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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Now that's it's come out that he got bullied into the JD pick by his failsons, I'm thinking they did do some digging. He just got bullied.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

failsons

New word of the day!

Noun

An incompetent, unsuccessful middle-class or upper-class man who is protected from economic duress by his family's wealth or influence.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Also the fact that Trump only cares about himself and his growing cognitive decline means he probably had zero idea who any of the people on "his short list" even were. So when his offspring offered to make that pick for him I'm sure he was all for it, and being a raging narcissist believed it didn't even matter against Biden.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's sad how old he is. Old and quite weird.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

It’s the sequel no one wanted:

Trump term 2

2 old 2 weird