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Doodley

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103. The only grain of truth there is that a spoilt three-year-old has a tantrum when he doesn't get what he wants
Mon Apr 20, 2026, 02:57 AM
21 hrs ago

and if he does then get what he wants, it becomes learned behavior.

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No, that is the real him. twodogsbarking Sunday #1
Trump is and has always been unstable and insulting. Which brilliant aide came up with this "strategy?" Vinca Sunday #2
I don't know, but that is exactly what it is. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Sunday #3
he's decompensating and barbtries Sunday #32
It's 24th dimensional chess, don't ya know. travelingthrulife Sunday #56
He doesn't do this with Russia or Israel. He knows better. LeftInTX Sunday #66
Acting? Chasstev365 Sunday #4
Mafiadon thinks he's still in The damn Apprentice bs. Justice matters. Sunday #35
shithole has always been a jerk bully................... Lovie777 Sunday #5
Nonsense MissouriDem47 Sunday #6
Horsesh*t EarthFirst Sunday #7
Just more sane-washing bullshit. FalloutShelter Sunday #22
Easter F bomb Whip-poor-will Sunday #8
This is just a cover story to hide the fact he is insane. Irish_Dem Sunday #9
"Aides" Like "Sir" with tears in their eyes... Justice matters. Sunday #37
that is my take... also he may well have had some notion for this strategy but he's still also fucking insane and LymphocyteLover Sunday #39
Yes even if he did use this as a strategy it is still INSANE. Irish_Dem Sunday #88
He is trying to mimic Mel Gibson's character in the "Lethal Weapon" movies. John1956PA Sunday #92
+100000000000000000000000 chia Sunday #87
Kinda like Vincent "the Chin" Gigante displacedvermoter Sunday #10
Appropriating Nixon's MO for Vietnam "strategy". no_hypocrisy Sunday #11
+1 dalton99a Sunday #19
The reptilian part of Trump's brain works fine Deminpenn Sunday #12
"Unorthodox tactics"? give me a fucking break. Walleye Sunday #13
How could you tell? Wonder Why Sunday #14
He is coming across as insane. Baitball Blogger Sunday #15
Can't control himself.. BattleRow Sunday #36
So are his bowels... displacedvermoter Sunday #55
I have read that your gut is your second brain.. BattleRow Sunday #59
They call something a "Gut Instinct" for a reason displacedvermoter Sunday #64
and what's his excuse for everything else? nt Javaman Sunday #16
So his strategy for his disaster of a vanity war is he's insane? agingdem Sunday #17
;-{) THE DARK TRIAD Goonch Sunday #18
Raskin is trying to form committee to assess his mental status. travelingthrulife Sunday #62
He's in Dark Tetrad territory. YodaMom2 Sunday #81
"I meant to do that" ToxMarz Sunday #20
lol. BootinUp Sunday #38
A fool seldom has a chance of a master stroke of genius - in the case of this Asshat NEVER. NoMoreRepugs Sunday #21
Raping young girls is also unstable and insulting, and a felony. twodogsbarking Sunday #23
Or older females. BattleRow Sunday #31
Same with highly classified TOP-SECRET military documents stored in... Justice matters. Sunday #40
Oh, it's many dimensional chess diplomacy, Yonnie3 Sunday #24
Art of the deal IronLionZion Sunday #25
A book he didn't write and probably never read ... FakeNoose Sunday #51
Trump doesn't have to pretend... Escape Sunday #26
It is no act. He has always been crazy psychopath who is a megalomaniac. Botany Sunday #27
I think you meant to say "hadn't bought his way out". llmart Sunday #69
Thanx! Botany Sunday #72
This must be a new form of mansplaining delisen Sunday #28
His strategy is to make them die laughing. twodogsbarking Sunday #29
Welcome to the Spin Zone. Nt BootinUp Sunday #30
I don't think this will fool or bother the Iranians. mwb970 Sunday #33
