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      he’s just banking on the fact that his supporters are incredibly stupid.

      Well…

      Morons And Genuine Assholes.

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      He is, and they are.

      But they’re also conspiracy theorists, and trump controls all aspects of the government.

      There’s no “deep state” left to blame, and they love hating the establishment more than they love trump or anyone else.

      He’s not going to get them to stop caring about this. And he’s not going to react well to them not doing what he wants

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            They have no problem being inconsistent.

            They’re convinced Democrats were drinking the blood of babies but have ignored Trump’s Epstein friendship, his comments about young girls and his own daughter, as well as a recording of him bragging about sexually assaulting women since the first election. They have no problem dismissing things that would otherwise confirm a Democrat would have been better.

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            Did we mention his supporters are unbelievably stupid?

            They want someone to ‘drain the swamp’ of corruption: they choose the guy who worked a lot with the mob in New York, and showers dictators with praise, while breaking the Constitution’s emoluments clause and repeatedly committing open corruption.

            They want someone to get to the bottom of the child abuse scandal surrounding Epstein: they choose his literal best friend who has been credibly accused of rape by multiple parties.

            They want a Christian to lead the country to rebuild on the faith: they choose a three time adulterer who cheated on his current wife with a porn star and made payments to keep her quiet.

            This is just the tip of the iceberg and it’s all public knowledge.

            They are dumb as rocks.

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        I think its more about fox media and other republicans wanting Trump to fail, as they will need to emigrate if Trumpet stays in

        I doubt Trampers care

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        If you’re going to rely on conspiracy theorists seeking to expose deep state pedophiles to sweep you into power, don’t be a deep state pedophile. You’d think this should be obvious, but apparently not.

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        That’s the neat thing, though, since the “deep state” doesn’t actually exist, it can be whatever you need it to be. Control all the government? The “deep state” is a secret unelected shadow government of liberal activist judges, state and city communist-socialists, and paid George Soros false flag BLM DEI protest rioters.

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      Fear. Uncertainty. Doubt. Flood the zone.

      I’m honestly surprised he seemed to forget his strategy that got him this far for a second. It’s like an advisor had to sit him down and go, “Donald…just lie”.

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      This is exactly it. The owner class thinks everyone below them is dumb as fucking rocks. They think they’re the smart ones for extracting value from people, even if they’re not terribly good at actually doing things like making money or doing business or anything like that.

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        Yup they’ve been huffing that “meritocracy” paint thinner for too long, a term which used to be sarcastic but everyone seems to have forgotten that part…

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    I’m no Trump supporter but it’d be crazy to dismiss this theory. It’d be so easy.

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    Downvote every post and article that begins with ‘Trump says’ or ‘Trump claims.’

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      The best part is that he’s making a fool of himself. Usually you’d need to add context to expose someone’s lies but with Trump, all you need to do is just cite what he said

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    “I don’t even know what they’re talking about,” the president said. “Now, somebody could have written a letter and used my name, but that’s happened a lot.”

    helpfully

    You could help clear your name by making a deposition under oath that you did not write the letter. Of course, if it turns out that, in fact, you lied in that situation, you’d be subject to perjury charges, but if you honestly believe that, it would be a way of making a more-credible statement.

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      He is 100,000,000% willing to commit perjury.

      It’s his lawyers that are his problem. They know he commits the crimes because he can’t keep his fucking mouth shut, so they won’t let him take the stand because they can’t knowingly allow a client to commit perjury.

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    Many people wrote letters which were compiled into a book for Epstein. Wouldn’t it be funny if only Trump, who was a good friend of Epstein at the time, denied writing one? Do you think it is plausible that only Trump’s was faked by his good friend?

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    Where are we on this one?

    • That didn’t happen
    • And if it did, it wasn’t that bad
    • And if it was, that’s not a big deal
    • And if it is, that’s not my fault <— I’m guessing here
    • And if it was, I didn’t mean it
    • And if I did, you deserved it
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      I think he’s just going for the good old “it wasn’t me” joker

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        Ah, the good old shaggy defence.
        🎵"They caught me grifting, it wasn’t me. I had to go bankrupt, it wasn’t me. They saw me raping, it wasn’t me. They filmed a piss tape, it wasn’t me.🎶

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      And if I did, you deserved it

      Didn’t he sort of skip all the way to this point back in 2006 at Howard Stern’s when he set his minimum age for girls to have sex with at zero, sorry, thirteen…?

      “Do you think you could now be banging 24-year-olds,” Stern asked in the 2006 interview.

      “Oh, absolutely,” Trump responded “I have no trouble.”

      “Would you do it” Stern clarified.

      “I have no problem,” the future president said.

      Stern’s co-host Robin Quivers then asked, “do you have an age limit or would you…”

      “If I- No, no, I have no age–. I mean, I have an age li…” Trump replied.

      Then, when asked to provide his “upper bracket,” Trump said, “I don’t want to be like Congressman Foley, with, you know, 12-year-olds.”