Donald Trump has denied his previous statement about having a deadline to reach a peace settlement between Ukraine and Russia.

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        2 months ago

        It’s just a common rhetorical tool used by fascists. If people don’t know when you are telling the truth and when you are “joking” you can say whatever you want and then judge public reaction before deciding whether or not to own what you said.

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          Common tactic for misogynists and nazis too. If the shit you say is poorly received, “it was a joke”, if no one objects it was dead serious.

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        Trump has no sense of humor. His idea of a joke is mocking a disabled person.

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      I thought if I just yelled at Zelensky for 20 minutes in the oval office, he’d agree with me and take my side

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    The deadline change?? He’s way past that. Pre-election he told us he’d solve it in under a day. Of course he said he’d bring grocery prices down too, but his sheep don’t seem to care that prices have gone up.

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    I don’t think there is a reason for this specific article to exist.

    He’s doing so much worse things, and we all know he’s WAY past his deadlines.

    And he never meant a single word.

    Except when he said “If she wasn’t my daughter”.

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      Except when he said “If she wasn’t my daughter”.

      I think this comment will age like raw milk when in 10 years Ivanka publishes her memories and shows he didn’t really care she was his daughter.

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    Which one has he denied?

    According to a recent post, he made that statement - and in many cases used it to prop up his own self-assessed effectiveness - 53 times.

    I think it’s number 41. That one seemed insincere and flippant.

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    I give him 24 hours. If he can’t do it he’s not a good president, some might even say the worst president they’ve ever heard of.

    Ok hear me out: how about he makes MrBeast the ambassador to Russia, that’ll fix it

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    Hold on, he’s trying to poop.

    I challenge you all to never mention him ever again or show his photos. Just say what he’s doing and creatively describe who he is.

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    Corrupt American oligarch thinks he can deal with incredibly complex issues just because he’s been able to run scams in the US for a few decade (a country which is arguably one of the most friendly places for oligarchs in the world, some smaller exceptions notwithstanding).