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Yavin4

(35,445 posts) Wed Apr 17, 2024, 11:26 PM Apr 17

A great nation does not have someone like Donald Trump with a great chance to be president. [View all]

Sorry. We're not a great nation. We're pretty far from being one. There's nothing admirable nor aspirational about Trump. His only claim to fame is the wealth that he inherited and squandered.

Sure, there are pockets of the nation that are terrific, but on the whole, we are terrible.

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A great nation does not have someone like Donald Trump with a great chance to be president. [View all] Yavin4 Apr 17 OP

NIXON, NIXON, NIXON, AND NIXON... Stuart G Apr 17 #1

Not. Even. Close. Yavin4 Apr 17 #5

Agree with the point, but I'm trying to think of another great nation that doesn't have some Silent Type Apr 17 #2

Trump is illiterate. Yavin4 Apr 17 #6

Recommend x 10000000000000 onecaliberal Apr 17 #3

And after all this, the election's still a toss up. Basic LA Apr 17 #4

Literally like 100K people or so across 7 states. Yavin4 Apr 17 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Pretty Fly Apr 17 #8

USA! USA! USA! CloudWatcher Apr 18 #9

Oh the authors of the constitution knew he'd be along sooner or later Warpy Apr 18 #10