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J_William_Ryan

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5. "...or he is headed toward a second-term failure."

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Sat May 23, 2026, 01:10 AM

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Trump’s second term is already a failure, as was his first.

And Trump is incapable of any legislative initiative, focused instead on more grift, corruption, and criminality.

Congressional Republicans aren’t going to move on any major legislation – Trump’s incompetence and fecklessness have seen to that. Republicans are occupied with mitigating disasters such as Trump’s domestic terrorist slush fund and his failed, illegal war of choice with Iran.

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