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You're protecting Japan so they don't try to do war again ... Japan's really scary when it does war.

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Did you think you'd ever see the day when a GOP candidate made Ronald Reagan look like a smart, erudite, savvy follow?

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Japan's paying an awful lot for all some of this protecting also too. Those weapons systems of ours on their ships aren't handed out in Christmas stockings.

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Crystal ball future.

As prezinent, tRUMP declares de facto right to directly run hisbidness while holding office. Declares NATO must use tRUMP branding. AfterT-NATO defaults on payment, tRUMP shops & finds sympathetic, non-messican judge,sues T-NATO & acquires all assets after T-NATO deemed insolvent.

Following private auction, tRUMP declares New Soviet Russiawinner of sealed-bid auction for 30 cents on the dollar. tRUMP tells only otherparticipant, China, not to worry. He will have something for them as soon asthe T-ASIAN block defaults.

In other news, T-Middle East…

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I thought Gingrich had a PhD in European history.

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I don't even understand what he's trying to say. Didn't get to the making sense part.

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Wasn't that Carly?

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NATO- Not Another Trump Operation, yup, he hates it.

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He's not a liar, actually, because to tell a lie you have to know what the actual fact is that you're lying about. He is some combination of criminally uninformed, wilfully misinformed and balls out making shit up.

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Why do I feel like a Trump sponsored Turkey/Kurdish Separatist meeting ends with everyone in the room having their throats slit when talks stall...

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Kudos to that reporter for calling him on it! What?

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I take some comfort in the fact that he won't actually be doing anything as President other than tweeting threats and calling in to talk shows. I lose that comfort, however, when I imagine that his kids will be telling Vice-President Pence what to do.

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Or the pink slime in Ghostbusters 2.

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Nobody did. Don't worry.

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Trump is an intuitive, that personality type especially lionized by the right for their decisiveness. He can see the problems, but his solutions are really just guess-work. Of course, he can get the best people, but the real solutions are likely to be far too complex and counter-intuitive for him to even consider. So the 'best people' are going to be the ones who think most like him, which means more guess-workers.

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PLEASE tell me The general's first name starts with a 'D'!

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