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Rose Huston's avatar

Trump is a black mark on America & its history.

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Vera's avatar

I totally agree, BUT shouldn't EVERY TRUE AMERICAN, have known that before even going to the ballot box, or did they drink way too much of that orange kool ade, and can no longer think clearly. SHE would have been the better choice, as she loves how AMERICA does GOV, and dislikes how Putin does it. The other way around should never be acceptable in our country.

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Rose Huston's avatar

I question if the election was legit as Musk was paying for votes for Trump.

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Vera's avatar

I wonder that, too. I also wonder if some MEN actually know how Russia became Communist. Doesn't tRump kind of lean as to how Putin commands the people to vote for him, or face consequences? Come on people, wake the heck up before it is too late to keep America, American.

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Old Reprobate's avatar

Lets not leave out the illicit Republican gerrymandering that influenced the Electoral College vote. Yes, We need to get rid of both and Citizens United as well. An amendment to the Constitution that institutionalized the Popular Vote in presidential elections is a must have.

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Montana Channing's avatar

Vera it would have helped a lot if ALL eligible voters had voted (and they ditched the outdated antique Electoral College)but unfortunately only 62% did. My guess is she would have beat him. He didn't win the popular vote (for the 3rd time). He claimed a "landslide" but actually got only 2 million more votes than she but when you add in all the votes for other candidates, he lost by 2 million in the total vote count. In a rational world (without the EC), since neither of them got 50%, there would have been a runoff and with a few more months, she would have prevailed. Some things of the past need to be retired.

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Vera's avatar

Why would anyone have put a nothing but a Reality TV Show Host into our WH. That was INSANE. Someone, is writing a script for him to follow. You need to find out who that someone is and make the punishment strong enough for all to see, so it never happens again in AMERICA.

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Bonnie Lane's avatar

Dear Vera- It seems clear to me that it is Putin who tells the grifter in chief what to say. Trump was elected with the help of Putin and is his puppet.

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James Bengel's avatar

Every time Fat Donny enters my brainspace, I think of a line from the holiday classic "Bad Santa", where Marcus (Tony Cox) says to Willie (Billy Bob Thornton) "That's right, make it about something safe. Because you're an emotional cripple. Your soul is dogshit, and every single fucking thing about you is ugly."

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Kyle Michel Sullivan's avatar

Dear God, never have I wished so hard for the end of a supposed human being than I have for Felon47. He is not a man; he's a cancer destroying America...and the GOP is letting him do it while too damn many Democrats dither and whine.

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Susan OBrien's avatar

Tell your representatives in Congress to provide immediate, adequate and continuing support for Ukraine’s eviction of Russia from all territory invaded and occupied since 2014.

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Mike Wardlaw's avatar

Our leader is such a joke. I would take Zelensky any time over the B.O.T. Obviously much smarter and actually speaks better English. I am sure he can spell English better as well. We don't have a speck of honor or humility in our whole governing body. Losers to a person.

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Tom Marvin's avatar

The question will always be: Why did the US pick this person whose sheer incompetence and unfitness for any office whatsoever, why this quasi-person, why put him in the highest power place we've ever put a human? He's a truly ignorant loudmouth liar, cheater, felon many times over, classic dictating divider and hateful dishonest men-spirited jackass. Why did the US choose him, what is WRONG with us?

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Kathy H's avatar

I don't think it will do any good to dwell on the depth of pathology we are forced to face, there is a LOT wrong, but I think it's pretty simple, too, letting dishonest, criminal & predatory behavior slide, corruption got the upper hand. It's been there all along, but it was controlled it to a large degree. Maybe we didn't realize how important & we took hard won gains by previous generations for granted. If we can take our government back & do the work of a lot of these things that haven't been right a long time...it will be worth it. We can't lose faith in all of humanity, that's EXACTLY what the malevolentlt motivated want.

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Tim Matchette's avatar

100% agree Kathy.

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Tom Marvin's avatar

I agree with this. What we cannot do if we care to survive is relax into Trumpism as if it is even .01% okay. It isn't. It's a hideous social/cultural form. This is what our youth is now absorbing. This is what the rest of the world is trying to look past. And trying to reconcile what they seeing of the world that is being lost.

Because our social media-drenched public thought "oh let's try Trump again".

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Kathy H's avatar

Hideous. Trumpism is an imitation of life that has been long developed & is intended to destroy our ability to survive & thrive. It crosses a line, denying the reality of mortality. It's long been a tactic to create problems to exploit people, but that has been accelerated beyond what life can sustain. It's like it's all flipped, what is serious & what's a game. I think, along with the horrific actions we are witnessing, young people are finding better language & understanding of the imperative human experience. But, I don't think it can be taken for granted that good wins, civilizations fall & species go extinct. And, worse would be the hell on earth that Trumpers envision, their idea of being vengeful gods ruling.

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Victoria Pawlick's avatar

Put plainly, Trump is an asshole.

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Margaret Park's avatar

The 2024 election has led to nothing but being the laughing stock of the free world (and quite possibly the unfree world). Prices are up. The country is a shambles and Trump thows a fit if anyone at all doesn't bow before his wishes. The Justice Dept. is making war on his enemies and he is pardoning anyone who will pay him. Plus sending troops into more and more blue cities. I think Memphis is the only city in a red state. And our legislature hates us.

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Jeannine B Busby's avatar

He is the epitome of disgrace. Like the AI of him in a fighter jet, taking a dump on helpless Americans. Just goes to show what he really feels about the people living in the land of, the not so free.

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Ruth OKelley's avatar

Knowledge of the interactions on the part of trump at this meeting…makes me physically ill. That we Americans are represented by a lunatic is more than I can stand. He will self destruct but not soon enough…

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Kathy H's avatar

"the man from Kyiv towered over the man quack from Queens in every measurable sense." Man, the real power it takes to maintain your honor in the face of someone so abusive & STUPID! I hope Zelenski knows how much he is respected & admired by so many, many of us grieving not having his kind of leadership. It isn't doing his country any good ATM, but the power of our conviction must surely come to something.

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Julio Sierra's avatar

I completely agree with the above assessment of the poor excuse for a president and only refer to that man by his full official title: The SB POS POTUS of America.

(guess what the SB stands for?)(POS is easy to guess)

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Di bradbury's avatar

Splendid report

deep condolences to Zelenski

Once we had honor Trump defaces it in every way.

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Montana Channing's avatar

"History will judge him on the Ukraine -Russian war" and his phony cease fire in Gaza. Zelensky i know is desperate but he needs to take a lesson from the Gaza genocide as DonOLD treats both the same way and, as several pundits have said, thepress ballyhooing it as though DonOLD had anything to do with it is as Tom of Click and Clack used to say BOOOOGUSSS!!!!!

For Gazans, nothing has changed, there is no ceasw-fire, Israel goes right on killing innocent citizens in the so-called "safe" zone after telking them they can return. Easier to shoot them i guess. Hamas has doubled down, there is no aid getting through, a trickle of food, meds, shelter, a joke and yet the joje in the White House gets credit for, as usual, doing nothing but making obscene AI videos. Real Americans are ashamed but not giving up (see No Kings 8.2 million people rubbed it in his face peacefully, NO violence, no arrests)

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Gilbert Brovar's avatar

History judging is questionable. The winners are they ones that write history

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