Guess who had the most-recent failed coup...?
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Was it really a failure if he is still running for president instead of hanged for treason?
Seems it was just a little coup, for practice.
He may have committed some light treason.
You get one coup attempt, as a treat.
Makes me want to give him a deuce coup, right on his front porch
Failed coup: I sleep
Democratic process: real coup shit
"If the enemy does something unexpected, they owe you for the resources you wasted planning for the wrong strategy" - Sun Tzu, The Art of Being an Upwards Failing Fuckup
Oh shit. Sun Tzu wrote a follow up? I think I need to check that book out.
"Strategy without tactics is fake news. Tactics without strategy is the deep state cabal."
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He just can't get over Biden not running anymore because his entire campaign strategy has been look how old and frail Biden is. Without that comparison people see how low energy he is and the very real signs of dementia. I wonder if the rumor is true and he will replace his campaign strategists this close to the election.
I wonder if the rumor is true and he will replace his campaign strategists this close to the election.
He already did the shakeup; it wasn't covered well. No one was kicked out, but less than a week ago he brought Corey Lewandowski back to oversee the campaign managers.
he brought Corey Lewandowski back to oversee the campaign managers
Who he previously fired as campaign manager in 2016. His campaign is a total shitshow.
The married guy who was banging hope hicks
Also the married Governor of south dakota, the dog killer. Noem.
He aslo attacked a female reporter in 2016, which is why he was kicked off that campaign.
Now that Elon has made Grok 2 available, Donald has been posting absolutely pathetic AI renders between bouts of dementia. That's the energy. A pathetic loser bully fantasizing that the world likes him.
Him trying to paint Kamala as old for being 59 that one time was such a fail 🤣
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"It's not fair that we were too stupid to withhold all of our insulting bullshit and propaganda merch we spent a ton of time and money on BEFORE Joe Biden was the actual nominated candidate, so now we're going to kick and scream about it because I'm pissy widdle baby."
He’s such a damn cry baby. I’m astonished at the cognitive dissonance involved for his idiot cult who admires his “tough guy persona” to see past the incessant whining.
I mean, look at it from his perspective. He pretty much had the election, which would save him from all the prosecutions etc. Now he has nothing, he can't find and learn all new talking points against Kamala in time for the election. If he doesn't get a miracle, he's fucked.
Him winning involves taking a lot of swing states, most of which are traditionally red. This election is far over and every vote needs to be cast to defeat his worthless draft dodging ass and send him and his family to prison
Most tough guys really are whiny little bitches.
The tough guy act is meant to hide deep insecurities.
Dementia DonOLD the weird racist rapist with 34 felonies is the biggest snowflake.
It's unfair that this piece of shit wasn't hanged for treason, or rotting in a jail cell for getting people killed from his insurrection, or for being a fucking rapist.
I am just thankful for his felonies. Removes all legal right he has to military funeral honors. He will likely still get them, but as a deployed veteran it warms my heart knowing they won’t be “real”.
Draft dodgers should never even get a flag.
I agree 100%. I didn't know that a felony removed the legal right to military funeral honors. Thank you.
Dude absolutely just likes how buzzy the word coup is. Like, saying it's not fair is one thing, even though it very clearly is. And even suggesting it should be against the rules is a valid opinion, even if it's not based on facts.
But calling it a coup, not even an attempt at a coup, is silly. Even if she used a private army to storm the DNC to secure the nomination, it's not a coup until she gets inaugurated.
The effect is to water down the word “coup.” Now, I wonder why Smelly Orange would want to do that?
You're also seeing him use the word cheater recently. I noticed it front and center when he was trying to say that Harris' rally audience was AI generated and called her a cheater... guess what he's going to say come election time?
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It's just a key part of the DARVO thing. They accuse the opposition of whatever they are getting accused of. Russia was accused of trying to interfere with the election on his behalf? Now everything is "election interference". People complain about Trump's criminal cases? Keep talking about the "Biden crime family", without evidence, as if it's a real thing. And after they tried and failed on Jan 6 to stage a coup, now everything they don't like is a "coup".
It's also the reason why "every accusation is a confession" with Republicans. If they come out with a bullshit accusation out of nowhere and start pushing it without evidence, you know its because they've either done the thing or are thinking about doing it.
After this latest round of bogus SC rulings, there was a lot of introspection into how the Court got this way. Someone pointed out that there was a book written during the Obama years accusing Democrats of undermining the Federal Judiciary to subert the rule of law -- and the process in the book exactly matched what Trump and McConnell did. They wrote it out in plain sight -- but since it was written as a baseless accusation, nobody paid attention.
Repubs deliberately accuse the other side of crimes and corruption they are actively doing, to muddy the waters.
He’s like a deranged five year old.
He says he hasn't changed that much since he was in first grade, so you're not that far off.
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Trump accused the Democratic Party of staging “the first ever ‘Coup’ in America.”
LOL
Well he tried but he failed, so...
Adding "the first ever" is really telling on yourself there
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🤣
Whiny "little" fatass bitch
The Republicans who thrive on a cult of personality cannot fathom the idea of putting country or party above yourself. If they had tried to do the same thing at any stage of the campaign Trump would have doubled down and if they had got him out the Republican party would have fractured into camps biting at spitting at one another and ensuring that none of them could possibly win.
From their perspective this is unforeseeable.
Him being this absolutely tilted is what really gives me hope for November.
He then shared particular frustration with the sudden change in his opponent, suggesting that the Democrats had orchestrated Biden's withdrawal to improve their chances.
Gosh, I don't think anyone else has figured that out! This guy is hella smart.
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It really wasn't, was it? I wish I had the mental space to be concerned about that. Unfortunately I am instead worrying about insurrectionists staging a second coup attempt.
Tim is doing pretty well...unfair!
A new Remington Research Group (R) poll in Nebraska’s 2nd congressional district shows Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump in the district, 50% to 42%.
Jane Kleeb, the chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party, said she had seen at least one other poll recently that indicated Harris was leading outside of the margin of error.
Nebraska...
What's next Utah?
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BREAKING NEWS: COMPLAINING BAG OF LIES COMPLAINS AND LIES, MORE AT 11.
Is it a 'coup' where the 'deposed leader' shows up and actively praises his own replacement (who was literally his deputy)?
Why not just go all the way and call it a 'revolution?' Sheesh.
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He wants Biden back so much.
Fuck your feelings, donnie.
I'm not from the US or in the US, but even as an impartial external observer with no horse in the game I do enjoy the recent republican panicked whining...
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