Trump won the presidency in 2016 and 2024 thanks in no small part to campaigning against the long and draining wars of his predecessors. Now, he’s started a war of his own.

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    This guy will say anything to get voted. Has never been following up on anything. Will do the exact opposite without any scrupules. It’s of no use to say he promised this or that. That’s not his game.
    But he did give plastic straws back to the mob.

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      I will never understand how people fell for the most obvious lies from the most famous liar and grifter of our lifetimes, possibly ever

      I understand that Republican party did a lot in the background to weaken education and literally blast them with propaganda 24/7, but the fact that they will continuously double down on lies that are obviously refutable to save face instead of admitting that they were wrong is so frustrating

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        Long time ago I used to work with property developers. There was a big fire in a building. It was on the radio. Right after we had a meeting with these guys. One guy entered laughing about it. He was bragging how they had totally ignored fire regulations and nothing was done correctly. His boss shussed him, nodding to us, not to talk like that in public.
        Another developer, on a different project, was talking how in France they invented the holiday home when the government introduced the 13th month salary. He bragged about how shitty the construction was (“you could simply punch your fist through the wall”).
        That’s the kind of people that run the states now. Getting rich and bragging about who is best at ripping off people. Like this video of a wealthy guy showing off a mountain of presents under a christmas tree and addressing the camera with “See this, you poor fucks, you’ll never get this” <laughter in the background>

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        I will never understand how people fell for the most obvious lies from the most famous liar and grifter of our lifetimes, possibly ever

        Because hes giving them what they want.

        Freedom to be racist, hateful assholes.

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        Well, he said he would be a dictator. On that point he did deliver. Maybe that’s what these fine people were thinking of.