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kentuck

(114,696 posts) Sun Sep 14, 2025, 01:30 PM Sep 14

The Kirk murder has thrown a wrench into Trump's strategy of continued division. [View all]

Because it has caused people to start talking about stopping the heated rhetoric and to try and heal the nation.

That is the last thing that Trump wants. He cannot live without division and hateful rhetoric. It is the air he breathes.

In his discussion with the Utah Governor, he showed that he was more interested in using the Kirk murder to further divide the people than to try and bridge the differences.

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The Kirk murder has thrown a wrench into Trump's strategy of continued division. [View all] kentuck Sep 14 OP

Trump thinks now is not the time for the American people to go all wobbly and sentimental. Irish_Dem Sep 14 #1

You're right... sop Sep 14 #2

nonsense. it has exacerbated the polarization and debate. stopdiggin Sep 14 #3

Not catching the guy would have beem optimum lame54 Sep 14 #7

you probably have a point. but, short of that - this will do quite nicely. Yeah? -(nt)- stopdiggin Sep 14 #8

He couldn't pivot away fast enough to his ballroom when some bootlicker asked how he was "holding up" Blues Heron Sep 14 #4

That little splinter in his ear by a MAGA didn't teach him jack shit about division. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Sep 14 #5

I disagree. With maybe one notable exception on the right, there is more division than ever among the rank and file. LonePirate Sep 14 #6