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Miles Archer

(22,838 posts)
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 10:35 AM Yesterday

REALLY let this one sink in. "...the country is at war and the president is leaving DC this afternoon for..."

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
the country is at war and the president is leaving DC this afternoon for a weekend at his private club in Florida that he'll spend with his paying customers
10:13 AM · Mar 13, 2026

the country is at war and the president is leaving DC this afternoon for a weekend at his private club in Florida that he'll spend with his paying customers

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-13T14:13:40.318Z
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REALLY let this one sink in. "...the country is at war and the president is leaving DC this afternoon for..." (Original Post) Miles Archer Yesterday OP
Including a dinner with MAGA Inc. members nitpicked Yesterday #1
How is this weekend different from any other? FakeNoose Yesterday #2
While would be "suckers and losers" die for his war of choice Grim Chieftain Yesterday #3
Beware the Ides of March. haele Yesterday #4
If only it was knives in the back BaronChocula Yesterday #28
Hmmm.... paleotn Yesterday #29
Well, the actual "inflated" secret-service apparatus around his mold hide is huge Justice matters. Yesterday #33
Security risk probably scales exponentially, so that may not be enough SS. paleotn 22 hrs ago #38
Especially as Palm Beach is a barrier island -- about 18 miles long and no wider at allegorical oracle 21 hrs ago #39
It's an outrage that so munch of the people's money is being spent on the Orange Hellbeast's security at Mar-a-Lago. ShazzieB 7 hrs ago #43
Will he be dancing? He is such a wonderful dancer. Better than Astaire! flashman13 Yesterday #5
Most people say... PuraVidaDreamin Yesterday #27
With tears in their eyes. 😂 GentryDixon Yesterday #37
In other news, water is wet. niyad Yesterday #6
Even worse - the country is in a war that he started! Initech Yesterday #7
He really should be less predictable and... littlemissmartypants Yesterday #8
You could measure it in dollars or crypto. ananda Yesterday #13
Actually, the country is not at war ScratchCat Yesterday #9
Says who he thinks the war is for, yes? Ford_Prefect Yesterday #10
Maybe Iran will take care of tRump BigmanPigman Yesterday #11
Mission accomplished xuplate Yesterday #12
Well, I sure hope there aren't any dignified transfers to interrupt his golf game. Vinca Yesterday #14
Meh, he'd probably just videotape something that the networks can play calimary 20 hrs ago #41
Cardio-Vascular disease, please work your magic. Norbert Yesterday #15
. irisblue Yesterday #16
As tempting it is to applaud that dflprincess Yesterday #21
Agent Orange is . . . peggysue2 Yesterday #17
Oh, how I agree! slightlv 16 hrs ago #42
They voted for this. Baitball Blogger Yesterday #18
We DEFINITELY Don't Need THAT Imagine a MAGA Procession... ForeGoneLegsBirne Yesterday #19
They'd blame Iraq for the line drive nt dflprincess Yesterday #22
His way of working on affordability. Sneederbunk Yesterday #20
Wartime Golf Trips gfarber Yesterday #23
Fantastic! Absolutely fan-fucking-tastic! nt Ilsa Yesterday #25
Who painted a bulls eye on the roof? BidenRocks Yesterday #24
Will he be doing his trademark double invisible handjob dance while he's there? Inquiring minds want to know! Rob H. Yesterday #26
Am I too nasty for chanting "IRAN. IRAN, IRAN" LiberalArkie Yesterday #30
Here: (Flock Of Seagulls I Ran) Justice matters. Yesterday #35
;-{).... Goonch Yesterday #31
The grifting will continue until moral improves RANDYWILDMAN Yesterday #32
orange $atan is a war-criminal conman. Justice matters. Yesterday #34
His political career is dedicated to his paying customers... CaptainTruth Yesterday #36
when isn't he there? Tent fort time I guess. Jbraybarten 20 hrs ago #40
Really? OldBaldy1701E 6 hrs ago #44

Grim Chieftain

(1,620 posts)
3. While would be "suckers and losers" die for his war of choice
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 11:35 AM
Yesterday

If there was any justice in this world (which I doubt) the orange felon would stroke out on the first hole of his MAGA Largo golf course.

paleotn

(22,104 posts)
29. Hmmm....
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 01:09 PM
Yesterday

Given that we now have a very pissed off Iran. A nation state, with significant nation state power and capabilities. And Mar-a-lardo isn't known for its security. The US security apparatus can only do so much with a moron who insists on being very hard to secure.

Justice matters.

(9,704 posts)
33. Well, the actual "inflated" secret-service apparatus around his mold hide is huge
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 01:21 PM
Yesterday

and costs double, or triple the bundle it would if orange $atan would stay in DC.

Of course he's not paying a dime for the extra expenses... that's what the national debt is for for Republicans.

paleotn

(22,104 posts)
38. Security risk probably scales exponentially, so that may not be enough SS.
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 05:15 PM
22 hrs ago

Not only is the Iranian regime pissed as hell, they're facing a real, existential threat. People tend to do crazy shit when they feel they've got nothing to lose. That's the problem with ultimatums. They don't give either side much room to maneuver. That's very dangerous.

allegorical oracle

(6,421 posts)
39. Especially as Palm Beach is a barrier island -- about 18 miles long and no wider at
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 05:35 PM
21 hrs ago

any point than about 3/4 of a mile. It originally sat next to Lake Worth on the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, but the lake was transformed into an inland waterway. So that means the Coast Guard must patrol both the waterway and the Atlantic sides of the island.

History of Palm Beach -- the island, not the city, is interesting. According to my copy of Roosevelt's WPA (Works Projects Administration) guidebook to Florida -- Palm Beach "has no Negro settlement, and Negroes are not allowed on the streets after dark, unless actively employed in the city."

