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Chasstev365

(7,123 posts)
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 03:28 PM Dec 18

Donald Trump is not the president of the United States.

We have a "Penumvirate":

Stephen Miller
Russell Voght
Pete Hegseth
Pam Bondi
Kash Patel

They are co-presidents of the USA.

What's my point? As long as they can control just enough of Trump's dementia with assistance from Faux News and other rightwing propaganda outlets,Trump will never leave office no matter how insane be gets.

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Donald Trump is not the president of the United States. (Original Post) Chasstev365 Dec 18 OP
"maga" is a coalition rampartd Dec 18 #1
I think that Trump is the president. markodochartaigh Dec 18 #2
It's like Animal Farm: they think they are more equal than others. Beartracks Dec 18 #6
All through 2016-2020 popsdenver Dec 18 #9
Don't forget Musk and Thiel NameAlreadyTaken Dec 18 #3
He's the Crime Minister. n/t lastlib Dec 18 #4
Thiel, Putin and other real.billionaires are calling most of the shots JT45242 Dec 18 #5
Don't forget that wingnut Loomer. BradBo Dec 18 #7
You forgot popsdenver Dec 18 #8
Piggy is the figurehead. It might as well have animatronics under that flabby lard. Grokenstein Dec 18 #10

rampartd

(3,813 posts)
1. "maga" is a coalition
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 03:41 PM
Dec 18

only trump can keep them together.

they may already be quietly eliminating rival successors.

"to the strongest" last will and testament, alexander the great

to your list add general flynn and maybe Franklin Graham. and whoever gets trump's copies of epstein's videos,

markodochartaigh

(5,030 posts)
2. I think that Trump is the president.
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 03:47 PM
Dec 18

But because Trump is so unprecedentedly corrupt and transactional the office of the president is more glaringly the protector of special interests than it has been before. And no interest is more special than Trump himself.

popsdenver

(1,562 posts)
9. All through 2016-2020
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 06:37 PM
Dec 18

I was reflecting on how similar Trump's actions and the ones in ANIMAL FARM aligned. So much, that I re-read it, and then I thought for sure, that he was indeed using the book as an outline for his Presidency.......

I was wishing that I was a zillionaire, so I could mail a copy to every address in the United States.......ANIMAL FARM was written for a third grade intellect, so his 70 million could easily grasp it..........unlike 1984 which required at least a high school education....

JT45242

(3,832 posts)
5. Thiel, Putin and other real.billionaires are calling most of the shots
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 05:25 PM
Dec 18

The power behind those are people with ungodly amounts of wealth and no scruples.

Grokenstein

(6,245 posts)
10. Piggy is the figurehead. It might as well have animatronics under that flabby lard.
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 06:47 PM
Dec 18

Nosferatu and Naught tell it what to do, and tell Cheung (AKA the Thumbhead of Yucca Flats) what to post on social media under its name. The others are just ground-level chaos monkeys. While I'm confident they believe otherwise, I can't accept that Patel or Bondi or even Hegseth wields any real influence; their destiny lies under the bus.

The question is, who gives orders to Miller and Voght? There's always some shitweasel who stays off the publicly-visible chain of command.

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