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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: ges ✧❂🐝 HONORARY
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Subject: Oops, Trump congratulates Putin...
Date: 08/04/24 6:10 PM
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...on the prisoner swap.

Wow, Trump is just the worst kind of disloyal, un-American scum bag.

“I’d like to congratulate Vladimir Putin for having made yet another great deal. … We have 59 hostages; I never paid anything. … Boy, we make some horrible, horrible deals. It’s nice to say we got ’em back, but does that set a bad precedent?” Trump said.

You accomplished next to nothing Donnie

He did not mention any of the U.S. officials who worked on the deal for months. Of course not. Everything is always about Trump.

And at a moment like this he is petty, vindictive and nasty. And weird.

In fact, Trump authorized an agreement to pay $2 million to North Korea for medical bills in the release of Otto Warmbier

Trump said Biden's swap was a 'terrible deal' and would cost billions.

National security adviser Jake Sullivan said this week that no money changed hands in the latest prisoner swap.

The former president has repeatedly bragged about his close relationship with Putin, but also says that Putin respects him and would have never invaded Ukraine if Trump was president.

Sure. Trump would make it easy for Putin to take over Ukraine.

“Just curious because we never make good deals, at anything, but especially hostage swaps. Our ‘negotiators’ are always an embarrassment to us!” he said in a Truth Social post on Thursday.

This diplomatic coup is just killing Trump, so, of course, he lies his ass off about it.

From the comments on the article: A more wretched, dishonest, treacherous pustule of incompetence, criminality, debauchery and malevolence would be hard to fathom. I have to agree.

https://wapo.st/46vIWss

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