Trumpite Americans, when will you finally acknowledge your leader is a joke?

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  1. Bailey

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  2. Bailey

    Bailey It's always Christmas Eve Super Moderator

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    Also put out from Pence's official account: https://t.co/KQ7KfApk5w?amp=1

    I can't even figure out any potential legit reason for putting that image in there other than the obvious.
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  4. Ten Lubak

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    Sorry what does an upside down red triangle mean?
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    Oh wow, looked it up - Nazis!

    jeez
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    If you were sent to the concentration camps for being a dissenter you were made to wear a red triangle.
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    Yes. More generally, it was the symbol the Nazis used for political opposition, including democrats, socialists, communists, antifa, and religious groups that didn't support the regime.

    Which is why I'm asking if a red triangle pointing downwards means something else in the US, because I still have trouble accepting that Trump blatantly used a symbol that meant nothing to anyone who didn't use Nazi symbolism.
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    I’d never heard of it until now.
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    Triforce?
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    John Bolton is obviously a hypocrite for not doing more while he was in Trump's cabinet, and he is a major war criminal. But if these assholes want to rip each other apart, that's fine by me.
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    All I can say is that if Trump is explicitly campaigning against anti-fascists, then he must be in favour of fascists.

    Not that that's news...
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    Bolton apparently also alleged that Trump defended Saudi Arabia over the Kashoggi murder in part to distract from allegations about Ivanka using a private email server for government business (given the awkwardness over having slammed Hilary for the same thing). Walter Schaub, former White House ethics chief, has revealed some emails also showing that Ivanka was using email to discuss government business (including referring to a White House official as HER Chief of Staff) PRIOR to her being officially appointed as a government employee.

    https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/en...a-trump_n_5eeaceddc5b67b92ff2d260c?ri18n=true

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    This happened with Comey too - Trump accused him of leaking. If he was making shit up, call him a liar. You can't leak unless it's true.
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  18. We Are Borg

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    I don't have a lot of use for former Trump officials who "tell all" after they've left office.

    Cowards.

    Stand up and do the right thing when it counts.

    Not when you can make a few bucks.

    (Still doesn't alter my opinion of Trump, and I doubt Bolton's book will change anyone's mind anyway.)
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  19. Amaris

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    This seems bad.

    Trump campaign runs ads with marking once used by Nazis to designate political prisoners
    Source: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Trump-campaign-runs-ads-with-marking-once-used-by-15349154.php
    FB Page of Team Trump (his official campaign FB page): https://www.facebook.com/1771156219...-our-streets-and-causing-ab/2674044392885101/

    The Trump Make America Great Again Committee is a joint partnership between the Donald Trump campaign and the RNC:

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    Source: https://donate.donaldjtrump.com/lets-keep-fighting

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    Get ready to hear it was all a brilliant troll because the lamestream media has gone hysterical with another Trump/Nazi comparison. :marathon:
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    Seems we're well down the rabbit hole.
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  22. oldfella1962

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    hmmm.....big red triangle? Frat-boy code for the carpet matches the drapes? :flow:
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    Excerpts from Bolton's book. I've copied the NYTimes article if you don't have access. It's worth a read. Gives his excuse for not testifying before the house.

    And here's the WAPO review:

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    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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  28. We Are Borg

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    What a paper-thin excuse. He's a coward and money-grubber.
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    Eait, there were 88 of them? Very hard to believe in any kind of a coincidence.
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