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"Many supporters of former President Donald Trump don't just like him for his policy ideas.

Rather, as a new report from the Boston Globe makes clear, they think he was literally chosen by God to lead the United States.

Among them is 63-year-old Iowa resident Joannie Firkins, who was not shy at all about discussing God's favor for the twice-impeached, thrice-married, four-time-indicted former president...


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Yeah, this silly belief has been there for awhile now…..

www.theguardian.com

The chosen one? The new film that claims Trump's election was an act of God

More than 1,000 US cinemas are screening The Trump Prophecy – which posits that God chose the philandering billionaire to restore America’s moral values
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The Republican Accountability Project’s “Dictator Donald” spot, which comes weeks after Trump said he’d act like a dictator on “day one” of a new administration, sounds the alarm on the former president’s 2024 campaign.

The ad goes on to display a Truth Social post from the former president who, in December 2022, called for the “termination” of articles of the Constitution.
“Trump said he would terminate the Constitution so he could be president again,” the ad’s narrator said.
“Do you know who also did that? Mussolini, Chávez, Pinochet – all of them shelved their Constitutions to centralize power.”


The ad later states that Trump plans to “purge tens of thousands of civil servants” from the government to replace them with his loyalists if he’s elected to another term.
“Authoritarian Viktor Orbán used the same tactic to dismantle Hungary’s democracy,”
 
Red said:
Yeah, this silly belief has been there for awhile now…..

www.theguardian.com

The chosen one? The new film that claims Trump's election was an act of God

More than 1,000 US cinemas are screening The Trump Prophecy – which posits that God chose the philandering billionaire to restore America’s moral values
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Everyone knows only the deeply immoral can see to the core of moral sickness and therefore has the power to restore us to the deeply held moral values of our slave-holding forefathers. Just get the **** outta his way!
 
Trump's 2023 Christmas messages:


“Merry Christmas to all, including Crooked Joe Biden’s ONLY HOPE, Deranged Jack Smith. Included also are World Leaders, both good and bad, but none of which are as evil and ‘sick’ as the THUGS we have inside our Country who, with their Open Borders, INFLATION, Afghanistan Surrender, Green New Scam, High Taxes, No Energy Independence, Woke Military, Russia/Ukraine, Israel/Iran, All Electric Car Lunacy, and so much more, are looking to destroy our once great USA. MAY THEY ROT IN HELL. AGAIN, MERRY CHRISTMAS!” the former president concluded.

"It's hard to have a truly great Christmas when you have a Crooked and Incompetent President who wants to put his Political Opponent in jail, and who has been working hard (for a change!), illegally using all of the levers of Law Enforcement, to do so. We are in the fight of our lives to save our Country from MADNESS & DOOM. MAGA 2024!!!" he wrote.

"2024 WILL GO DOWN AS THE YEAR OF GREAT AND FULLY COORDINATED ILLEGAL ELECTION INTERFERENCE BY CROOKED JOE BIDEN, THE WORST AND MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, THE DOJ, FBI, A.G.'s, & D.A.'s THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, BUT DESPITE IT ALL, IN THE END, THERE WILL BE A BIG AND GLORIOUS VICTORY FOR THOSE BRAVE AND VALIANT PATRIOTS WHO WANT TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!" he said in another post.

In a post on Sunday night, he wrote: "THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN, LIED TO CONGRESS, CHEATED ON FISA, RIGGED A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, ALLOWED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, MANY FROM PRISONS & MENTAL INSTITUTIONS, TO INVADE OUR COUNTRY, SCREWED UP IN AFGHANISTAN, & JOE BIDEN'S MISFITS & THUGS, LIKE DERANGED JACK SMITH, ARE COMING AFTER ME, AT LEVELS OF PERSECUTION NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN OUR COUNTRY??? IT'S CALLED ELECTION INTERFERENCE. MERRY CHRISTMAS!"





And from Christmas 2022:

"Our Country is under attack by the Radical Left Democrats. They are truly seeking to DESTROY AMERICA!!!"

"Merry Christmas to EVERYONE, including the Radical Left Marxists that are trying to destroy our Country, the Federal Bureau of Investigation that is illegally coercing & paying Social and LameStream Media to push for a mentally disabled Democrat over the Brilliant, Clairvoyant, and USA LOVING Donald J. Trump, and, of course, The Department of Injustice, which appointed a Special "Prosecutor" who, together with his wife and family, HATES "Trump" more than any other person on earth. LOVE TO ALL!"

