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liberal N proud

(60,334 posts)
1. The trumpkins are all wondering why he backed down
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 09:35 PM
Jun 2019

They think we should attack attack and attack even though it will be their children and grandchildren who will fight this war.

Arkansas Granny

(31,515 posts)
3. Naw. He'll come up with some clock and bull story to blame someone else
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 09:46 PM
Jun 2019

so he can play on their anger. His rally attendees get some kind of adrenaline rush from the anger. It's addictive.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
4. As long as he satisfies them with plans to deport immigrants, he'll be OK. Truthfully, I would not
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 09:54 PM
Jun 2019

want trump to bomb innocent people just because his ignorant white wing supporters want him to.

5. He'll just promise to build a wall around Iran.
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 10:01 PM
Jun 2019

Whenever they hear the word "wall," the deplorables start salivating like Pavlov's dogs. The only thing that makes their dicks (or nipples) harder are the words, "Lock her up!"

underpants

(182,773 posts)
6. No. You have to realize they live in a different world
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 10:19 PM
Jun 2019

They have almost no idea what's going on...other than they are victims.

struggle4progress

(118,280 posts)
7. His fan base is quite skilled at picking what they will hear and remember
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 10:34 PM
Jun 2019

That helps them control the otherwise unsettling cognitive dissonance that would otherwise result from listening carefully to three consecutive minutes of his erratic blather

Liberal In Texas

(13,548 posts)
8. Naw...he could do anything, and I mean anything, and they'd be with him.
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 10:43 PM
Jun 2019

Reminds me of David Koresh and the Waco cult. Or the cult around Jim Jones. Or the cult that swept a nation in the '30s....the Nazis.

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