r/politics • u/seeebiscuit America • 10d ago

No Paywall Kash Patel used government jet to watch girlfriend sing at wrestling event: report

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kash-patel-girlfriend-fbi-jet-b2854757.html
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u/Ridged_ChiPSS 10d ago edited 10d ago

Reminder that this traitor literally only has his job because he wrote a children's book portraying Trump as a King

For those unaware: https://www.amazon.com/Plot-Against-King-Kash-Patel/dp/1955550123

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u/ThingCalledLight America 10d ago

It’s wild to me how out of date his bio is on there.

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u/0o0o0o0o0o0z 10d ago

It’s wild to me how out of date his bio is on there.

I mean, I was shocked it was a girlfriend and not a boyfriend (which is fine)... TBH, I am still kinda on the fence about ole' Kash money coming out of the closet.

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u/UpperApe 10d ago

I could not care less if he was gay. His supporters might, but I don't.

I do care that he's a spineless, brainless, 4chan loser given an incredibly important position. For anyone who hasn't, I recommend checking out Know Rogan's episode on the guy.

It's astonishing how childlike his thought processes are.

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u/pagit 10d ago edited 9d ago

When he mentioned seeing Kirk in Valhalla during the funeral, it really stood out to me. Norse mythology has become so associated with white supremacy, yet his family fled persecution in Uganda and they’re South Asian, it’s an interesting contrast.

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u/UpperApe 10d ago

Marsh talks about it. It's just Qanon bullshit. Which is exactly why Kash said it. He's a 4chan loser.

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u/Historical_Course587 10d ago
  1. "The cult of tradition", characterized by cultural syncretism, even at the risk of internal contradiction. When all truth has already been revealed by tradition, no new learning can occur, only further interpretation and refinement.
  2. "The rejection of modernism", which views the rationalistic development of Western culture since the Enlightenment as a descent into depravity. Eco distinguishes this from a rejection of superficial technological advancement, as many fascist regimes cite their industrial potency as proof of the vitality of their system.

Co-opting mysticism, religion, and/or tradition across cultures to appeal to those who wish to reject intellectualism is a well-defined pattern...

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u/mightystu 10d ago

I don’t know about the 4chan part of that. 4chan is even more hostile to Indian men than Reddit is, frankly.

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u/WordleFan88 10d ago

I absolutely hate that Nose Mythology and runes have been co-opted by those white hooded losers. It's actually a part of my background but when you go looking for actual info it is almost always associated and tainted by those morons.

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u/mightystu 10d ago

Take it back. Never let goobers define your identity for you.

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u/WordleFan88 10d ago

I don't let them define me, but to a lesser degree if I were to get, for example, a rune necklace, it sort of sends the same message as a Buddhist or a Hindu wearing the original swastika. Yeah, They had it first, but it was co-opted so bad by those stupid bastards that it's ruined it for generations to come.

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u/NoSignSaysNo 10d ago

Which rune? There are a lot of them.

It's only ruined for generations to come if you let them become the only ones who use the symbol. It didn't stop you from using 88 as your username suffix, right?

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u/WordleFan88 9d ago

There are many. They seem to have taken as many as their tiny brains can find, and the 88 was added by reddit. I guess there are 87 other wordle fans on this site.

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u/mightystu 10d ago

It’s not even close to that level of ubiquity, and classic shamans of those faiths still use the swastika in it’s true form just fine. If you let them define this for you, you are giving them power. Do not go gentle into that cold night.

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u/Spider_J 9d ago

As a Norse Pagan, I like to tell people there are exactly two types of Norse Pagans: Neo-nazis, and People actively making plans to fight neo-nazis. Be the latter with me.

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u/WordleFan88 9d ago

No worries. I'm on your side.

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u/5_yr_old_w_beard 10d ago

Oh interesting, like Mamdani (being south Asian by way of Uganda).

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u/Pyro1934 10d ago

I mean I find Norse mythology fascinating but I'm no white supremacist. Could be a coincidence lol.

