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Irish_Dem

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2. Abusers/thieves are often shocked and angry when their victims fight back.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Mon May 4, 2026, 06:47 AM

Yesterday

Abusers often pick on weaker victims, or ones who cannot fight back.

Trump is a thief who had the entire US military with him.
He assumed Iran would just hand over all of their oil, cash, land to him.

He is furious they refuse to give him anything and keep fighting.

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You illegally start a war to steal oil [View all] malaise Yesterday OP

Lust for wealth and power. no_hypocrisy Yesterday #1

Profound malaise Yesterday #3

Abusers/thieves are often shocked and angry when their victims fight back. Irish_Dem Yesterday #2

little loser trump Whip-poor-will Yesterday #4

He also said this malaise Yesterday #5

roll the epstein/ trump fbi tapes Whip-poor-will Yesterday #6

I hate to be a stickler whathehell Yesterday #16

k&R spanone Yesterday #7

The NYT has an opinion piece today titled "Operation Epic Fury, Meet Operation Colossal Blunder." Lonestarblue Yesterday #8

The truth malaise Yesterday #9

Or Maybe They're just Afraid modrepub Yesterday #10

the kid glove treatment they have given this absolute monster of a man will never not piss me off LymphocyteLover Yesterday #13

White Privilege Maybe? modrepub Yesterday #15

I think they love his white supremacy. It's sickening. LymphocyteLover Yesterday #24

They have published pieces on his mental unfitness but somehow it never seems to rise to the level of Hillary's emails LymphocyteLover Yesterday #12

But if The Felon is removed, we get Vance Wednesdays Yesterday #22

Hear, hear! ZDU Yesterday #11

Trump's bonfire of vanities has become a conflagration of his vanities .. Bo Zarts Yesterday #14

We are all paying for this malaise Yesterday #17

And, as I pointed out in other threads, Wednesdays Yesterday #23

Blood For Oil: the Sequel. Produced by Hollywood East Productions, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington DC, 08647 RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Yesterday #18

Indeed malaise Yesterday #19

Maybe Trump's reason was oil, but not Netanyahu's. His was pure evilness. He wants to take more land and knew ChicagoTeamster Yesterday #20

True land and resources malaise Yesterday #21