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am_Unition  ·  567 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Material on foreign nation’s nuclear capabilities seized at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

Well, he was reportedly most curious about gossip-like intel pertaining to world leaders and how he could use it to socially dominate them, essentially. Although this kinda thing could certainly be used as leverage to, uh, spice up his relationships, especially in the case of the autocrats he routinely worships.

He may not have necessarily been trying to sell things, although that's certainly the businessman angle. He could just think having that stuff on hand is very, very cool. But I doubt it. The most interesting take I've heard is that Trump may also plan to blackmail the government by threatening to release top secret intel if DoJ chooses to prosecute. Maybe it's all of that at the same time. The idea of a former president attempting to blackmail the government of the United States out of prosecuting them is peak Trump.

I absolutely knew Biff was Trump, but I didn't know I knew yet, you know? And no, Trump couldn't even run casinos without multiple bankruptcies. But at this point, especially with what Alex Jones has been doing with his assets lately, I've long since wondered if Trump was moreso "bankrupt".

Watching some in the GOP continue to defend Trump is yet another new low. Most are totally mum about it. There was a TheHill.com article titled "5 GOP members critical of Trump's document handling", and every. single. one of them is out of office and not running again. Eric Trump let Hannity know that his father would NEVER throw documents on the floor haphazardly, like in the staged photo. Yes, Eric, stealing state secrets is only a crime if you leave them on the floor, and all of the drug bust paraphernalia police pose for photos with was found sitting on a table inside the police station. Must be so nice to have such a stupid, stupid base of support.

Yeah, fuck Newt Gingrich. I hope the J6 investigation sweeps him up and into a jail cell. Lol yeah right.