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Johnny2X2X

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4. Get used to this

Reply to Dr. T (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2025, 01:28 PM

May 2025

At all levels. There is a book on Trump, you flatter him and he'll give you whatever you want. So world leaders don't owe it to American voters to stqand up to Trump, they owe it to their own country to get the best deal possible and that often starts with buttering the easily influenced Trump up.

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I just saw a clip on ABC News of Canadian PM Carney [View all] Dr. T May 2025 OP

Did you expect Carney to punch him in the face? Ocelot II May 2025 #1

"We need your great leadership in these trying times" or Dr. T May 2025 #2

Carney knows Trump can be bought with flattery. Ocelot II May 2025 #3

I figured as much. And Carney did it Dr. T May 2025 #5

Get used to this Johnny2X2X May 2025 #4

Exactly. It's hard to watch, and probably even harder to actually do it. Ocelot II May 2025 #6

He is polite and in Trump's home. If Americans see that as Bev54 May 2025 #7

I saw Carney explaining things to Trump like he was talking to a kindergardener Meadowoak May 2025 #8

Carney is smart, far smarter than our dimwitted, wanna-be dictator. peggysue2 May 2025 #9

Take a look at the first 3 minutes or so of this video to hear his real reaction Wiz Imp May 2025 #10