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Wondered about that, too.

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Happy for him to cosplay being president on Newsmax indefinitely while grifting off his marks. Just keep it there, boys, no going out of bounds.

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tRump was always too lazy/stupid/disinterested/distracted to do the job when he actually had it. Does anyone really think he suddenly developed a work ethic?

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And everyone will applaud...

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This thread so perfectly articulates why I'm so fucking angry about the covid resurgence. These gormless wankers are just smearing their feces all over everything always. And I do believe there's a clear line between the insurrection and delta.https://twitter.com/mkirsch...

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Everyone except the FEC.

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Agreed.

I just don't for a minute believe this good faith policy exercise is what Hairre Drumph is doing.

If I had to think what this exercise is about, it would be that a private citizen cannot be spied on unless matters of security.

But, but, but .... a political party and its cabinet? Spying on them would be Watergate egregious. I think this is an attempt to have their ugly conversations free of the worry of it ever reaching public ears. A concern, I'm sure, they acutely feel as the Jan Sixx inquiry heats up.

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I get it. It's like when my girls get together with their friends and discuss what they're going to do about "Those bitches who keep making fun of their friend". Only the topic of Trump's discussions are far less important.

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Sounds like some weird "West Wing Walking Dead" mashup... some of them got that whole zombie thing down cold, tho.

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I approve of this message!

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So, who's next on trump's esteemed list of cabinet members and advisors? Incitatus?

Still better than Meadows.

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And I agree!

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Whatever Khrushchev did after he was deposed by Brezhnev, I'm certain it was not as pathetic by a long shot.

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td; dr--Trump is Trump's trump card

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I think Orange Foolius has a problem. His "campaign" has accumulated ~100 M$ from the first of the year, and probably a bunch more to come. That money could make a dent in the upcoming loan payments he owes Deutsche Bank, at least enough to get a favorable refinance agreement, but it's not his, it belongs to the campaign.

So he has to figure out how to transfer that money to Trump Org, preferably in a very legal and cool way, at least legal enough so that the FEC and IRS don't land on him like a ton of bricks. He's got IRS problems as it is, looks like.

Any money he spends on an actual campaign is money he can't use to deal with his debt restructuring. He knows his chances of reelection are not good, but he's too egotistical to give up the crowds and adulation.

So, what does he do? I think his strategy is spend just enough on the campaign to make it seem legit and keep his ego fed, and funnel the rest to his pocket. If he loses the 2024 election, he'll just cry foul and do it all over again.

I think what we have here is an ongoing fund-raising campaign until the money runs out.

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