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JohnnyRingo

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12. Too soon?

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #11)

Wed Oct 29, 2025, 03:22 PM

Oct 29

I don't know, but every day greets me with an outrage I never thought I ever see.
Other presidents have tried the illegal protests before but it always ended up making them look bad, Nixon in particular. Does that matter anymore at this point?

He doesn't like to see scorn. It hurts the image he tries to project.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goes-full-dictator-with-bonkers-threat-to-use-air-force-and-navy-in-us-cities/

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There are three words he can say that scare me [View all] JohnnyRingo Oct 28 OP

He and others have alraedy called them that obamanut2012 Oct 28 #1

"We're there dude." - Direct Butthead quote Stacey Grove Oct 28 #2

Antifa- he's going to sign a National Security Memo making them a terrorist organization underpants Oct 28 #3

He wants you to be scared- don't be. Fiendish Thingy Oct 28 #4

Right... lame54 Oct 28 #5

And every day Fiendish Thingy Oct 28 #6

My point is if he declares a protest illegal.... JohnnyRingo Oct 29 #9

Why has he followed court orders against deploying troops in Chicago and Portland? Fiendish Thingy Oct 29 #11

Too soon? JohnnyRingo Oct 29 #12

How do you think the military, courts, congress and the people will respond if he invokes the Insurrection Act? Fiendish Thingy Oct 29 #13

The only three words I want to hear from him MurrayDelph Oct 28 #7

How about "My chest hurts" IzzaNuDay Oct 28 #8

He's done that and more Jbraybarten Oct 29 #10

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