Trump was a garbage fire of a human being when Republicans voted for him so every new revelation is merely confirmation of what we already knew, but since nobody changes their minds anymore the GOP simply expands their stockpile of excuses to allow them to continue as before
Conservatives by & large don’t believe Trump ever said anything all that bad about the troops, but by gum they are SHOCKED and APPALLED that the liberal media would try and sully the good name of their President with such a horrifying accusation
That’s just the coping mechanism; the GOP base needs to be inured to the avalanche of accusations against Trump to allow them to safely ignore them.
“Sure, Trump’s rude & impolitic. That’s just Trump being Trump! Of course the snowflakes won’t get it. It’s just more TDS.”
We now have an endlessly perpetuating cycle where Donald Trump is these Republicans’ last line of defense against a Deep-State-controllled mainstream media determined to say all of these terrible things about Donald Trump
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TEN LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE FAILURE OF DONALD TRUMP’S BIRTHDAY PARADE
10. This is what happens when you purge the Armed Forces of LGBT people
9. Threatening authoritarian control over multiple U.S. cities is probably not the most effective way to win friends
8. When organizing a parade of this magnitude, make sure that there are no other events competing for the public’s attention such as nationwide protests from the millions of Americans who hate your guts
7. If you’re going to demand a military parade in your honor, make sure you don’t accidentally forget that you dodged the draft sixty years earlier
TEN THINGS DEMOCRATS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SAY TO TRUMP VOTERS WHO ARE GRAPPLING WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR DECISION
10. Well, who could have predicted that handing the country over to a pathological liar incapable of admitting he’s ever wrong could have led to such a shitshow
9. If the Democrats really thought all of those tariffs were such a bad idea, I’m sure they would have said something about it before the election
8. Look, splitting hairs over the precise definition of “insurrection” is well within the boundaries of political debate
7. I’ll bet a lot of people who completely ignored the Mueller Report were blindsided by Trump’s apparent support of Vladimir Putin against Ukraine and most of our other European allies
TEN POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS FOR WHY TRUMP CALLED FOR A 90-DAY PAUSE ON SOME OF HIS TARIFFS
10. Belatedly realized how much cooler it would be if “Liberation Day” synced up with “Independence Day”
9. They caused so much winning that America was actually getting sick of it
8. There were concerns that they might make the border wall too expensive
7. Trump was hoping to return to the days when he was only the second-most deeply-loathed member of his administration
6. It was the result of a complicated mathematical formula involving an exhaustive history of international trade agreements and also the conveniently-timed occurrence of Opposite Day
TEN POTENTIAL MAGA EXCUSES FOR THE CRATERING U.S. ECONOMY
10. The squishy vibes-based numbers coming from Dow Jones & the NYSE are subject to manipulation from the Fake News Media, whereas the Consumer Confidence Index is driven by cold, hard data and is looking far more upbeat
9. What about that time Joe Biden unilaterally declared tariffs on dozens of countries for no good reason
8. The flightless waterfowl who live on the Heard and McDonald Islands of Antarctica clearly are not paying their fair share
7. Look, some of us are going to need to tighten our belts for an indefinite period of time unless we happen to be well-connected titans of industry who are willing to shower Trump with flattery and give him exactly what he wants