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10. "(Trump) said he has ordered the U.S. Navy "to shoot and kill any boat"
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 12:04 PM
Thursday

"Shoot to kill." What better describes Trump?

His entire life's raison d'etre is violence. At an early age picking on very young children, his fascination with knives that got him sent to military school where he was again a bully, to his love of wrestling and boxing, to his security guards beating up protestors in front of Trump Tower, to his cheating contractors and gloating over getting away with it, cheating on his fake "university,' cheating on funds he promised to veterans and kids with cancer, to his accusations and convictions for rape (rape is about power and violence, not sex) his wishes to cops to go rogue:

"When you see these towns and when you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon, you just see them thrown in, rough. I said, please don't be too nice. Like when you guys put somebody in the car and you're protecting their head, you know, the way you put their hand over, like, don't hit their head and they've just killed somebody - don't hit their head. I said, you can take the hand away, okay?" - Trump to police officers, Suffolk County Community College, 28 July 2017.

(NB: The crowd of police officers erupted in cheers.)

"I think this is important for people to understand. I'm worried that (Trump's) going to become addicted, or he is becoming addicted, to war. Because he gets off on it. ...To be frightening millions of people is intoxicating to him. To show how powerful he is is intoxicating to him. To destroy things is intoxicating to him." - Former John Hopkins professor, Dr. John Gartner discussing Trump's "rapidly declining" mental state, 06 April 2026

Trump's addiction to violence stems from his malignant narcissism.

"The thing that people need to understand about malignant narcissists is that they get more pleasure from this, which is the sadism from feeling powerful by harming and destroying and degrading other people and institutions." - Gartner.

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They are dealing with a shipping channel that is really only 2 miles wide Walleye Thursday #1
More like 24 miles wide at its narrowest point. NM Grins Thursday #11
Yes, but they can't run ships through it except in the channel Walleye Thursday #14
Actually ships normally stay in the channel but it is deep enough almost all the way across EX500rider Thursday #16
That's interesting, I didn't know that Walleye Thursday #19
At last a military mind takes command! bluedigger Thursday #2
Commodore Bozo. C_U_L8R Thursday #3
Has anyone informed the navy they are supposed to be doing this? Ray Bruns Thursday #4
I'm guessing that's why the secretary of the navy got fired. tanyev Thursday #8
The question that should be asked. Sneederbunk Thursday #5
Do we even have any mine sweepers Miguelito Loveless Thursday #6
Bwhahhahahaha....kill a boat? Bengus81 Thursday #7
DO NOT FORGET! Iran is laying mines because Trump and Epstein were laying minors. usonian Thursday #9
"(Trump) said he has ordered the U.S. Navy "to shoot and kill any boat" Grins Thursday #10
I wonder how many people have died because the "Shit 6" are christo-fascists wolfie001 Thursday #12
What's the depth of the straits Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Thursday #13
Iranian's are using small craft for this, their larger craft got sunk or would be if at sea EX500rider Thursday #17
Response from the commander of the Iranian Navy jmowreader Thursday #15
Whose boat is this anyway? Memory Lane. Hurricane Don. twodogsbarking Thursday #18
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