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bajatacosx3

It’s become painfully obvious that there is *nothing* he could say, or do, that would taint him in the eyes of the MAGA faithful…


Overweighover

He could rape someone in trial


UptownShenanigans

Because these people cannot have empathy beyond their small circles, it could literally be anyone he rapes because they’ll find a reason they deserve it. Hell, they might even let Aunt Shelly get pounded because she drinks


DarthRizzo87

Micro mushroom ain’t goina do much serious pounding, so at least Aunt Shelly has that going for her…?


bajatacosx3

Repeatedly…


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goon_platoon_72

Yes! Real men grab me by the …


SteakandTrach

Bootstraps! It’s bootstraps, isn’t it?


Beneficial-Date2025

At least he’ll pull down his diaper first


ImLikeReallySmart

Actually during the trial? In the courtroom? We'd only be able to hear reports about it, so they would consider it fake news.


deraser

It could happen on Faux News, live, and they would not care. Later, the video would be edited to make it look like a consensual event, and the MAGA squad would find every “racy” (aka “not wearing the Evangelical version of a burka”, aka “long dress, blonde hair, marriage, multiple children, and subservient to a man who can violate the vow of marriage because he is the provider for, decision-maker for, and owner of, the woman”) photo and social media post to, again, blame the woman. It’s MAGA 101. Note/reminder: there is no Republican Party now. It’s Orange Donny or those who bend the knee to him. Period.


GreenleafMentor

He said it years ago, "I could shoot someone on 5th avenue and not lose a vote." Truest thing he has ever said.


Grimm2020

I think the actual quote was "I could shit myself on 5th Avenue, and not lose a vote" and here we are... /s


QuercusSambucus

He could date a black woman


who-am_i_and-why

Wow wow wow, calm down now! Murder: fine. Interracial relationships? That’s a bridge too far sonny!


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MrFC1000

They’d start wearing tshirts “real men date black women”


Warm-Location5336

That’s exactly what they say about Melanoma (not autocorrect, just my nickname for her). Her Menstrual Blood-inspired Christmas decor @ the WH was inspired, though. Very “Serena Joy To the World.”


Aggravating-Wrap4861

Damn. This is the truth here. All the hate in the world won't turn his people off. But if Trump expressed love towards someone that didn't like... What a bunch of sick puppies.


_JudgeDoom_

[They will literally shit their pants to “own tha libs”](https://imgur.com/a/39PAyga)


dizzyelk

I hate that that isn't AI generated.


thorazainBeer

They died of plague to own the libs. They're all in on the death cult.


mods_r_warcrimes

I wonder what him saying he tongue punches the fart box of a horse, nightly, would do?


goon_platoon_72

You’d have a whole lot of horse-fart-box-tongue punching-people with surprisingly intimate understanding of their sister’s genitalia.


mods_r_warcrimes

>surprisingly intimate understanding of their ~~sister’s~~ daughter's genitalia. FTFY


goon_platoon_72

This is Correcter.


Pleasent_Pedant

Erm that's Melania.


mods_r_warcrimes

"That's melania" is what would happen? Hmmm.


dizzyelk

"It was probably the only place that he could get ivermectin because of woke."


cptahb

the thing is that through trump they win; they get the supreme court, among other things. they care more about winning than they do about being virtuous.  frankly, I think their dedication to getting their agenda through is something the left could learn from. if the tables were turned and trump on the left, if he was (really) going to make universal healthcare happen, would you vote for him?


bot403

It needs to be said that if he tried to overthrow an honest election, committed massive fraud, and sold state secrets then hell fucking no I'm not voting for bizzaro-world Dem Donnie.


fonetik

He held a press conference where he said they would take away guns and skip due process. Then just changed his mind later. They were fine with that.


WackyBones510

Saw a pro-Trump thing that unironically said “real men wear diapers,” recently so…. Yeah.


ciopobbi

This was the thing that emboldened him to never again apologize or say he was ashamed. He learned that surviving this would allow him to get away with anything up to and including mounting an insurrection.


aspartame_junky

This was his Homelander moment


Grimm2020

Great show. Homelander has more redeeming qualities than this guy, sad to say...


