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Ms. Toad

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11. But he didn't do a fraction of what he yammered about on the campaign trail for the last 8 years -

Reply to kerouac2 (Reply #7)

Sun Feb 2, 2025, 10:24 PM

Feb 2

even when he was president.

And - left on his own he would be completely incompetent to carry it out now.

What has changed is that the power behind the throne (who used both the idiot in chief, and his adoring crowd to get him elected) have had 8 years (4 with direct access to the wheels of government) to figure out how to use him to accomplish it.

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Layoff Tsunami Warning! LOTS of layoffs in US due to TRUMP TAX tariffs imminent [View all] IrishBubbaLiberal Feb 2 OP

So stupid, so many with the didn't think he would do what he said... kerouac2 Feb 2 #1

Cooper is not a Trumper,,,, his BlueSky stuff is good IrishBubbaLiberal Feb 2 #4

Yep kerouac2 Feb 2 #7

But he didn't do a fraction of what he yammered about on the campaign trail for the last 8 years - Ms. Toad Feb 2 #11

Amazing how STUPID so many American are. IrishBubbaLiberal Feb 2 #12

it was either that or vote for a hysterical DEI black woman Takket Feb 2 #9

Canada govt's LIST of US products to be hit with retaliatory tariffs due to Trump idiocy is MASSIVE IrishBubbaLiberal Feb 2 #2

He might want to set up some leopard security measures, too. tanyev Feb 2 #3

Do they pick and chose what they want to believe from him, what suits their personal agenda. SammyWinstonJack Feb 2 #5

'I Don't Care About You. I Just Want Your Vote' Norrrm Feb 2 #6

i wrote this on another site today............ Takket Feb 2 #8

Well, to be fair, last time he didn't - because he was too stupid at governmenting to accomplish it. Ms. Toad Feb 2 #10