"erupted" and "exploded"? Did I watch the same clip as the writer?
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It's a big word, he just doesn't understand. they need to explain it means he likes to have sex with 13 yr old girls who are in the early stage of puberty. like the one he raped already. I'm sure if they tell him what the word means, he'll be all "oh yeah, I do that."
I wonder if there would be any consequences if he physically assaulted the interviewer
I'm not a pedophile. (i just like raping little girls and occasionally eating one of them). Only says part of it out loud. Doesn't look convincing either. Looks like a shady mobster lying his ass off in a courtroom. Head mobster. Watch him but turn the sound all the way down - just watch him talk. A bad guy is what you'll see without hearing the con man's words.
Sounds like what a pedophile would say.
Here's what is really meant: youtube.com/video/gYhtHCqsAHw/edit
If you're not a pedophile then remove all redactions of your name from the Trump/Epstein files and release them all. After all, the saying is "the Truth shall set you free" right?
Isn't it MAGA that always says "If you don't have anything to hide then you don't have to worry" and "Just comply" ?
Weird that their cult leader NEVER does those things.
Another lie from a pedophile.
Nixon: “I am not a crook!”
Was a crook, after all.
trump: “I am not a pedophile!”
…multiple, repeated allegations and testimony.
Hmmm…
Best mate was arguably the world's most notorious pedophile.....
That's The Pedophile Oath. You put your right hand in the air, your left hand in your pants and say that.
Totally what a pedophile would say.
Also rapes adults. As determined by a court of law.
I'm surprised he didn't pull a "Well actuallyyyy, it's ephebophilia"
You know who never has to say that?
People who aren't pedophiles.
I mean, he just admitted he is a pedophile on national TV, finally.
Everyone knows he works in opposites, so he did admit it on TV.
I believe he believes he’s not a pedo or a rapist.
Does what he believes matter? Not one bit.
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60 Minutes has been such a fucking propaganda outlet since CBS got bought by Trump's billionaire buddy, Larry Ellison, and EVEN STILL, it's not enough for him.
Literally the most soft-ball interview imaginable, the interviewer read a short excerpt from the alleged shooter's manifesto about fighting pedophiles - it didn't even directly accuse him!!! - and he freaked out, started saying "I'm not a pedophile" and whinging about how disgusting and disgraceful the interviewer is for bringing it up.
It's the most self-reporting behavior imaginable.
He also said he's not a rapist but there is trial that says otherwise.
The worst imo is still the question asked during lockdowns that basically just asked him to say anything comforting to scared citizens, and he went off the handle accusing the reporter of being rude and mean, etc. Pretty much the easiest question for a sitting leader to just bullshit through for some easy PR and he couldn't help but make it about himself.
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O’Donnell then asked the president about his reaction to Allen’s rationalization that he was “no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.”
“I was waiting for you to read that because I knew you would, because you’re horrible people. Horrible people,” the president replied. “Yeah, he did write that. I’m not a rapist. I didn’t rape anybody.”
“Oh, do you think he was referring to you?” O’Donnell asked, before Trump interrupted.
lmao gottem
At least he is aware of his reputation as a pedophile. Sometimes I wonder how out of touch with reality he is.
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If only someone could release the Epstein files in their entirety with a wave of a pen, this whole thing could be sorted and put to rest.
Wouldn't even need a pen, it would just require complying with the law.
Doesn't need a pen. He can declassify them by just thinking it.
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Mm. Medically a pedophile is someone attracted to prepubescent children. Usually due to underlying brain malfunction.
What trump is is a child raping abuser who does it for the thrill and power.
Not only a pedophile. He’s also a rapist of children.
And quite possibly an infant murderer, according to some reports. And possibly much more.
The Epstein Files aside, I have long ago stopped being surprised at the level of depravity he will stoop to. No matter how outlandish something is, he will surpass it, every time.
So when they start talking about dead babies and such, my Critical Thinking Skills no longer say "That's too crazy to believe," they say "Well, he's turned out to be guilty of every other outlandish thing that he's been accused of, so why shouldn't we believe this?"
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And don't forget all his other crimes. War crimes, crimes against humanity, white collar crimes, extortion, corruption, etc.
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Narrator: He was in fact a pedophile
Well to him he’s not. These people don’t view girls who have started getting their period as a kid anymore. That’s their bar. Epstein told this to Virginia in her book. None of them think they did anything wrong.
"...because a paedophile likes pre-pubescent children." he continued.
"There's a difference between a 15-year-old and a 5-year-old, you know?"
- Megyn Kelly
He feels safe enough to utter that shit. If only the left had a fraction of the right-wing propaganda apparatus. There should be three times the January 6 crowd taking him straight to the scaffold. Yet here we are watching a fascist dystopia installing itself, in slow motion.
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But they said he was several times.
He never sued once ? Captain litigious can deny all he want but he hasn’t sued anyone who called him a pedophile.
That’s weird
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Trump sang, "I'm not a pedo but I grope a lot"
"I'm not a pedo, no, no"
I mean, if you have to deny it...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations
No clue why one should get another impression...
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