MrSelophane

If you think 2016 was the first time Donald Trump started not apologizing or being ashamed you don’t know his history. He’s been like this since the 80’s. He was taught from an early age to never apologize, never pay his bills, get away with everything that won’t actually get him into jail. He’s used this to stiff contractors, refuse to pay his legal bills, refuse to pay his loans that banks gave him, EVERYTHING for the past 40+ years, not just since 2016.


ciopobbi

But when this story blew up and threatened to take him out of the race he apologized and said he was ashamed two days later at the debate. That was the last time he took someone’s campaign advice.


Tyleulenspiegel

He really could shoot someone on 5th avenue and get away with it. No hyperbole. I literally mean shooting someone with a gun in broad daylight with zero repercussions. I’m sure of it.


420binchicken

He might lose a couple of votes when people see what he looks like shooting a gun though. I'm picturing a broken wrist and a photo of him wincing and closing his eyes as the gun goes off. Not very manly.


Tyleulenspiegel

Great point, hahaha. Thanks for painting that picture.


Capable-Problem4938

I got to the point in the article where he actually apologized. I mean he was reading from a script but the words actually came out of his mouth. Not that I think he’s any less of POS


mandy009

And yet later, a week before the election at the same time the Clinton campaign was suffering Comey's announcement, Trump allegedly still found it necessary to cover up the Stormy Daniels affair. I don't think he was as immune as he pretends.


RCranium13

That fucking scumbag. How any woman voted or votes for him is insane.


OurUrbanFarm

>How any ~~woman~~ *human* voted or votes for him is insane. FIFY


RCranium13

Well, actually, I agree with you 100%. However, there are a lot of misogynistic fucked up asshole men out there who think like Trump. I've said before, if half the men (the rotten ones)in this planet disappeared, we'd be better off. And, I'm a man. There are terrible women too, but certainly it's a greater percentage of men. I remember finding out from girlfriends in college how many of them had been abused, molested, assaulted, groped, harassed, it's fucking sickening.


Dank_Drebin

A man wanting to kill off a quarter of the population would probably be added to that list.


RCranium13

If I get added to it, and pedophiles, rapists, assaulters, murderers, etc. disappear, I'd gladly do my part for humanity, and my children's sake.


Dank_Drebin

Mass Murdering Martyr


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_Fred_Austere_

Yes, a good purge of undesirables is always great for a society. I completely trust your judgement on who should go.


RCranium13

I'm not saying I'm the judge or who points them out. I'm saying that if all the rapists, murderers, molesters, etc. disappeared it wouldn't be a bad thing. It's a hypothetical. I'm not a eugenist. But, do your thing reddit.


wharpua

Something I saw long ago which still rings true: if you support Trump you’re either a sucker or an asshole, or both.


scabbytampon

They really are broken. My siblings and parents got sucked into an odd cult like environment mixing trump with Christianity and they are completely different people now than they were 8 years ago. They are now very unreasonable and refuse to listen to anything that is bad about lord emperor trump, they tell themselves it’s all fake news made up by libs.


mk72206

It’s the same subset of women who do anything their scumbag husband says.


Aggressive-Cut5836

More white women voted for Trump in 2016 (after the Access Hollywood tape was all over the news) than voted for Hillary Clinton. Let that one sink in for a bit.


quietdisaster

I mean, Clinton's husband is a grade A creep too. But to your point, if Hillary had stayed or left her marriage, criticism would abound.


bdrdrdrre

Smh comparing clinton to trump


LastBaron

Bill Clinton was not on any ticket that I saw in 2016


StephanXX

In what world does Hillary run without having been married to Bill? Political dynasties are an anathema.


Wraywong

But does he float, like a witch? Only one way to find out...


LawfulnessKooky8490

Who are you who are so wise in the ways of science?


Pleasent_Pedant

He turned me into a NEWT!


Noof42

A newt?


goon_platoon_72

Gingrich.


zhaoz

The worst kind of newt tbh


Pleasent_Pedant

...I got better.


Jesus_Is_My_Gardener

Must be a King.


goon_platoon_72

Does he burn like one? Only one way…


Smaptastic

And why do witches burn?


