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PeaceWave

(2,765 posts)
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 09:13 PM 12 hrs ago

Trump goes full plantation slave master in discussing his demotion of "Border Patrol Leader" Gregory Bovino...

The president sought to downplay his changing approach when asked about his leadership shakeup in Minnesota.

"I do that all the time. I shake up teams," Trump told reporters after visiting with customers at the Machine Shed in Urbandale on Jan. 27 before a speech. "You shake up your team — if they can’t do the crops fast enough. Look, we have an incredible team."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/27/donald-trump-minnesota-ice-iowa-immigration-pretti-good/88382261007/

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Trump goes full plantation slave master in discussing his demotion of "Border Patrol Leader" Gregory Bovino... (Original Post) PeaceWave 12 hrs ago OP
You need the full quote leftstreet 11 hrs ago #1
What exactly are "owners of farmers?" PeaceWave 11 hrs ago #2

leftstreet

(39,249 posts)
1. You need the full quote
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 09:52 PM
11 hrs ago
"I do that all the time. I shake up teams," Trump told reporters after visiting with customers at the Machine Shed in Urbandale on Jan. 27 before a speech. "Everybody here, there’s are a lot of owners of farmers and places, and you shake up your team — if they can’t do the crops fast enough. Look, we have an incredible team."


Crazy as he is, there's farming context to the quote

Nothing to do with "plantation slave master"
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