biden is old, but his problems with mental acuity were dramatically exaggerated by the media and conservatives. When people asked him questions, he would actually answer them. Meanwhile republicans were “omg he doesn’t even know what room he’s in bro” and that was sort of ridiculous. But then, you have Trump seems not just loopy but insane and deranged, and unlike Biden, he’s always been an idiot. However Trump he gets a pass from these same people. The press has never paid nearly enough attention to how incoherent he is. It gets frustrating because it has to be on purpose.
Of course it's on purpose. Most of the media are owned by oligarchs that support Trump because all they care about is their next tax cut.
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Because he's always been an idiot he set the right expectations, let that be a lesson for any of you getting into politics
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I feel like doubt isn't strong enough. Disbelieving?
Certitude regarding the sub-presidential nature of...
Relevant quote:
"Boeing had a little hard time, so they are going to save — Leon's going to send up a rocket," Trump said. "He looks forward to it. That's all he thinks about is things like that.".
Not remembering names and making shit up. As usual.
Leon Umsk
umsk umsk umsk umsk boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants and…
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at least he is aware of something
He has been insecure about his intelligence his entire life.
Well, he has every reason to. According to all accounts but his own, he really is breathtakingly stupid.
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He should have resigned in the last year of his presidency. Had Pence pardon him. Then attended functions for the rest of his life as a "dignified former president"
But nah. He bought his own hype. Now he has to win or he dies in prison. And it's every bit his own damn fault. Fully self inflicted.
This fucker is driven by nothing but his psychotic narcissism. The very idea of no longer being center of attention is probably his biggest nightmare.
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Lol prison - I'll believe it when I see it.
You and me both. But he doesn't know that.
As you might have noticed. The man is a fucking idiot.
"dignified" ... Ha!
Plenty of suggestions as long as we’re second-guessing his actions. Many of his crimes were related to the 2020 election, and if he hadn’t ran, he wouldn’t have issues in Georgia. We could also just say he could have not taken a bunch of classified documents, but it’s pretty easy to say “just don’t commit crimes”. The main one that he couldn’t avoid at that point was the Stormy Daniels hush money case.
hadn’t ran
It's "hadn't run" in English.
Sorry about your highway shooting, glad if no one's been killed.
Highway what?
Isn't "just don't commit crimes" a common justification for police murder and deflection when prison reform is brought up?
I guess. Not stealing a bunch of classified documents and refusing to give them back is a great way to not be prosecuted for stealing classified documents though.
Anyway what I meant by “pretty easy to say” is that it’s not really a satisfying or useful suggestion.
Lol. Indeed.
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A pardon wouldn't help him. His 34 felonies were at the state level. Pardons are only for federal crimes.
This is in a hypothetical situation where he didn’t run in 2020, so he wouldn’t have done the election manipulation in Georgia.
Does Trump know the word "dignified"?
It's kind of like Vizzini in that regard. He uses it, but it doesn't mean what he thinks it means.
I don’t know why I didn’t draw the Vizzini parallel myself before now; it’s not perfect, but does fit a surprisingly large portion of not just who Trump is, but also how he sees himself.
But he really wants to be seen as Prince Humperdink AND the six fingered man. And Vance is his Igor.
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Idgnified?
Highly unlikely.
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The problem is he didn't trust pence to follow through. And self pardons were a very big legal grey area. And it didn't help that people were realizing Biden could kick his ass which brought back trump's PTSD over Obama's... existence?
But also? He will never see a day of prison (might get some jail stays though). Democrats care too much about "decorum" to throw the book at him and his handlers have enough money that he will appeal everything until the day he dies... which might be accelerated depending upon how much he pisses off those handlers.
But it wouldn't have been a self-pardon if he resigned and had Pence take over. There's already precedent with Ford's pardon of Nixon.
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