This Is What Presidential Panic Looks Like | Donald Trump delivered a fear-drenched rant live from the White House.
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I'm just glad he didn't declare war
If we go to war I'll be very surprised if they'll announce it ahead of time. I think it's far more likely that we'll just wake up one day and already be at war.
We've always been at war.
I'm pretty positive that we have been at constant war sends the early 90s during the first Iraq conflict. I can't remember if there's a point at any time in the last 30 35 years that we haven't had soldiers fighting on some foreign land.
"We've always been at war against Eurasia."
"We've always been at war with ourselves."
Technically the US has been in a near constant state of war since it's founding if you include the various Indian wars, and I'm not talking about just the big ones like with Little Bighorn I'm including the small guerilla wars that basically devolved into banditry. I think there were a handful of small gaps but usually those only lasted a year or two.
Never shoulda given them independance
Best thing to happen to Britain. America is so backward we’d never have got the NHS, capital punishment aboliition, the welfare state, and there would be sooo many deists. I cannot comprehend an election process that allows religious leaders a voice.
Figured it wasn't gonna be that specifically when he announced the speech by saying "the best is yet to come". Even the warhawkiest war hawks wouldn't refer to war as "good times ahead"; they generally go with 'unavoidable' or 'necessary' or some 'I am very badass' murica type shit. That being said, I was pretty concerned he was going to announce a whole array of new and interesting human rights violations.
Him jerking himself off for 20 minutes like we got was honestly kind of the best case scenario.
Well, second best anyway. Him having the other kind of stroke live on air would have been the actual best case.
https://storeybookreviews.com/2025/10/review-the-graceview-patient/
So, the book above is about a woman with a rare autoimmune disease.
She gets admitted to a fancy private hospital with a Big Pharm company footing the bill. They want to use her in a dangerous experimental process that will basically destroy her immune system in order to rebuild it.
At one point, they have to seal her away from the world because she has no way of dealing with any infection.
They tell her that this is 'progress.'
See the connection?
He declared war on the US, but we all know Venezuela is next.
When will he be like the President in Civil War, cowering behind a desk? Nick Offerman.
He already shits and pisses himself so we're halfway there
If you make fun of his disabilities, you're no better than he is.
That's the only line in his suffering I will draw. He deserves literally every other kind of abuse.
If you wouldn't make fun of a lame person for not walking, you shouldn't do it to someone with incontinence.
There are so many other things to use, and I sincerely hope he starts suffering bad enough to want to end himself immediately but doesn't die for years. I would watch a miniseries of him grunting in pain and angst and turmoil, while being embarrassed and mocked on his way down.
But I suggest that we leave the disabilities out of it.
How about we dont.
He has literally been ridiculing and belittling people with disabilities for years whilst we've all taken the high road.
Fuck.that.noise. He deserves zero sympathy, and he gets no free pass. As far as I'm concerned he is fair game. Every single little thing that can be used to destroy him, should be used.
Im with you. I don't belittle or make fun of anyone's disabilities... unless they do it to others... and he does...
Fuck him and his shit filled diaper.
As a person with severe disabilities I can only say oh wow are you on the wrong track.
He has no respect for our disabilities, we should absolutely have none for him.
That was such a surreal flick.
October
Just a fucking ride, and so very plausible
I should watch that.
It's really good. Don't get any spoilers.
I guarantee he’s not panicking.
That's because he made a deal with the devil for immunity from consequences for anything
There is no devil. Just leverage.
I'm surprised he wasn't wearing his FIFA peace prize
Release The Epstein files!