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I’ve seen “Trump is a fucking moron” countless times, but this is my first time seeing it from his former Secretary of State. Damn.

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Guess I missed the original context. Thanks!

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Trump was on TV a lot. I’m confident I’ve probably said/heard it personally before 2015.

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“I’m a never Trump guy”

joins his ticket

Classic conservative move

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Don’t forget sex. They’re big on that.

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Usually they go little actually.

Yuck, feels bad to say what they do.

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You got it wrong… They want the latter in pursuit of the former. Politics is just a business model for them

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George HW Bush called Reagan’s trickle down tax cuts ‘voo doo economics.’

That was before he got the nod to be Vice-president.

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Ohh…it’s kinda like when they say, “I’m not a pedo.”

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Hillbilly greed

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Harris should bring Mattis in to the administration in some capacity. He’s smart, universally respected, and the guy bleeds red, white, and blue.

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It doesn’t matter much in terms of election PR, as he’s already “burned” in Trumpworld. He’s not going to change many minds.

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He got fucking dragged by Trumpworld after he resigned over Trump’s stance on Afghanistan (or was it the Kurds?), it was probably one of the most severe about-faces I’ve ever seen from conservatives about one man. Went from a Marine’s Marine, a warrior-scholar, to a complete disgrace to the Corps as far as they’re concerned.

Really cemented my view of Trump as a cult of personality when I saw that narrative, and the base eating it up, in real time.

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It was because we abandoned the Kurds. Mattis felt very strongly on the matter. He also went to bat for transgender service members.

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“If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed … and we will deserve it.”

-lindsie gram

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“Divide and conquer” came from the Romans. ancient Greece.

The maxim divide et impera has been attributed to Philip II of Macedon. It was utilised by the Roman ruler Julius Caesar and the French emperor Napoleon… (Wikipedia)

~Thanks Rolando for the correction.~

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Wikipedia says Philip II of Macedon, but doesn’t give a reference.

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Actually, I invented it.

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Who invented laser, though?

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Thanks. I wasn’t aware and edited my comment accordingly.

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Exactly. I just looked it up to be extra sure, the wording itself is at least as old as Machiavelli and the strategy as old as antiquity. (Let’s be honest, probably even prehistory).

The Nazis were delusional, but even in their wildest dreams they didn’t plan to conquer the United States.

Americans are so historically illiterate, it hurts.

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They may not have planned to invade… but I think they did plan to defeat… which is all the quote really is implying IMO.

I don’t think anybody claimed that the Nazis coined the phrase though.

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