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I think he might just have a fetish for losing.

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[–] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago

Whoops, Trump going to throw him under the bus in 3… 2…. 1….

[–] Alexfire@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

With running mate, Lumpy Pillows, will win bigly!

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 9 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Actually, I hope he does run. He would make it easier for progressive to win because everyone hates him.

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[–] 4grams@awful.systems 8 points 3 days ago

Hegseth / Lindell. A true dream ticket if there ever was one.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Just hand him a beer and he'll forget when he's supposed to be running. Daft cunt.

Did someone convince him that he can just command everyone in the armed forces to vote for him? Then again, he does have the Fox News crowd locked down. No matter how bad he is at his job, they'll vote him over any liberal.

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago (6 children)

American politics is so fucking whack, but I'm still gonna say he has no chance and if I get egg on my face I get egg on my face.

Big part of how Trump one was playing both sides with the tough guy act but also lying that he'd stay out of foreign entanglements. Hegseth is pure tough guy act, and also started and lost a war with Iran, so he has absolutely no ability to court the libertarian/isolationist-minded people on the right who felt burned by Bush. It seems like he's just delusional and has bought into his own propaganda.

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[–] green_goglin@thelemmy.club 3 points 3 days ago
[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago
[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

He should be happy he's not in prison by that time.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago

Ok so that's the plan... Shithead who is obviously better (lol) than orangeshit is gonna run. That guarantees that we'll have another 4 years of the orange shit.

This is terrible. Will there be any businesses still solvable? Any economy still alive?

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 days ago

well, Trump was elected, so, anything is possible because this is America.

[–] BromSwolligans@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How fucking insulated from reality must a person be to be that delusional?

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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 5 points 4 days ago

His head is all the way up his ass

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (6 children)

The difference between Trump and Pete the drunk is for all Trumps faults, he is a charismatic speaker (threw up in my mouth a little saying a nice thing about him)

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Anyone who gets too much attention for running for the Republican party after Trump's mandate is going to be pushed aside by him. Trump gives zero fucks about what happens to the party after he's gone and he hates when the spotlight isn't on him.

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[–] Eh_I@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Tomorrow:

PETE HEGSETH FOUND DEAD
Body Had No Blood

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