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LuckyCharms

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13. I've read previously that this flyover was indeed planned.
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 11:39 AM
Sep 3

These sounded like fighter jets. More than one. And they were close and low.

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Unbelievable underpants Sep 3 #1
Last night, fired on and sank a boat. Will he order a straffing run over the Capitol today? Attilatheblond Sep 3 #2
heard it NJCher Sep 3 #3
I. Just. Hate. Him. NEOH Sep 3 #4
What do you expect from a 5-year old? bif Sep 3 #5
The orders may have come from him, but were not his original thought. More like Miller. Bev54 Sep 3 #6
I dunno, this sounds like him, actually. yardwork Sep 3 #15
Agree. MorbidButterflyTat Sep 3 #36
I vote Steven Cheung, an ultratroll Prairie Gates Sep 3 #24
Could be, isn't it unnerving to know there are so many evil assholes around him that we have Bev54 Sep 3 #26
Indeed! Prairie Gates Sep 3 #27
right, many options of evildoers vapor2 Sep 3 #49
I really think deRien Sep 3 #45
Except it didn't work. choie Sep 3 #7
Yes they did. But a thought--it would have been better for the organiizers to have them facing AWAY from riversedge Sep 3 #22
He is so obvious. Like a child. vanlassie Sep 3 #8
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Ocelot II Sep 3 #9
I thought the air above the Capitol is restricted? yardwork Sep 3 #12
It is, but the departure route for DCA is so close that you'd probably hear them. Ocelot II Sep 3 #21
It WAS military johnnyfins Sep 3 #28
rest assured NJCher Sep 3 #39
Yeah, Occam's Razor Jilly_in_VA Sep 3 #41
I believe he announced yesterday that this flyover mwmisses4289 Sep 3 #62
I've read previously that this flyover was indeed planned. LuckyCharms Sep 3 #13
You could be right. But it would be a pretty stupid way to disrupt the conference, Ocelot II Sep 3 #23
I think the attempt was to mock, rather than disrupt. LuckyCharms Sep 3 #25
Well, it certainly didn't work. Ocelot II Sep 3 #30
More to disrupt than mock. mwmisses4289 Sep 3 #64
Sure, but Trump and his merry band of trollish dipshits are, after all, pretty fucking stupid Prairie Gates Sep 3 #29
I might have misjudged the degree of juvenile pettiness to which they would stoop. Mea culpa. Ocelot II Sep 3 #32
Thats a fighter jet in close proximity gay texan Sep 3 #20
In this case a cigar is a deliberately planned flyover EarlG Sep 3 #31
I stand corrected. I should have known better! Ocelot II Sep 3 #34
You're right that it didn't really interrupt the press conference though EarlG Sep 3 #37
how generous of you NJCher Sep 3 #42
His attempts to do everything possible to derail this presser mwmisses4289 Sep 3 #67
Commercial planes are not allowed to fly over or near the Capitol Wiz Imp Sep 3 #63
It was a military flyover "in honor" of the Polish president. nt mcar Sep 3 #66
trump is really worried LetMyPeopleVote Sep 3 #10
I'm pretty sure she flipped them off underpants Sep 3 #11
Yes, those are military jets. yardwork Sep 3 #16
He's meeting with Poland's President who is advocating for a 'strong US military presence' in Poland Donkees Sep 3 #14
I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE !!! usonian Sep 3 #17
The fact he did this, or even allowed this Johnny2X2X Sep 3 #18
Yes, it's vile. It's vindictive. LuckyCharms Sep 3 #19
The missing man flyover was in honor of the famous Polish pilot who recently died in a crash Donkees Sep 3 #33
If he is meeting with the president of Poland at this time... LuckyCharms Sep 3 #35
Yes, I'm sure *rump cares deeply about the Polish pilot MorbidButterflyTat Sep 3 #47
not to mention NJCher Sep 3 #44
Sec Hegseth would violate any norm, any law for Trump. surfered Sep 3 #38
That is unbelievable! kentuck Sep 3 #40
The missing man flyover was in honor of the famous Polish pilot who recently died in a crash ... Donkees Sep 3 #46
Why do you believe the WH about this? yardwork Sep 3 #51
I watched some of the meeting with the Polish President today, and followed the story of the pilot earlier Donkees Sep 3 #56
I meant about the flyover? yardwork Sep 3 #57
That was going to be my question. C Moon Sep 3 #65
There was an F-35 flyover for Polish President Duda in 2019 as a show of support Donkees Sep 3 #68
Should be condemned widely malaise Sep 3 #43
And here is the response from every Republican in office. ___________________ twodogsbarking Sep 3 #48
Were the planes on the way to Epstein's island? CaptainTruth Sep 3 #50
Distraction mac56 Sep 3 #52
Little Dick T had to wave our Nation's phallic symbols to attempt to distract IbogaProject Sep 3 #53
Rotting pumpkin! Great description of the grifter. I recall when I was a kid, the few Ziggysmom Sep 3 #54
Everything he does and says screams "I'm guilty." Vinca Sep 3 #55
Flyover blizzard49 Sep 3 #58
I know. LuckyCharms Sep 3 #59
exactly NJCher Sep 3 #69
When he finally meets the Guillotine tonekat Sep 3 #60
Guilty... End of Story Botany Sep 3 #61
It was disgusting and disrespectful. StarryNite Sep 3 #70
Need to plan these demos at night, when flights aren't up as much in the air... SWBTATTReg Sep 3 #71
The flyover was a stupid stunt LetMyPeopleVote Friday #72
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