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no_hypocrisy

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4. Dunno. Peggy Noonan reported in 2001

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 06:53 AM

12 hrs ago

how Shrub and Laura were ushered into a basement bunker on the night of 9/11 by SS and that seemed safe enough.

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So now we know why Trump is desperate for his underground bunker. [View all] Baitball Blogger 12 hrs ago OP

Yeah truddy777 12 hrs ago #1

...stocked with Lugers. Loaded, within easy reach. Girard442 12 hrs ago #3

I'm grateful that Lard Ass doesn't have a dog to kill first. 11 Bravo 1 hr ago #36

Hitler's bunker Whip-poor-will 12 hrs ago #2

Dunno. Peggy Noonan reported in 2001 no_hypocrisy 12 hrs ago #4

Yes, there was always a bunker. Baitball Blogger 12 hrs ago #5

not enough gold paint. rampartd 11 hrs ago #6

He wants a "luxury" bunker vankuria 11 hrs ago #8

For a billion bucks, the bunker walls ought to be solid gold. nt allegorical oracle 5 hrs ago #30

The XL potty chair. NameAlreadyTaken 4 hrs ago #33

You know...that whole thing is crazy to me about 911... Trueblue Texan 11 hrs ago #12

There are a LOT of things from that day that johnnyfins 10 hrs ago #15

I just chalk it up to simple incompetence. Aristus 4 hrs ago #31

It was rather small.... SergeStorms 10 hrs ago #13

Speaking of shithole - There is no gold toilet in the present bunker. Yonnie3 9 hrs ago #17

It increases the cost of construction. More opportunity for grift, perhaps. Auggie 11 hrs ago #7

K&R orangecrush 11 hrs ago #9

Hmm... OldBaldy1701E 11 hrs ago #10

If you want to be terrified, read this. liberalgunwilltravel 11 hrs ago #11

He's anti-democratic, and he never understood or wanted a democratic election FakeNoose 9 hrs ago #19

Whoa. Thats chilling Ruby the Liberal 8 hrs ago #20

Oh, pish-tosh dpibel 6 hrs ago #28

I thought that there was one already under the White House LiberalArkie 10 hrs ago #14

Probably cannot withstand a bunker-busting missile. Baitball Blogger 8 hrs ago #23

Hmm LiberalArkie 7 hrs ago #27

Agree. He is looking at a possible permanent residence to operate from. wnylib 6 hrs ago #29

Bannon has repeatedly said, "There are ways to do it" -- DJT's not leaving in '28. And that allegorical oracle 4 hrs ago #32

He might also be afraid of assassination. wnylib 2 hrs ago #34

Putin is hiding because he knows, sooner or later... Fiendish Thingy 9 hrs ago #16

Zelenskyy is a superhero. Baitball Blogger 8 hrs ago #22

And maybe Trump is afraid of retaliation against him personally wnylib 2 hrs ago #35

He shouldn't have ripped out the old bunker. Emile 9 hrs ago #18

Can't play out his "Hitler in the Bunker" scenario without a bunker... Wounded Bear 8 hrs ago #21

The ballroom is just the cover of a bomb proof shelter the_liberal_grandpa 7 hrs ago #24

They all have a plan until they bring on Doomsday. Baitball Blogger 7 hrs ago #25

Since when has he governed? That is news to me. Ferrets are Cool 7 hrs ago #26