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no_hypocrisy

(53,250 posts) Fri Oct 3, 2025, 05:05 AM 12 hrs ago

Trump is the "Front Man". Stephen Miller and Russell Vought are running [View all]

the country.

It started with Elon Musk. He's gone. Now it's the Miller and Vought Show.

Trump doesn't have the attention span, the imagination, and the cognitive skills to make all the changes we're seeing.

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Trump is the "Front Man". Stephen Miller and Russell Vought are running [View all] no_hypocrisy 12 hrs ago OP

I tend to agree with this analysis. chicoescuela 10 hrs ago #1

To be fair, he also cares about his ballroom. And his new patio. tanyev 8 hrs ago #8

Very fair chicoescuela 8 hrs ago #9

Trump has always just been the front man MadameButterfly 10 hrs ago #2

DOTUS COL Mustard 10 hrs ago #3

I believe the data indicate that this is true liberalgunwilltravel 9 hrs ago #4

I have called him the "Sock Puppet/Monkey" from day one... IthinkThereforeIAM 9 hrs ago #5

This has been the case all along. GoCubsGo 9 hrs ago #6

Project 2025 has been his instruction manual all along. Vought's little plan is working out bigly. Timeflyer 9 hrs ago #7

I think the people calling him "President Musk" had a lot to do with the breakup between Musk and Cankles. Scrivener7 7 hrs ago #10

Larry Ellison is the shadow president Blue Full Moon 7 hrs ago #11

I think it's a little more complex. Tommy Carcetti 7 hrs ago #12

I agree. And that is incredibly frightening, dangerous, and disgusting... hlthe2b 5 hrs ago #13

MAGA wants to completely hobble representative govt... returnee 1 hr ago #14