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kleinbl00 · 2184 days ago · link · · parent · post: Trump can't keep his goddamn mouth shut about any fucking thing. Acknowledges Stormy Daniels payment by Cohen
Consider the Ottoman Empire, or Louis of Spain. The Pasha may be corrupt, the king may be an enfeebled idiot, but if you have influence in the court your fortune is bright. Until the shit hits the fan, at least. Then it's a matter of who can assassinate whose children first, and who can tack their sails the quickest when the wind shifts. We are witnessing what happens to the orbits of opportunists when their sun goes red giant, contracts and forms a collapsar.