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jmbar2

(8,233 posts)
Sat Jun 6, 2026, 09:21 AM Yesterday

Who is actually running the government? [View all]

Trump increasingly looks like "Weekend at Bernies". Others are running the show.

I can see glimpses of Herr Stephen Miller in some of the ideas being floated, like confiscating immigrant funds and assets. Kegsbreath entertains himself bombing fishermen and girls' schools. Brainworm is dismantling guardrails that monitor, report, and prevent diseases. And Muskrats continue to suck up data and revise every information system.

What keeps them all from running amok as he weakens? Susie Wiles? Certainly not Republican Congress members. Even though he's barely functioning, he still instills enough fear that no one is overtly stepping up to take over.

What happens when his ability to scare is gone? Who will win the power struggles?

Curious what folks here think...

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I wonder the same. bamagal62 Yesterday #1
Grifters and Idiots. MineralMan Yesterday #2
Russell Vought. enough Yesterday #3
That's frigging terrifying, but makes sense jmbar2 Yesterday #7
Even in his obvious deteriorating state, he's still in charge underpants Yesterday #4
Screwworms? struggle4progress Yesterday #5
Spirochetes? displacedvermoter Yesterday #8
Although diminished, his brain is still functioning dalton99a Yesterday #6
Great question! malaise Yesterday #9
My mental picture AnnaLee Yesterday #10
If the curtain is pulled back, it's being run by a bunch of fundie Judeo-Christians (Frickism and Frackianity). RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Yesterday #11
No one. Thats why we're in the shape we're in. Luz Yesterday #12
It always amazed me PATRICK Yesterday #14
Actually, no one person that I can see. haele Yesterday #13
The oligarchs are presently running the world. kentuck Yesterday #15
A good question. republianmushroom Yesterday #16
Herr Miller? WarGamer Yesterday #17
I believe it's the Niagara 21 hrs ago #18
Miller and the others surrounding him for sure themaguffin 21 hrs ago #19
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