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Ping Tung

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10. He's testing the populaces willingness to look the other way while committing atrocities.

Reply to Irish_Dem (Original post)

Fri May 2, 2025, 12:55 PM

May 2

Like the "good Germans" who "knew nothing" about the deportations, concentration. or extermination camps.

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
Voltaire

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Why is Trump obsessed about taking children away from their parents? [View all] Irish_Dem May 2 OP

Because it's about the meanest thing you can do to someone Ocelot II May 2 #1

It is just an explanation, not an excuse. Irish_Dem May 2 #14

I agree. I think you nailed it TommieMommy May 2 #2

I don't know that Trump is particularly obsessed with that Fiendish Thingy May 2 #3

This!!! WestMichRad May 2 #5

Child trafficking? NoMoreRepugs May 2 #4

Yes I have long held that Trump sold some of the children in this first term. Irish_Dem May 2 #15

that's my guess. mopinko May 2 #18

Yes I think Betsy sold some of the kids to childless parents. Irish_Dem May 2 #19

i wonder what her fees were. mopinko May 2 #20

She made money or curried favor. Irish_Dem May 2 #28

That's how you subdue a group of people. ananda May 2 #6

Yes it also serves to make for a terrified and docile, compliant population. Irish_Dem May 2 #16

In 2018 Trump said he was separating immigrants from their children to deter them from coming across the border. sop May 2 #7

Yes I agree, but why did he choose this specific method? Irish_Dem May 2 #17

In Trump's (Stephen Miller's) mind the cruelest punishment imaginable is the most effective deterrent. sop May 2 #34

Our son once said, "it all comes down to your mother" vapor2 May 2 #8

Honestly, I don't think he gives a shit either way, but is happy to accomodate Stephen Miller's sadism... hlthe2b May 2 #9

Trump is a known rapist who loves to torment his victims. Irish_Dem May 2 #21

I'm most certainly NOT blaming this all on Miller alone. I think they feed off each other. hlthe2b May 2 #32

Trump is a psychopath who surrounds himself with other psychopaths. Irish_Dem May 2 #35

Yes... although it is clear the 2025 crowd (Vance, Miller, Thiel & the other Billionaire Tech Bros) are hlthe2b May 2 #36

He's testing the populaces willingness to look the other way while committing atrocities. Ping Tung May 2 #10

Yes of course, but the specific method of torture is a reflection of his psychopathology. Irish_Dem May 2 #22

Because his own parents hated him. Basso8vb May 2 #11

And mother issues. Irish_Dem May 2 #24

That's a very empathetic take on Trump's monstrosity. Aristus May 2 #12

A clinical analysis is never an excuse. It is an explanation. Irish_Dem May 2 #25

Once a trafficker, always a trafficker. RockRaven May 2 #13

Yes I believe Trump was involved in Epstein's sex trafficking trade. Irish_Dem May 2 #26

Because he's a shitty 'human' being. spanone May 2 #23

Yes he is an evil monster in laymen's terms. Irish_Dem May 2 #27

Mommy sent him to reform school Captain Zero May 2 #29

This act of deliberate cruelty is aimed at those who are most vulnerable. patphil May 2 #30

CRUELTY is a feature, not a bug Martin Eden May 2 #31

He is not capable of empathy. everyonematters May 2 #33

Maybe he always wanted somebody to take Don Jr. and Eric away so he keeps re-enacting his allegorical oracle May 2 #37