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llmart

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15. Are they laughing with him or at him?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 09:59 PM

Dec 9

It's disturbing to think those people behind him think he's just being "funny". I think he belongs in a funny farm and pronto!

Jaysus! Whatever happened to wanting a president who was a great orator? This just blows my mind how far off course this country is.

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FFS, he is going on again about pencils and dolls. He sounds like shit. [View all] demmiblue Dec 9 OP

Besides educating your children is a woke scam BOSSHOG Dec 9 #1

Not Repuglicans,for sure! electric_blue68 Dec 9 #12

He is stark raving malaise Dec 9 #2

... or as the Brits would say, speak easy Dec 9 #17

Or more like bat-shit crazy! joshdawg Dec 9 #20

Bats are insulted! niyad Dec 9 #25

Please proceed JBTaurus83 Dec 9 #3

RIGHT? Maru Kitteh Dec 9 #24

He really feels my pain newdeal2 Dec 9 #39

Didn't he do the doll rant last year, too? 3catwoman3 Dec 9 #4

Bwah! electric_blue68 Dec 9 #13

He did the pencils last year, too...this is material from the 2024 campaign trail Prairie Gates Dec 9 #23

Melania is said to have hundreds of pairs of shoes. Irish_Dem Dec 9 #5

Another Imelda Marcos? nt MarineCombatEngineer Dec 9 #7

Yes exactly. She is obsessed with very expensive designer shoes. Irish_Dem Dec 9 #8

I thought any woman with the last name Ilsa Dec 9 #18

Wouldn't she wear them when with him so she is not taller than he? Iris Dec 9 #41

Maybe she wears them when with her shorter boyfriend? Irish_Dem Dec 10 #44

I'm sure 32 pencils per 40 million kids will close the trade gap IbogaProject Dec 9 #19

Some Louboutins are nearly 4,000 a pair. niyad Dec 9 #26

I've always detested women who are batty about shoes Skittles Dec 10 #43

This is some of the weirdest shit ever in history Blues Heron Dec 9 #6

Donny, show me what your short pencil did to the dolly... Jack Valentino Dec 9 #9

Well played !!! Talitha Dec 9 #29

You can do without an edifice complex; you can do without a $250 million birthday military march question everything Dec 9 #10

Translaton: He's telling us is to do with less (poverty), while his buddies do with more...a lot more. patphil Dec 9 #11

Grabs my 40 pencils, and.... electric_blue68 Dec 9 #14

Are they laughing with him or at him? llmart Dec 9 #15

I'm really hoping I get some of that steel in my stocking this christmas ToxMarz Dec 9 #16

Reality TV sucks. eppur_se_muova Dec 9 #21

He's really replaying this nonsense from way back when? Get some new material, my guy Prairie Gates Dec 9 #22

Did he talk about showers too? n/t hibbing Dec 9 #27

Recommended H2O Man Dec 9 #28

"Persians for t####"??? I don't know of any cats who vote. niyad Dec 9 #30

Those people with the "Bigger Paychecks" signs UpInArms Dec 9 #31

WTF era is he living in? Initech Dec 9 #32

I wish it was the Mesozoic so we wouldn't have to endure that sick clown. Dave Bowman Dec 9 #34

Trumps Tarrif America: Less toys, smaller cars Renew Deal Dec 9 #33

equating his pencil shtick with being in PENCILVANIA? sprinkleeninow Dec 9 #35

How many pencils could we buy with The Trump Ballroom money? democrank Dec 9 #36

Yeah, I'm gonna take budget advice from a Felon that had to pay off Buddyzbuddy Dec 9 #37

Would you just look at all Cha Dec 9 #38

Why must we sacrifice more? HeartsCanHope Dec 9 #40

Again with the dolls? FAFO usonian Dec 10 #42

just incredible optics here, the president yelling at you about how you should buy less and like it, three weeks before demmiblue Dec 10 #45