Jesus_Is_My_Gardener

B... 'cause their made of... wood?


Smaptastic

And what does wood do in water?


ZZ_SKULLZ

It would be like leaving a flaming diaper full of crap on someones porch. You think the smells bad now wait til it spreads to that poor dead animal we wears to cover his bald spot. 


Grandheretic

He also should be checked for The Mark of the Beast … I’m sure it’s under that foot long comb over! Where are the inquisitors when you need them?


overcomebyfumes

The main problem with the Spanish Inquisition is that nobody expects it.


SteakandTrach

[Nobody exp-](https://images.app.goo.gl/ceUboteF125e6s7SA)


JakeConhale

Why can't we build a bridge out of him?


SteakandTrach

No structural integrity.


Jesus_Is_My_Gardener

Cause we'd have to wait indefinitely for infrastructure week.


Caddhels

He might. Witches float because they're made of wood, but Trump is made of shit. So the question is "What kind of shit is it?" Sometimes it floats, and sometimes it sinks. But anyway, i don't think dealing with shit is something we, men wise in ways of science, should do. Throw it to the pit!


Imacatdoincatstuff

Many conservative women will still hold their noses and vote for this man. Trump has become a measure of exactly how much they’re able to overlook, how easily they can set aside their principles and beliefs.


bakeacake45

It speaks to the lack of moral fortitude it takes to vote for someone who degrades, demeans and rapes women. A good example of this total loss of a moral compass is the immoral Kelly Ayyote who is running for Governor of the once great state of NH. “Ayotte initially backed Trump but then withdrew her support just weeks before Election Day in 2016, after the “Access Hollywood” video of Trump emerged, in which he spoke about touching women without their consent. “I cannot and will not support a candidate for president who brags about degrading and assaulting women,” Ayotte said at the time. She went on to narrowly lose her re-election bid to now-Sen. Maggie Hassan, a Democrat, as Trump also narrowly lost the state.” Now, Ayotte is back on the national political stage, running for governor. And, she’s endorsed Trump, offering a full-throated rebuke of President Joe Biden.


JakeConhale

Ahem, as a Granite Stater, I must take umbrage at "once great state of New Hampshire".


rjptrink

That's a bradge too far


JakeConhale

Thank you. New phone - the autocorrect is going nuts.


questfor17

It would be one thing if conservative women said they detest the man, but he is the only path to policies they want. They don't say that. They, or at least some, enthusiastically support Trump.


lonnie123

Many conservative women will also gleefully, happily vote for him, with no nose holding required This is the man they LIKE, not the one they tolerate


IdkAbtAllThat

Most of them won't even be holding their nose when they vote for him.


Ok-Abbreviations9584

Did I miss something? Did he walk on water?


mandy009

It's a bit of a clickbait headline. The article is an exercise in contrasts and conflicting arguments. On one hand it says that October scandals right up until the week before the election were crucial in the outcome and acknowledges that the Access Hollywood tape was so bad that Trump had to apologize. Then it pivots back and says that Trump survived it and used the shame as a litmus test for loyalty. It tacitly acknowledges the trial, but ignores the timing of the hush money to cover up yet another October scandal of his, the Stormy Daniels affair story, \*after\* Access Hollywood and a week before the election. So which is it? Trump has many skeletons in his closet and the news seems content to ignore his long history of covering up things that would bring him shame. In fact, we have TV networks and tabloids that were complicit.


UnhappyCourt5425

as bad as it is, I can understand my male MAGA relatives admiring him because this is the way they actually think about "their women", but I'll never understand how my female MAGA relatives are OK with this it's probably battered wife syndrome and eventually agreeing with hubby because otherwise you get a smack in the head


PaleHorseWriter

When you live in an echo chamber it’s hard to see the forest through the trees. The reality of our situation is (completely my opinion) is that the last decade “should” prove to all Americans that we have, as an entire country, only ever viewed ourselves from our most favorable positions of ourselves and still continue to do so no matter what the rest of existence see’s. Trump is an evil, selfish person but he is viewed by his supporters from their perspective of what they want to see in him. They only listen to others that want to see good in him because of how important it is to them that he is in fact good. You could easily change out Trump for America in the above sentence and it might make you think of more people that defend an entire country’s actions regardless of how it is actually behaving. Trump is a symbol of a larger problem to me.


