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tblue37

(67,204 posts)
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 04:01 PM Monday

Trump tells why he thought Portland was a war zone--

"I spoke to the governor, she was very nice. But I said, 'Well wait a minute, am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening? My people tell me different.' They are literally attacking and there are fires all over the place...

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/trump-seems-to-back-off-portland-military-plan/283-e9c6bdfb-92d6-4881-bb74-09bb325a5270

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newdeal2

(4,243 posts)
2. Is he going to realize that his people are lying to him?
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 04:04 PM
Monday

About a whole bunch of things?

Doubtful.

usonian

(20,987 posts)
12. Trump's ability to spot a lie is about as good as a goldfish's ability to spot water.
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 04:23 PM
Monday

His whole life is a lie. He views his opponents' statements, and all facts not profitable to him as lies.

Everyone around him is a liar. And anyone who trusts him is thrown under the bus in a matter of Scaramucci's.

Which liar does he listen to, when one liar calls an other a liar?

I say, unpredictable, when the profitable side is unclear.

To him, the only truth is money.


Klarkashton

(4,139 posts)
3. Those assholes showed him footage of the Floyd
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 04:04 PM
Monday

Protests from 5 years ago. In front of the federal building.

Back the last time the bastard was President.

They know how stupid he is.

B.See

(6,810 posts)
11. I'm certain he's
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 04:19 PM
Monday

full of SHIT. He knew what he was saying and knew what he was doing.

All of these moves and pronouncements of his are deliberately designed to

1. create chaos,
2. cause diversion from a lot of nefarious... STUFF.. he's pulling and is GUILTY of,
3. Test the waters to see how far he can go and how much he can GET AWAY WITH.

That playing innocent crap won't fly with me.

Irish_Dem

(75,586 posts)
14. Yes this is his pattern. Does something bad and pretends he knows nothing about it.
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 04:26 PM
Monday

Or it is someone else's fault.
He wasn't given the right info.
Or someone else is lying about him.
Etc etc.

Walleye

(42,645 posts)
5. He doesn't seem to hesitate when it comes to using Air Force One to go on pleasure trips
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 04:05 PM
Monday

How about an actual fact-finding mission? I’m sure they can fly that big plane right in Portland airport.

RANDYWILDMAN

(3,097 posts)
7. uh no
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 04:10 PM
Monday

anytime any president comes to Portland is shuts down the whole city and it sucks.

Just take our word for it. Portland has issues but not we need the national guard issues...go away

Walleye

(42,645 posts)
10. My best friend's daughter was at a gathering over the weekend.
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 04:17 PM
Monday

And we were joking about how could she have left her family at home in war ravaged Portland. She said it’s just beautiful there. Maybe the National Guard will have to rake up the leaves.

RANDYWILDMAN

(3,097 posts)
18. The problem is the presidential motorcade
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 05:51 PM
Monday

they will tie up traffic everywhere and we already have horrible traffic. My wife works near the Ice office and it's a joke.

More people will come out just to piss the orange one off and it would be better for everyone if he just stayed away

I don't think the Orange man has ever been here and I personally hope he never comes here....

AZJonnie

(1,675 posts)
8. Seems like that would be handy in a way, thinking your internal monologue is infallible
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 04:11 PM
Monday

Especially when "the voices" consist entirely of "you are the greatest, most popular POTUS of all-time, in fact your life entirely consists of Trump doing the greatest things that have ever been done by anyone, and anyone who disagrees with anything you say, do, or even think, is a lying, irrelevant pissant of a subhuman being".

Torchlight

(5,767 posts)
9. A shaky clip of fireworks behind the Space Needle became artillery fire
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 04:14 PM
Monday

a street mural was mistaken for a barricade, and a line outside a food truck registered as “troop movements.” And so the nation learns that national policy can be undone not by spies or satellites, but by whatever happened to autoplay on the hotel TV the day before.

Or (and I think this more likely), Mr. trump lied again.

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