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pat_k

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21. "...they will rush to help if called on"...

Reply to wnylib (Reply #16)

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 02:06 PM

Yesterday

...stumbling over each other to kiss his feet, tears in their eyes.

I fear that his lashing out will go beyond the usual tantrums as the world stubbornly refuses to comply with his delusional fantasies. Fantasies born of his malignant narcissism and cruel and violent psychopathy. As nightmarish as the world has been with the felon in power, I fear for the extremes that are yet to come as the "usual" mechanisms he uses to protect his eggshell ego and delusions of brilliance and power fail him.

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Trump draws backlash for comment on Iran war: 'Maybe we shouldn't even be there' [View all] highplainsdem Yesterday OP

So it is about stealing their resources. He did say it would be just like Venezuela. travelingthrulife Yesterday #1

Nailed it! Resistance1 Yesterday #2

He knows more about anything than anyone. wnylib Yesterday #16

Such a stable genius that he bankrupted how many House-Never-Loses casinos? Justice matters. Yesterday #17

Only a genius could do that and then convince wnylib Yesterday #19

"...they will rush to help if called on"... pat_k Yesterday #21

Agree. We can only hope that someone in his wnylib Yesterday #22

Cool. Dont be there. TACO SSJVegeta Yesterday #3

He could just declare victory and stop bombing ... SomewhereInTheMiddle 18 hrs ago #28

Whose territory is "their" territory...What the hell is he even talking about? BeyondGeography Yesterday #4

He means the Europeans need the resources from the region more than we do so they should clean up his mess to get them ChicagoTeamster Yesterday #10

Substitute "interests" for "territory" and you'd have something coherent BeyondGeography Yesterday #14

The families of the dead may very well agree with him GusBob Yesterday #5

How many thousands of innocent people will die? Mysterian Yesterday #7

More? maxsolomon Yesterday #12

That was my first thought Delarage Yesterday #27

Bring hem home and admit you were wrong in starting this war. republianmushroom Yesterday #6

orange $atan$ never apologize for anything. Justice matters. Yesterday #18

He demands that other countries jump into his fiasco Bayard Yesterday #8

You have to wonder how this hits the families of the dead and injured service members. What a fucking moron. Vinca Yesterday #9

No shit, Sherlock! bif Yesterday #11

"Maybe we shouldn't even be there at all." MLWR Yesterday #13

They need to add a "What the Fuck" section to their paper City Lights Yesterday #15

"...because it is their territory..." BaronChocula Yesterday #20

He's playing/begging to the wrong crowd EX500rider Yesterday #23

Great comfort for families of the dead service members Mysterian Yesterday #24

again mahina 18 hrs ago #29

I've got to hand it to him: Ol Janx Spirit Yesterday #25

He could just declare victory and leave any time he wants IronLionZion Yesterday #26