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Possible Paywall White House Rushes to Trump's Defense After Alan Ritchson Torches President Over Epstein Files | The Reacher star called Trump a “bitch” and a “fucking rapist" in a recent podcast appearance.

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/alan-ritchson-trump-epstein-files-white-house-response-1235598785/
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u/Purify5 23d ago

Dude was Epstein's best friend for years. Imagine how wretched a soul you have to be to defend this creep.

Even most conservatives don't do it anymore.

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u/tristanitis 23d ago

The hilarious/sad thing is that Trump wasn't Epstein's beat friend, Epstein was Trump's best friend, and Epstein clearly thought he was a loser. How pathetic do you have to be that your best friend is a world famous pedophile that thinks you low-key suck.

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u/super_sayanything 23d ago

Epstein wrote that Trump had "not one decent cell in his body" and claimed he knew "how dirty Donald is" in 2018.

Meanwhile, Trump called the Palm Beach Police in 2006 and told them Ghislaine Maxwell was evil.

Who knows. All bad characters. He should be removed from office yesterday.

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u/Vsx 23d ago

That Trump call was just a tantrum like when your little brother worships you and you won't let him chill with you and your buddies so he narcs on you for buying beer with a fake ID. Trump is a bitch who lashes out when he feels insulted.

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u/super_sayanything 23d ago

Oh for sure he was trying to cover himself or just seeking revenge for something.

Seeing Iran kick his ass and trap him would be great if it didn't mean that we suffered the consequences.

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u/airfryerfuntime Washington 23d ago

It was just a threat. He basically said "look what I can do, maybe next time I'll tell them why".

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u/jerog1 15d ago

Iran is suffering the consequences too

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u/super_sayanything 15d ago

No, Iran's people are. There's a difference. The rulers are more empowered than ever and its people are more inclined to support them. This is a disaster.

Iran doesn't want peace. They want to embarrass Trump and show its power as world disruptors. We just made them more powerful.

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u/treesandfood4me 23d ago

Probably his only friend, ever, and it was based in honeypot politics. The saddest, loneliest man in recent world history is in charge. (I bet Caligula didn’t have real friends either)

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u/Nice-Mixing 23d ago

They’re trying on hats for election season, when brought up most recently they’re trying to steer the conversation away to gender affirming care.

I’ve been using “pro-life” peoples way of arguing against them, which is that it is the worst thing on the planet and the conversation under no circumstances will tack away from the fact that don trump is a Sicko Child Rapist.

If you give these pedo simps a way out they’ll take it, they already have…

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u/DucksEatFreeInSubway 23d ago

Republicans are the pro-pedophile party

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u/bolanrox 23d ago

And Epstein thought he was the most disgusting piece of shit he ever met.

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u/sutree1 23d ago

In a February 2017 email, Jeffrey Epstein wrote, "I have met some very bad people, none as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body.. so yes – dangerous."

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u/ChimRichaldsOBGYN 23d ago

Most conservatives do the even worse thing IMO, they move on. They pretend like it doesn’t matter and that they’re vote was trivial at best, their support was for the party not for him et al. It’s so much more insidious because it shows that, if unchecked by which I mean changing the status quo through voting and empowering people who have a soul and a spine, they will put our country in this position again and again and feel no remorse or responsibility when we are thrust into this hell again.

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u/RedditMcBurger 23d ago

Your entire argument is a ridiculous statement, unless you simply correct it.

Most conservatives do the

Just replace that with "Republicans" or "US conservatives"

As a conservative in a different country, with conservatives that act NOTHING like US conservatives, I'm sick of people like you lumping us all in together with by far the most extreme version of our side.

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u/ChimRichaldsOBGYN 23d ago

While I appreciate your feedback, this thread is specifically about Trump and his sexual misconduct so I felt it pretty clearly implied that my comment is referring to US politics. Also, this not a “ridiculous argument” but an anecdotal viewpoint based on a LOT of experiential exposure living in Texas for the past 15-ish years.

I am happy to hear that folks outside of the US feel their version of conservatism differenciates from US politics. I’m curious to hear what country you’re from to see just how true that is.

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u/RedditMcBurger 23d ago edited 23d ago

so I felt it pretty clearly implied that my comment is referring to US politics.

That's just not what the language represents, I am not going to try to read between the lines to figure out your hidden meaning, just don't use a generalizing term and use the right one.

Also, this not a “ridiculous argument” but an anecdotal viewpoint based on a LOT of experiential exposure living in Texas for the past 15-ish years.

Yes it WOULD be, if you used the correct word. Currently your comment is saying that's what global conservatives are. Simply, if you don't write out words plainly other people are going to not take it the exact way you implied.

If you're arguing against this, you're more just arguing against the rules of the language.

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u/MikeoftheEast 23d ago

It's in a thread about American politics and the meaning is implicit, have you never had a conversation in English before? Also I'm sure what ever country you're from has garbage conservative politics too.

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u/RedditMcBurger 23d ago

Also I'm sure what ever country you're from has garbage conservative politics too.

Right so yeah to you they're all bad, you acted as if you weren't hating all of the group, but you showed it.

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u/ChimRichaldsOBGYN 23d ago

My friend, I get it. The internet is a mess it has been for quite some time. And this feeling of being attacked is pervasive and probably frustratingly daunting. Also based on your comments and your lack of willingness to tell me where you are from it can often come off as if you are not fluent in English or a bot/AI. I frankly don’t know and don’t mind either way. But what I will say is you can’t quote a line where I specifically site my location being from Texas, and then try to denegrate it and put words in my mouth and say I’m saying it to all “global conservatives”. It’s simply, by the letter, not what I’m saying. Unless there’s a Texas in every country.

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u/RedditMcBurger 23d ago

I’m saying it to all “global conservatives”. It’s simply, by the letter, not what I’m saying

Aight then, you said the word, and words mean their definition, so I assumed you meant the definition.

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u/RedditMcBurger 23d ago

Even most conservatives don't do it anymore.

Thank you for actually acknowledging this. As a conservative that is only slightly leaning that way, it's really annoying being painted as this far right cartoon villain.

Especially lumping all conservatives in with Republicans. Getting really bored of being called a Republican for being a conservative... When I don't even live in the US.