"THE RADICAL LEFT DEMOCRATS HAVE WEAPONIZED THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AT A LEVEL NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN THE USA. WITH NO BORDERS AND CROOKED ELECTIONS, OUR COUNTRY IS IN THIRD WORLD TROUBLE!!!," he also wrote. "PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS 233-22 IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. HE IS ALSO LEADING, BY A LOT, ALL REPUBLICANS, AND BIDEN, IN ALMOST EVERY POLL." This, despite the horrendous and never ending FAKE NEWS - Incredible statistics that people just don't want to talk about!"

"The Unselect Committee's January 6th Report is a Hoax, no different than RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, and all of the other Scams that the Disinformation laden Democrats have been planting for years. If I weren't leading by a lot in the Polls, against both parties, this continuation of falsehoods and lies would end quickly. I won in 2016, did much better in 2020 (RIGGED!), and the Radical Marxists don't want to run against me or MAGA in 2024. I had almost nothing to do with January 6th. FREE SPEECH!"
 
str8line said:

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This made me spit out my eggnog. WTF? I had to look out the window to check for raging mobs roaming the streets after reading this. Today might be the last Christmas ever? Because rioters who broke into the capital are being punished? I wonder is she knows about the millions of Americans who are in jail for stupid **** like simple drug possession. Is that anything we need to worry about, or just the few hundred failed revolutionaries?
 
str8line said:
Trump's 2023 Christmas messages:


“Merry Christmas to all, including Crooked Joe Biden’s ONLY HOPE, Deranged Jack Smith. Included also are World Leaders, both good and bad, but none of which are as evil and ‘sick’ as the THUGS we have inside our Country who, with their Open Borders, INFLATION, Afghanistan Surrender, Green New Scam, High Taxes, No Energy Independence, Woke Military, Russia/Ukraine, Israel/Iran, All Electric Car Lunacy, and so much more, are looking to destroy our once great USA. MAY THEY ROT IN HELL. AGAIN, MERRY CHRISTMAS!” the former president concluded.

"It's hard to have a truly great Christmas when you have a Crooked and Incompetent President who wants to put his Political Opponent in jail, and who has been working hard (for a change!), illegally using all of the levers of Law Enforcement, to do so. We are in the fight of our lives to save our Country from MADNESS & DOOM. MAGA 2024!!!" he wrote.

"2024 WILL GO DOWN AS THE YEAR OF GREAT AND FULLY COORDINATED ILLEGAL ELECTION INTERFERENCE BY CROOKED JOE BIDEN, THE WORST AND MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, THE DOJ, FBI, A.G.'s, & D.A.'s THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, BUT DESPITE IT ALL, IN THE END, THERE WILL BE A BIG AND GLORIOUS VICTORY FOR THOSE BRAVE AND VALIANT PATRIOTS WHO WANT TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!" he said in another post.

In a post on Sunday night, he wrote: "THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN, LIED TO CONGRESS, CHEATED ON FISA, RIGGED A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, ALLOWED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, MANY FROM PRISONS & MENTAL INSTITUTIONS, TO INVADE OUR COUNTRY, SCREWED UP IN AFGHANISTAN, & JOE BIDEN'S MISFITS & THUGS, LIKE DERANGED JACK SMITH, ARE COMING AFTER ME, AT LEVELS OF PERSECUTION NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN OUR COUNTRY??? IT'S CALLED ELECTION INTERFERENCE. MERRY CHRISTMAS!"





And from Christmas 2022:

"Our Country is under attack by the Radical Left Democrats. They are truly seeking to DESTROY AMERICA!!!"

"Merry Christmas to EVERYONE, including the Radical Left Marxists that are trying to destroy our Country, the Federal Bureau of Investigation that is illegally coercing & paying Social and LameStream Media to push for a mentally disabled Democrat over the Brilliant, Clairvoyant, and USA LOVING Donald J. Trump, and, of course, The Department of Injustice, which appointed a Special "Prosecutor" who, together with his wife and family, HATES "Trump" more than any other person on earth. LOVE TO ALL!"

