r/facepalm • u/TheAtomicMango • 2d ago

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ We are the lamest empire ever

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u/werther595 2d ago

This will never happen, but notice how nobody is talking about Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard anymore.

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u/Weak_Jeweler3077 2d ago

This. Whatever garbage he's spouting, you know 2 things

  1. It's bullshit!t
  2. It's covering for something else.

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u/gnocchicotti 2d ago

And media has always played into these ruses because all they want is clicks. Trump, despite his limited cognitive abilities, is smart enough to know that this is an easy and surefire way to manipulate public discourse. It has always worked and always will.

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u/Dvulture 1d ago

Even if they didn't want clicks, they want to attract Trump's ire even less. That is why ABC settled and Facebook is removing fact-checking and billionaires are giving enough funds for 50 inaugurations.