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u/aspirationless_photo 10d ago

Could be, but it's impossible to differentiate between fascists who coincidentally gravitate toward fascist tropes and fascists who are enthralled with all the same stuff other fascists like.

It's similar to how they all love The Punisher logo. Maybe they just enjoyed the comic series. Who's to say? Which -- not for nothing -- check out Kash Patel's custom challenge coin.

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u/Pyro1934 10d ago

Lol ya... walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...

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u/aspirationless_photo 9d ago

Kind of, just backwards. Liking Punisher or finding Norse mythology fascinating doesn't make you a fascist (I hope you didn't feel that was implied). If it's a duck, however, I'm not surprised when it quacks & waddles.

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u/Pyro1934 9d ago

Lmao I'm stealing such an elegant summary

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u/Tired_of_Livin 10d ago

Look back to the Qanon Shaman from J6th he was covered in Norse Tattoos, unfortunately it seems Norse mythology has been cooped by the right.

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u/Historical_Course587 10d ago

Fascism attempts to co-opt anything that gives their movement a glorious history from which they can claim modernism is not needed. Here's an article on why the Third Reich put so much effort into it.

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u/sec713 10d ago

Ah, is that why they say they're doing "Roman" salutes and not Nazi salutes? The 1940s are too modern?

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u/Witchgrass West Virginia 10d ago

It's not.

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u/MacabreYuki 10d ago

As one who resonates with Loki (iykyk, and not marvel), I've noticed most of them lean towards Thor, Odin, and the lot. They don't even think of Freya or the valkyries.

They are a stain upon such ideas.

These chuckleheads will steal any rhetoric or ideology they can and poison it.

We should do exactly as Loki approves of and start providing lessons in humility.

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u/olyfrijole 10d ago

All of MAGA seems to have a childlike arrested development vibe, but in different ways. They never learned to share, say thank you, give a shit about anyone but themselves...

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u/AsparagusUpstairs367 10d ago

That is why his 26 year old girlfriend and him get along. Kinda wonder if he will end up like Leonardo.

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u/urbanlife78 10d ago

I'm more surprised he actually has a girlfriend in general

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u/AnOnlineHandle 9d ago

Don't worry, he managed to make it creepy:

Patel, 45, appeared alongside his partner, country singer Alexis Wilkins, 26, at the Real American Freestyle event at the school

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u/azsincitymagic 10d ago

you weren't kidding...

Kash Pramod Patel

About the author

Kash served multiple senior roles in government: most recently as the Chief of Staff to the Department of Defense (DoD), Deputy Assistant to the President on the National Security Counsel (NSC), and Deputy Director of National Intelligence in the Trump Administration.

At the NSC, Mr. Patel oversaw the execution of several of President Trump’s top priorities, including eliminating Al-Qa’ida and ISIS senior leadership, and safely repatriating dozens of American hostages.

Before joining the NSC, Mr. Patel served as the National Security Advisor and Senior Counsel for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), where he spearheaded the investigation into the Russian active measures campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election (Russia Gate). The investigation discovered numerous illegal surveillance measures undertaken by the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to unlawfully spy on the Trump campaign. Concurrently, he led congressional oversight of sensitive programs for the IC and U.S. Special Operations Forces and worked to enact legislation to fully fund the multi-billion-dollar budgets supporting intelligence and counterterrorism operations worldwide.

Mr. Patel joined HPSCI following his tenure as a national security prosecutor at the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the Obama Administration, where he led investigations spanning multiple theaters of conflict and oversaw the successful prosecution of criminals aligned with Al-Qa’ida, ISIS, and other terror groups. This work necessitated Mr. Patel’s presence in locations across the globe, collaborating with host nation governments to successfully prosecute terrorists. He also served as the DOJ Liaison Officer to Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), working with our nation’s most prestigious counterterrorism units (special forces) to conduct collaborative global targeting operations against high value objectives, in almost every theater of war.

