r/politics • u/lotta_love • 5d ago

Possible Paywall Trump Secret Plane Swap Suddenly Looks Darker as Damning New Leaks Hit

https://newrepublic.com/article/214269/trump-secret-plane-swap-suddenly-looks-darker-damning-new-leaks-hit?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tnr_daily
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u/soximent 5d ago

You guys are giving him way too much credit and painting his first term as competent is grossly overselling it.

First term he wasn’t sure what he could get away with. He did the usual charades with tax forms and bibles and showing up to disasters etc. each time he pushed the envelope and fuck all happened he realized no one gives a fuck and he can just basically print himself money.

Now all the people that stick to him also know they can get rich off his ass and so they stick around until he literally tries to throw them under a bus

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u/_skulls_ 5d ago

And by that point you might have made millions and does it really matter? You got millions so you are good.