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blue-wave

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15. Bingo!

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Thu Mar 26, 2026, 10:58 AM

Mar 26

Oil has been going up for the past few days. How much you wanna bet that the short orders are lining up in the stock market waiting for another peace plan, big gift or statement that Iran is defeated. That will lower the oil price and Voilà! The short orders are cashed out. It's already been done to the tune of billions of dollars since the war started.

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You have to stop assuming that Trump is even trying to do a good job. He's trying to get as rich as possible. [View all] Swede Mar 26 OP

How to distill this into a poster.... Easterncedar Mar 26 #1

Malcolm Nance had a former Saudi security expert on his show who said, gab13by13 Mar 26 #2

Add Netanyahu to that list. mwmisses4289 Mar 26 #4

Here are two possibilities that might give either more or less credence to that theory. dgauss Mar 26 #34

The only plan that Trump had that made it out of the concept stage, Baitball Blogger Mar 26 #3

And with nothing to lose notinkansas Mar 26 #7

What he grossly forgot, is that his children will pay the cost. Baitball Blogger Mar 26 #8

Right? Who benefits if the US gets knee-capped off the world stage? Beartracks Mar 26 #18

And trying to stay out of prison. NameAlreadyTaken Mar 26 #5

He has no worries. SCOTUS made him immune for "OFFICIAL" acts. N/T Jacson6 Mar 26 #35

He is basically just trolling all of us until he is gone. Captain Zero Mar 26 #6

My only consolation is that he won't live to enjoy it. My only regrets he'll probably die before he is convicted and Martin68 Mar 26 #9

Filling his pockets with our money and not looking back. BradBo Mar 26 #10

Ummm, I have NEVER, for a single second, assumed that sexual predator niyad Mar 26 #11

Pure unadulterated plunder live love laugh Mar 26 #12

I hope he lives long enough to learn that money will not help him avoid death. MineralMan Mar 26 #13

He who dies with the most toys still dies Deuxcents Mar 26 #26

Trump is a punk who's frontin', playing the clown so no one can call him out. Ford_Prefect Mar 26 #14

Bingo! blue-wave Mar 26 #15

Yup, bastard is raking in billions along with his kids vapor2 Mar 26 #16

What I've said all along BeneteauBum Mar 26 #17

Absolutely. pandr32 Mar 26 #19

It's not merely that they are uninterested. They wouldn't know how to properly govern even if they wanted to. thesquanderer Mar 26 #20

Maladapted and malevolent. Mme. Defarge Mar 26 #21

Isn't that something we already learned in 2017? FakeNoose Mar 26 #22

Ivana said it best canetoad Mar 26 #23

Ivanka feels the same way. Irish_Dem Mar 26 #28

Don't agree Nasruddin Mar 26 #24

He cares about the money very much. Irish_Dem Mar 26 #29

I've never made that assumption relayerbob Mar 26 #25

Trump has no interest in governance. He is committing the crime of the century. Irish_Dem Mar 26 #27

He is trying to burn it all down before Satan calls him home BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 26 #30

Been saying this for decades about Donald Trump debsy Mar 26 #31

Of Course, Savvy People knew that Cha Mar 26 #32

That trash bag (and its ilk) doing the worst everything possible -all the time, is a given. Six117 Mar 26 #33

Trump doesn't understand what a good job is Johonny Mar 26 #36

we were 'sposed to serve him .... DoBW Mar 26 #37

Mission partly accomplished (Let's prevent him from finishing the job) usonian Mar 26 #38

He is probably not aware of any of this. Kablooie Mar 26 #39