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Miles Archer

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12. Part of the problem is that Trump...and the Republicans...have no stake in this, nothing to lose personally

Reply to Bayard (Reply #10)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 12:17 AM

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Although I have seen more than a few "Draft Barron Trump" posts on social media.

But most of the Republicans cheering Trump on don't have sons and daughters in uniform that Trump will feed into the wood chipper.

It's "someone else's problem," "someone else's children" who will go fight Trump's "Let's Not Talk About Epstein" war.

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