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struggle4progress

(124,340 posts)
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 07:59 PM Aug 31

Why is Trump threatening to send troops to Illinois?


22 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Ask Putin
3 (14%)
Isn't that where Obama's from?
3 (14%)
He's gotta teach em a lesson for not voting for him
9 (41%)
Oh, it's another tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury
2 (9%)
He's insanely jealous that the governor there has lost weight
0 (0%)
He's just trying to deflect attention from the fact that he's actually dead
0 (0%)
His real job is to make rude loud noises while his pals pillage the treasury
1 (5%)
Whenever he's afraid to show his face in public, he does his tough-guy bluster schtick
0 (0%)
He can only remember some stock phrases: immigrants, national guard, peace prize, tariffs ...
1 (5%)
As long as everybody's jabbering about troops in Chicago, he can play golf for another week or so
3 (14%)
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Why is Trump threatening to send troops to Illinois? (Original Post) struggle4progress Aug 31 OP
What? No "all the above" B.See Aug 31 #1
He's a racist piece of shit ZDU Aug 31 #2
Because it ticks Democrats off, and his rube supporters love it. Silent Type Aug 31 #3
To distract from EPSTEIN. Scrivener7 Aug 31 #4
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