Must be the Iranian peace prize to go with the one from FIFA.

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    What’s confusing? You have the most short sighted, transactional president ever and he took a bribe. Or someone convinced him they gave him a bribe.

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    Well, it’s probably because he makes shit up on the fly all the time. A man that literally cannot tell the truth is confusing? All he’s trying to do is run out the clock. Keep kicking the can down the road to avoid prison and impeachment.

    I am Jack’s complete lack of surprise

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    I am honestly not sure which is worse. That we have a world leader representing the US who believes

    • the population is stupid and complacent enough to swallow this lie.

    -that a bribe is something both laudable and acceptable from an active war opponent.

    This really is Caligula loosing touch with reality.

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      That a bribe from a foreign power isn’t specifically forbidden by the constitution, and for really good reasons

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        I guess the emoluments clause just doesn’t exist anymore, huh?

        What about giving aid and succor to enemies?

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      9 hours ago

      Caligula

      Maybe the Marines will secure the Straight by firing bullets into the water and then declare victory over it? Some people tell me this is a very victorious way to wage war.

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        We’ll send a bunch of unarmed barely armed and notoriously fragile LCS ships made of aluminum to the Straight.

        You know those stupid futuristic looking catamaran ass destroyers?

        Those. (They’re made of soft penetrable aluminum.)

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    11 hours ago

    Maybe they gave him a 747 that’s totally not bugged. oh wait that was Qatar, my bad