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[–] [email protected] 172 points 6 months ago (3 children)

He is correct - only a psycho would do that.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 6 months ago (2 children)

A broken clock... or something

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago

I prefer it is… even a dumpster fire can provide warmth on occasion.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Like a good conservative!

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[–] [email protected] 89 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

“Unless you’re a psycho or a crazy person or a very stupid person, who would say that, anyway?” Trump said, referring to his alleged comments.

Why, yes Donny. That is correct. Only a psycho or a crazy person or a very stupid person would say that. So glad we can finally agree on something.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)

To be clear, those are not exclusive ors.

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Guy Who Lies, Lies.

More At 11.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

Breaking news! Trump said something, and it wasn’t true.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Lying liar lies lies.

[–] Triple_B 49 points 6 months ago

Nah, I never forgot. Some of us have good memory, Captain Bone Spurs.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If Trump were two people he'd allegedly hate himself so much.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Trump is two people; like Gollum, except instead of a ring it's cocaine.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago (13 children)

Uhh... multiple people have confirmed he did do this. So yeah he's right. Only a psycho would do this.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Maybe it's Mandela but I really think he did this on video...

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

Not this specific thing, but he's said similar shit in speeches like "I like people who don't get captured" while shitting on the last republican with morals.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

There’s so many videos of him saying crazy ass shit, I can’t imagine how long it would take to sift through all of it and find this specific instance.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

It was not on video. It was in Marine One if I recall. Or maybe in the limo.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The funny thing is they could forever leave the "draft dodger" conversation in the dust if they just stopped nominating people over 70. But they just can't help clinging to power by forcing us to vote for the lesser of two geriatrics.

There hasn't been a conscription since 1972. Anyone 18 at that time is now 70+. Let it go old folks. Just fade away peacefully. Enjoy your retirement. You can have a nice time without being inflamed by facebook posts to try to start a racewar.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Kind of frustrating the article doesn't link to any of the evidence Trump said these things.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

The article links to the Atlantic, the original release of the original source for both quotes.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 45 points 6 months ago (4 children)

The thing is, Trump fans are as immune to facts, even after being presented with them, as Rogan fans (of course, there's a huge overlap between them). They could be given a time machine trip back to see Trump say it themselves and Trump would say, "fake news!" and they would believe him.

No evidence in the world can convince you if you have faith.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Because the desperation to have a degenerate like themselves is too great that they will fight every issue and red flag as a singular and outlying issue.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Trump fans are as immune to facts

Because this brand of conservatism is not one of reason and logic, it's not about policy and political action, it's about emotion.

The people attached to MAGA are the same people who were fanatical about Wrestlemania and didn't care if it was real or not, because it was real to them and they wouldn't take any criticism or people telling them it's not real because it was all they had, it was their storyline, it was raw emotion and easy-to-follow narratives of good versus evil. Trumpers are in that same state of both knowing that they are just part of a fantasy, but also embracing that fantasy as a reality.

We tend to develop very black-and-white views of the role of logic and reason in our world, but the brain doesn't even work on logic and reason, it works by inventing a story to explain how you feel, it writes a narrative to explain your emotions or sensations and that narrative doesn't even need to make sense, it just needs to connect, and you will embrace that narrative because it feels like it makes sense. This is how you have very book-smart people like doctors and nurses becoming anti-vax, conspiracy embracers, because they are humans and have emotional issues, and a brain that will write a story (or attach to a provided story) to explain those emotions.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"That should be good enough to convince those suckers and losers to keep on liking me" - Donald Trump, probably.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

That oughta hold those S.O.Bs.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

only "a psycho" would have called them "losers" and "suckers"

Oh so he admits it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

Yes! Exactly! Trump tells on himself so often that every other sentence is a confession. Recently he accused Biden of doing nothing but stealing credit. Back in 2016 there were clips going around of him saying (among other things) that the economy does better under the democrats. I wish that one had circulated more than "grab her by the pussy" because I think it would've diffused his base more.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

Jamie, pull up the clip

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

Now if only he were self aware…

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

Or just a complete asshole.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (10 children)

Trump unintentionally said a very based thing.

Only a psycho would challenge an institution of power in a runup to the election, or in a position of governance.

At the end of the day, one of the reasons armies even exist at this point is because any politician who may have political will to truly challenge the army and demilitarize would face an armed resistance and violent overthrow, which necessitates the proliferation of an institution that by itself is hugely harmful and parasitic.

The power of the rulers is held on violence, and any attempt to change the status quo will be challenged by the people extorting us all using the real power, equipped with weapons able to kill everyone on Earth.

In some ways, it's the army that controls the rulers, not the other way around. And the former will do everything to keep holding to their control - and to keep existing even when they shouldn't.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

The person who quoted him was his chief of staff at the time, so, yeah, he should know!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

He is well known to refuse responsibility for his shit

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