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Mad_Machine76

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3. It could have been worse

Reply to fightforfreedom (Original post)

Mon Sep 12, 2022, 10:06 AM

Sep 2022

but if he sat around and watched everything unfolding and not lifting a finger to do anything (which all evidence currently indicates) or actively inhibited a response (which is also suggested in regards to National Guard deployment), then, as POTUS, he still was negligent in fulfilling his responsibilities and should be held accountable accordingly for what DID happen IMHO.

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For 187 minutes, Trump had the luck of the Devil. [View all] fightforfreedom Sep 2022 OP

I'm certain he was hoping for a massacre. Or else he would have done something Walleye Sep 2022 #1

A massacre and an uprising, to stop the proceedings. secondwind Sep 2022 #5

And martial law to declare himself emperor Walleye Sep 2022 #8

This was the end game. GreenWave Sep 2022 #11

And nobody thought to move him to a safer place... kentuck Sep 2022 #2

It could have been worse Mad_Machine76 Sep 2022 #3

Probably the best 187 minutes of his life Johnny2X2X Sep 2022 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author kentuck Sep 2022 #6

This is my guess about what Trump was thinking. fightforfreedom Sep 2022 #7

He didn't even give a shit about his own people. tanyev Sep 2022 #13

Rarely in my entire life have I had to endure such a vile, corrupt, disgusting person. Firestorm49 Sep 2022 #9

He is truly a freak accident of nature. fightforfreedom Sep 2022 #10

And this "Richard" head may have gotten away with attempted murder... GreenWave Sep 2022 #12