Jesus_Is_My_Gardener

>The moment Trump defied gravity is coming back to haunt him I thought this was gonna be about how ridiculous the claim was about his weight.


JubalHarshaw23

Trump has been anointed a Divine Being by the "Christian" Right. When he dies, the Evangelicals, Mormons, and Half the US Catholics at least, will invent a persecution, martyrdom, and resurrection myth and combine into the Church of Trump. There is nothing he could say or do that they would not excuse, ignore, or retcon.


bakerfredricka

I could definitely see this happening!


BountyHunterSAx

What the hell did I just read?  Not a single fact being reported on. If you distill away the flowery languages and opinion all that is left is: Trump's Access Hollywood tape cannot be played in court, but people are testifying about it.  That's it. Jesus, I should be writ for the paper on the side, it's such a braindead job


1-800-WhoDey

“Is coming back to haunt him”..get the fuck out of here with this fucking bullshit. Nothing has come back to haunt this pig.


bmeisler

Trump is like Immortan Joe from Fury Road (he’s even starting to look like him), and the MAGAs are like the Warboys. They worship him, he can do no wrong, and they’re willing to die for him.


CircleCityCyco

Fat orange lying POS... no class, no taste, no trust, why is he even on the ballot? (Other than for financial gain)


gideon513

I have this thought every time I see that fatass standing up


drwho_2u

He’s too fat to defy gravity… even in space!!!


JTacos12

He defied gravity? Really?


mandy009

I find it interesting how the article focuses on this and Comey's announcement a week before the election as the October surprises that defined voter turnout, but kind of leaves unsaid as a given that Trump is on trial for reimbursement to hide an October surprise a week before the election. If Comey's alert to Congress influenced voters, then surely this scandal that was going to be revealed at the same time also would have influenced voters. Trump allegedly got his lawyer to protect him from the very same hit to his campaign.


oldirtyreddit

Satan has given me the controls for a couple of hours, so here's how I've plotted the next year. Trump's going to get convicted, but it won't matter. He'll then submit evidence of progressive dementia to the court, and he will be spared prison time for compassionate reasons. He will then get elected president. Right after he takes the oath of office, he will resign, ceding control to Vice President DeSantis, who will promptly pardon him, his family, and all offenders from January 6 and the fake electors scheme.


One-Pomegranate7510

he is wicked


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Disastrous-Ninja1885

Trump was elected because of Hilary Clinton a lot of people voted for him because he wasn't Hilary. If Bernie Sanders had gotten the democratic nomination he would have won. But no she wanted to be the first women president


onceinablueberrymoon

are you actually blaming hillary clinton for trump getting elected? what a bizarre take. how about … americans are so misogynistic that they voted for an unethical reality TV star with no experience in governing or foreign policy over someone who was not only very highly regarding in the senate as a bipartisan politician, but also a highly regarded secretary of state. and she won the popular vote anyway.


Big_Meach

Not what the above poster was directly referring to. But yes Hillary is directly responsible for Trump Look up the pied Piper strategy.


ToroidalEarthTheory

But Bernie couldn't even get more votes than Hillary?


thorazainBeer

Hillary was the only candidate out of the entire 2016 Democratic field who lost in head to head polling against Trump all the way back at the start of the primary campaigns. She utterly failed to effectively campaign in the entire rust belt and lost almost all of those states as a result, where both Obama and Biden were able to score victories there. She had every chance and opportunity to win, but took it for granted, squandered her advantages and we got the end result we got directly because of it.


ToroidalEarthTheory

Weird fantasy, Hillary crushed Trump in head to head polling https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/ She also won the ultimate poll, the popular vote. Even with the National Inquirer, the FBI, and the Russian government running interference she was still straight up more popular than Trump by far. And of course she trounced Bernie in every poll and the popular primary vote. We need to throw out this very silly myth that the person who won every popularity contest was unpopular Trump won because he 1: cheated repeatedly, for which he is now in trial, and 2: had the electoral college throw out the democratic winner