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Hi Christian, Not sure what attracts you to Trump, but your call obviously. My guess is he'll be in jail come election time. But, who knows. Why not focus on a candidate without obvious flaws -- Steve Laffey at stevelaffey.com.

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Well, it's early and Trump will be indicted three ways to Sunday shortly and he got his ass kicked last time and Biden has handled things, in general, well, and there are some reasonable Republicans who may give him a run for his money. We'll see!

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"I'm going to fix Ukraine in a day." "I'm going to fix North Korea, just watch." "I won the election." My call to pressure the Atlanta election officials to find more votes was perfect." ...

You can't believe any of this is truth, can you? But what real truths do you think he's conveying that I'm missing? I'm certainly fully open to learning. My best, Larry

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By making an outrageous statement like that it is in Putin's interest to push Trump's narrative. And it is Putin that can change the course in Ukraine at the drop of a tweet... No, Trump can't end Ukraine in a day, but Putin can make it look like he can.

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I agree, terrible interviewer. best, Larry

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Jeez! The only thing I agree with in this Substack is that the audience was stacked. If the interviewer had been better, there wouldn’t be so much crying over this. All the truth bombs he dropped were devastating to the left- on live TV no less.

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FD - Truth is a relative thing. When you are communicating with someone that consumes endless amounts of non factual propaganda what they see as truth and what is truth are not always the same.

You may think calling the 2020 election a fraud and claiming all 20 judges that saw Trumps evidence were wrong is a TRUTH Bomb. I get it. It says a lot about where you get your media. But it says nothing about the "TRUTH".

But hey, if i tell someone who watches Rachel Maddow every night that the TRUTH BOMB is that Trump was not controlled by Putin they would think I was as crazy as it appears you are FD.

So it is all relative. Trump was not controlled by Putin and Mueller proved it and TRUMP is lying through his teeth when he claims he won the 2020 election. TRUTH is TRUTH.. But to those who live in a world of propaganda it is relative. Right?

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Yep. This is correct. But honestly, you would have to be really foolish to believe much of the propaganda. It baffles me when an “intellectual “ takes the bait, but it’s not unusual at all.

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Calling Trump a liar is no more 'taking the bait" than saying Mueller proved Rachel Maddow a fool is taking the bait. Truth is truth.. You claimed Trump was dropping "truth bombs". How are you any different than a Rachel Maddow fan frothing at the mouth that Mueller was wrong and Rachel had it all right? You are one of them just Red rather than Blue. Different sides of the same coin.

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Because he was a President and had access at his fingertips to every state secret from the beginning of the Republic. Maddow is just noise. Since you asked what is the difference between the two of them Michael. Play stupid games, get stupid prizes.

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Nothing He said was Truthful or even close to being in the area of being Truthful. The only thing CNN Accomplished in giving this spot to Trump was to ensure him even more of a path to spread His Falsehoods and lies on a National level. Anyone can and should see the truth when listening to Trump and His Redoric for the Truth is Generally right the Opposite of what comes out of Trump's Mouth. He invents Lies and False Information to make Himself look innocent and like he's the one Kid on the Playground that Everyone in the School wants to pick on. The Truth of the matter is, He's one of the biggest Bullies around. Spouting off Halftruths at the most but most of the time Misinformation is shaped out to look as though He's done nothing wrong and it's a Political Witch Hunt out to get Little Trump. When in Reality the Truth is Hes done the things Hes have been Accused of as well as now a Jury of His piers has found Him guilty of in His latest trial and Yet still No Political Fallout for a man convicted in a civil trial of Abusing a Woman, where are the Values that this Country Stands for. Oh, Yeah I forgot This country's Republican Leaders have sold Their Souls and are lying in the Trump Bed where if they aren't extremely careful They too will go down just like He will when it finally is brought to light how far Trump was willing to roll over on Our Countrys Constitution just to remain in Power. He's only a few Mental escapades away from being in the same light as any Other Third World Dictator. That's what Trump wants, He wants this Country’s Democracy to blow away in the wind and for Him to bring His Dictorian Style of Trumpism back into Power. Hitler was a conniving Strategist that convinced an entire Country that He and His White Race were superior in every way to all other Nationalities as well as Races. Trump screams His white Supremacy throughout His hate-filled, feel sorry for Trump speeches at Every Opportunity He Can. He is living Proof He's a liar in that respect as Three of His Four Adult Children along with His Youngest Son are of a mixed race background because Their Mothers were not Born American White Women, yet He tells the World by having Friends as well as Dinner Parties for White Supremacist that Hes somehow superior to all Others. No One Race, Not Any One Man is Superior to any Other. This Country was and shall always be a huge Melting Pot of Unique, Diverse Individuals that Made America Great, have kept it Great and will I'm sure for many Centuries to come Keep on Keeping it Great. Trump didn't, nor would He have had any Idea of how to make America Great Again because it has always been Great He's not nor will He ever be the reason it is no matter How many Times He Lies and says that He is or can. Neither America nor Americans need Trump to be Great, it's Great every time We Open our Eyes and realize all the freedoms We have just by calling This Great Country Home.