"THE RADICAL LEFT DEMOCRATS HAVE WEAPONIZED THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AT A LEVEL NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN THE USA. WITH NO BORDERS AND CROOKED ELECTIONS, OUR COUNTRY IS IN THIRD WORLD TROUBLE!!!," he also wrote. "PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS 233-22 IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. HE IS ALSO LEADING, BY A LOT, ALL REPUBLICANS, AND BIDEN, IN ALMOST EVERY POLL." This, despite the horrendous and never ending FAKE NEWS - Incredible statistics that people just don't want to talk about!"

"The Unselect Committee's January 6th Report is a Hoax, no different than RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, and all of the other Scams that the Disinformation laden Democrats have been planting for years. If I weren't leading by a lot in the Polls, against both parties, this continuation of falsehoods and lies would end quickly. I won in 2016, did much better in 2020 (RIGGED!), and the Radical Marxists don't want to run against me or MAGA in 2024. I had almost nothing to do with January 6th. FREE SPEECH!"
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Someone is all in on celebrating Trumpmass today! Spoiler alert, it's Trump. He's at the deranged social media phase of celebration, grabbing people by the ***** is coming up next!
 
str8line said:
Trump's 2023 Christmas messages:


“Merry Christmas to all, including Crooked Joe Biden’s ONLY HOPE, Deranged Jack Smith. Included also are World Leaders, both good and bad, but none of which are as evil and ‘sick’ as the THUGS we have inside our Country who, with their Open Borders, INFLATION, Afghanistan Surrender, Green New Scam, High Taxes, No Energy Independence, Woke Military, Russia/Ukraine, Israel/Iran, All Electric Car Lunacy, and so much more, are looking to destroy our once great USA. MAY THEY ROT IN HELL. AGAIN, MERRY CHRISTMAS!” the former president concluded.

"It's hard to have a truly great Christmas when you have a Crooked and Incompetent President who wants to put his Political Opponent in jail, and who has been working hard (for a change!), illegally using all of the levers of Law Enforcement, to do so. We are in the fight of our lives to save our Country from MADNESS & DOOM. MAGA 2024!!!" he wrote.

"2024 WILL GO DOWN AS THE YEAR OF GREAT AND FULLY COORDINATED ILLEGAL ELECTION INTERFERENCE BY CROOKED JOE BIDEN, THE WORST AND MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, THE DOJ, FBI, A.G.'s, & D.A.'s THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, BUT DESPITE IT ALL, IN THE END, THERE WILL BE A BIG AND GLORIOUS VICTORY FOR THOSE BRAVE AND VALIANT PATRIOTS WHO WANT TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!" he said in another post.

In a post on Sunday night, he wrote: "THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN, LIED TO CONGRESS, CHEATED ON FISA, RIGGED A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, ALLOWED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, MANY FROM PRISONS & MENTAL INSTITUTIONS, TO INVADE OUR COUNTRY, SCREWED UP IN AFGHANISTAN, & JOE BIDEN'S MISFITS & THUGS, LIKE DERANGED JACK SMITH, ARE COMING AFTER ME, AT LEVELS OF PERSECUTION NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN OUR COUNTRY??? IT'S CALLED ELECTION INTERFERENCE. MERRY CHRISTMAS!"





And from Christmas 2022:

"Our Country is under attack by the Radical Left Democrats. They are truly seeking to DESTROY AMERICA!!!"

"Merry Christmas to EVERYONE, including the Radical Left Marxists that are trying to destroy our Country, the Federal Bureau of Investigation that is illegally coercing & paying Social and LameStream Media to push for a mentally disabled Democrat over the Brilliant, Clairvoyant, and USA LOVING Donald J. Trump, and, of course, The Department of Injustice, which appointed a Special "Prosecutor" who, together with his wife and family, HATES "Trump" more than any other person on earth. LOVE TO ALL!"

"THE RADICAL LEFT DEMOCRATS HAVE WEAPONIZED THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AT A LEVEL NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN THE USA. WITH NO BORDERS AND CROOKED ELECTIONS, OUR COUNTRY IS IN THIRD WORLD TROUBLE!!!," he also wrote. "PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS 233-22 IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. HE IS ALSO LEADING, BY A LOT, ALL REPUBLICANS, AND BIDEN, IN ALMOST EVERY POLL." This, despite the horrendous and never ending FAKE NEWS - Incredible statistics that people just don't want to talk about!"

