Trump had a difficult time managing these questions and diverting. The reporters kept asking the questions even though he was insulting them.

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    two sections of his speech ahead of the January 6 attack on the Capitol, pulled from nearly an hour apart, in a way that gave the impression he had directly urged supporters to storm the building.

    Which, dear reader, HE DID. Who the fuck is being fooled here?

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      Everything this man says is the opposite. The moment he said “Iran will never have a nuclear weapon”, my first thought was “Oh, well, they’re definitely getting one now”.

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        Plus forever war with Israel until that time. And obviously with the US that goes without saying.

        Doesn’t matter if there’s a ceasefire, Israel will reach across the border regularly for domestic political reasons and we will claim it’s not a violation or whatever.

        Because they have footage of our politicians fucking children to say nothing of whatever else they have collected on our politicians like financial misdealings.

        The CIA should be purged and frankly dealt with in, what’s the word, all prejudice, for letting Israel compromise people in the United States.

        I’m not out of line in saying this, any true American Patriot would agree with me.

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          They don’t have kompromat on our politicians. At least, I don’t see any evidence for that. What I do see evidence of is bribery. Look at all of the $$$ AIPAC gives to congress-people, and then look at how they behave towards Israel. Israel is just like any other special interest, buying our politicians.

          Of course, there are some in congress who truly believe in Zionism, like Joe Biden. It’s like how we have shitty gun laws. Part of it is due to how much money the NRA spends lobbying politicians, but part of it is because some of the people in congress truly believe that it’s better when anybody can get ahold of an AR-15. Nobody thinks that the NRA is blackmailing politicians, though. I think the reason why people are willing to believe this about Israel is because it plays into antisemitic conspiracy theories.

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            Get real, I can’t read past your first sentence or two. You don’t see evidence of blackmail? Haha. Epstein motherfucker. Which is not all of it either. I question your character and or understanding with that take.

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    U.S. pundits have meanwhile blasted Elon Musk, who accompanied the president on the trip, for pulling bizarre faces at a state banquet held in Trump’s honor.

    Okay wait - need to see this

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          Blasting him for this seems a bit silly, he was just pulling goofy faces when taking photos with guests. I thought he was drugged out like the last times.

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            Given his role in destroying the country and to some extent the world, he can get blasted for anything.

            But yeah he looks uncomfortably sober at the time of filming.