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      He is, and they are.

      But they’re also conspiracy theorists, and trump controls all aspects of the government.

      There’s no “deep state” left to blame, and they love hating the establishment more than they love trump or anyone else.

      He’s not going to get them to stop caring about this. And he’s not going to react well to them not doing what he wants

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            They have no problem being inconsistent.

            They’re convinced Democrats were drinking the blood of babies but have ignored Trump’s Epstein friendship, his comments about young girls and his own daughter, as well as a recording of him bragging about sexually assaulting women since the first election. They have no problem dismissing things that would otherwise confirm a Democrat would have been better.

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        If you’re going to rely on conspiracy theorists seeking to expose deep state pedophiles to sweep you into power, don’t be a deep state pedophile. You’d think this should be obvious, but apparently not.

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        I think its more about fox media and other republicans wanting Trump to fail, as they will need to emigrate if Trumpet stays in

        I doubt Trampers care

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        That’s the neat thing, though, since the “deep state” doesn’t actually exist, it can be whatever you need it to be. Control all the government? The “deep state” is a secret unelected shadow government of liberal activist judges, state and city communist-socialists, and paid George Soros false flag BLM DEI protest rioters.

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        I took a gander over at the bad place r.conservative and they were surprisingly intelligent about it. Well, most of them were.

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      This is exactly it. The owner class thinks everyone below them is dumb as fucking rocks. They think they’re the smart ones for extracting value from people, even if they’re not terribly good at actually doing things like making money or doing business or anything like that.

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        Yup they’ve been huffing that “meritocracy” paint thinner for too long, a term which used to be sarcastic but everyone seems to have forgotten that part…

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      Fear. Uncertainty. Doubt. Flood the zone.

      I’m honestly surprised he seemed to forget his strategy that got him this far for a second. It’s like an advisor had to sit him down and go, “Donald…just lie”.

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    Where are we on this one?

    • That didn’t happen
    • And if it did, it wasn’t that bad
    • And if it was, that’s not a big deal
    • And if it is, that’s not my fault <— I’m guessing here
    • And if it was, I didn’t mean it
    • And if I did, you deserved it
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    Sure, maybe someone forged Trump’s signature on Epstein’s birthday card.

    Or maybe Trump fucked underage girls.

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      I wonder which is more likely. Seeing as the book was before he was even a political candidate.

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    Occam’s razor, the simplest explanation is most likely to be the correct one. What’s the likelihood that someone would go to the trouble of forging Trumps signature all those years ago?

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    “I don’t even know what they’re talking about,” the president said. “Now, somebody could have written a letter and used my name, but that’s happened a lot.”

    helpfully

    You could help clear your name by making a deposition under oath that you did not write the letter. Of course, if it turns out that, in fact, you lied in that situation, you’d be subject to perjury charges, but if you honestly believe that, it would be a way of making a more-credible statement.

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      He is 100,000,000% willing to commit perjury.

      It’s his lawyers that are his problem. They know he commits the crimes because he can’t keep his fucking mouth shut, so they won’t let him take the stand because they can’t knowingly allow a client to commit perjury.

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    Obama forged it decades before Trump was even going to run for president. Obama didn’t know he’d himself run for president, yet he forged it anyway. That’s how fucking deep the deep state is. It’s pretty spooky.

    It’s sarcasm, dumbass.

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      It was done by autopen, under direct command of a Biden led cabal!

      A deep state so deep it turned itself inside out.