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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Tue Jun 12, 2018, 09:24 AM Jun 2018

The thing that irks me the most about this whole Korea exercise is the lack of seriousness.

Talking is better than fighting but what's the point of trying to bamboozle people into believing you accomplished something novel and historic when you didn't.

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The thing that irks me the most about this whole Korea exercise is the lack of seriousness. (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2018 OP

"Bamboozling people into believing you accomplished something novel and historic when you didn't." C_U_L8R Jun 2018 #1

+1 unblock Jun 2018 #2

I do think Trump is serious about doing some real estate deals so he can make moeny. CrispyQ Jun 2018 #3

The deplorables are lapping it up, and sadly I'm seeing many moderates thinking its positive Kentonio Jun 2018 #4

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)

1. "Bamboozling people into believing you accomplished something novel and historic when you didn't."

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2018, 09:25 AM

Jun 2018

Funny but that's the actual title of Donald J Trump's biography.

unblock

(52,253 posts)

2. +1

Reply to C_U_L8R (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 12, 2018, 09:34 AM

Jun 2018

CrispyQ

(36,478 posts)

3. I do think Trump is serious about doing some real estate deals so he can make moeny.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2018, 09:59 AM

Jun 2018

Our president used a denuclearization summit to push real estate deals. We have pushed our everything-for-profit ideology to the point that now have a for-profit-presidency. When he's finished, our government will effectively be "privatized."

Kentonio

(4,377 posts)

4. The deplorables are lapping it up, and sadly I'm seeing many moderates thinking its positive