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LudwigPastorius

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5. I don't think Trump will be inclined toward covert action.

Reply to hookaleft (Original post)

Sun Nov 23, 2025, 12:09 AM

Nov 23

It's just not the way his rotting brain works.

He'll want to launch air or missile strikes against "drug terrorists", or whatever he'll call the poor innocent bastards who happen to be in the wrong place. ...you know, something splashy, something that grabs headlines, something that proves he's a "man of action".

"What good is killing bad guys if no one hears about it? Right, Stephen? Now go get me another Diet Coke."

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