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Bernardo de La Paz

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5. Not a joke. Truth

Reply to OldBaldy1701E (Reply #4)

Mon Sep 15, 2025, 07:47 AM

Monday

The truth is not tRump. tRump is not a strong man, he is a "strongman" to some degree. He wants to be autocratic, a dictator, and he is behaving autocratically with limited success and a lot of push back. Desire and reality are not the same thing. tRump is a little senile and not strong.

The truth is Bannon wants him to behave more like a "strongman", despite tRump's physical weakness. Bannon wants tRump to be more authoritarian, more fascist. The Kirk / Bannon wing of the Con moment is very definitely "strongman-friendly".

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