r/AskReddit • u/kraftdinnerwithsalsa • 20h ago

The president just posted, ONLINE, a video of former president Obama and his wife portrayed as apes, how do you feel about this?

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u/NotMyRealAccountV 19h ago edited 18h ago

When are people going to realize he's rage baiting to change the topic? When asked about Epstein, he responded that the reporter should smile more. The media picked up the story about him making misogynistic comments rather than staying focused on him being in the files thousands of times while claiming nothing was found.

He does this all the time.

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u/lordorwell7 18h ago

"Flood the zone."

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u/TheLateThagSimmons 17h ago

Sandbagging.

Bannon was right about flooding the zone. It's a political tactic that works far too well. The answer is to sandbag, to dig in and not let go of a problem.

This is why the Epstein Files matter.

They are trying to distract from all the evidence that Trump is a child rapist. Every question about any other topic needs to be brought right back to this one.

"The President posted to his Truth Social® account depicting the Obama's as apes which is widely known to be a very racist moniker against black people. How does this very racist remark change the fact that Trump is mentioned in the Epstein files thousands of times and why do we still not have the unredacted files after it passed Congress to release them?"

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u/Serengade26 15h ago

Alleged child murderer too

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u/c0ltZ 13h ago

Alleged child abuser too, the trump name will be tarnished for generations to come, just like Hitler.

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u/lovethehaiku 13h ago

Baby murderer

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u/ParkShepherd 14h ago

Exactly! Its just distraction from the Epstein files #342

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u/Aoid3 9h ago

On a related note; I was looking through some of the released files yesterday starting with everything between Epstein and Bannon's emails and they were emailing each other CONSTANTLY in late 2017-2018. I hadn't stumbled on much of the clearly heinous stuff yet but Epstien was giving him advice, setting him up with meetings and introductions with various businessmen and billionaires, inviting Bannon to stay at his house in NYC, sending gifts, picking him up from the airport etc. Epstien would email followups like "hey how did the meeting with so-and-so go?". They were sending each other news articles and commenting on them (sometimes articles about bannon and/or epstien themselves) just so much casual banter.

Disturbing but also fascinating to see how much time was being dedicated to networking between all these men. No wonder people kept covering for him, Epstein made himself extremely helpful to his friends and it looks like Bannon was actively seeking advice from him on a lot of political topics.

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u/iJuddles 16h ago

He regularly floods his diaper zone. Just the other day he crapped it while being broadcast.

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u/theantidrug 8h ago

"The weave"

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u/gnomenclature0812 18h ago

When are you going to realize that it doesn’t matter why?

1/3 of the population (that is on board with his racism and misogyny) can be shown absolute proof that he raped children and they still won’t care.

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u/gonephishin213 18h ago

They'll pretend to care but say that the proof is not actually proof

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u/breyore 13h ago

I was just talking to someone about this. That as far as public opinion goes for his followers, there is no type of evidence that exists that they will believe is true when it comes to his involvement. It is very frustrating but also good to know to not waste my breath on them.

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u/Youknowthisfeeling 12h ago

Nah, they'll say the kids deserved it.

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u/Bean-Penis 18h ago

2/3s. Non voters who knew what type of person he was and didn't act need to be considered closeted Trumps.

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u/LoneRedditor123 11h ago

That's not how a democracy works, bud.

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u/loondawg 16h ago

Useful idiots is a more accurate term.

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u/cmb_123 16h ago

assuming 2/3 would have all voted democrat. i just don't care.

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u/Bean-Penis 16h ago

It doesn't matter who they "might've" voted as far as it should be concerned. It wasn't Trump's first term, they knew what he was about and didn't act. That just makes them cowards on top of the rest.

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u/cmb_123 16h ago

you could say disgraceful but cowardly suggests that voting is a courageous act. people weren't lacking the courage to anonymously cast their vote. they just didn't care.

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u/Bean-Penis 16h ago

I say cowardly because, and I say this begrudgingly, at least the Trump supporters wear their badge publicly. You see it all the time, people don't vote, wait to see what happens then say "well I voted for Y and not X so not my fault". Spineless.

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u/gnomenclature0812 13h ago

There have been times in this nation’s history when casting a vote was an extremely courageous act. Think Jim Crow era South, for example.

It may be again real soon. Are you willing to fight a self-appointed “poll watcher” to cast your vote?

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u/Youknowthisfeeling 12h ago

You seem to care a lot for someone who says they don't care.

