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[–] [email protected] 174 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Why is this surprising? It's on. They already tried to steal the election and mobbed the capitol to try to kill the politicians that opposed the effort. They're threatening election workers, they're talking about civil war, they're posting the addresses of jury members.

It's on. The people prosecuting Trump understand the stakes, I think (or I hope). Trump and his close allies definitely understand the stakes. I get being chilled by it and wanting to report on it, but anyone who is surprised by it, at this point, has no business being in journalism.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Also he made his slogan in 2016 "Lock her up". He's been threatening to imprison his opponents for 6-7 years now, like a petty dictator would.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Meet the Republicans after school by the bike racks, yall, cause it's on!

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[–] [email protected] 160 points 1 year ago (11 children)

What people don’t seem to understand is that he sincerely believes that every other politician is as corrupt as he is, and is genuinely confused why the DOJ can’t find any evidence to indict Hillary or Biden.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 year ago (2 children)

is genuinely confused why the DOJ can’t find any evidence to indict Hillary or Biden

he is always confused when he doesn't get his way.. the reason doesn't matter.. he's a fucking 3 year old, and so are all of his supporters..

all he knows is those people make him sad, and he wants someone to make them go away

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (8 children)

he is always confused when he doesn't get his way.. the reason doesn't matter.. he's a fucking 3 year old, and so are all of his supporters..

He actually admits this.

When I look at myself in the first grade and I look at myself now, I'm basically the same. The temperament is not that different.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

If those magats could read they'd be very upset with you.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is also why he's pushing the "2020 was stolen" line - besides the fact that he can't admit that he lost. Trump and the GOP took measures to prevent Democrats from voting. Stuff like mucking with the post office, closing polling sites, etc. And yet the Democrats won.

To Trump, the only possible reason for this isn't "the Democrats voted in large enough numbers to overcome the Republican cheating." No, the only reason must be "the Democrats cheated more than we did."

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

He is so transparent. Only people who cheat themselves are usually this paranoid about other people doing it. It is also true for thieves and a bunch of other stuff.

Every time he talks about this it is clear as day that he thinks they over-cheated him. He just can't outright say it, but this pisses him so much. So instead it comes off as heavily insinuating that the only way to get numbers like he did is to cheat.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago

Trump isn't symmetric; he has no concept of others' minds. His only ideas are about how he has what he wants. Calling for them in jail gets people to like him and gets his opponents out of the way. He isn't confused bc he doesn't care about correctness; any sense of misunderstanding is bc others are attacking him.

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[–] [email protected] 94 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He's 100% committed to getting the Presidency to extricate himself from his situation, and using that office to keep himself out of the reach of justice.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Attempted by Julius Caesar, Napoleon, and Capt'n Jack Sparrow.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Trump is welcome to the club then. He’s got his own line of steaks, just like Caesar has his salad, Napoleon has his ice cream, and the captain has his cereal.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Napoleon ice cream now with more grapeshot!

😆

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The crazy part is not that he wants to do that ... there are probably countless wannabe politicians that have that as a motivation.

The crazy part is that he has a following and an actual chance that he could do it.

The insane part of current US politics is not Trump ... the crazy part is this current culture of political leaders and financiers who are piling their money behind some nut job and generating this following of people that actually believe it all.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 year ago

That's not surprising, wasn't "lock her up" his slogan the first time around?

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago

Ah, the putin tactic.

Pretty undemocratic, i must say.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I just realized, he isn't talking about his cases though. Did a judge actually shut him up? He's talking about more criming but not the crimes he's actually being charged for. Nice.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I wonder if his lawyers sat him down and explained how any other defendant facing the charges he's facing would be doing so from jail and pushing the judges could easily result in his bond being revoked.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

But he listened to his lawyers, that would be the first time ever maybe?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Prosecutors:

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

It is not a surprise from Trump. He would be worse than the first time if he wins.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

if he wins, im pretty sure the 2 term limit wouldnt be something thats sacred either.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you're going to act like a fascist, you shouldn't even be allowed to run for president. He should go suck on Putin's nuts.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

of course the little coward would lock up everyone who scared him.. and his little coward supporters would cheer him on..

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Chilling, but hardly surprising.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Yeah, he literally ran on "lock her up" for the 2016 election.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

This reminds me of a saying an old programming mentor told me.

“To a kid with a hammer, everything is a nail”

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How is he even still running? In prison. Serious question. How is this even possible???

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Hardly surprising coming from a mobster.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Isn't this in the water is wet category?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

he'll still find a way to crazy up the headlines from prison. threaten to buyout the commissary after his followers send more money

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