The goddamn Trump Administration (Part 2)


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-06/uk-india-agree-trade-deal-amid-fallout-of-trump-tariff-wars

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I’ll disagree with him on one point. MAGA is a cult of personality. I don’t know that MAGA will easily transfer their devotion to anyone else. It sure as hell won’t be Vance. He has no charisma and he’s married to a brown woman whose parents were immigrants. Abd there damn sure isn’t anyone else in Trump’s orbit who can take over that role. This will make it easier, and in fact likely, for other Republicans to oppose Vance.

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I don’t think Trump has a clear successor as messiah either. Vance would of course follow him as president, but all the people currently vying to be Trump’s lead sycophant would then be vying to be his replacement for everything else. At a minimum the disunity would give an opportunity for opponents.

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I agree with you completely. I’m not sure what will come out of it, but the threat against Republicans will mostly dissolve overnight. No one in T****’s circle can command MAGA to primary or attack GOP politicians with any realistic chance of success. That would free them up to oppose whoever ends up at the top.

The underlying disease will remain but at least the most visible symptom will be relieved.

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The underlying disease will remain, but will be fragmented and turned in on itself. Back to the way it was prior to Trump.

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Jezebel on JD Vance posting an out-of-context clip of Rep. Omar from checks notes 7 years ago to accuse her of using genocidal language…

:roll_eyes:

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/truth-plus-trump-conspiracy-theories
Headline:

President Trump’s Media Company Is Offering Movies About ā€˜Lizard People’ And Other Wild Conspiracy Theories

Looks like they are trying to prepare everyone for possible revelations about Stephen Miller and his Lizard People origins.

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I’m going to need to save this guy on my desktop. :roll_eyes:
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If it gets too depressing, this is a pretty good alternative:
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They really do keep on demanding yes/no answers to ā€œhave you stopped beating your wife?ā€, don’t they.

The underlying disease (well one of them) that the US is divided as a result of years of lies from the right, which leads to things like The Heritage Foundation being legitimised by many in power, will remain and will be hard to treat even if Trump dies tomorrow. It may become more virulent and harder to treat if Trump’s demise is blamed on those who oppose the right, and weaponised to accelerate the christo-fascists’ agenda.

That said, I hope he dies a long (maybe a week or two) extremely painful death starting as soon as possible.

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I kind of just want someone to punch him in the mouth when he says shit like that.

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I might suggest something a bit more subtle. Every time he lies, spray him with water, like a misbehaving pet. It’s less overtly violent for one, and would probably be nearly as entertaining.

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It will take 24 hours before we get an EO banning spray bottles.

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Why not both gif

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oooh! that’s good!
i wonder… does orange bronzer run? would it melt his candy floss hair?
this must be tested IRL.

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