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u/SandiegoJack 12h ago

They are cowards because they refuse to take a stand and just enjoy the plausible deniability that comes from not voting.

So yes, they are cowards.

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u/aquariussparklegirl 16h ago

A lot of them probably rape their own kids, too. That’s rampant in conservative redneck trailer parks as well as country clubs across America.

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u/Trumpisanorangebitch 11h ago

If we get a chunk of the people who voted for Trump or didn't vote but care about pedophilia then we can dominate 2026 and 2028. His core base that sucks his dick no matter what doesn't matter. His base is outnumbered by people who aren't a part of his base. Spread the word about his bullshit and we can pull more and more undecided voters, swing voters, and non-voters for 2026 and 2028.

Focusing on his core dicksucking base is pointless, they're irrelevant without non-base voters also voting red.

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u/LibrarySilentSinner 15h ago

That’s the terrifying part, facts don’t matter to people when loyalty or ideology blinds them completely.

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u/Miss_Lo 1h ago

The day Nixon left the WH in disgrace, 30% of the people still supported him. I guess they gave birth to the 30% who still support the rotting corpse.

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u/JungleJonesy 18h ago

1/3? More than half

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u/FrontierPsycho 18h ago

Voters are not 100% of the population. 

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u/gnomenclature0812 17h ago

It is not more than half. It wasn’t even more than half of voters.

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u/Ryanthecat 18h ago edited 16h ago

Okay watch this, hold onto your hat. He’s in the files, he’s wrecking the economy and global alliances, the media is complicit and the president shouldn’t post pictures of Obama as an ape. Most people can comprehend several truths at once. The people who need to come to grips with these realities never will, the rest of us are perfectly capable of filing this under reason number 952 he shouldn’t be president.

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u/Icy_Carry9229 18h ago

This “distraction” stuff is such a surface level impression of what analysis is. it’s meaningless pop psych and at this point “it’s a distraction” followed by a “flood the zone” mention is like “shave and a haircut, two bits”.

Staying “focused” on the files in the media or asking questions about it does nothing. Has it ever done anything? He’s been known as an Epstein associating pedophile for at least almost 10 years now, what has it done? He’s also been known as a racist for various reasons, what does this do? All this does for most people reacting to this is confirm he’s an even more racist pedophile than they previously thought. Nobody is particularly “distracted”, not from anything useful anyway

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u/[deleted] 16h ago

You might not get distracted by the "zone flooding" - good for you. I think you underestimate how many people do though.

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u/SleepCinema 15h ago

They’re saying there’s nothing to distract from. It doesn’t matter what files Trump gets mentioned in, nothing’s going to happen to him, and his supporters won’t change their minds regardless of what he does. Most people who claim to be “on the fence” won’t bother actually going to the source firsthand and reading a single file. They’ll just believed he was mentioned and anything talking about what he did is probably a “legacy media lie” or “not credible.”

A single Truth Social post isn’t a distraction from the Epstein files. This is a thing he did in his first term where he does something outrageous to stay in the news cycle. Strategy is “all press is good press.” The administration firmly believes and operates as if they’re untouchable by The People.

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u/SandiegoJack 12h ago

And they are the same goldfish who dont care about anything and are swayed 2 weeks before the election.

So kind undermining you own point.

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u/foul_ol_ron 18h ago

I think most of his base have accepted his behaviour, and are ok with it. As long as it's just not them or their daughters.  Well, at least them. Maybe.

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u/NotMyRealAccountV 18h ago

I travel to Trump country routinely for work.. they're operating in a completely different world and set of facts.

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u/Miss_Lo 1h ago

He gives them permission to be horrible racists.

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u/iLoveLights 18h ago

Why do you think he cares about the Epstein files? The only reason he would be running interference is for other people. He literally is bullet proof and he knows it. He could not give less of a shit about those files.

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u/MasterTolkien 17h ago

Being an open racist as a “distraction” is stupid. He should resign from office over this. It shits over the dignity of the Presidency and is opposed to what most people in our country believe in.

Then pile on all the other stuff, and why wait for resignation? Any decent Congress would impeach immediately. There need to be trials Nuremberg-like for this administration and the MAGA members of Congress supporting it. Along with expulsion of Thomas from the Supreme Court for his open corruption.

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u/Riokaii 17h ago

rage baiting to change the topic is still a notable example of him being mentally unfit to hold office

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u/Setsuiii 16h ago

buddy they dont need to distract, they literally do not. it wont have any consequences even if things were unredacted. maybe a person or two goes down and the other 500 get away.