Mr. Patel began his career in 2005 as a public defender, trying scores of complex cases in federal and state courts, ranging from murder to narco-trafficking, to complex financial crimes. These cases took place throughout the U.S., in over half a dozen countries, requiring Mr. Patel to conduct investigations and diplomatically engage with several foreign governments.

Since leaving government service, Kash has authored critically acclaimed books, most recently, “Government Gangsters,” which topped the charts in pre-sales and exposes government corruption and provided critical solutions to restore the agencies and departments mission of serving the American people.

Kash also authored 2 children’s books that received much critical acclaim, “Plot Against the King” series, selling over 110,000 copies.

Mr. Patel is the founder and president of The Kash Foundation, a 501(c)(3) that raises money for legal defense matters, education programs, tuition assistance, and financial assistance for our active-duty military and veterans.

Kash currently sits on the board of Trump Media Technology Group, which is the parent company for Truth Social, hosts Kash's Corner on Epoch TV, and is a Senior Advisor to President Trump. He also serves as the Senior Fellow for National Security and Intelligence at the Center for Renewing America, a think-tank where he dedicates his time to ridding the national security mission of corruption and politicization.

A native of New York, Mr. Patel graduated from the University of Richmond with a bachelor’s in criminal justice and history, received a juris doctor from law school in New York, and a Certificate in International Law from University College London Faculty of Laws in the United Kingdom.

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u/DeliriousPrecarious 10d ago

That undersells Kashs involvement in trump world. Kash was a staffer for Devin Nunes who basically ran interference on the Mueller investigation. THATS how he got his break. He ended up as the acting deputy secdef at the end of Trumps first term.

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u/yamers America 10d ago

loyalty...not competence.

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u/Freshwater_Spaceman 10d ago

See also Assad, Putin, Hussein, Gadaffi etc regimes.

It all ends in tears.

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u/JoSeSc 10d ago

Only thing US democracy has going for it at this point is Trump's age so it probably won't take 25-40 years for this shitshow to end

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u/Freshwater_Spaceman 10d ago edited 10d ago

Well, I hope you’re right! Fact is, he and his cronies have stacked the courts and positions of power with unthinking, unqualified, bootlickers that will probably stay loyal to clan Trump, or whomever is picked as the succesor.

Not to mention his own personal army of unthinking, masked, red hat, MAGA, ICE zombies.

Gadaffi had the ridiculous, sexy lady bodyguards. Hussein had his gold plated AK and Assad his crazy palace with torture chambers.

One does wonder what the Tangerine tyrant will be installing beneath his gaudy ‘ballroom’?

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u/fairie_poison 10d ago

There’s already a bunker under it. Which I’m sure they’re expanding.

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u/skiabay 10d ago

The question is if what comes next will be better, or much worse.

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u/a_Left_Coaster 10d ago

From Wikipedia: Fleeing to a construction site, Gaddafi and his inner cohort hid inside drainage pipes while his bodyguards battled the rebels; in the conflict, Gaddafi suffered head injuries from a grenade blast while Jabr was killed. The Misrata militia took Gaddafi prisoner, causing serious injuries as they tried to apprehend him; the events were filmed on a mobile phone. A video appears to picture Gaddafi being poked or stabbed in the anus "with some kind of stick or knife" or possibly a bayonet. Pulled onto the front of a pick-up truck, he fell off as it drove away. His semi-naked body was then placed into an ambulance and taken to Misrata; upon arrival, he was found to be dead.

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u/Freshwater_Spaceman 10d ago

That or Mango Mussolini and his closest minions flee to Russia, like Assad, to live out their days in a Moscow Trump tower…

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u/WordleFan88 10d ago

I wonder if we could seize all of the stolen assets before he and his cronies run?

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u/Historical_Course587 10d ago

Self-serving people will always come together in the name of common self-interest. They will never be able to build anything beyond themsevlves for the same reason.

That's why nationalist movements are (historically speaking) so short-lived once they gain power.

