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indusurb

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6. He's got a point

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Wed Jun 10, 2026, 01:26 PM

17 hrs ago

People on the right and left have complained for over fifty years about the overreach of our intelligence operations, both at home and abroad. But rather than going in and cutting back with surgical precision, in typical Trump fashion he's opting to blow everything up

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Trump says 'people have wanted to downsize' intelligence community for a while' [View all] orangecrush 17 hrs ago OP

He's 100% right, people have wanted this Johnny2X2X 17 hrs ago #1

it adds up dweller 17 hrs ago #3

Along with... 2naSalit 17 hrs ago #5

Yep orangecrush 15 hrs ago #10

the reason for redundancy, is, of course, to keep hem honest. rampartd 17 hrs ago #2

He means MAGA. Trump says smart people don't like him Raven123 17 hrs ago #4

He's got a point indusurb 17 hrs ago #6

Did any reporter ask "what people"? LoisB 16 hrs ago #7

Of course not orangecrush 15 hrs ago #11

Let me guess, they're the same imaginary people Rob H. 16 hrs ago #8

Yeah "those people" orangecrush 15 hrs ago #12

Because Donny lacks intelligence Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 16 hrs ago #9