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Chasstev365

(7,442 posts)
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 08:39 AM Friday

The pure vanity of Donald J. Trump

ICE needed to get out of Minnesota because it "looked bad on TV."

A city terrorized with Gestapo like thugs all because Trump needed a scapegoat enemy to score political points with his hateful MAGA base, as opposed to a real immigration crisis, and Renee Good and Alex Pretti were murdered in cold blood, but "It looked bad on TV."

Not a place hot enough in hell for the Malignant Narcissist!

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The pure vanity of Donald J. Trump (Original Post) Chasstev365 Friday OP
I find it to be a contradiction. no_hypocrisy Friday #1
Unless WmChris Friday #2
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmaybeeeeeeeeeeeeeee . . . . . . no_hypocrisy Friday #4
Inside of black African being beaten up by ICE Johonny Friday #5
Remember when he was the "star" of a popular reality show "The Apprentice"? FakeNoose Friday #3

no_hypocrisy

(54,650 posts)
1. I find it to be a contradiction.
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 09:00 AM
Friday

I got the strong impression that Trump loved the brutality and the implication that ANYONE he disliked was going to be thrown violently into the back of a black SUV, that is, if they weren't shot dead first.

WmChris

(681 posts)
2. Unless
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 09:21 AM
Friday

He enjoys the show of brutality and excessive force right up to the point it effects his polling numbers.

no_hypocrisy

(54,650 posts)
4. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmaybeeeeeeeeeeeeeee . . . . . .
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 09:22 AM
Friday

You can't be a fascist authoritarian dictator and worry about poll numbers.
You worry about donations.

Johonny

(25,826 posts)
5. Inside of black African being beaten up by ICE
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 09:24 AM
Friday

Or killed, it was mostly white people. The plan was getting and harassing Somalian immigrants which he thought would look great on TV. Instead he got dead white people that he thinks looks bad on TV. Trump at his heart is a racist stupid asshole that thinks this is reality TV show. It's all about the ratings, I.E. his polls. He has to be the greatest.

FakeNoose

(40,946 posts)
3. Remember when he was the "star" of a popular reality show "The Apprentice"?
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 09:22 AM
Friday

In his mind, he's still starring in a reality show, but this one is called "The New West Wing."

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