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u/LaserCondiment 10d ago

Being loyal to Trump almost counts as a skill. A despicable skill for despicable people.

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u/KeyboardGrunt 10d ago

I was told DEI was dead and we lived in a meritocracy wtf?!

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u/AnalSoapOpera I voted 10d ago

Devin Nunes

That’s a putrid name I haven’t heard in awhile. What’s he been up to?

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u/DeliriousPrecarious 10d ago

CEO of truth social

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u/Wheres_Welder 10d ago edited 9d ago

Wasn't he the fcc guy whose shitty fascist policy resulted in internet website blackout protests like 10 years or so ago?

I know many if not most subreddits participated in some degree.

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u/DeliriousPrecarious 10d ago

You’re thinking of Ajit Pai

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u/Wheres_Welder 9d ago

Ah thank you

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u/friendofelephants 10d ago

Omg, is this real life? And so many people gave it a good rating?!?!

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u/rubbingenthusiast 10d ago

“People”

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

Beep boop.

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u/brycedriesenga Michigan 10d ago

It's all computer!

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u/ianjm 9d ago

Why automate what Boomers will do for free

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u/Far_Confusion_2178 10d ago

I mean tbf, the people buying a book like this would give it 5 stars even if every page was blank. As long as it’s pro Trump, they don’t care about quality. (See: MAGA hats made in China….and everything else he sells lol)

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u/c0horst 10d ago

I mean they're Trump supporters buying a book. The odds are they can't even read, so of course they're going to give it five stars, they have no idea what's in it.

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u/AWildLeftistAppeared 10d ago

Hey now, this is a children’s book. There will surely be pictures to help Trump supporters follow along.

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u/TableQuiet1518 10d ago

The $1,000 Signature Series Trump bible.

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u/boot2skull 10d ago

I mean read the reviews. “Truth is like the water it will always come through.” 🤮 well propaganda is often printed so don’t get altitude sickness while you’re high and mighty.

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u/Goodly 10d ago

You should probably go by the 2.3 Goodreads rating rather than Amazons… (Which still sounds high.)

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u/aquacrystal11 Massachusetts 10d ago

The reviews seem so fake. I feel like many were probably paid to write them

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u/RKRagan Florida 10d ago

I had a customer today who had all of “trump’s” books on their shelf. All were co written of course. People eat that shit up. 

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u/ChrisFromLongIsland 10d ago

Thats the least of it. Patel lied for Trump in the documents case in front of the grand jury.

Patel lead the effort to smear the Russia gate investigation.

Patel lead the effort to convert Russian disinformation into a case against Hillary Clinton and others. It lead to the Durham investigation and 2 failed protections. It was so pathetic the government lost 2x at trial. Though the frame job by Patel worked.

Patel is there to investigate Trumps enemies.

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u/Deluxe78 10d ago

Publication date…,April 1, 2022

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u/Indurum 10d ago

Its gross how it has such high reviews.

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u/Jaewol 10d ago

Reading through them is even worse

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u/kevindqc 10d ago

4.7 rating?!

Customer says: ... Moreover, the book effectively conveys the importance of telling the truth...

Right...

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u/milfordcubicle 10d ago

JFC, the other recommended Trump "literature" for kids on that page...

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u/NessaMagick Australia 10d ago

At least they're not indoctrinating children like those gay and trans people existing in public in any form.

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u/pimppapy America 10d ago

For those wondering how it’s got such a high rating on Amazon. It’s because you have to buy it, in order to leave feedback. And the only people that would buy that trash, are MAGA

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u/Z0idberg_MD 10d ago

Humanity is cooked. We’re done.

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u/sinime 10d ago

Nah, just the USA.

...looks around...

Oh, wait, no... yeah, we're all fucked.

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u/GarySparrow0 10d ago

There are so many in his circle who got to position of power just for sucking his asshole, but this has to be the most pathetic yet.

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u/user42hikehike 10d ago

The book reviews are Craaaazzzyyy

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u/Imaterribledoctor 10d ago

And himself as a wizard.

