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usonian

(23,338 posts)
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 09:45 PM 12 hrs ago

T-rump: We don't want to be the policemen of the world BY BRETT SAMUELS - 04/30/18

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20729427

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385521-trump-we-dont-want-to-be-the-policemen-of-the-world/

President Trump on Monday said the U.S. should no longer serve as the “policemen of the world.”

“We more and more are not wanting to be the policemen of the world,” Trump said during a joint press conference with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.

“We’re spending tremendous amounts of money for decades policing the world, and that shouldn’t be the priority,” he said.

Trump ran on the promise that he would extricate the U.S. from foreign wars.


But that was in the year 2018 B.C.E.

Before Caught With Epstein.

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T-rump: We don't want to be the policemen of the world BY BRETT SAMUELS - 04/30/18 (Original Post) usonian 12 hrs ago OP
And what is the mission this time? Bluetus 11 hrs ago #1
The mission is the Epstein Distraction Doctrine. Period. Every destructive thing he has done since January is. usonian 11 hrs ago #2
I don't see a scenario where he loses the money he has grifted this year. Bluetus 9 hrs ago #3
What if ... usonian 9 hrs ago #4
Not the policemen. WmChris 35 min ago #5

Bluetus

(2,212 posts)
1. And what is the mission this time?
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 09:51 PM
11 hrs ago

We know the mission in Venezuela. it is to grab the oil.

What is the mission in Nigeria? To be bodyguard for all the Christians in the world?

That's not what I want MY tax dollars doing.

What is the US vital interest here?

usonian

(23,338 posts)
2. The mission is the Epstein Distraction Doctrine. Period. Every destructive thing he has done since January is.
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 09:58 PM
11 hrs ago

Every “justification” is a lie.

That’s why he backs down. Distraction mission accomplished.

Note: this is distinct from grift. L’affaire Epstein stands to lose him his entire fortune.

Bluetus

(2,212 posts)
3. I don't see a scenario where he loses the money he has grifted this year.
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 12:33 AM
9 hrs ago

(or any other year).

How do you see that happening?

usonian

(23,338 posts)
4. What if ...
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 12:46 AM
9 hrs ago
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220735608

He's not just in the files, but a business partner with JE, in a worldwide sex and blackmail empire? If he denies it, it's true.

His blackmail on the GOP AND USSC fall apart. Who grants him absolute power? A black-robed blackmail victim or 5. 6?

Not passive. Theory: he co-owned the business and had his "business" partner offed.

Mafia rules.


ETA. Left out money laundering. The money trail will get him like Al Capone, who also died of the effects of syphilis.


WmChris

(599 posts)
5. Not the policemen.
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 09:11 AM
35 min ago

He wants to be the mafisio of the world. He and his gangland family members.

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