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Is this the Epstein smokescreen?

by isodev 10mo ago

slater 10mo ago
Nah, that'll be the upcoming ground war in Venezuela. Which will conveniently also enable a third term for TFG, see, cos at war, and therefor, etc.
- mindslight 10mo ago
  If Turmp was that much of a planner, he could have easily had a second term in 2020 by simply acknowledging Covid as a problem and actually leading the country. I don't think he himself has any real plan. He's just fucking aggro-demented [0] lashing out at his lifetime of grievances and trauma. Some trafficked Venezuelan girl probably didn't smile enough as he was about to use her or something. I'm sure the people around him all have their larger plans though. [0] anyone that's cared for old people sees the two very different archetypes in "sleepy joe" vs "destructive don"
  - thejazzman 10mo ago
    If you recall how it played out, he seemed pretty confident that pressing certain people to find votes and storming the capital would … well he was right wasn’t he? I mean, behaved like it would be and it was. Here we are.
    - mindslight 10mo ago
      That's just immediate reaction though, not planning. You don't even really have to pin the blame fully on him, if the people around him were whispering in his ear that the election was really stolen, etc. In fact such true belief would make him a better salesman. (Although in the mind of that type of con artist I doubt there is much of a distinction between reality and what they want to be true)
  - tim333 10mo ago
    He has people to do the planning - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025 I think Venezuela is mostly a Rubio project eg. https://prospect.org/2025/12/01/marco-rubios-sales-pitch-war-in-venezuela/ https://prospect.org/2025/12/01/marco-rubios-sales-pitch-war... As an aside I think if you were to make a proper world police it would support democracy against autocrats who won't leave and and that kind of situation seems to be the case in Venezuala - https://lagranaldea.com/2025/11/28/most-venezuelans-consider-a-u-s-military-action-necessary-and-legitimate/ https://lagranaldea.com/2025/11/28/most-venezuelans-consider...
  - hackeraccount 10mo ago
    He's a random walk. When he gets feedback - good or even negative if it's from people he doesn't care for - he'll move more in that direction.
    - cdecker 10mo ago
      Brownian motion in real life.

Is this the Epstein smokescreen?

by isodev 10mo ago

Is this the Epstein smokescreen?

slater 10mo ago

Nah, that'll be the upcoming ground war in Venezuela. Which will conveniently also enable a third term for TFG, see, cos at war, and therefor, etc.

mindslight 10mo ago
If Turmp was that much of a planner, he could have easily had a second term in 2020 by simply acknowledging Covid as a problem and actually leading the country. I don't think he himself has any real plan. He's just fucking aggro-demented [0] lashing out at his lifetime of grievances and trauma. Some trafficked Venezuelan girl probably didn't smile enough as he was about to use her or something. I'm sure the people around him all have their larger plans though. [0] anyone that's cared for old people sees the two very different archetypes in "sleepy joe" vs "destructive don"
- thejazzman 10mo ago
  If you recall how it played out, he seemed pretty confident that pressing certain people to find votes and storming the capital would … well he was right wasn’t he? I mean, behaved like it would be and it was. Here we are.
  - mindslight 10mo ago
    That's just immediate reaction though, not planning. You don't even really have to pin the blame fully on him, if the people around him were whispering in his ear that the election was really stolen, etc. In fact such true belief would make him a better salesman. (Although in the mind of that type of con artist I doubt there is much of a distinction between reality and what they want to be true)
- tim333 10mo ago
  He has people to do the planning - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025 I think Venezuela is mostly a Rubio project eg. https://prospect.org/2025/12/01/marco-rubios-sales-pitch-war-in-venezuela/ https://prospect.org/2025/12/01/marco-rubios-sales-pitch-war... As an aside I think if you were to make a proper world police it would support democracy against autocrats who won't leave and and that kind of situation seems to be the case in Venezuala - https://lagranaldea.com/2025/11/28/most-venezuelans-consider-a-u-s-military-action-necessary-and-legitimate/ https://lagranaldea.com/2025/11/28/most-venezuelans-consider...
- hackeraccount 10mo ago
  He's a random walk. When he gets feedback - good or even negative if it's from people he doesn't care for - he'll move more in that direction.
  - cdecker 10mo ago
    Brownian motion in real life.