"The Unselect Committee's January 6th Report is a Hoax, no different than RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, and all of the other Scams that the Disinformation laden Democrats have been planting for years. If I weren't leading by a lot in the Polls, against both parties, this continuation of falsehoods and lies would end quickly. I won in 2016, did much better in 2020 (RIGGED!), and the Radical Marxists don't want to run against me or MAGA in 2024. I had almost nothing to do with January 6th. FREE SPEECH!"
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He is a totally unhinged psychopath. I don't understand how anyone supports that lunatic. So predictable too. I knew what he would post for Christmas. I was spot on.

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Sardines said:
This made me spit out my eggnog. WTF? I had to look out the window to check for raging mobs roaming the streets after reading this. Today might be the last Christmas ever? Because rioters who broke into the capital are being punished? I wonder is she knows about the millions of Americans who are in jail for stupid **** like simple drug possession. Is that anything we need to worry about, or just the few hundred failed revolutionaries?
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Not exaggerating but 2023 was probably the best year of my life.

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Sardines said:
This made me spit out my eggnog. WTF? I had to look out the window to check for raging mobs roaming the streets after reading this. Today might be the last Christmas ever? Because rioters who broke into the capital are being punished? I wonder is she knows about the millions of Americans who are in jail for stupid **** like simple drug possession. Is that anything we need to worry about, or just the few hundred failed revolutionaries?
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It really is a bit much innit? These ****ers ain't Bobby Sands fighting the bloody British empire? They're a bunch of libertarian, racist, redneck arseholes who deserve to be in prison. Maybe Laura is angry and delusional cause she can't make an easy 20 quid on onlyfans? Politics as ever is showbiz for ugly people.

Funnily enough my ex partner is starting to get into a bit of this right wing nonsense and now identifies herself as conservative (she has never used that term in the 20 years I've known her), in the last few years she has spent more time on the internet than ever before, she is also now more unhappy than she has ever been in her life. I really think there is a huge correlation between internet use and mental health.
 
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But this is the end point of the Big Lie. Thanks for showing this because I hadn’t seen it u til you grabbed it. Folks like Trump, Loomer, and trolls like @Al-O-Meter, push the Big Lie so they can tip reality on its head.

If Trump is innocent and the election was stolen then…

1. Those prosecuted for Jan 6 crimes are political prisoners.
2. The police on that day are enemies. Those beating the police up and killing them with flag poles are justified.
3. Hanging and killing people like Pence, Romney, Cheney, Biden, etc is justified.
4. Trump should be dictator.
5. All of Trump’s political opponents are guilty of some of the most serious crimes in our nation’s history.

This is so so soooo corrosive. But it’s also why they’re pushing the Big Lie so hard. If they can gaslight enough normal people into doubting the truth that we all saw with our very eyes, they win.
 
fishonjazz said:
He is a totally unhinged psychopath. I don't understand how anyone supports that lunatic. So predictable too. I knew what he would post for Christmas. I was spot on.

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As @Sardines and/or @str8line recently posted, these aren’t good people.

They’re either so low info that it’s mind boggling and/or they’re ****** people.

I get supporting Trump against Hillary. The media had been crapping on her for most of my entire life. I get it. But not for the 2020 election and certainly not now. You know exactly who and what you’re voting for now. And where this psychopath wants to take us, no serious, somewhat informed person, or anyone with a soul, would want to go.

You’re either dumber than a box of rocks or just a ****** person who has let your racism, misogyny, religious bigotry, grievances, selfishness, greed, etc override any semblance of a soul you might’ve had. Sadly, some people on this board and in real life are just ****** people.
 
str8line said:
Trump's 2023 Christmas messages:


“Merry Christmas to all, including Crooked Joe Biden’s ONLY HOPE, Deranged Jack Smith. Included also are World Leaders, both good and bad, but none of which are as evil and ‘sick’ as the THUGS we have inside our Country who, with their Open Borders, INFLATION, Afghanistan Surrender, Green New Scam, High Taxes, No Energy Independence, Woke Military, Russia/Ukraine, Israel/Iran, All Electric Car Lunacy, and so much more, are looking to destroy our once great USA. MAY THEY ROT IN HELL. AGAIN, MERRY CHRISTMAS!” the former president concluded.