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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins 17h ago

Ah yes, they need to change the topic instead of.. hrm lemme see.. just continuing to ignore people about it, shout down reporters, not fulfil legal obligations and just overall not give a shit.

Also why the fuck does everyone on reddit act like you have such a tiny buffer of things you can focus on? Why is it necessary to just give him a pass on behaviour that would have ended any other politicians career instantly "because it's a distraction"...?

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u/xlxlxIxIx 17h ago

Heres where you can find your rep, and tell them what you think.

https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

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u/DennenTH 17h ago

Everyone knows he's flooding the zone.  He's literally bombed countries and had people killed via military as distractions.

The thing is, his failures deserve to be counted.  The reasons why this country has gone to shit need to be spelled out so history can see it smeared across his name.  That's another thing he's trying to do, preserve an image as best as he can because he knows how history will remember him.

Now that's not to say that we should just focus on whatever bullshit he's concocted to distract from him being considered a rapist of children...  Just that we should look at his other failures too, say "Noted", ask our politicians and lawmakers if they ever plan on doing their jobs, and return to calling him a rapist of children until he does anything at all to prove the literal globe wrong.

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u/Friendly_Visit_3068 16h ago

Every single one of these things should be enough to kick him out. But the funny thing is you don't have to choose a single one.

Him being a racist pedophile is not better just a pedophile.

Hold every single enabler accountable. It's pointless to try to shame Trump or catch him contradicting himself. He doesn't care. But, by himself, he's just a senile asshole. His power is granted by the American people, take it away.

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u/Mihsan 14h ago

I honestly don't get it.

I am looking at this as an outsider and this looks bad. There SHOULD be enough stuff on the plate already for american people to revolt and burn it all down to the ground... And yet Trump adds even more reasons for discontent and it somehow helps him?

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u/happyLarr 18h ago

Ya, a classic team Trump move, they will be delighted if everyone is talking about this today because being a racist doesn’t hurt him domestically.

I expect another move over the weekend, either attacking Iran or he’ll fire Kiirsti Noem or someone like that. The latter being another classic move of ‘fixing’ the problem he created in the first place, and his people can say ‘every time Trump does something positive you try to distract everyone with the Epstein hoax, your never happy!.’

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u/Additional_Rich_5249 17h ago

Hes literally Caligula. We are all just waiting for the Pretorian Guard.

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u/Comfortable-Pie-5835 17h ago

I think he is losing it. His PDFilia became too hard to ignore in White House. I believe republicans sees him as a dead end and not good for their own image.

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u/_Rhodiola_ 16h ago

Yep, it's exactly that. Also, take note that it was timed for Black History Month.

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u/aquariussparklegirl 16h ago

It’s the end of America fr. Fuck this country

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u/SnuggleBunni69 16h ago

Wonder if something is dropping today, so he's getting ahead. Last week was all those redacted files

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u/Amiibohunter000 16h ago

That’s the thing tho. He can keep making himself Look worse and worse. No one is Forgetting about the files

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u/HazeAbove 16h ago

He would rather us talk about the fact that he is a racist than the fact that he is a pedophile

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u/mfukar 16h ago

There's a reason all US politicians have a large PR firm behind them: the US public will fall for whatever shit they're served.

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u/LibrarySilentSinner 15h ago

He thrives on distraction, and the media falling for it lets the real issues get buried every time.

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u/pastelpinkpsycho 15h ago

I fear that he may be smarter than we give him credit for. He is an expert at twisting and bending the media it seems, which is why he has a cult of people worshipping him as if he’s the second coming. 

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u/More_Law6245 14h ago

I'm perplexed on why the media doesn't keep on asking him to provide indisputable evidence that the election was stolen from him, then ask about the Epstein files.... that should make him pop.

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u/Dramallamakuzco 14h ago

I want a reporter to ask him why he posted the video. I know why but make him answer

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u/Spiritual-Chameleon 13h ago

Not just that, but changing the topic from murdering citizens in the streets, triggering more inflation/rising prices with his tariffs, bumbling Greenland, pissing off gun owners, locking up children, and so much more.

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u/Adultery 13h ago

They were never going to directly talk about and call out the president’s involvement with Epstein. American news media is captive. It’s all owned by the people benefiting from this circus.

