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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Actually this is pretty upsetting, because we know he wants to distract everyone, and we know he has essentially unlimited authority with the corrupt SCOTUS in his corner and the GOP majority in congress. We know that he is a sociopath, and does not give a shit about literally anyone or anything except himself.

So what would an all-powerful narcissist do to distract the public from his crimes? Or, better question, what wouldn't he do?

[–] womjunru@lemmy.cafe 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Well he tried to start a war with Iran, but nobody wanted that and he got bored

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 5 points 4 days ago

seriously. military ads went way up for months from like febuary to may or so and then disappeared. they wanted to do something im sure of it.

[–] griff 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

& it only cost 7 BILLION dollars for that stunt

[–] womjunru@lemmy.cafe 2 points 4 days ago

What a bargain!

/s

[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What I'd like to know if how he is currently getting his supply of 14-year-old girls. It's not like he was suddenly reformed the day Epstein was arrested.

[–] griff 3 points 4 days ago

doesn’t Laura Lunar reside somewhere near the White House now?

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

And we almost missed this large tidbit: how Epstein invested $40 million with JD Vance’s sugardaddy/weirdo who is unsure if humanity should survive, Peter Thiel. Who else invested with Epstein besides Les Wexner and Leon Black? Inquiring minds want to know! Also, why did RFK Jr. fly on his plane, because the excuse that he just happened to hang out with a lot of pedophiles does not really cut it.

Hmmmmmm

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Trump & Epstein diddled kids.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Please let it be this that brings him down.

Not that I’m picky.

[–] griff 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

What do you know, the treasonous lech who is somehow president, Donald J. Trump, is not having much luck convincing the world to ignore his Jeffrey Epstein forbidden files of mystery. Why is everybody so interested in an allegedly multinational secretive little-girl-sex-abusing cabal of billionaires, so boring! He’s only been whipping his followers up about it for years.

The Epstein Files drama seems to have not affected Trump’s already low approval rating one way or the other, and among self-identified conservatives his approval is actually UP a couple of points. True cultists have doubled down, because in a cult there’s only do that or admit you were wrong and leave, and they’re as stubborn as they are stupid.

But a lot of questions still linger!