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Gaugamela

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17. How do you recruit someone to throw their life away for Donald Trump?
Mon May 11, 2026, 10:01 AM
Yesterday

Sure there are undoubtedly a few people out there who are crazy enough to do it, but you would have to interview and screen an awful lot of people to find them. Someone is going to spill the beans. The only way to do it secretly would be through MK-ULTRA type techniques, which is getting into some pretty fringe conspiracy theory thinking.

I think the attempts are real, it’s how the administration handles it afterwards that’s fake. They seem to have plans already drawn up for such events. I guess it’s possible that the lax security is a way to invite would-be assassins, but Trump is way too much of a coward to let some 20 year old shoot high-powered rifle bullets passed his head. And lax security could also enable a much more competent shooter.

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Who was incompetent? The Butler, Door Dash Grandma, or a guy with empty shells? bucolic_frolic Yesterday #1
Remember the acronym from the time following 9/11? LIHOP? EYESORE 9001 Yesterday #2
When is Cole Allen going to expose the whole thing? At trial? MichMan Yesterday #3
I would argue they are trying to set that up by placing him on an unjustified suicide watch including isolation. Ford_Prefect Yesterday #11
Real or not, I have compassion for the young person who fell for this mess. efhmc Yesterday #19
They knew he was coming well in advance. He took a long train from the coast and travelingthrulife Yesterday #15
As a gmother of two young men in this age group, I so want to help him. I hope he has a loving, well grounded person to efhmc Yesterday #20
Sarah Longwell of the Bulwark talked about this tishaLA Yesterday #4
Honestly given how they have happened I wouldn't be surprised. cstanleytech Yesterday #5
;-{) ....... Goonch Yesterday #6
That is hilarious! Ray Bruns Yesterday #7
Isn't it obvious by now that EVERYTHING about Dump is fake? Blue Owl Yesterday #8
Yup Botany Yesterday #10
Instead of finding common ground and bipartisan consensus in the center... Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #9
Given that the majority of his assertions are objectively false, Torchlight Yesterday #12
Or the plaque he had put up on his golf course in VA to honor a battle that never happened. Botany Yesterday #14
Hope you are right. efhmc Yesterday #18
It's all about the image, the show, for trump... Wounded Bear Yesterday #13
How else would ALL Republicans be sending the same text about the need for travelingthrulife Yesterday #16
How do you recruit someone to throw their life away for Donald Trump? Gaugamela Yesterday #17
Totally Fake, unlikely. Totally manipulated, definitely. ThreeNoSeep Yesterday #21
It's not whether the attempts were fake or not GenThePerservering Yesterday #22
AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve Yesterday #23
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