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NJCher

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7. I think a better word for his lamentation is "jeremiad"

Reply to Ray Bruns (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 01:59 PM

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You have to be alone to do a soliloquy.

Of course, trump actually is alone because he is the only one who actually believes what he says. And you, as another person being in the room, do not count. Only he counts. In that sense, soliloquy might be appropriate.

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