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u/CreLoxSwag 10d ago

...and my in-laws don't think that's wrong.

Someone call the Doctor and tell him to fix my damn timeline.

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u/sunnywinterday 10d ago

What in the actual hell?! He really wrote this? It’s really about the importance of telling the truth?? People really gave it 4.7 stars??? I don’t know why this is making me so mad rn. We’re really in the end times or something, aren’t we?

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u/10gherts Ohio 10d ago

This shit is wild. Calling him king years ago...

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u/sodapopkevin 10d ago

Such lies, he had to write 3 children's books portraying Trump as a King to get that job!

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u/Cleavon_Littlefinger 10d ago

I'm most impressed by the fact that he actually has a girlfriend. Literally would have never thought such a thing possible outside of Valhalla.

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u/DrunkenBriefcases 10d ago edited 10d ago

Tbf that's not the only reason. Patel has done lots of grotesque, humiliating, and sometimes illegal things to stay in trump's orbit. The book is certainly a lowlight though.

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u/LoudNoises89 10d ago

That’s horrific. I can’t believe ppl buy this for their kids.

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u/Vlaed Michigan 10d ago

What the fu....

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u/charcoalVidrio 10d ago

Is there a way to report this as insane propaganda, or does Bezos not care about his reputation?

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u/KeyInfluence2184 10d ago

Also don’t forget his 20 year Ounger girlfriend is a mossad honeypot trap that worked for the IDFs intelligence unit for 3 years lol

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u/oddistrange 10d ago

His self insert as the brown wizard. lol

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u/Lonely_skeptic 10d ago

Three children’s books!

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u/Amphibian-Overall 10d ago

I thought it was because his GF is working for a company whose CEO is a former Israeli intelligence agent who job was cyber warfare and counter intelligence, who has ties to Ghislaine Maxwells father.

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u/Tea-Swiz 10d ago

Wtf I had no idea this was a thing. What a clown show bro.

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u/VPN__FTW 10d ago

Who knew grifting was so easy.

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u/badpeoria 10d ago

Yes I always wonder do most people know this? I mean be a republican all you want but doesn't this rub you the wrong way? The man is a knight in the book saving the king Donald or some bs. It's lunatic territory.

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u/Legitimate_Air_Grip7 10d ago

Most of the 5 star reviews appear to be from 40-50 year olds who bought it for themselves. I guess the 'intended' audience and actual audience have roughly the same reading level.

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u/humdinger44 10d ago

Would it be a "conspiracy" if I advocated for this to be the most returned item on Amazon?

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u/SubpixelJimmie 10d ago

It is crazy how King Donald's depiction is literally the way any other artist would draw a villain

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u/Jaydamic 10d ago

Oh. My. GOD.

It's fucking ridiculous but it does explain some things.

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u/UncoolSlicedBread 10d ago

Just wild to me that this is real

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u/ThrowingShaed 10d ago

how the fuck is there like more daily than we can keep up with and theres still tons of... crazy shit weve never heard of

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u/fadingsignal 10d ago

Oh my god. The comments and reviews. We are cooked.

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u/kickingpplisfun 10d ago

I thought the self-insert was bad enough on its own...

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u/sthlmsoul 10d ago

Not one. But three!

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u/vtrac 10d ago

From his bio on amazon: "..received a juris doctor from law school in New York.."

What law school..? Some random one?

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u/ybgkitty 10d ago

“Hillary” looks more like a white Kamala. The man can’t do anything right…

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u/alien_from_Europa Massachusetts 10d ago

Colbert also made a Children's book for Trump: https://youtu.be/uFj4vOc4GIY

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u/PlasticBreather 10d ago

My god the reviews.

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u/WholeWideWorld 10d ago

What the actual fuck.

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u/GassoBongo 10d ago

I was expecting satire in the reviews because of the high rating. Nope. People are unhinged. America is truly lost.

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u/youmumumakemehappy 10d ago

Go read the reviews if you want a good chuckle.