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A new Drop Site/Zeteo/Data For Progress survey also finds likely American voters are split on whether Trump is more responsive to the American people or to Israel.

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 10 points 1 hour ago

I mean it's pretty obvious.

An innocent public figure being accused of raping children would have immediately released a statement that he supports the release of the Epstein files to exonnerate himself and bring pedophiles to justice.

Trump did the opposite and went to the ends of the Earth to prevent their release.

So logic states he's either a pedophile in the Epstein files or being blackmailed by pedophiles in the Epstein files. And you can't be a functional president if you're either.

And even a dipshit like Donald Trump knows that conservative voters don't give a flying fuck about anything other than gas prices, so fucking around with a war that will guarantee raise gas prices is something you would only do if you REALLY needed a distraction.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 14 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 2 points 2 hours ago

Happy cake day!

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 hour ago
[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

He also did it to help Russia recover economically.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 hour ago

This might be the biggest cope I've ever seen

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Are the majority of Americans ready to do something about this? No? Just going to keep toiling for the oligarchs like this is normal and acceptable? Okay then.

[–] entropiclyclaude@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 hour ago

Tell me which example you have of a violent overthrow actually benefitting the people, without creating a power vacuum filled by a worse, more violent dictator.

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 hour ago

Rare case of majority of Americans being correct.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 11 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Duh. They called it Operation Epic Fury.

Doesn't that sound weird as fuck to anyone else? They know what it stands for.

[–] zilouge@feddit.nu 3 points 3 hours ago

Epstein Fury

[–] BioDriver@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Because he did

[–] Zink@programming.dev 12 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Well obviously, but what I want to know is if the USA being the BFG-9000 of Israel was a planned goal of the whole Epstein "honeypot for powerful psychopaths" operation or if it was just convenient timing.

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

The Russia/epstien/isreal connection will come out in full one day. It’s for sure all deeply connected.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago

Epstein had extensive ties to the CIA, MI6, and Mossad, primarily through his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell's father, Robert and his mentor, the father of Trump's first AG Bob Barr, Donald.

This whole thing is the culmination of the political intrigues that brought the Soviet Union down 40 years ago. Trump's people are just mopping up what's left of the anti-colonial resistance governments.

[–] HalfSalesman@lemmy.world -2 points 1 hour ago

Who cares what us Americans think at this point though? We're morons. Fucking simpletons.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 31 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Operation Epstein's Fury. We all know it, prez is a blackmailed cuck of israel.

Fucking pathetic.

He's a blackmailed cuck of probably everybody at this point.

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[–] Kaput@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Cover up, or thé files working as expected?

[–] hbar@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago

What? No! How could that be!?

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Which is exactly what you want to distract from the Greater Iceland plan. Or was it Greater Ireland? No, Greater Italy. Still doesn't sound right. It'll come back to me.

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Your thinking of the island of the penguins we tariffed. We must make them submit.

[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Well aint that somethin...

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