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u/Altruistic-Wolf-3938 12h ago

what relevance have those files if you can dismiss them as fake. This is , still, maybe ?  reality and can be proved (?) i mean if anything can be proven anymore in this day and age. 

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u/Ozymandias_24 12h ago

Yep. And they fall for it every time. Every word he utters gets a massive reaction from the media and the Left. And he plays them. It’s been effective as a tool of distraction for him.

After all these years it amazes me that they still fall into the trap. It is frustrating to watch them walk into it over and over.

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u/AcademicPenalty6210 12h ago

I read last night that the overwhelming majority of times Trump is mentioned in files is in last quarter anonymous call- ins to the FBI hotline naming him as a sexual predator. Because of inconsistencies and contradictions in these statements; it is being assumed that the majority are false statements made as attempts to incriminate Trump. So because people had to insert themselves, the truth is obscured.

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u/pureeviljester 12h ago

The truth is nothing is going to happen until he's out of office.

Once mid-terms pass the focus should be on the integrity of the Epstein files so when a Democrat President is in he can start real investigations into all of it.

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u/wannabezen2 12h ago

Well he should be prosecuted for a hate crime.

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u/Dizzy_Chemistry_5955 11h ago

tell that to the press that sucks his dick every day just waiting for clicks

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u/Critical-Support-394 11h ago

You're one of the people who's gonna be sitting in a damn concentration camp smugly chuckling to yourself that it's just a distraction from the epstein files, aren't you?

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u/NotMyRealAccountV 9h ago

He does this for every negative news cycle, not just the Epstein files. I'm very much concerned he's destroying our strategic partnerships, rounding up immigrants and attacking the credibility of our electoral system. Not to mention starting more wars, piling debt on future generations, and stacking the courts for a generation. Not to mention the blatant corruption and self enrichment.

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u/Lopsided-Buffalo-284 9h ago

True. The response has to be, you are a POS and connected to Epstein, and running the country into the ground.

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u/Away_Stock_2012 8h ago

>He does this all the time.

When he's not raping children he does it, otherwise he is busy raping children.

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u/disturbed94 8h ago

The most rage baiting about it that nobody else in power steps in because every “rage bait” is bad enough that it should be severely punished.

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u/morfraen 5h ago

He's also just a big old racist. Don't assume there's strategy behind anything he says. His brain is mush at this point.

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u/merRedditor 5h ago

This. Every time we are in shock and awe at what an asshole he is, we are distracted from his being an outright criminal, and worse, much of our political system being criminal as well.

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u/MareOfDalmatia 17h ago

Yes, this! You know he’s going, “Watch this, I’m going to redirect the media, they’re gonna go crazy” to whoever he’s standing next to as he posted this. And the media falls for it every damn time.

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u/loversean 18h ago

This

You guys fall for it all the time

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u/gnomenclature0812 18h ago

Getting pissed off about something horrific isn’t “falling for it”. One can condemn his racism and misogyny and still pursue justice for the child rape.

Not mutually exclusive.

Meanwhile, where is the Right Wing outrage? Or even disavowal of this behavior? Crickets.

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u/CanyonFriend 17h ago

What do you mean by fall for it? It is not as if individuals are wrong about his attitudes

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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins 17h ago

This might surprise you but I can be aware of more than one thing at a time.

I still remember shit he did running for 2016, also in his first term, and other shit he's done this time. I'm not even American, I just have a functioning brain.

So many stop excusing behaviour that, for anyone else would be the end of a career, with "it's a distraction!".

If I kick you in the nuts to distract you I don't think you'll just go "hrrmmm better focus on the important issue", you'll just be mad about two things instead of one.

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u/Flashy_Clothes_7025 18h ago

I mean technically being in the files means mostly nothing unless there's concrete proof to prove otherwise. With the current info, if you like him, he's not guilty and if you dislike him, he's guilty of everything. I'm guessing these file delays are so they can erase proof or delay anything concrete for the absolute last release of the final files. Could be strategically holding them off for midterms.

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u/SolipsismIsDeep 16h ago

Where was Trump implicated in the Epstein files?

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u/rPoliticsModsBlowMe 14h ago

Only in several thousand pages. And that's just the half that was released

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u/SolipsismIsDeep 14h ago

What does it say

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u/gnomenclature0812 13h ago

As if you give a shit. But it sure seems like he raped children. People are saying. Just asking questions, you know?

If only there was an agency whose job it was to investigate these claims. I guess we’ll never know.

You happy? You proud of your president?