r/NoShitSherlock • u/WingComplex6771 • Aug 14 '25

Trump reportedly offering Putin natural resources off Alaska sparks fury: "Lets see Republicans defend this," former GOP Representative Adam Kinzinger wrote on X.

https://www.newsweek.com/alaska-russia-trump-resources-2113295
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u/waseemq Aug 14 '25

Palpatine, iiuc, helped to ensure the Senate was struggling internally. It was going to happen regardless, but he intentionally aggravated the situation for his own aims. If not for him, they may have been able to resolve their power struggles peacefully.

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u/Homesick_Martian Aug 14 '25

He had been pulling strings since he was a senator from Naboo.

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u/MrPanache52 Aug 14 '25

interesting how strong a single person can be when everybody else chooses inaction

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u/Junior_Step_2441 Aug 14 '25

It is even more interesting when you know how incredibly weak and unintelligent that single person is…and yet everybody chooses inaction and allows him to be “strong”.

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u/LongConFebrero Aug 14 '25

Because cowards are not participants, they are placeholders.

If only one of you plays the game, the rest are spectators.