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In reply to the discussion: DJT is a crazy maniac. [View all]

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1. He may be crazy, and he may be a maniac...
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 03:26 PM
Apr 1

...but one of the most important skills a grifter has to master is distraction, and he's pulled a huge one with Iran.

Pundits and and much of the public is looking at a lot of things, but this whole fiasco served a lot of Trump's purposes: more money from him and his rich buddies; getting more cozy with Netanyahu (if that's possible); and getting his boy Vlad some much needed money for his failing government. No one should be looking away from the upcoming election interference Putin is going to bring on as payback.

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