Everyone in his orbit spent the whole day shorting crude for the plunge in the hour after the "deadline" passes in silence or with some phony "deal." They will all wake up tomorrow six or seven figures richer.

This is not a sustainable system of government but it is inarguably our present system.

April 07, 2026 - 19:31 UTC

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My rectally-sourced theory:
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“The founders did/didn’t intend” arguments are rarely interesting because few of them are falsifiable, but we can safely say they didn’t envision the American experiment culminating in our leaders literally governing to game a gray market casino in their favor.
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Congress should immediately return to DC, reintroduce, and pass the Thomas Massie - Ro Khanna war powers resolution. And if the Cabinet won't invoke the 25th amendment, Congress should begin impeachment proceedings.
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Given that he managed to go broke running casinos, a bit concerned as to how this may turn out.
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That's probably what's happening, it's true. Of course he might just attack them, prompting the whole middle east oil market to collapse along with the world economy. Because y'know, he's really dumb, and completely unhinged.
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Greed versus bloodlust until something breaks
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Or he follows through and his cronies bet against the TACO trade and wake up richer.
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