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Takket

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2. I think this person nails it...

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2026, 07:49 AM

Wednesday

Trump and his team are completely lying about any negotiations happening to buy themselves time to set up the ground invasion.

I saw this screenshot of a point made over on the hellsite

Disastrously, this strikes me as not only plausible, but maybe even likely

- bullshiting to assuage the market and buy time before he launches a land invasion
— Lord Guardian of Gastown (@darkdementus.bsky.social) 2026-03-25T03:03:06.787Z

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