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Midnight Writer

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11. Obama made a mistake trying to be civil, even nice, to this guy. Trump sees that as a weakness.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 11:47 AM

Jul 23

And a weakness is to be exploited. A weakness is all the predator needs to trigger his attack.

This is common among our billionaire class. They are predators seeking to eat any who can't defend themselves.

Recall Elon saying that empathy is the weakness of Western Civilization? That is how they think.

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there will come a time, many many many years from now Javaman Jul 23 #1

We at DU are way ahead of them-and speaking only for myself Boomerproud Jul 23 #6

But they are not the majority. Do not forget that only about 30% of niyad Jul 23 #12

Throw some red meat to the racists malaise Jul 23 #2

Christmas should be interesting. tavernier Jul 23 #3

I like that visual 😀 malaise Jul 23 #5

Q: Why wasn't he screaming about this the last 4 years? MagickMuffin Jul 23 #4

Because TACO Don KNOWS he is fucking TOAST! ProudMNDemocrat Jul 23 #7

Kick dalton99a Jul 23 #8

Someone throw his Get Out Of Jail Free card into traffic Blue Owl Jul 23 #9

Rule #1 Distract. Rule #2 Distract. Rule #3 More of the same. Gimpyknee Jul 23 #10

Obama made a mistake trying to be civil, even nice, to this guy. Trump sees that as a weakness. Midnight Writer Jul 23 #11

+1 dalton99a Jul 23 #14

Thanks John Harwood, wish your colleagues had the balls you do. spanone Jul 23 #13