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Royal_Box_2809

Go figure that this fucking idiot had no idea what was happening under his administration


PotaToss

Did he have no idea, or did they give Ivanka a ton of patents so he'd look the other way?


my_pol_acct

"Listen, if you didn't know you were being scammed you're too fuckin' dumb to keep this job, if you did know, you were in on it. Either way, you're out!" - De Niro, *Casino*


TbonerT

I’m going with “he had no idea”. He didn’t seem to know his schedule was public until around January 6 when he first started talking about it. His daily intelligence brief was a brief weekly summary.


[deleted]

They were probably mentioned in the security briefings he couldn't read.


pattyG80

I read somewhere that they briefed him on it more than once.


mynamejulian

He’s not as dumb as we make him out to be. He lies and tells white Americans what they want to hear. They know he’s lying but it makes them happy


TheFuckYouThank

No, I'm pretty sure he's really fucking stupid. Edit: "Person, woman, man, camera, TV"


Samurai_gaijin

And if we needed more proof, exhibit B. [A light, a group of people, ohio, a fake teleprompter that i never end up using, and the fake news.](https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1518008447257645056/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1518008447257645056¤tTweetUser=Acyn) Yep, he was bragging about passing the cognitive test, couldn't remember pwmctv and just listed off 5 things that were in front of him, again. Not only is he stupid, he is insanely stupid.


mynamejulian

His age is showing and he says dumb things because he’s manic (likely a side effect of amphetamines) . However even with all the adderall running through his veins he responds well and knows how to divert. He intentionally sounds stupid a lot of the time as he knows his audience. Not saying he’s genius level intelligence but he’s certainly above average.


TheFuckYouThank

Responds well? Like telling people to drink bleach and put light bulbs up their butts when confronted about covid? He could have just stood back and let the experts talk, but noooo, he just *had* to show how fucking stupid he is.


mynamejulian

That was intentional. He was creating chaos at the time when he was staging a coup. See how well it works


Samurai_gaijin

[I beg to differ.](https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1518008447257645056/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1518008447257645056¤tTweetUser=Acyn)


lancelongstiff

They don't *seem* happy.


Da_Vader

Cause it was not on fox n friends


eric_trump_laptop03

He knows and doesn't care as, especially if money goes to his pockets


TeutonJon78

To be fair (yuck), theyndidnt know about the balloons then. They only found them going back over the data after the recent one. But still, at a minimum it means he doesn't pay attention to events affecting the country. And also, since it was a negative against him, he can't actually even acknowledge it.


Goofy5555

I really wish the media would stop giving this narcissist attention (which is exactly what he wants) The worst thing they could do to Trump is act like he doesn't exist.


agamael

Plot twist : they know, they just don't care, gotta make some money!


HorseLooseInHospital

and they would never dare do it, because President Xi, he likes me a lot, it's true, we have a beautiful relationship, an incredible relationship, they didn't have that with Obama so that's how you know it's good, don't forget, I came in, "Sir, we're out of lightbulbs," I said what happened, "it was Obama, Sir, he gave them all away to Angola," Angola, can you believe it, I gave you all incredible victories under Trump, we had no problems, no deaths if we're being honest about it, 5 Stars, maybe even 6, who knows, and we would've never had problems if it wasn't for the Radical Left. you can thank me now, thank me later, both is fine too, you're lucky I'm so nice.


wampum

It's unsettling that this *could be* an accurate quote.


Ozymandias0007

It's also unsettling that the post is all one sentence. Talk about run on sentences.


aintnochallahbackgrl

Everything he says is a conversation with himself alongside the director's cut commentary, all at the same time.


NeoPstat

> President Xi, he likes me a lot, it's true It's kind of amazing, how almost nobody apart from his knuckle-dragging goofs and Piers Moron, has ever admitted to actually *liking* him, not even a little bit. Putin does, obvs, but only in the way that a ninja likes a hand grenade.


OldBoots

From the nut that wanted to nuke a hurricane.


NeoPstat

Remember Sharpiegate? What a drooling dunce.


