• el_muerte@lemm.ee
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    9 hours ago

    So he’s just straight up admitting he has no idea what’s happening in his administration, and for some weird reason MAGAts won’t be even slightly bothered by it.

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      9 hours ago

      He’s just there to sign whatever is put in front of him. He doesn’t even know what is written in the Executive Orders he’s signed, or anything else he’s signed, guaranteed. Plausible deniability is a helluva drug 💊🏛

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        2 hours ago

        Professor: Mr Trump, did you plagiarize this paper?

        Young Donald: I didn’t write that paper, I know nothing about it

        Professor: so you admit to plagiarism then?

        Young Donald: no, that’s not what I meant

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    8 hours ago

    I love it when he says “this is the first time you’re telling me this” or whatever.

    Like…yeah…as it’s just happened.

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      3 hours ago

      At my university, people used to use code words to give RAs plausible deniability about underage drinking and other shenanigans

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    1 day ago

    First of all, it’s laughable to think that this is true. Secondly, if it was true then he’s admitting how out of touch he is with the operation of his own administration.

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      23 hours ago

      I mean, not really? If I delegate a bunch of people who work for me to go take care of something, I expect them to take care of it and report back, not send me an exhaustive list of everything they did to accomplish it including which apps they used to discuss arrangements. Much as I hate defending Trump about anything, no president has the time or energy to keep track of what his underlings are doing to such a level of detail.

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        22 hours ago

        I’m not talking about the inciting incident, I’m talking about the reporting on the incident. If there is a meaningful security breach related to US military operations, the president sure needs to be aware of it, especially if it being reported on in public.

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          Oh, it’s certain he was told, otherwise he wouldn’t be rolling out one of his typical know-nothing denials.

          He’s too stupid to understand the importance of secure operations, and he’s following Putin’s directions to weaken US government and military security anyway. What’s an arsonist care about a small nearby fire started by his flunkies?

          It’s also worth nothing that what’s happening with the Houthis is directly related to a genocidal war started several years ago by none other than Muhammad Bone Saw, the psychopathic Saudi crown prince and de facto king.

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        If I delegate someone to do something and they fuck up majorly, I expect to be the first to know.

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    The Narcissist’s Prayer

    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.
    And if it was, I didn’t mean it.
    And if I did, you deserved it.

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    13 hours ago

    Trump has never heard of someone and then it’s proven that he knows them personally, that’s always how things go with him, so he for sure knew about the article, probably before it was released as they probably asked the White House for comments before publishing.

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    23 hours ago

    Truncated for accuracy: Trump Says He Knows Nothing About Bombshell Article In The Atlantic