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[–] [email protected] 126 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I don't know, man. I'm kinda worried about this coming up elections. This man has no problem starting a full on civil war for his own fucking ego, and his followers genuinely believe that he cares about them and that they're actually "serving/saving the country".

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This man has no problem starting a full on civil war for ~~his own fucking ego~~ his partners in the Kremlin.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This man has no problem starting a full on civil war for ~~his own fucking ego~~ ~~his partners in the Kremlin~~ whatever they're offering to pay him.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At this point I think it's kompromat, not money

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sincere question: what kompromat could possibly be meaningful to such a psychopath? Wouldn't he just deny it as a deepfake or fake news? The media have already exposed him as a bankrupt pedophile, sexual predator, draft dodger, grifter, racist, etc.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Something like a recordings of him doing hard drugs, sexually assaulting a child, or collaborating directly with the mob or Russian Mafia

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Or worse, they might have video of him reading a book. This one seems a little farfetched but it'd be immensely damaging to his reputation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Or as he calls it: "Tuesday."

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We should invite the United Nations to inspect or run the elections.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I get your point is to have a neutral 3rd party help oversee the elections, but having the UN do it would be one of the fastest ways to spark a civil war. A lot of Trump supporters very much believe the UN is one of the key players trying to bring the new world order.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

A lot of Trump supporters believe a lot of things.

If they can get their way by intimidation and threats of war, there may as well be war.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Canadians then, you can't be mad at Canadians

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'ma go dust off my South Park Movie DVD

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

OSCE is almost guaranteed to be there, and the UN is not really the organisation to do it because it's full of non-democracies -- which isn't that bad in itself but it's also full of countries calling themselves democracies that would be inclined to fuck shit up.

While OSCE doesn't observe every election every member state has every time they definitely hone in on possibly controversial ones on top of the regular rotation.

In 2012 the Texas Attorney General threatened to arrest the observers, btw.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

maybe we should just kick their asses and tell them to shut the fuck up and sit the fuck down.. they're all cowards and traitors.. they got nuthin..

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well they tried it once. We just have to hope they stay stupid and incompetent if there's a next time. I haven't seen any indication that they've accumulated some brain cells so that's a good sign right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hopefully homeboy is dropping the soap before he has the chance to run again

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And remember he's basically the intellectual in their little group.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm not too worried, until a Republican is president (and controlling military). Until then, I think "The Deep State" is well prepared now for insurrection and coups, and T**** guilty verdicts. Hope the GOP keeps cowering to the cult for a decade or so, they will continue to lose key elections. Those hardcore red states are going to be a tragedy, though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

there's nothing to be worried about as far as civil war is concerned that's such a long shot and a farce narrative at this point

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I will take that. Thank you!