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pat_k

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21. "...they will rush to help if called on"...

Reply to wnylib (Reply #16)

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 02:06 PM

16 hrs ago

...stumbling over each other to kiss his feet, tears in their eyes.

I fear that his lashing out will go beyond the usual tantrums as the world stubbornly refuses to comply with his delusional fantasies. Fantasies born of his malignant narcissism and cruel and violent psychopathy. As nightmarish as the world has been with the felon in power, I fear for the extremes that are yet to come as the "usual" mechanisms he uses to protect his eggshell ego and delusions of brilliance and power fail him.

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So it is about stealing their resources. He did say it would be just like Venezuela. travelingthrulife 20 hrs ago #1

Nailed it! Resistance1 19 hrs ago #2

He knows more about anything than anyone. wnylib 17 hrs ago #16

Such a stable genius that he bankrupted how many House-Never-Loses casinos? Justice matters. 17 hrs ago #17

Only a genius could do that and then convince wnylib 17 hrs ago #19

"...they will rush to help if called on"... pat_k 16 hrs ago #21

Agree. We can only hope that someone in his wnylib 16 hrs ago #22

Cool. Dont be there. TACO SSJVegeta 19 hrs ago #3

He could just declare victory and stop bombing ... SomewhereInTheMiddle 3 hrs ago #28

Whose territory is "their" territory...What the hell is he even talking about? BeyondGeography 19 hrs ago #4

He means the Europeans need the resources from the region more than we do so they should clean up his mess to get them ChicagoTeamster 18 hrs ago #10

Substitute "interests" for "territory" and you'd have something coherent BeyondGeography 17 hrs ago #14

The families of the dead may very well agree with him GusBob 19 hrs ago #5

How many thousands of innocent people will die? Mysterian 18 hrs ago #7

More? maxsolomon 17 hrs ago #12

That was my first thought Delarage 12 hrs ago #27

Bring hem home and admit you were wrong in starting this war. republianmushroom 19 hrs ago #6

orange $atan$ never apologize for anything. Justice matters. 17 hrs ago #18

He demands that other countries jump into his fiasco Bayard 18 hrs ago #8

You have to wonder how this hits the families of the dead and injured service members. What a fucking moron. Vinca 18 hrs ago #9

No shit, Sherlock! bif 17 hrs ago #11

"Maybe we shouldn't even be there at all." MLWR 17 hrs ago #13

They need to add a "What the Fuck" section to their paper City Lights 17 hrs ago #15

"...because it is their territory..." BaronChocula 17 hrs ago #20

He's playing/begging to the wrong crowd EX500rider 15 hrs ago #23

Great comfort for families of the dead service members Mysterian 15 hrs ago #24

again mahina 3 hrs ago #29

I've got to hand it to him: Ol Janx Spirit 14 hrs ago #25

He could just declare victory and leave any time he wants IronLionZion 12 hrs ago #26