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Lovie777

(23,998 posts)
5. shithole has always been a jerk bully...................
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 07:55 AM
Apr 19

that is his pattern and in the past it has worked. He has already threaten to obliterate Iran.

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No, that is the real him. twodogsbarking Apr 19 #1
Trump is and has always been unstable and insulting. Which brilliant aide came up with this "strategy?" Vinca Apr 19 #2
I don't know, but that is exactly what it is. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Apr 19 #3
he's decompensating and barbtries Apr 19 #32
It's 24th dimensional chess, don't ya know. travelingthrulife Apr 19 #56
He doesn't do this with Russia or Israel. He knows better. LeftInTX Apr 19 #66
Acting? Chasstev365 Apr 19 #4
Mafiadon thinks he's still in The damn Apprentice bs. Justice matters. Apr 19 #35
shithole has always been a jerk bully................... Lovie777 Apr 19 #5
Nonsense MissouriDem47 Apr 19 #6
Horsesh*t EarthFirst Apr 19 #7
Just more sane-washing bullshit. FalloutShelter Apr 19 #22
Easter F bomb Whip-poor-will Apr 19 #8
This is just a cover story to hide the fact he is insane. Irish_Dem Apr 19 #9
"Aides" Like "Sir" with tears in their eyes... Justice matters. Apr 19 #37
that is my take... also he may well have had some notion for this strategy but he's still also fucking insane and LymphocyteLover Apr 19 #39
Yes even if he did use this as a strategy it is still INSANE. Irish_Dem Apr 19 #88
He is trying to mimic Mel Gibson's character in the "Lethal Weapon" movies. John1956PA Apr 19 #92
+100000000000000000000000 chia Apr 19 #87
Kinda like Vincent "the Chin" Gigante displacedvermoter Apr 19 #10
Appropriating Nixon's MO for Vietnam "strategy". no_hypocrisy Apr 19 #11
+1 dalton99a Apr 19 #19
The reptilian part of Trump's brain works fine Deminpenn Apr 19 #12
"Unorthodox tactics"? give me a fucking break. Walleye Apr 19 #13
How could you tell? Wonder Why Apr 19 #14
He is coming across as insane. Baitball Blogger Apr 19 #15
Can't control himself.. BattleRow Apr 19 #36
So are his bowels... displacedvermoter Apr 19 #55
I have read that your gut is your second brain.. BattleRow Apr 19 #59
They call something a "Gut Instinct" for a reason displacedvermoter Apr 19 #64
and what's his excuse for everything else? nt Javaman Apr 19 #16
So his strategy for his disaster of a vanity war is he's insane? agingdem Apr 19 #17
;-{) THE DARK TRIAD Goonch Apr 19 #18
Raskin is trying to form committee to assess his mental status. travelingthrulife Apr 19 #62
He's in Dark Tetrad territory. YodaMom2 Apr 19 #81
"I meant to do that" ToxMarz Apr 19 #20
lol. BootinUp Apr 19 #38
A fool seldom has a chance of a master stroke of genius - in the case of this Asshat NEVER. NoMoreRepugs Apr 19 #21
Raping young girls is also unstable and insulting, and a felony. twodogsbarking Apr 19 #23
Or older females. BattleRow Apr 19 #31
Same with highly classified TOP-SECRET military documents stored in... Justice matters. Apr 19 #40
Oh, it's many dimensional chess diplomacy, Yonnie3 Apr 19 #24
Art of the deal IronLionZion Apr 19 #25
A book he didn't write and probably never read ... FakeNoose Apr 19 #51
Trump doesn't have to pretend... Escape Apr 19 #26
It is no act. He has always been crazy psychopath who is a megalomaniac. Botany Apr 19 #27
I think you meant to say "hadn't bought his way out". llmart Apr 19 #69
Thanx! Botany Apr 19 #72
This must be a new form of mansplaining delisen Apr 19 #28
His strategy is to make them die laughing. twodogsbarking Apr 19 #29
Welcome to the Spin Zone. Nt BootinUp Apr 19 #30
I don't think this will fool or bother the Iranians. mwb970 Apr 19 #33
