• TommySoda@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    He’s not even the fucking president yet. But at the same time, I know people will believe this which is unfortunate.

    • SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world
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      The US has a long history of Republican future presidents pulling shit like this. Iran hostage crisis, Vietnam peace negotiations, etc.

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        Iran hostage release occurred on inauguration day. That this occurs before, doesn’t change the war on Lebanon or Iranian hostage release delay not being an election ploy.

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          And do you know why it happened on inauguration day and not anytime during the Carter administration? It’s because Reagan promised a better deal for Iran if they didn’t take the one Carter offered.

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      As a matter of fact, yesterday I heard someone at work say, “Look at how much he’s done and he’s not even president yet.”

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          How many republicans house members does he need to nominate for a democratic majority

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            I feel reasonably confident there was a list that had to be scrapped at the very last moment, once someone actually did that math.