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Raven123

(6,517 posts)
11. Of course not. Trump isn't running the country. His minions are. Trump is the distraction
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 09:35 AM
Mar 27

This is not to suggest his orders and decrees aren’t harmful, but I believe they aren’t his. They are coming from Project 2025 and he is the front man. He is just too cognitively incompetent to know it. They are working around him.

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Oh for fuck sake's.............. Lovie777 Mar 27 #1
If he's "the smartest man in world". RazorbackExpat Mar 27 #7
Where's Elon..surely he's got the latest info.. BattleRow Mar 27 #23
Too busy GusBob Mar 27 #2
"Trump Says..." littlemissmartypants Mar 27 #3
Well ... this seems like a story where there's a lot more than meets the eye. Scrivener7 Mar 27 #4
I'm reading it differently. Shipwack Mar 27 #6
"but said the search for the soldiers was underway." That indicates the soldiers weren't with the vehicle, Scrivener7 Mar 27 #8
It's a goofy cover story Prairie Gates Mar 27 #14
Maybe we could find out if we were Dr. Shepper Mar 27 #5
He skipped the briefing MissMillie Mar 27 #9
Like he gives a damn about a bunch of "Losers" and "Suckers" Ray Bruns Mar 27 #10
Of course not. Trump isn't running the country. His minions are. Trump is the distraction Raven123 Mar 27 #11
Sounds like his new 'go to' phrase for something he wants to ignore mdbl Mar 27 #12
"Sounds like his new 'go to' phrase for something he wants to ignore" BumRushDaShow Mar 27 #15
So, their vehicle sunk in a peet bog, but their bodies weren't in the vehicle??? Prairie Gates Mar 27 #13
Wi-Fi Ojerly Mar 27 #16
The M-88 Hercules is one vehicle you definitely don't want to crew through marshy terrain. Aristus Mar 27 #17
So disgustingly true. 🤬 mountain grammy Mar 27 #19
Whoa! Seriously? ananda Mar 27 #18
Apparently Putin LPBBEAR Mar 27 #20
Why would he have been briefed on something so trivial? AmericaUnderSiege Mar 27 #21
Guess either he's stopped 'Daily Briefings' or his Cabinet is too incompetent to produce them. sinkingfeeling Mar 27 #22
Wimpy takes question about dead missing troops he doesn't care about ffr Mar 27 #24
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