Trump on the Other Hand needs America to Make Trump fill like Hes Great. Trump has never nor will He ever do anything for anyone except Trump. He's a Narcissistic Blow Hard that wants People to think They need Him when in reality it's Trump that Needs them. If The Republicans in Leadershio Positions would develop a Backbone and Stand Up for what's Right and Put Trump out to Pasture in a Prison Where He belongs and start doing the will of the People that put them into those positions of Power instead of doing the will of Trump then America would be able to finally Fordge Onward in it's Quest to Remain the Greatest Country on Earth. What's it going to take for the People who love Trump to actually See and Judge Him for what He is, A Narcististic Wanna Dictator that would rather lie than Eat, and just judge by The waistline Trump loves to Eat? I mean the Man Preaches hate, lead an Insurrection against Our Government and left His followers to hang and pay for what they did on Jan. 6, while He laughs about it and Thanks His People for Their support. They are going to Jail for Their crimes while Trump launched a New Presidential Campaign. What more than trying to Over throw Your Government and it's lawful Process can He do to prove how Unfit He is to be President as well as to Prove just how Power Hungry and Dangerous He Truly is, Trump doesn't need to have the Power to have control of Our Nuculear launch codes,, just look what He did with the classified Documents He took with Him and hid from the Inspectors. How do we know for sure Who had access to those Documents, Who has seen them, or let's just be frank, Who has Trump sold them to or used them as leverage to get what He wants from foreign Governments since America voted Him Out of Office and back to being Just Private Citizen Trump? Let's hope He becomes Prisoner Trump before He has a chance to try to Overthrow the Government Again. See Trump for what He is, A Narcisistic Liar Out to get whatever Trump can get out of Anyone and Anything that will benefit Trump!

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As I said, you love to hate all things Trump. Better get that checked out. It’s not good for you to live life inverted like this. It is too bad that those who need to examine themselves the most are not capable.

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Trouble is with Trump and The Phrase Truth Bombs, in the same sentence doesn't jive at all. The reason they don't Jive is that to Throw out a Truth Bomb, Trumo would have to speak something truthful and I don't think the Man would know the Truth if it were to bite him on the A$$! He's incapable of being Truthful concerning anything that proteins to anything of any Importance. Trump believes that if He says it then somehow magically it becomes the Truth, Reality outside of the Trump World is Truthfully that Donald J. Trump has no idea what or where the Truth is or where it begins and where it stops!

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Ahhh. This is because you don’t know how to hear him. Your mind has been poisoned and it’s difficult to even listen to the voice of a man that you love to hate. He speaks more truth than any politician in our lifetime.

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Well I am not a republican I am with trump never play in the sand box with an enemy that does want to take you down. I most certainly separated myself from the democratic party after 50 years. As I no longer recognize it anymore. I have come to fall in line with the old school beliefs of the Federalist Party as this is a federal nation with federal concepts and principles. Like everyone is a true sovereign ye are all kKngs and Queens and the creatures of law are simple servant's of the people and the governmental of laws and the governmental machinery. Anything other is treason sedition and insurrection upon the government of laws and the governmental machinery and the true sovereigns it is to serve

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The reality is that Trump, regardless of what we think of him, is leading Biden in the polls. The real question is what does that say about the Democratic party and what it is offering to voters?

If DeSantis, with the entire right wing media arm behind him, could not get Trump off of the mind of the majority of Republican voters then is liberals calling him shameful going to do it now? There is something that we are all missing on why these voters find Trump attractive and it is clear that calling him names or pointing out his lack of personal ethics or even basic knowledge about our economy is ever going to matter to these people.

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Well said, Larry. Steve Laffey stands for truth.

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May 29, 2023·edited May 29, 2023

Oof... I would not vote for Trump and find him a despicable sociopath who should be laughed off of the public square, but not hosting an interview with the likely Republican nominee and former President of the US because of some kind of pearl-clutching or whatever is weak. It would be hard to disagree more with this post as much as I'd love to see Trump run out of society on a rail.

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I see it differently, CNN has allowed a wider audience to see how vile Trump really is

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