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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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> Every success against Trump turns out to be completely meaningless.
On the contrary,every success against Trump is building up to a victory,you just have to wear down his physical and magic armour enough..
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Yeah, that's right.
Whatever Stand he's using, it's not invincible.
The trick is to be persistent about it, and keep things simple so the public have it easy to understand.
Just hoping he won't act out of spite in regards to his tax-returns when no other option for him exists...
True. Thanks for that.
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Most of what I was going to say has been rendered superfluous but there is one point to make that I don't think has been made, Trump being forced to give out his tax returns doesn't matter that much. It's not irrelevant and if nothing else the symbolism matters but practically when it comes to constraining Trump's power it's not high impact.
Rather, what matters is impeachment and the election in 2020. So even if Trump giving out his tax returns was 100% impossible it wouldn't be a particularly significant victory for Trump.
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I thought we had long accepted we weren't getting those tax returns.
It's one thing to make a spectacle. It's another to make a difference.
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
Eh it's going to bleed resources and focus of Trump so keep at it?
"You can reply to this Message!"
So Trump just Tweeted this. And this is an exact, copy-pasted quote.
As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!). They must, with Europe and others, watch over...
....the captured ISIS fighters and families. The U.S. has done far more than anyone could have ever expected, including the capture of 100% of the ISIS Caliphate. It is time now for others in the region, some of great wealth, to protect their own territory. THE USA IS GREAT!
He actually said "my great and unmatched wisdom"....
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Not even the wisdom of his ass measures up to anything special.
I think people underestimate the importance of his tax returns given they potentially show he's a financial criminal and could illustrate his ties to foreign dictators, organized crime, and just how badly he's mismanged his financial empire as well as how much he's in the hole save for Russian bailouts.
I'm confused at how that's not incredibly relevant.
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If Trump had any self-awareness, you'd think that line about wisdom was sarcasm.
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I'm confused at how that's not incredibly relevant.
Because there's nothing in there that would surprise anybody. There are three things you can expect to find in Trump's tax returns:
- Evidence of white-collar crime. But nobody cares about white-collar crime and no billionaire will ever face real consequences for it, especially not POTUS.
- Evidence of Russian ties. But we have a 200-page document extensively detailing Trump's Russian ties. The country is not lacking for proof. It's lacking for f*cks to give. The country has, as a whole, decided that Trump being a Russian asset is okay.
- Evidence that Trump isn't really a billionaire. This is almost certainly what Trump is actually trying to hide. But it's also completely trivial and is worth nothing more than a few lulz.
The tax returns are not the magic bullet you're looking for. If anything, the quest for Trump's tax returns is probably actually counterproductive, given that it makes the Democrats' investigations look petty.
We should have dropped this line of investigation in 2017. We have nothing to gain and PR to lose by spending years obsessively demanding Trump's tax returns.
Edited by TobiasDrake on Oct 7th 2019 at 12:57:01 PM
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Not as angry as the name would suggest.
Someone get the President Supervillain twitter ready.
Oh God! Natural light!
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Rudy Giuliani, Trump's Personal Lawyer and a person of interest in the Impeachment against him, plans to sue Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Rashid Tliab (D-MI) for 'depriving him of his civil rights' , 'witness tampering', 'conspiracy' and 'inhibition'. While the Headline brings up Trump numerous times (including the title), there is no evidence yet that Trump has anything to do with Giuliani's Stunt (though don't be surprised if he concocted this idea).
All I can really say is I hope this bites Guiliani in his ass; the man has gone off the deep end.
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
He's completely lost his shit
Oh really when?
They're way ahead of you, ~Karkat The Dalek.
https://twitter.com/PresVillain/status/1181288000606457856?s=09
They've already got one for his "Great and unmatched wisdom".
OK. They actually have Cersei Lannister beaten when it comes to hypocrisy. That's... quite the feat.
Just saw on Twitter that even Pat Robertson is opposed to Trump's backstabbing of the Kurds.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Yes, but he thinks Trump will "lose the mandate of heaven" by doing so like he's the Emperor of China.
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
x3 Heh, nice.
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That explain the Trade War, it was just another Chinese Civil War 
Oh, don't get me wrong. I know that Robertson is nucking futs. But when even his wrapped moral compass aligns with reality...
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Stopped clocks.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
So here's one sure to rile up Trump - a member of the National Security Council told Newsweek that Trump got "rolled" by Turkey, and that he "has no spine".
"President Trump was definitely out-negotiated and only endorsed the troop withdraw to make it look like we are getting something—but we are not getting something," the National Security Council source told Newsweek. "The U.S. national security has entered a state of increased danger for decades to come because the president has no spine and that's the bottom line."
The source also said they expect a Turkish incursion between 24 and 96 hours from the time of speaking.
Edited by ironballs16 on Oct 7th 2019 at 4:55:45 AM
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
I'm not sure how else to react to, "Judge rules Trump needs to turn over taxes. It goes to higher court. Will eventually end up in his court."
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