Draw The Line...

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It's time to call it in for Trump and the USA; I think that for pretty much everybody he's rambled one mindless ramble too far this time, as far as his characterisation of other nations involvement in Afghanistan goes, at least. It's either a measure of just how far we've travelled down the rabbit-hole of 'alternate facts' that the world's most powerful politician can utter such falsehoods, or an indicator that this incumbent of the highest office in the world is simply deranged, senile or frankly stoned out of his mind. His disassociation from reality seems almost complete now, but how long will it take before actuality finally catches up with him? The only positives to take away from his current outbursts of unreality and offence are that he is now subject to criticism from all sides save the ludicrous lickspittles he surrounds himself with. The pitchforks and tumbril await: when will his convenient idiots wake up and join the mob that surely will eventually hunt this self-aggrandising idiot down? Who knows: some of them are so far up his arse that daylight will never reach their eyes, let alone any common sense or moral compass. Hey ho...

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  1. Anonymous25 January 2026 at 09:18

    Money doesn't talk; it swears!©B.Zimmerman.
    I gave up on T.Rump and the American people two years ago. I expect that the mid-terms will go his way cos SO much of business (Musk has scuttled back!!) is SO far up his arse they'd need more than a map & compass to get out!
    JHS

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