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allegorical oracle

(6,187 posts)
1. Also believe he's harboring outrage that it was a Venezuelan woman who was
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 10:29 AM
Sunday

awarded "his" Nobel Peace Prize. He's all about revenge.

usonian

(23,577 posts)
2. Revenge is only his "how". The Trump-Epstein sex, blackmail and money laundering empire is his entire fortune and being.
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 10:34 AM
Sunday

You don't buy loyalty with revenge. In fact, he betrays everyone near him and/or who trusts him.
The blackmail is how he gets away with it and how people accept it.

PICK ANY FIVE.

ms liberty

(10,974 posts)
3. It should not escape us that Jack Smith's deposition was just released, getting attention, and was quite damning to him
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 10:58 AM
Sunday

I think we had a confluence of issues he wanted to draw attention away from: Epstein, the Jack Smith deposition, the failing economy, and very importantly, his dementia.
I also think his every decision is being fed to him via manipulation by his keepers. This all stinks of his cabal of little psychopaths.

Diraven

(1,826 posts)
6. This is it
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 11:32 AM
Sunday

I doubt we're going to ever see the remaining Epstein files. The news cycle has moved on - mission accomplished.

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