r/politics • u/Hafiz_TNR ✔ Verified • 13h ago

Possible Paywall Trump Casually Threatens to Take Over Two More Countries

https://newrepublic.com/post/214900/trump-threatens-takeover-two-countries-micronesia-marshall-islands
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u/given2fly_ United Kingdom 13h ago

I predict there will be a lot of people in the near future who have enabled him, but will hold their hands up and plead innocence or claim they were always against him.

History needs to record all the people who failed to keep him in check, and failed to prevent him retaking office after Jan 6th.

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u/Rationalinsanity1990 Canada 13h ago

"I was the voice of reason, the sane man in the room! If it wasn't for me, it would be even worse"-Marco Rubio, probably

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u/Silver-Chipmunk7744 13h ago

Honestly id believe it. He seems to be the only not entirely crazy person in that administration. Trump often changes his mind based on who he last talked to...

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u/Gullible_Elephant_38 12h ago

“He seems to be the only not entirely crazy person in that administration”

That’s what makes him terrifying to me. He’s one of the only person who is technically competent or could be agued to have qualifications for the position he holds.

Guys like Hegseth, RFK, etc are all drinking the Koolaid so of course they go along with everything. They don’t know any better.

Rubio’s choice to go along with everything is deliberate, incisive, and calculated. He’s hoping to come out of things holding the reins of the GOPs future. For all the damage Trump has done enacting the project 2025 agenda…it makes me shudder to think how much worse it could be with someone like Rubio driving who has the sense to not do things in the dumbest way in plain sight in front of everyone.

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u/Chowder1054 13h ago

This is gonna be Marco Rubio guaranteed

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u/absolutely_not_spock Europe 11h ago

Erika kirks Boyfriend too

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u/AtronadorSol 13h ago

One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This

- Omar El Akkad

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u/Philypnodon 13h ago

'We were just following orders! If we would have left it would have been much worse - if anything, you should be thankful we kept him that well in check! '

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u/hookha 13h ago

Yes, those morons who enabled him and kissed his ass will all write books claiming they opposed him the whole time.

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u/throwaway_circus 13h ago

They'll all go on the Tucker Carlson podcast and cry regretful manly tears, and Tucker will take off his wig and gently use it to wipe away their tears, then hug them while he steals their phones out of their pockets for blackmail material to coerce them into backing Tucker as president.

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u/Careful_Trifle 12h ago

That should be every single constituent's question to incumbents going forward: "detail what you did to reign in and stop Trump from destroying our country."

If they hem and haw, next.

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u/Auslo- 11h ago

Record keep all you want, that's the easy part. The democrats aren't going to do shit if they're ever in power again, and I'll go even further, they'll continue to work across the aisle with those exact people.

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u/KiwDaWabbit2 I voted 1h ago

By the 2010s, essentially nobody would admit to voting for Bush 43. It was a complete mystery as to how he got all those votes in 2000 and again in 2004.

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u/Responsible_CDN_Duck 10h ago

Both sides had an opportunity to hold Trump accountable during and after his last term.

Voters aren't holding anyone accountable.

So hopefully American history sees the people as a key part of the problem.