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calimary

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18. In any other time, I would have thought you were joking

Reply to peggysue2 (Reply #15)

Mon May 25, 2026, 07:19 PM

Monday

about the “Tiananmen Square phase”.

Not any more.

Especially as the orange one is growing increasingly desperate.

It’s just not funny or bitingly satirical anymore. I seriously fear he’s going to get people killed before this nightmare ends. Maybe a lot of people. It took two A-bombs to convince the Japanese to surrender. What will finally be enough to push the donald to give up?

Shit. I don’t even want to think about it.

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