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jmowreader

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9. "What could go wrong?" A LOT!

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2026, 05:19 PM

Sunday

The picture Trump is posting on his website shows a fleet of General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper UAVs.

Folks, an MQ-9 is bigger than a lot of private planes and it weighs a heck of a lot more, even when it’s empty. Those aircraft need 5000 feet of runway.

5000 feet south of where the north end of Trump’s ballroom supposedly will be is the Tidal Basin.

There are two options here.

Option 1, the least likely one: this ballroom is going to be way bigger than Trump’s letting on.
Option 2, the almost certain one: our psychotic president has way too much time on his hands.