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https://twitter.com/JGreenDC/status/802505591088414721
https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/802500216557604864
spanone
(135,816 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,300 posts)I mean, is that the best he can do - repeat what millions have been saying for hours?
malaise
(268,913 posts)That simple
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)if it bit him on the ass.
malaise
(268,913 posts)Ilsa
(61,694 posts)Decency or honesty.
It should at least buy honesty, and being a rich man from birth, he shouldn't cheat his contractors and subs since he already had wealth.
malaise
(268,913 posts)Ilsa
(61,694 posts)others to survive.
But it's a good question, and I think cheating and disregard for others is the core of the "Family Values" his parents passed on to him, possibly by demonstration.
Love my PM's statement.
no_hypocrisy
(46,080 posts)SidDithers
(44,228 posts)they had a friendship that spanned decades.
Sid
kentuck
(111,078 posts)You have no idea when to keep your mouth shut , or at least have something rational to say?
With one tweet, you have created the possibility of division for another fifty years.
Great diplomacy, Donald.
Moostache
(9,895 posts)Tweet: "Donald Trump is dead. Ding. Dong."
Greybnk48
(10,167 posts)sophisticated, educated, refined, compassionate, and kind. We will have Bozo the fucking Clown, unless there's a Christmas miracle! I'm an atheist and I'm hoping for one!
oberliner
(58,724 posts)I haven't seen one yet.
Archae
(46,317 posts)Castro was not "controversial."
He was a dictator, as bad as Batista.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)Does the fact Trump's reach hopefully exceeds his grasp obviate the comparison ?
We democratically elected a bad man. In light of that I am recalibrating my outrage meter.
tenderfoot
(8,426 posts)not at all surprising
KewlKat
(5,624 posts)how will we ever survive this political tsunami that hits on the 20th of Jan, 2017?
Was GW this bad?
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smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)So proud of our president-elect!
Grey Lemercier
(1,429 posts)and the USSR in Ukraine, the very same communist regime who propped up the murderous dictator Castro (who replaced a murderous RW dictator, Batista)
https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/802545459516542976
Sickening hypocrisy.
Trump is just a nazi thug, so fuck him too!