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Glenn Kirschner (on Psaki's show) just made a remark about Trmp's empty threats to have people jailed ...
Trmp has always threatened to have people arrested, indicted, jailed, even executed, when he doesn't have the ability/authority to have that done. So Kirschner compared him to a paper tiger.
Our respected colleague William Shakespeare had something to say about this (among many other things) in one of his plays ...
GLENDOWER
I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
HOTSPUR
Why, so can I, or so can any man;
But will they come when you do call for them?
Henry IV, part 1 | Act 3, Scene 1
I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
HOTSPUR
Why, so can I, or so can any man;
But will they come when you do call for them?
Henry IV, part 1 | Act 3, Scene 1
Knowledgeable people have long known that the empty wagon makes the loudest noise.
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