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senseandsensibility

(24,820 posts)
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 05:24 PM 3 hrs ago

I do believe I'll be having the honor of taking Cuba trump said just now

He also said he can do whatever he wants with it. The really scary, mind numbing thing is that this is just one of several statements that would have taken down any other President. Because the WH press corps still refuses to band together and do follow ups when he says untrue, dangerous, or antidemocratic things, he feels completely free to let loose.

I am old enough to remember when the press was dismissively called "stenographers" because they just regurgitated the Bush administration's talking points. By comparison with this gang, they were brave stalwarts of journalism.

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I do believe I'll be having the honor of taking Cuba trump said just now (Original Post) senseandsensibility 3 hrs ago OP
Rapist talk leftstreet 3 hrs ago #1
+1 dalton99a 3 hrs ago #4
And he has said that phrase many times in public PatSeg 1 hr ago #17
He's a menace. On every front. nt City Lights 3 hrs ago #2
"I will take Cuba whether they like it or not" dalton99a 3 hrs ago #3
Once a rapist, always a rapist. Tanuki 3 hrs ago #5
They are afraid to tell him if he uses the wrong word Nictuku 2 hrs ago #6
I try not to think too much about what he says senseandsensibility 2 hrs ago #7
With him, the nonsensical lately PatSeg 1 hr ago #16
I believe the word he meant was incursion, not intervention. Wiz Imp 1 hr ago #12
;-{) Invasion Plan Goonch 2 hrs ago #8
Maybe the Batistas will be the ones liberalgunwilltravel 2 hrs ago #9
He needs a pick me up D_Master81 2 hrs ago #10
He could support Ukraine any day now newdeal2 2 hrs ago #11
Is he after that though? senseandsensibility 1 hr ago #13
All this power is going to his head PatSeg 1 hr ago #14
If Congress doesn't Impeach, Convict, Remove pretty soon, the US won't have any money, weapons left, nor allies Attilatheblond 1 hr ago #18
In my dreams, PatSeg 25 min ago #24
- - - and when Cuba follows Iran into the shitter, what's nex ..... I got it. 3Hotdogs 1 hr ago #15
Why can't he just drop dead! stage left 1 hr ago #19
Switch the subject much from Cha 1 hr ago #20
"I can do whatever I want". It's never changed. His whole despicable life. Fred and Roy Cohn groomed him well. nt Evolve Dammit 1 hr ago #21
Seriously, he is a demented megalomaniac. It's time to invoke the 25th Amendment. Joinfortmill 59 min ago #22
Corporate media promoted Iraq war hibbing 33 min ago #23

Nictuku

(4,649 posts)
6. They are afraid to tell him if he uses the wrong word
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 05:59 PM
2 hrs ago

This War on Iran, for instance.... he described as "An Excursion" when the word was supposed to be "An Intervention"

He doesn't understand the difference between the two words, an that usually when one uses the term Excursion, it means:

A usually short journey made for pleasure; an outing. A roundtrip in a passenger vehicle at a special low fare. A group taking a short pleasure trip together.

Fricken Idiot

senseandsensibility

(24,820 posts)
7. I try not to think too much about what he says
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 06:11 PM
2 hrs ago

since it is almost always nonsensical or untrue or both. But you're probably right that he meant "intervention".

PatSeg

(53,168 posts)
16. With him, the nonsensical lately
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 07:13 PM
1 hr ago

is becoming reality though. In his first term he felt a bit constrained, plus there were real grownups in his administration to stop him from doing anything too reckless and dangerous.

Now no one even tries to stop him and he has congress just going along with him. He intentionally picked a lot of unqualified, dumb people for his administration so that no one would try to tell him "no". He must have had the "loyalty" speech with them before he nominated them.

Wiz Imp

(9,834 posts)
12. I believe the word he meant was incursion, not intervention.
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 07:00 PM
1 hr ago

definition per Merriam-Webster.com
1
: a hostile entrance into a territory : raid
2
: an entering in or into (something, such as an activity or undertaking)

D_Master81

(2,517 posts)
10. He needs a pick me up
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 06:36 PM
2 hrs ago

Iran didn’t bend over and take it like he thought so he needs a quick win to get his mojo back. It’s a sickness really

newdeal2

(5,321 posts)
11. He could support Ukraine any day now
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 06:38 PM
2 hrs ago

He would become very popular in Europe if that’s what he’s after.

senseandsensibility

(24,820 posts)
13. Is he after that though?
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 07:03 PM
1 hr ago
Of course that's what he should be doing instead of this, but he almost never does what a sane person would do.

PatSeg

(53,168 posts)
14. All this power is going to his head
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 07:06 PM
1 hr ago

After Venezuela, he thinks he can just randomly pick countries and take out their leaders and/or bomb the hell out of them.

He used to just tweet crazy crap, but now he actually does a lot of it. He is a very dangerous man and seems determined to leave this planet in ashes when he passes.

Attilatheblond

(8,769 posts)
18. If Congress doesn't Impeach, Convict, Remove pretty soon, the US won't have any money, weapons left, nor allies
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 07:32 PM
1 hr ago

We are almost out of all three already. How much time does the GOP think we have before we become a real, self made Shithole Country?

And can we punish Mitch McConnell for preventing conviction and removal years ago?

PatSeg

(53,168 posts)
24. In my dreams,
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 08:22 PM
25 min ago

I picture that there are relatively sane people in the background working on removing him, but apparently that only happens in movies and books.

3Hotdogs

(15,303 posts)
15. - - - and when Cuba follows Iran into the shitter, what's nex ..... I got it.
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 07:06 PM
1 hr ago

Massachusetts.

I get letters every day from patriots in Massachusetts, "Sir, can't you help save us from the Peoples' Republic of Massachusetts?

Cha

(318,684 posts)
20. Switch the subject much from
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 07:39 PM
1 hr ago

his Stupid Bomb Attack on Iran?

PEDO is high on his own shit.

TY for the report.

Evolve Dammit

(21,749 posts)
21. "I can do whatever I want". It's never changed. His whole despicable life. Fred and Roy Cohn groomed him well. nt
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 07:41 PM
1 hr ago

hibbing

(10,582 posts)
23. Corporate media promoted Iraq war
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 08:14 PM
33 min ago

The Big Lie worked then and it still works today. Now watch this drive.

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