What a pile of horse manure. xuplate Apr 19 #34
Which explains the posts this morning about knocking out their niyad Apr 19 #41
Sure, dude, sure. mwmisses4289 Apr 19 #42
He didn't say it...you don't understand it...he was joking... underpants Apr 19 #48
Oh, bullshit. Unstable and insulting is all he knows; that's who and what he is. Ocelot II Apr 19 #43
Senator Raskin is moving forward with a commission to assess his mental health. travelingthrulife Apr 19 #60
Well, to be fair, I've never seen him do this Russia or Israel... LeftInTX Apr 19 #73
He's a bully as well as being insane. Ocelot II Apr 19 #75
Bullshit Stpaoulboy Apr 19 #44
"Tipping his hand now?" NorCalBlue Apr 19 #45
;-{) TRUMP ADOPTS STRATEGY OF INTENTIONALLY ACTING UNSTABLE Goonch Apr 19 #46
What a load of shit Bristlecone Apr 19 #47
That's how he has gone through life... Wounded Bear Apr 19 #49
I'm reminded, as I often am, of an old Doonesbury cartoon... malthaussen Apr 19 #50
It took Cheung and Miller six weeks to come up with THIS? Prairie Gates Apr 19 #52
Cheung is a certifiable, foaming-at-the-mouth loon BumRushDaShow Apr 19 #58
Horse shit. travelingthrulife Apr 19 #53
Oh bullshit he's trying to rehab his image after Mr. Mustard 2023 Apr 19 #54
That's also his "excuse" to dismiss his war "criminal INTENT" to shield himself Justice matters. Apr 19 #63
This message was self-deleted by its author Ponietz Apr 19 #57
I've heard the media testing this excuse lately, likening it to Nixon and North Vietnam PSPS Apr 19 #61
Seriously! He thinks we're all dumb enough to believe those comments and other inflammatory statements Fla Dem Apr 19 #65
The lies and the lying liars behind the truth of incompetence. 58Sunliner Apr 19 #67
"I Call It The Weave" 2na fisherman Apr 19 #68
Astute observation.Re: Weave BattleRow Apr 19 #85
Just like there was no plan for the war to begin with this idea that his posts were intentionally strategic... Hugin Apr 19 #70
no!!! STOP THE WAR THAT U STARTED AllaN01Bear Apr 19 #71
Ya, right! BlueWavePsych Apr 19 #74
What an 18-wheeler load of UTTER BULLSHIT! 3catwoman3 Apr 19 #76
The other "Trump" card that might bring leaders to the table: hay rick Apr 19 #77
"adopted a strategy" Talitha Apr 19 #78
Well, this is just piling onto what's been said above chowmama Apr 19 #79
So he's not crazy, he's just stupid. YodaMom2 Apr 19 #80
Sure, Jan. City Lights Apr 19 #82
That's because he has no clue how to negotiate. Karma13612 Apr 19 #83
So I guess this is GOP's Schrodinger's Asshole gambit GenThePerservering Apr 19 #84
Oh fuck that Figarosmom Apr 19 #86
"I was just kidding, guys!!" Grokenstein Apr 19 #89
That headline makes zero sense. ananda Apr 19 #90
If you believe that, I happen to have a certain Strait for sale... jeffreyi Apr 19 #91
Hide the ball Nasruddin Apr 19 #93
Sane-washing a psychopath thought crime Apr 19 #94
BULL$H!T!! maspaha Apr 19 #95
Considering that he's ALWAYS been unstable and insulting, that shit don't fly here. Karasu Apr 19 #96
Bull... ruet Apr 19 #97
Like that's not just as bad as Trump *unintentionally* acting BSC toward Iran? 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 19 #98
Crazy like a fox! ... with rabies and dementia. Qutzupalotl Apr 19 #99
100% BS!!!!! BigmanPigman Apr 20 #100
"It was an act, on purpose if perhaps in error" is pathetic spin... He's a fucking psycho. RockRaven Apr 20 #101
Ludicrous sanewashing. If this was true and just a strategy, then they wouldn't announce it ffs unblock Apr 20 #102
The only grain of truth there is that a spoilt three-year-old has a tantrum when he doesn't get what he wants Doodley Apr 20 #103
12 dimensional checkers Mz Pip Apr 20 #104
In other news, water is wet. IzzaNuDay Apr 20 #105
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