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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Jul 21, 2025, 05:51 PM Monday

Michael Cohen - A Second Term We Might Regret Forever

Six months. That’s all it took for President Trump to once again declare himself the savior of a broken nation—one he insists was “dead” just a year ago. I wish I could say I was surprised. I wish I could tell you this was new. But I’ve seen this movie before; hell, I helped co-write the damn script the first time.

Yesterday, Trump took to his self-congratulatory echo chamber, Truth Social, to mark what he considers a historic milestone. “Wow, time flies!” he posted. “Today is the sixth-month anniversary of my second term. Importantly, it’s being hailed as one of the most consequential periods of any President.” And because no Trumpian word salad is complete without apocalyptic flair, he added: “Six months is not a long time to have totally revived a major country. One year ago our country was dead, with almost no hope of revival.”

Let me stop you right there, Donald. Revived? According to whom? Because while your inner circle is busy popping champagne corks and flooding cable news with talk of your “unmatched accomplishments,” the numbers—the ones that weren’t pulled out of some poll conducted poolside at Mar-a-Lago—paint a much grimmer, more honest picture.

Let’s look at the facts—real ones, not “alternative” ones. Approval ratings across the board tell a very different story:

Taxes: 44%

Immigration—your so-called signature policy: 42%

The Economy: 40%

Foreign Affairs: 40%

Tariffs: 39%

Health Care: 38%

The Federal Budget: a dismal 37%

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Michael Cohen - A Second Term We Might Regret Forever (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Monday OP
Really hard to know how much of his BS he buys, but it's grotesque to call his massive attack LymphocyteLover Yesterday #1
Trump is a grifter/demagogue. Passages Yesterday #2

LymphocyteLover

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1. Really hard to know how much of his BS he buys, but it's grotesque to call his massive attack
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 08:08 AM
Yesterday

on our democracy and civic institutions, the grievous wounding of our economy, his massive criminality and corruption as leading to a "totally revived" country.

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