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MineralMan

(151,760 posts) Tue May 26, 2026, 10:12 AM May 26

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Trump Holds All the Cards - But They're Not the Ones You Think

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Trump Holds All the Cards - But They're Not the Ones You Think (Original Post) MineralMan May 26 OP

He's playing Uno. Ocelot II May 26 #1

Oddly enough, I never played Old Maid as a child. MineralMan May 26 #3

He apparently has an extensive collection of "Get Out of Jail Free" cards. Midnight Writer May 26 #2

He's going to run out of "Staying Alive" cards eventually. MineralMan May 26 #4

This surfered May 26 #5

Instead of hiding his hand, multigraincracker May 26 #6

Well, he is not a bright fellow, is he? MineralMan May 26 #7

Ask his niece. She's a Psyc PhD. multigraincracker May 26 #8

Ocelot II

(131,493 posts)

1. He's playing Uno.

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2026, 10:20 AM

May 26

In Uno you win when all your cards are gone; if you're still holding all your cards you lose. In Old Maid, you lose if you've discarded all your cards except the Old Maid (we had the deck in the center picture). You could say Trump still holds the Old Maid card, which is himself.

MineralMan

(151,760 posts)

3. Oddly enough, I never played Old Maid as a child.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #1)

Tue May 26, 2026, 10:36 AM

May 26

We started right off with draw poker. Pennies as chips.

Midnight Writer

(25,877 posts)

2. He apparently has an extensive collection of "Get Out of Jail Free" cards.

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2026, 10:20 AM

May 26

MineralMan

(151,760 posts)

4. He's going to run out of "Staying Alive" cards eventually.

Reply to Midnight Writer (Reply #2)

Tue May 26, 2026, 10:38 AM

May 26

Last card he'll see is the "Go to Hell. Go Directly to Hell" card from his final Monopoly game.

surfered

(14,619 posts)

5. This

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2026, 10:51 AM

May 26

multigraincracker

(38,140 posts)

6. Instead of hiding his hand,

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2026, 11:06 AM

May 26

he waves them around, showing what he has.

MineralMan

(151,760 posts)

7. Well, he is not a bright fellow, is he?

Reply to multigraincracker (Reply #6)

Tue May 26, 2026, 11:27 AM

May 26

multigraincracker

(38,140 posts)

8. Ask his niece. She's a Psyc PhD.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #7)

Tue May 26, 2026, 10:40 PM

May 26

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