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Prairie Gates

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11. If I gave Trump any credit for being smart, I would even think this is strategy

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 02:15 PM

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Trump is so universally reviled and held in so much contempt in Italy that continuing the feud with Meloni actually increases her popularity. If the goal is to keep right wingers in power in Europe after the collapse of Orbanism, manufacturing some goofy feud with Meloni would be one way to accomplish that.

Of course, Trump is not actually smart, and would never consent to being mocked or defied by a woman, even if that accrued to his general benefit. So, yeah, this is just the usual Trump idiocy, even if it does end up helping Meloni a lot to be in a feud with Trump.

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