What a pile of horse manure. xuplate Sunday #34
Which explains the posts this morning about knocking out their niyad Sunday #41
Sure, dude, sure. mwmisses4289 Sunday #42
He didn't say it...you don't understand it...he was joking... underpants Sunday #48
Oh, bullshit. Unstable and insulting is all he knows; that's who and what he is. Ocelot II Sunday #43
Senator Raskin is moving forward with a commission to assess his mental health. travelingthrulife Sunday #60
Well, to be fair, I've never seen him do this Russia or Israel... LeftInTX Sunday #73
He's a bully as well as being insane. Ocelot II Sunday #75
Bullshit Stpaoulboy Sunday #44
"Tipping his hand now?" NorCalBlue Sunday #45
;-{) TRUMP ADOPTS STRATEGY OF INTENTIONALLY ACTING UNSTABLE Goonch Sunday #46
What a load of shit Bristlecone Sunday #47
That's how he has gone through life... Wounded Bear Sunday #49
I'm reminded, as I often am, of an old Doonesbury cartoon... malthaussen Sunday #50
It took Cheung and Miller six weeks to come up with THIS? Prairie Gates Sunday #52
Cheung is a certifiable, foaming-at-the-mouth loon BumRushDaShow Sunday #58
Horse shit. travelingthrulife Sunday #53
Oh bullshit he's trying to rehab his image after Mr. Mustard 2023 Sunday #54
That's also his "excuse" to dismiss his war "criminal INTENT" to shield himself Justice matters. Sunday #63
This message was self-deleted by its author Ponietz Sunday #57
I've heard the media testing this excuse lately, likening it to Nixon and North Vietnam PSPS Sunday #61
Seriously! He thinks we're all dumb enough to believe those comments and other inflammatory statements Fla Dem Sunday #65
The lies and the lying liars behind the truth of incompetence. 58Sunliner Sunday #67
"I Call It The Weave" 2na fisherman Sunday #68
Astute observation.Re: Weave BattleRow Sunday #85
Just like there was no plan for the war to begin with this idea that his posts were intentionally strategic... Hugin Sunday #70
no!!! STOP THE WAR THAT U STARTED AllaN01Bear Sunday #71
Ya, right! BlueWavePsych Sunday #74
What an 18-wheeler load of UTTER BULLSHIT! 3catwoman3 Sunday #76
The other "Trump" card that might bring leaders to the table: hay rick Sunday #77
"adopted a strategy" Talitha Sunday #78
Well, this is just piling onto what's been said above chowmama Sunday #79
So he's not crazy, he's just stupid. YodaMom2 Sunday #80
Sure, Jan. City Lights Sunday #82
That's because he has no clue how to negotiate. Karma13612 Sunday #83
So I guess this is GOP's Schrodinger's Asshole gambit GenThePerservering Sunday #84
Oh fuck that Figarosmom Sunday #86
"I was just kidding, guys!!" Grokenstein Sunday #89
That headline makes zero sense. ananda Sunday #90
If you believe that, I happen to have a certain Strait for sale... jeffreyi Sunday #91
Hide the ball Nasruddin Sunday #93
Sane-washing a psychopath thought crime Sunday #94
BULL$H!T!! maspaha Sunday #95
Considering that he's ALWAYS been unstable and insulting, that shit don't fly here. Karasu Sunday #96
Bull... ruet Sunday #97
Like that's not just as bad as Trump *unintentionally* acting BSC toward Iran? 50 Shades Of Blue Sunday #98
Crazy like a fox! ... with rabies and dementia. Qutzupalotl Sunday #99
100% BS!!!!! BigmanPigman 23 hrs ago #100
"It was an act, on purpose if perhaps in error" is pathetic spin... He's a fucking psycho. RockRaven 23 hrs ago #101
Ludicrous sanewashing. If this was true and just a strategy, then they wouldn't announce it ffs unblock 23 hrs ago #102
The only grain of truth there is that a spoilt three-year-old has a tantrum when he doesn't get what he wants Doodley 21 hrs ago #103
12 dimensional checkers Mz Pip 21 hrs ago #104
In other news, water is wet. IzzaNuDay 10 hrs ago #105
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