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[–] cerevant@lemm.ee 102 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What people don’t seem to understand is that he sincerely believes that every other politician is as corrupt as he is, and is genuinely confused why the DOJ can’t find any evidence to indict Hillary or Biden.

[–] theodewere@kbin.social 58 points 1 year ago (2 children)

is genuinely confused why the DOJ can’t find any evidence to indict Hillary or Biden

he is always confused when he doesn't get his way.. the reason doesn't matter.. he's a fucking 3 year old, and so are all of his supporters..

all he knows is those people make him sad, and he wants someone to make them go away

[–] zarp86@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

he is always confused when he doesn't get his way.. the reason doesn't matter.. he's a fucking 3 year old, and so are all of his supporters..

He actually admits this.

When I look at myself in the first grade and I look at myself now, I'm basically the same. The temperament is not that different.

[–] PostmodernPythia@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair, my temperament now isn’t that different than mine at 10. That’s a fairly common observation. The difference is that most of us weren’t wealthy, entitled little narcissists as kids.

[–] theodewere@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s a fairly common observation.

for assholes

[–] PostmodernPythia@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Wow, who pissed in your cereal?

[–] theodewere@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

nobody you should taste this Muesli it's fantastic.. or were you just being a cunt..

[–] PostmodernPythia@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I’m not the one who called a stranger an asshole because they had different life experiences than me. My response was a joke. Maybe you should reconsider who you think is being a cunt.

[–] theodewere@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

i'll do that.. and then i'm gonna go on messing with assholes..

[–] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

tags: clown-quotes

😂

[–] bruzie@lemmy.nz 13 points 1 year ago

If those magats could read they'd be very upset with you.

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago

Trump isn't symmetric; he has no concept of others' minds. His only ideas are about how he has what he wants. Calling for them in jail gets people to like him and gets his opponents out of the way. He isn't confused bc he doesn't care about correctness; any sense of misunderstanding is bc others are attacking him.

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago

That's not surprising, wasn't "lock her up" his slogan the first time around?

[–] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 year ago

Ah, the putin tactic.

Pretty undemocratic, i must say.

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you're going to act like a fascist, you shouldn't even be allowed to run for president. He should go suck on Putin's nuts.

[–] Flabbelgnarpf@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] theodewere@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

of course the little coward would lock up everyone who scared him.. and his little coward supporters would cheer him on..

[–] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩

I'm not a sports ball expert, but I think that's a 15 yard penalty per flag, so 90 yard penalty, plus he's out of the game, but he did hit all of the flag checkpoints while skiing. /s XD

It is crazy how many red flags calling for the imprisonment of political rivals raises on its own. It turns out we were one election away from becoming a fascist dictatorship in 2020 and we still need to defeat Republicans in 2024.

[–] wokehobbit@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How is he even still running? In prison. Serious question. How is this even possible???

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

He's not in prison. He's not even in jail because he was allowed to pay bail. Which is only for people who are not a flight risk. I guess maybe he isn't a flight risk, yet. If he finds out he can't run for president when GA charges him and that he really is going to get charges, then I can't see him not fleeing.

Jail: Where you go while waiting in your court hearing. (If not allowed bail)

Prison: Where you go when you have been charged.

Russia: Where Trump will go in 2024 when he realizes he really is going to be in prison

[–] GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

He's already been charged. Perhaps you meant convicted?

[–] dartos@reddthat.com 8 points 1 year ago

This reminds me of a saying an old programming mentor told me.

“To a kid with a hammer, everything is a nail”

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Isn't this in the water is wet category?

[–] starrox@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Hardly surprising coming from a mobster.

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

he'll still find a way to crazy up the headlines from prison. threaten to buyout the commissary after his followers send more money

[–] bhmnscmm@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Does anyone have a link to the full Trump interview?

[–] Smk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I wish because that's almost unbelievable. I mean, hr backed down because it was too expansive ?? Like,he would care about the finance lol

[–] Destraight@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Trump is in jail, so that is not going to happen