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jgmiller

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8. Once again the press and MAGA is going to fall for it

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 03:09 PM

Jan 21

He creates a contorversy and then pushes to the point where he suddenly realizes he needs to back out so he announces a "deal" and they all act like he did something. Watch there will be a deal, we will be able to expand our air base there or something that could have been done simply with a couple of phone calls.

He wants all the attention even if it's bad and then getting out of it gets him more attention. Until people stop acting like this is normal it will keep happening.

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