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RVN VET71

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7. Like an old man on his death bed rambling on about this and that

Reply to mwmisses4289 (Reply #4)

Tue Sep 30, 2025, 11:35 AM

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I can't help but wonder how much we all paid to gather that audience of Generals and Admirals for this. What would be the equivalent cost to bring that many prominent civilians together from every corner of the globe, the air fare, hotel and city travel costs, meals at good if not top-flight resaturants, security. A cool million? More?

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MSNBC did *Rump a favor by cutting away from his barking mad "speech." [View all] ariadne0614 Tuesday OP

NBC has been doing Trump "favors" for decades. Kid Berwyn Tuesday #1

Nailed it malaise Tuesday #2

Fascinating. Thanks for this bit of insight. ariadne0614 Wednesday #14

Here's the speech, "strong strong strength, strong, lethal warrior, strong stronger America first" Walleye Tuesday #3

You left out the Biden, Biden, Bad Black Mayor, 7 Wars! 7 wars! RVN VET71 Tuesday #5

I really am beginning to wonder how many drugs he is taking for his mwmisses4289 Tuesday #4

Like an old man on his death bed rambling on about this and that RVN VET71 Tuesday #7

I watched about a minute of Hegseth Progressive dog Tuesday #6

"pacifism is extreme and dangerous" hegseth rampartd Tuesday #8

IOW, barking mad. ariadne0614 Tuesday #9

i was a naval officer. the admirals are familiar with blowhards like hegseth rampartd Tuesday #10

That thought crossed my mind more than once. ariadne0614 Tuesday #11

also a great time to comp them all hotel rooms, booze and women rampartd Tuesday #12

Dare I expect that most of them would be wary of such enticements? ariadne0614 Wednesday #13