His taking a bribe from the enemy we’re at war with is the textbook definition of treason.

Edit: changed my quote to a screen grab of the quote.

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[–] 82 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Is it real though? He said he was dealing with them in the vaguest way possible with no facts about who he was dealing with or what for, and then Iran said they weren't dealing with him. I'm not sure I would believe anything he says.

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  • [–] 47 points 7 months ago

    The whole thing is blatant bullshit.

    The post he made on Truth Social was just market manipulation. There's a bunch of news stories about it; people made a sudden flurry of big bets on oil futures minutes before the post went up. Iran immediately told everyone the claim was bullshit, no one had tried to talk to them for days. Now he's being pressed for an explanation and he's doubling down by making up this lie about Iran sending him a bribe or a peace offering or something. It's all just lies on lies.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    Might be, might not be.

    What is real is his desperate need to keep the stock market from crashing - he will say anything to do that.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    Yeah I don't see how it would even be a "textbook definition." This could have been anything and is purely speculation.

    That said the U.S. defines giving (not receiving) aid or comfort to an enemy of the state as treason... So taking a bribe isn't giving them comfort. Removing sanctions on Iranian oil the other dayl could be giving them comfort, but that still wouldn't likely count.

    More than likely if he's not just talking complete bullshit it means the CIA or someone reported they found a movement somewhere that they think they can give aid to and try to position in a certain way to take power while getting some kind of concessions like oil contracts.

    Which looking at the history of what the CIA/US do with middle eastern countries over oil... Seems most likely.

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  • [–] 58 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Did Trump accept a trojan horse?

    Let's find out later this week, I guess.

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  • [–] 50 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Jesus Christ, he speaks like a toddler…

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  • [–] 41 points 7 months ago

    "Wow, Mr. President, that's an amazing wooden horse! So big, so wooden..."

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  • [–] 33 points 7 months ago

    Throw it on the treason pile, if you can reach that high.

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  • [–] 31 points 7 months ago (10 children)

    Is he not required to disclose what the present is?

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  • [–] 22 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Because there is no present. This fucker just keeps making shit up to cover up the fact that he is a fucking idiot that has no clue WTF hes doing in Iran.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    He's hinting at Iran that he wants a present, and if they make it a good one, things will go well for them.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    He did it's very big. It's probably cock.

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  • [–] 24 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    And now we have to wait for Iran to respond with fuck no we didn't give him a present.

    Maaaan, Iran being the adult voice is freaking me out...

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago*

    It could very well be that Iran gave Trump a personal present - as in literally put $1b into Trump's bank account.

    Trump would accept that. And Iran would happily do that, since it only delegitimizes Trump and America. So it seems surprisingly plausible...

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  • [–] 22 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Christ, this guy is such an asshole. Turning this place into a shithole country so fast....

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  • [–] 21 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Iran: he’s making shit up again. We didn’t offer anything.

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  • [–] 19 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    All they have to do is paint something gold and this idiot will accept it.

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  • [–] 19 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    I'm just still so flabbergasted that this shit is happening. It's all so crazy and stupid it sounds like a really bad movie or something.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Actually it's happening everywhere. Australia, UK, Japan. It seems like every time I turn around another country is going right wing.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    It Happened Here the worst, but yes, much of the world is following suit. The pedophile billionaires who run the world have influence everywhere.

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  • [–] 37 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    This pedophile is the dumbest fucking pedophile to have ever pedophilia. Could it not consume excrement and expire already?

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago*

    i wonder if there's a way to psyop him into "get rekt liberal"ing himself to death.

    i'm way too sleep deprived (i need a week of sleep straight, like 170 hours solid sleep) to catch up so my brain starts firing on all cylinders where i could think that shifty, but i'm sure it's possible

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago*

    My bet is there is no gift. This asshole could never refrain from bragging about what he extorted.

    Unless, as many have posited here, it is a trojan horse.

    Something of immense value that he doesn't want to disclose in public?

    Son of a bitch ghoul ass orangaturd received a child harem.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    My guess is there was no gift. He's lying to manipulate the markets.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    At this point, the only way we could get rid of this pedo is by having huge ceremony everyday where he is given a prize or something. Keep him busy talking about himself and give him shinny things to play with. "We present you the Golden Dick mr. trump. Please tell us about how huge your dick is, and compare it to Biden's. We have 8 hours for this. Tomorrow we'll give you the Nobel prize of alternative science,it's a new thing, just for you."

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Sorry I don't want to be an ass but, posting screen caps of articles you're looking at can be annoying.

    It's better to copy and paste the text you're looking at.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    i have an idea and this is a wild one. if someone does a screencap, they can copypaste the text in as alt text, which makes it more accessible to the blind. or they can put a link in (like OP did), which makes it accessible just in general i'd think

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Do you have a source for that quote? I can’t seem to find it anywhere in the article or links within. That sounds… extremely significant.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Did Iran leave that present in your diaper, Mr Orange?

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Don't post images of text. Post quotes with links to the source

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    The cheapest bought president in history everybody

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago
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    Cool this will give Bryan Tyler Cohen a quote from a shitlib politician he can rivetingly say ‘so true’ too.

    American resistance.

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    [–] 28 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    If he were a truly stable genius, he'd have gotten bribes from Bibi to start the war as well.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    Jingle some keys in front of him and he's happy. Real bad quality for a "leader" to have. Fuck donald j trump.

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago

    Holy shit can you imagine? If Trump inadvertently satisfies leftists’ deepest desire just to massage his own ego it would be a fucking trip.

    Of course, the likelihood of that happening is small, and the likelihood of it staying done afterwords is even smaller.

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  • USA is already a dead carcass being puppeted and has been for decades.

    There's an ancient holy war happening.

    When are people going to really understand that we live for something evil here, left or right, as along as the ideals are attached to USAs culture, are dead.

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