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2. Giant egos with giant bank accounts

Mon Jun 15, 2026, 09:54 AM

21 hrs ago

are a recipe for disaster. They will end up making the Soviet Union look good by comparison.

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Has Trump caused you to look at the power structure in the world differently? [View all] kentuck 21 hrs ago OP

I sure looks like it. OLDMDDEM 21 hrs ago #1

Giant egos with giant bank accounts The Madcap 21 hrs ago #2

at least, in the ussr, the babushkas eventually got a cabbage. rampartd 21 hrs ago #3

Oligarchs have all gone full Bond villian Johonny 21 hrs ago #4

Yes, the OP is spot on in a nutshell bucolic_frolic 21 hrs ago #5

That's where we are and it sure feels awful. Biophilic 21 hrs ago #6

Yes. I didn't think that first escalator "Hate Mexicans!" speech would work FullySupportDems 21 hrs ago #7

its turning into a dark sci fi novel Blues Heron 20 hrs ago #8

The biggest surprise to me is that they are so incompetent. yardwork 20 hrs ago #9

I think you are right. kentuck 20 hrs ago #10

I think there's a lot of billionaires trying to take over the world. yardwork 20 hrs ago #12

No honor amongst thieves? kentuck 20 hrs ago #13

So then, they will start wars... kentuck 20 hrs ago #15

No because there have always been men like Trump EdmondDantes_ 19 hrs ago #16

No, but as long as we're doing stream of consciousness today, apparently. BannonsLiver 19 hrs ago #17

Don't be so hard on yourself. BannonsLiver 15 hrs ago #21

It's a gift I have. kentuck 15 hrs ago #22

The power brokers used to do their work in private. Boomerproud 15 hrs ago #20

It does to seem that way. kentuck 15 hrs ago #23

No. flvegan 15 hrs ago #24

I tend to agree with most all your points.... kentuck 15 hrs ago #25

Or do we just hear about it more flvegan 12 hrs ago #26

Already knew just ripped off the congenitality mask Blue Full Moon 12 hrs ago #28