Trump told us why he is capitulating to Russia (besides the bribes): Because Putin told him he could do far worse in Iran than already helping to kill Americans. And Trump's RESPONSE to that was to simply capitulate. emptywheel.net/2026/10/20/t...

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Ykw I butchered the phrasing the first time I tried this comment so I’m just going to fix it and post it again I think the appeal of this is more “someone has to do something and clearly no one else will”, and anyone who isn’t savvy enough to channel that core motivation is going to eat dirt.

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Worried this will lead to a wave of too-cool-for-school how-do-I-play-this-thing punk campaigns by people who ostentatiously pretend not to care or know about politics

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I hope he makes an acceptance speech along the lines of “I can’t believe you all did this to me.”

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Only it looks like he actually is. His platform has a lot of promise, he's approachable, strongly community minded, and he's a great communicator. Will be interesting to watch him in action!!

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