It is a rarified atmosphere. Only for the fittest-of-the-fit like Donald J. Trump.

ShazzieB

(22,506 posts)
43. It's an outrage that so munch of the people's money is being spent on the Orange Hellbeast's security at Mar-a-Lago.
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 07:57 AM
7 hrs ago

And that's on top of what this stupid, pointless war is costing. What a slap in the face for all the Americans who are struggling to pay their suddenly inflated health care premiums and/or trying to make do with reduced SNAP benefits ... especially the kids who will have to go to school hungry because of the latter.

The profound, unadulterated evil of that monster is like nothing I've ever seen before in my entire life. 👿

Initech

(108,550 posts)
7. Even worse - the country is in a war that he started!
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 11:40 AM
Yesterday

And his shitty propaganda channel is blaming the victims.

littlemissmartypants

(32,900 posts)
8. He really should be less predictable and...
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 11:44 AM
Yesterday

Does anyone know what the "weekend "excursions" current tally might be? WE THE PEOPLE need an updated cost assessment.

ScratchCat

(2,735 posts)
9. Actually, the country is not at war
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 11:53 AM
Yesterday

Donald Trump and Benjamin Nuttyyahoo are illegally attacking a sovereign country as a distraction to their crimes and a complicit US military is following unlawful, un-Constitutional orders when legal authorization has not been given by Congress. What we are witnessing - the assassination and kidnapping of leaders of sovereign countries and the bombing of infrastructure - doesn't remotely fall under "Limited military action" as authorized by TWPA.

Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth and the generals who obeyed commands to launch missiles which destroyed a school are guilty of war crimes and must be held accountable for these unlawful acts.

The god damned media is engaged in a mind fuck of US viewers with agit-prop nonsense and have completely abandoned the discussion of the fact that what Trump is doing is unlawful and un-Constitutional.

But the country is not actually at war.

xuplate

(201 posts)
12. Mission accomplished
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 12:10 PM
Yesterday

He got what he wanted—now he will try to invoke war powers to stop the mid-terms.

calimary

(89,816 posts)
41. Meh, he'd probably just videotape something that the networks can play
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 06:59 PM
20 hrs ago

so he doesn’t actually have to step away from his precious golf game.

dflprincess

(29,318 posts)
21. As tempting it is to applaud that
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 12:28 PM
Yesterday

I don't want to think about how Trump's government would retaliate & the rally 'round the flag crap we'd be bombarded with.

peggysue2

(12,511 posts)
17. Agent Orange is . . .
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 12:19 PM
Yesterday

PINO:

President In Name Only

Yes, he can declare senseless war, exact damage and humiliation on his perceived enemies and turn the country upside down (for now) BUT . . .

He is acting in his own self-interest, greed and demented appetites. He has no sense of public service, likely sees all those who do as suckers and losers. He is the end product of gross inequality, hubris, arrogance and the worship of wealth and celebrityhood.

His only call to service is to his "paying customers." It's all he knows and cares about. Do his paying customers care about the man? No. Because they are of the same ilk. They care only about what they can wring from his shriveled carcass. Same goes for all those working for him kissing his piggy toes and ass. They've been drawn to the darkness and refuse to escape.

This moment will end. When it does, beyond the celebration, there will be retribution, searing screams for justice.

Because what this man and his Flying Monkey Brigade have done, here and throughout the world, is obscene. They know it which is why they're desperate to hang onto power.

They know what they've done. They know what's coming.

slightlv

(7,753 posts)
42. Oh, how I agree!
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 10:25 PM
16 hrs ago
This moment will end. When it does, beyond the celebration, there will be retribution, searing screams for justice.


What an exceptionally beautiful, intelligent sentence. And I will be among the loudest of those searing screams for justice!
19. We DEFINITELY Don't Need THAT Imagine a MAGA Procession...
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 12:25 PM
Yesterday

...an errant line drive would be the more merciful outcome.

gfarber

(262 posts)
23. Wartime Golf Trips
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 12:38 PM
Yesterday


There once was a Chief from D.C.,
In a war thick as bad LSD.
While the briefings screamed “FIRE!”
He said, “Gas up the flyer—
There’s a members-only tee time for me.”

The Situation Room buzzed like a hive,
With colonels on caffeine till five.
But the Boss hit the jet,
With a donor-list set,
To a club where the martinis survive.

The pundits were pale in the press,
Maps bleeding with arrows and stress.
But the Prez took a swing
At the whole bloody thing—
Said the greens in the south were “the best.”

In D.C. the alarms rang like sin,
War briefings stacked up to the chin.
Yet the motorcade roared,
To the runway it soared—
“Charge the members to watch me win.”

There once was a weekend escape,
While the nation chewed fear like a grape.
He’d shake hands with the rich,
On a sun-blasted pitch,
Where the cocktails come tall as the drapes.

So the war room kept grinding its gears,
Full of whispers and satellite fears.
But the Boss chased the sun,
With the paying-guest fun,
And a driver that rang in their ears.


© 2026 Glen Farber. All Rights Reserved.

https://buymeacoffee.com/gfarber




Rob H.

(5,829 posts)
26. Will he be doing his trademark double invisible handjob dance while he's there? Inquiring minds want to know!
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 01:02 PM
Yesterday

CaptainTruth

(8,173 posts)
36. His political career is dedicated to his paying customers...
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 02:16 PM
Yesterday

...rich donors, so this is par for his vile course.

OldBaldy1701E

(10,999 posts)
44. Really?
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 09:08 AM
6 hrs ago

The orange gibbon and his entourage will be in one place along with plenty of the reasons why we are in this situation in the first place?

Anyone paying attention to this?

Because they should be.

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