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PCIntern

(27,818 posts)
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 07:34 PM 16 hrs ago

To show you how insanely puerile He is,

He said he’d release the files but he doesn’t want us to talk about them too much.

Imagine if Nixon had said that when the tape transcripts were released. It would have been continuous coverage of his stupidity. Not now. You know…it’s Trump being Trump. 😡

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rubbersole

(10,895 posts)
3. Everyone is talking about it and won't stop 'til it's etched on your tombstone.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 09:52 PM
13 hrs ago

You're not only the world's biggest con man, add most notorious child raping lifetime predator.

Silent Type

(12,025 posts)
4. Can't wait to see how he exits when GOPers force him out nearer midterms, Nixon or something else? Being optimistic.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:00 PM
13 hrs ago

GiqueCee

(3,043 posts)
5. "That's just Trump being Trump"...
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:01 PM
13 hrs ago

... is the most obscenely asinine excuse for malicious stupidity anyone has ever uttered.

Fil1957

(407 posts)
6. That's all B.S. He now says he SUPPORTS the release of the files because the vote in Congress is now a fait accompli
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:20 PM
13 hrs ago

and he wants to get in front of the issue, believing if he doesn't he'll look weak.

After the votes in both houses he probably won't veto. What he is likely to do is similar to the Nixon playbook in 1973. At that time Nixon stalled and stalled and finally released edited transcripts of the Watergate tapes, which although didn't completely exonerate him, also contained no "smoking guns".

When the Supreme Court ordered Nixon to turn over the unedited raw tapes in 1974, which did have the "smoking gun", Nixon was out of office in a matter of days.

I'm guessing Trump will stall as much as he can and redact as much as he can a la Nixon 1973 with regard to the files. The problem for him is thousands of people have seen them, many of the files have been digitized and there could be many copies of the unredacted files floating around. There are also other sources of information, including emails and witnesses.

Nixon only had to coverup one set of tapes which only a handful of people had access. Trump has a much bigger problem.

Oh, and by the way, Nixon went down.

Jack Valentino

(4,049 posts)
7. He saw which way the gale winds were blowing, and decided to flip and go with the wind
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:21 PM
13 hrs ago

so that he can claim that he wasn't a GREAT BIG FAT LOSER on this!


Now we can only hope that he might take a look at his plunging polling with Latinos,
"Declare Victory" on his deportation campaign and stand down on that, too!

Those five new Texas districts which they drew based on Trump's 2024 Latino vote?
I think Democrats will win them ALL, and maybe a few of the original GQP districts
which they weakened in the hopes of getting another five Republicans!

That would be poetic justice.... and we could start calling them
'The Dummymander Party'

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