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FakeNoose

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11. We lost when the American voters pulled the lever for Chump

Reply to Johonny (Reply #7)

Wed Apr 8, 2026, 09:54 AM

15 hrs ago

Now we're on hook for every crazy thing he does ... until he's finally out of the White House.

We could have had Hillary Clinton ... we could have had Kamala Harris.... but NOOOOO!

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Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here: [View all] demmiblue 16 hrs ago OP

Spot on. FalloutShelter 16 hrs ago #1

Mr. Rhodes summed it up quite nicely. Swede 16 hrs ago #2

Great summation. patphil 13 hrs ago #20

Back when competent people were in charge... Damn I miss it badly. Dave Bowman 16 hrs ago #3

That is excellent... Spazito 16 hrs ago #4

This goes back to 2018... sop 16 hrs ago #5

And, PRE DT, the republican party actively attempted to sabotage it Cosmocat 14 hrs ago #17

Trump is like the firefighter who sets a fire in order to be the hero who puts it out. Ocelot II 16 hrs ago #6

You are so right. murielm99 15 hrs ago #8

He's stopped another war--- lastlib 15 hrs ago #13

One other accomplishment he's pulled off. calimary 10 hrs ago #22

This is what losing feels like. We lost. Period. Johonny 15 hrs ago #7

We lost when the American voters pulled the lever for Chump FakeNoose 15 hrs ago #11

The economic trauma is just starting Farmer-Rick 15 hrs ago #12

A nice statement of the obvious state of affairs. K&R NNadir 15 hrs ago #9

And yet Trump, and the media, will portray it as a complete and total victory by the US. TheRickles 15 hrs ago #10

Pres. Obama got a MUCH BETTER DEAL WITH IRAN, but racist TACO just had to tear it up. MLWR 14 hrs ago #14

Wow. Spot on....unfortunately. hamsterjill 14 hrs ago #15

This was such a foreign policy fuck up. Buckeyeblue 14 hrs ago #16

Krasnov is such a ultralite001 14 hrs ago #18

I'm gonna keep saying it.. IMPEACH THIS MOTHERF*CKER. Joinfortmill 13 hrs ago #19

And I'm gonna keep echoing it. calimary 9 hrs ago #23

And this is why Figarosmom 11 hrs ago #21

I suspect in 2 weeks that everything will be great. chouchou 7 hrs ago #24

TY & Ben Rhodes Cha 5 hrs ago #25

Trump has been a black cloud over the US ever since his 2nd inauguration. Fla Dem 4 hrs ago #26

Ben is rather articulate and well informed vapor2 4 hrs ago #27

he is indeed Skittles 40 min ago #28