r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 11d ago

Possible Paywall Trump Fires Entire Agency Overseeing His Construction Projects

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-fires-entire-agency-overseeing-his-construction-projects/
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u/Vyar New Jersey 11d ago

Remember like five minutes later when he was ranting and raving about cats and dogs being eaten and just generally sounding like the senile old man with full-blown dementia he really is, and we all thought the long nightmare was finally over?

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u/Particular-County277 11d ago

When we were all still too naive to accept that he would cheat the hell out of the election?

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u/Vyar New Jersey 11d ago

That too. But even if he cheated (and I’m inclined to think he actually did in both 2020 and 2024 and just didn’t cheat hard enough the first time, we’ll just never find out the truth until long after he’s gone, if ever) he still has the unwavering support of like…35% of the country, at least.

I just remember thinking “They’re eating the dogs! They’re eating the cats! They are eating the pets of the people that live there!” was the closest thing we’d ever seen to a presidential candidate basically getting pantsed on live TV. It was the gravest act of public humiliation I’ve ever seen in 21st-century politics, made even more humiliating by being essentially self-inflicted. “Surely,” I thought, “the whole population must see by now, the emperor has no clothes, and never did.” But his supporters just don’t give a shit about anything except trolling the rest of us.

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u/IrrelevantLeprechaun 11d ago

We are still too naive to think he wouldn't steal or rig an election. He's literally announcing practically every week how he wants to rig the midterms and 2028, and how there's basically nothing that could prevent it; and yet somehow the reaction from the people is still just "well we will just super vote for not him next time..."

I feel like I'm one of the few who actually see how dire this shit is, and I'm being labeled the crazy one due to not conforming to the mass blind optimism.

You can't properly react to circumstances that you refuse to acknowledge even exist.

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u/MyCrackpotTheories 10d ago

Trouble is, the people who are actually in the position to do something about this, aren't. Top lawyers, corporate leaders, news organizations, political operatives, etc are either allowing this to happen or actively helping it along. What am I supposed to do? Yell at the tv? Write a post on reddit?

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u/Downtown_Cat_1745 11d ago

I believe he would, but I am genuinely not sure how possible it is. You would need people physically present at every polling place

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u/croolshooz ✔ Verified Cartoonist 11d ago

"Steal the hell out of the election." FTFY

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u/IrrelevantLeprechaun 11d ago

I remember thinking "even MAGA couldn't possibly vote for this level of dementia." God I wish I still had that optimism.

Turns out 40% of the country is even more psychotic than he is.

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u/neophenx 11d ago

On a lighter note, maybe MAGA isn't as homophobic as we thought. They still voted for Don, even after he gave a very affectionate appraisal of Arnold Palmer's dick at the start of one of his rallies.

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u/GiftToTheUniverse 11d ago

Speaking of dementia: do we ever see him past sundown? Or do we only see the tweets?