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Fiendish Thingy

(20,879 posts)
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 10:01 AM 9 hrs ago

Is Trump a Demi-God King whose power cannot be resisted? [View all]

Following the recent spate of defeatist doomer posts, it is time once again for a periodic wellness check of the DU reality based community.

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31 votes, 4 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Trump is our monarch, and we are subject to his whims and impulses. He can and will cancel elections. Resistance is futile.
1 (3%)
AAARGLE BARRGLE! Merrick Garland AAIEEE!
1 (3%)
Trump is not omnipotent, and the states and the people are not powerless.
29 (94%)
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He's a blackmailer just like his J pal Clouds Passing 8 hrs ago #1
Trashing the community. Tsk tsk. EYESORE 9001 8 hrs ago #2
Not at all Fiendish Thingy 8 hrs ago #10
None of the answers: He is a tool for people who Bettie 8 hrs ago #3
Billionaires who are tired of sharing Fiendish Thingy 8 hrs ago #9
Yes. BannonsLiver 7 hrs ago #12
He is Godzilla Johonny 8 hrs ago #4
Trump the Traitor is a total nobody. Kid Berwyn 8 hrs ago #5
"Reality based community" BannonsLiver 8 hrs ago #6
Nasty Prairie Gates 8 hrs ago #7
He's as omnipotent as the Keystone Cops EdmondDantes_ 8 hrs ago #8
He's a racist piece of shit, elevated by the white power elite, who gained the majority of white voters, LuvLoogie 7 hrs ago #11
Resistance isn't futile edhopper 7 hrs ago #13
On a mountain of skulls, in the castle of pain, I sat on a throne of blood. What was will be, what is will be no more. betsuni 6 hrs ago #14
"...the states and the people are not powerless." Wednesdays 6 hrs ago #15
K&R electric_blue68 6 hrs ago #16
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