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tblue37

(67,829 posts) Wed Nov 26, 2025, 07:16 AM Wednesday

". . . The Trump administration is purely performative."

Himes: "In combination with the Russia plan and the lethal strikes on drug boats, what the world is seeing is that the Trump administration is purely performative. It doesn't matter what really happens so long as in the moment when you're very mad at Mark Kelly, you threaten to Court-martial him."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-11-26T02:58:53.285Z

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". . . The Trump administration is purely performative." (Original Post) tblue37 Wednesday OP

It's professional wrestling without the wrestling. Continual out-of-ring- kayfabe. nt Cognitive_Resonance Wednesday #1

Exactly. Just episodes in a reality show. Bread and circus surfered Wednesday #2

Yup, reality t.v. mwmisses4289 Wednesday #4

And yet, the GOP hitches its wagon to this bag of hot air. As long as the voters don't defect, they think all is well. dutch777 Wednesday #3

Cognitive_Resonance

(1,564 posts)

1. It's professional wrestling without the wrestling. Continual out-of-ring- kayfabe. nt

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Wed Nov 26, 2025, 07:34 AM

Wednesday

surfered

(10,551 posts)

2. Exactly. Just episodes in a reality show. Bread and circus

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Wed Nov 26, 2025, 08:19 AM

Wednesday

mwmisses4289

(2,880 posts)

4. Yup, reality t.v.

Reply to surfered (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 26, 2025, 10:04 AM

Wednesday

That's why the people around him "look" good, but are incompetent bbuffoons. I can almost imagine someone "script for tomorrow's episode, please".

dutch777

(4,781 posts)

3. And yet, the GOP hitches its wagon to this bag of hot air. As long as the voters don't defect, they think all is well.