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applegrove

(130,210 posts) Sat Dec 13, 2025, 11:33 AM Dec 13

Exchange of the Day

Exchange of the Day

December 12, 2025 at 9:34 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 255 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/12/12/exchange-of-the-day-378/

President Trump took questions from reporters:

REPORTER: What is your message to the 24 million Americans who will see their insurance premiums go up?

TRUMP: You make it sound so bad. Obviously you are a sycophant for Democrats, you are obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.

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Exchange of the Day (Original Post) applegrove Dec 13 OP

Emotion-accusation-logic makes it seem so true to him. bucolic_frolic Dec 13 #1

Oh, he learned a new word, sycophant. It's one he should know. Walleye Dec 13 #2

I doubt that he could tell us the definition. He just knows that it's an insult he can add to his repertoire. littlemissmartypants Dec 13 #5

How would you like... lame54 Dec 13 #3

Trump provides bad news for the whole country. Qutzupalotl Dec 13 #4

The only things not "up" are Trump's popularity and his, you know. twodogsbarking Dec 13 #6

Wow, I scrolled through the referenced Twitter thread and... Pluvious Dec 13 #7

Re the last one, I haven't heard a single analyst, pundit, journalist, or official say that the gop wiggs Dec 13 #8

bucolic_frolic

(53,991 posts)

1. Emotion-accusation-logic makes it seem so true to him.

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Sat Dec 13, 2025, 11:43 AM

Dec 13

Walleye

(43,799 posts)

2. Oh, he learned a new word, sycophant. It's one he should know.

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Sat Dec 13, 2025, 11:45 AM

Dec 13

littlemissmartypants

(31,607 posts)

5. I doubt that he could tell us the definition. He just knows that it's an insult he can add to his repertoire.

Reply to Walleye (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 13, 2025, 02:10 PM

Dec 13

lame54

(39,205 posts)

3. How would you like...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Dec 13, 2025, 11:48 AM

Dec 13

The American people to thank you for raising their health insurance oremiums?

Qutzupalotl

(15,659 posts)

4. Trump provides bad news for the whole country.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Dec 13, 2025, 12:28 PM

Dec 13

Democrats and reporters just point it out.

twodogsbarking

(17,569 posts)

6. The only things not "up" are Trump's popularity and his, you know.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Dec 13, 2025, 02:17 PM

Dec 13

Pluvious

(5,239 posts)

7. Wow, I scrolled through the referenced Twitter thread and...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Dec 13, 2025, 04:02 PM

Dec 13

... couldn't find one single Cult post, it's ALL unhappy and snarky replies

A small sample:

Link to tweet

wiggs

(8,667 posts)

8. Re the last one, I haven't heard a single analyst, pundit, journalist, or official say that the gop

Reply to Pluvious (Reply #7)

Sat Dec 13, 2025, 04:51 PM

Dec 13

made demands and cuts that would have otherwise resulted in a healthier, cheaper pool of insured. And I've only heard once that ACA is actually a gop thinktank and gop state diea. gop mouthpieces of course say that the ACA was broken as a concept from the beginning and it's the fault of dems...and 90% of the time it goes unchallenged.

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