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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump and his botched reflecting pool "fix" are now an official laughing stock!
And by his own words, George Washington and Abe Lincoln are affronted! I did not have this mess on my Trump Bingo card!
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Trump and his botched reflecting pool "fix" are now an official laughing stock! (Original Post)
yellowcanine
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C_U_L8R
(49,616 posts)1. Republicans used to be against wasteful spending
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Now they're just frightened of Trump. So pathetic.
gab13by13
(33,039 posts)2. Define wasteful spending
They have always been for wasteful spending on the military, and any money for the poor they called wasteful spending.
C_U_L8R
(49,616 posts)3. Not saying they actually were
but that's the type of bullshit they'd get on a soapbox about. Same with Law and Order. Now they're just complicit and compliant.
mopinko
(74,194 posts)4. it's just too perfect a metaphor.
its funny the things that stick to politicians. but this was stupid from the start.
Vinca
(54,524 posts)5. Guess it's better than hundreds of thousands of dead Americans like last time, but that's about the only positive
thing you can say about it. Plus, we're not even halfway through this nightmare so bodies are still on the table.