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Ocelot II

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6. Trump is like the firefighter who sets a fire in order to be the hero who puts it out.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2026, 09:24 AM

19 hrs ago

Except in this case he set fire to a building with children in it, poured even more gasoline on it after he started it, endangered other firefighters who had to be rescued, and threatened to burn down the whole city. And the building belongs to the Mafia.

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Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here: [View all] demmiblue 20 hrs ago OP

Spot on. FalloutShelter 20 hrs ago #1

Mr. Rhodes summed it up quite nicely. Swede 20 hrs ago #2

Great summation. patphil 16 hrs ago #20

Back when competent people were in charge... Damn I miss it badly. Dave Bowman 20 hrs ago #3

That is excellent... Spazito 20 hrs ago #4

This goes back to 2018... sop 20 hrs ago #5

And, PRE DT, the republican party actively attempted to sabotage it Cosmocat 18 hrs ago #17

Trump is like the firefighter who sets a fire in order to be the hero who puts it out. Ocelot II 19 hrs ago #6

You are so right. murielm99 19 hrs ago #8

He's stopped another war--- lastlib 19 hrs ago #13

One other accomplishment he's pulled off. calimary 13 hrs ago #22

This is what losing feels like. We lost. Period. Johonny 19 hrs ago #7

We lost when the American voters pulled the lever for Chump FakeNoose 19 hrs ago #11

The economic trauma is just starting Farmer-Rick 19 hrs ago #12

A nice statement of the obvious state of affairs. K&R NNadir 19 hrs ago #9

And yet Trump, and the media, will portray it as a complete and total victory by the US. TheRickles 19 hrs ago #10

Pres. Obama got a MUCH BETTER DEAL WITH IRAN, but racist TACO just had to tear it up. MLWR 18 hrs ago #14

Wow. Spot on....unfortunately. hamsterjill 18 hrs ago #15

This was such a foreign policy fuck up. Buckeyeblue 18 hrs ago #16

Krasnov is such a ultralite001 17 hrs ago #18

I'm gonna keep saying it.. IMPEACH THIS MOTHERF*CKER. Joinfortmill 17 hrs ago #19

And I'm gonna keep echoing it. calimary 13 hrs ago #23

And this is why Figarosmom 15 hrs ago #21

I suspect in 2 weeks that everything will be great. chouchou 11 hrs ago #24

TY & Ben Rhodes Cha 8 hrs ago #25

Trump has been a black cloud over the US ever since his 2nd inauguration. Fla Dem 8 hrs ago #26

Ben is rather articulate and well informed vapor2 7 hrs ago #27

he is indeed Skittles 4 hrs ago #28