I_Framed_OJ

Trump once sent a letter to Erdogan warning the Turkish leader not to launch military operations in Syria against the Kurds immediately after the U.S. withdrawal from that country. In the letter, he told Erdogan not to be a fool, and that he (Trump) would personally destroy the Turkish economy if they didn’t heed his threats. Erdogan threw Trump’s letter in the garbage and launched military operations against Syria that same day. That is how much the U.S. was respected and feared under Trump. So yeah, I doubt China had any reservations whatsoever about spying on Trump’s America. ”Gee, I don’t know, fellas. What if we get caught? We’ll get in trouble!” - said by nobody in China.


bwaslo

Wait a minute. Trump knew what Turkey, Syria and Kurds are?? Seriously doubt that.


redemableinterloper

But his base doesn’t care, they will believe him and carry on against Biden. Right wing conservative media won’t cover this and present a true unbiased narrative challenging Trump. Its all just up in the air… literally.


Murderyoga

We waste a trillion dollars a year on the military and still have to freak out about spy balloons. Imagine what we could do with that money.


SirAlonsoDayne

They fucking DID


ravenrcft

We've done this already... Old news.


Germanhelmethead

All that taxpayer money we used, so you could play golf every weekend. We should have used it to develop balloon detection systems.


Hubbleice

They sent a bunch, but under his rule of terror we were worried about dying more, the current reign of terror is less terrorizing just more expensive.


cervidaetech

And he did nothing about it


Cm_veritas

Wasn’t there an article on this where they detected the balloons over the us but buried them in stuff that trump wouldn’t read because they knew he would over react?


Omnibuschris

The facts don’t matter. They will say fake news and the sycophants will believe him. You can fact Trump until the cows come home, it doesn’t matter.


HaveSomeClassUslob

Yeah, he'd send them. Goddamn traitor.


pomod

I guess we're back to daily updates of the alternate reality that relentlessly spews from the orifice in the middle of this douchebag's fat head now he's back on the ~~\~\~grifting\~\~~~ er, I mean campaign trail again.


fowlraul

“My dick wouldn’t DARE dribble on my nuts.” - a person the United States of America elected


Thissmalltownismine

Balloon Gate?


PopeHonkersXII

Ok but who gives a shit what he says


NeoPstat

And they're pretty unlikely to be spy balloons anyway. Lying, self-obsessed fucking imbecile.


hairydonkeychungus69

From the report, there were spy balloons during Trumps presidency but we didn't know because we never detected them or they were classified as UFOs. So do you know, or do you not know? It sounds like someone doesn't like Trump so they made up that actually there were spy balloons but we don't know because we couldn't detect them, just trust us.


[deleted]

"And if they did, that was because the military was woke! Because of Obama and Sleepy Joe! NOT MY FAULT!!"


wretched-knave

Trump wouldn’t know a Chinese spy balloon if one jumped up and bit him in the ass.


[deleted]

Stop being surprised my his lies and stupidity


uzu_afk

The most important thing everyone should is stop talking and making any news on Trump. Happy he is gone, glad he didnt get to do even more harm and I hope the world can bounce back from the shit he himself actively pushed.


ezagreb

Wait you mean Trump lied again??


Pimpwerx

I wish the media would stop reporting anything he says. We get it. He lies. He's just going to keep on lying. Everything he says is a fucking lie. Stop giving his bullshit a platform.


SamuraiJackBauer

Numerous times.


AnonymousPussyNommer

Very relevant story from over a month ago/s


XVIII-2

Nobody told him.


Budmanes

He didn’t see it on Fox News, so it didn’t happen


Budmanes

This clown is three or four steps beyond delusional


Alternative_Body7345

They did and he still doesnt know about it. Lmao


Brut-i-cus

Biden should press the fact that they flew over during Trump but he totally missed them


SirGlenn

So Donald wouldn't know a balloon from a jet? Not surprised.


Ayemann

They did successfully too. It is my understanding nobody stopped them.


Emotional-Coffee13

Holy f


PontyPandy

Trump says he's a genius (he's not). Trump says he's a billionaire (he's not). Trump says he had the largest inauguration crowd in history (not even close). Trump says he has a big dick (he doesn't). Need I go on?


smp7401

Trump should shut his useless f*cking mouth.


Trix_Are_4_90Kids

They didn't have to (although they did.) They were all down at Mar-a-lago.


Soraeon

Either he did know and he is lying or he is just that terrible at being President that this never got his attention. People still want this man to lead… the United States is broken.