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AverageOldGuy

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3. Wagging the dog
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 09:26 PM
Nov 22

I assume that all/most DUers recognize the phrase "Wag the dog" as in "the tail wagging the dog" that came from the 1997 film "Wag the Dog," which depicted a political strategy to create a distracting war to cover up a presidential scandal.

Trump appears to be wagging the dog, hoping his attacks on Venezuela will distract from his multiple failures and will reverse his plunging approval ratings.

Not gonna happen.

I'm betting that, yes, a few MAGAts will rally around the "wartime President" but the rest of the country will not approve of his war and his approval ratings will drop even more -- especially when an incident occurs that sends a lot of body bags home.

Speaking of body bags -- don't expect Trump or Hegseth to show up at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, the received the body bags containing young guys killed in his stupid war.

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