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ShazzieB

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53. Not at all.

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 02:53 PM

Sep 3

In addition to wanting to create a distraction. I also think Schlump is desperate to find a way to make himself look like a hero right now. His approval ratings are in the toilet, and he's being bombarded by criticiam over all kinds of things from virtually all directions, even from his base in some cases. And there was his spectacular failure to end the war in Ukraine, which everybody except him knew was doomed from the start. Making a complete fool of himself in front of the entire world like that must have been a huge blow for him.

Don't let the bragging and bluster fool you; Schlump needs approval and acclaim to survive, the way the rest of us need food and water, and he's not getting much of either these days. He's got to be running perilously low on narcissistic supply.

On top of everything else, he knows he looks weak (all the rumors swirling around his health aren't helping with this), and he desperately needs for people to see him as strong and powerful. This is just the kind of thing that he would see as a way to accomplish that.

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