"It's hard to have a truly great Christmas when you have a Crooked and Incompetent President who wants to put his Political Opponent in jail, and who has been working hard (for a change!), illegally using all of the levers of Law Enforcement, to do so. We are in the fight of our lives to save our Country from MADNESS & DOOM. MAGA 2024!!!" he wrote.

"2024 WILL GO DOWN AS THE YEAR OF GREAT AND FULLY COORDINATED ILLEGAL ELECTION INTERFERENCE BY CROOKED JOE BIDEN, THE WORST AND MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, THE DOJ, FBI, A.G.'s, & D.A.'s THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, BUT DESPITE IT ALL, IN THE END, THERE WILL BE A BIG AND GLORIOUS VICTORY FOR THOSE BRAVE AND VALIANT PATRIOTS WHO WANT TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!" he said in another post.

In a post on Sunday night, he wrote: "THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN, LIED TO CONGRESS, CHEATED ON FISA, RIGGED A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, ALLOWED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, MANY FROM PRISONS & MENTAL INSTITUTIONS, TO INVADE OUR COUNTRY, SCREWED UP IN AFGHANISTAN, & JOE BIDEN'S MISFITS & THUGS, LIKE DERANGED JACK SMITH, ARE COMING AFTER ME, AT LEVELS OF PERSECUTION NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN OUR COUNTRY??? IT'S CALLED ELECTION INTERFERENCE. MERRY CHRISTMAS!"





And from Christmas 2022:

"Our Country is under attack by the Radical Left Democrats. They are truly seeking to DESTROY AMERICA!!!"

"Merry Christmas to EVERYONE, including the Radical Left Marxists that are trying to destroy our Country, the Federal Bureau of Investigation that is illegally coercing & paying Social and LameStream Media to push for a mentally disabled Democrat over the Brilliant, Clairvoyant, and USA LOVING Donald J. Trump, and, of course, The Department of Injustice, which appointed a Special "Prosecutor" who, together with his wife and family, HATES "Trump" more than any other person on earth. LOVE TO ALL!"

"THE RADICAL LEFT DEMOCRATS HAVE WEAPONIZED THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AT A LEVEL NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN THE USA. WITH NO BORDERS AND CROOKED ELECTIONS, OUR COUNTRY IS IN THIRD WORLD TROUBLE!!!," he also wrote. "PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS 233-22 IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. HE IS ALSO LEADING, BY A LOT, ALL REPUBLICANS, AND BIDEN, IN ALMOST EVERY POLL." This, despite the horrendous and never ending FAKE NEWS - Incredible statistics that people just don't want to talk about!"

"The Unselect Committee's January 6th Report is a Hoax, no different than RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, and all of the other Scams that the Disinformation laden Democrats have been planting for years. If I weren't leading by a lot in the Polls, against both parties, this continuation of falsehoods and lies would end quickly. I won in 2016, did much better in 2020 (RIGGED!), and the Radical Marxists don't want to run against me or MAGA in 2024. I had almost nothing to do with January 6th. FREE SPEECH!"
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Who wants four more years of this ****?

What honest, sane, and decent person thinks this guy should be in charge of anything? We’re all Jazz fans. If Ryan Smith was going off like this, we’d all be demanding the sale of the team. Yet… many think this guy should be president of our country?
 
Rubashov said:
It really is a bit much innit? These ****ers ain't Bobby Sands fighting the bloody British empire? They're a bunch of libertarian, racist, redneck arseholes who deserve to be in prison. Maybe Laura is angry and delusional cause she can't make an easy 20 quid on onlyfans? Politics as ever is showbiz for ugly people.

Funnily enough my ex partner is starting to get into a bit of this right wing nonsense and now identifies herself as conservative (she has never used that term in the 20 years I've known her), in the last few years she has spent more time on the internet than ever before, she is also now more unhappy than she has ever been in her life. I really think there is a huge correlation between internet use and mental health.
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That's a proven connection in multiple studies. More screen time leads to much higher rates of depression and isolation. It's a bane and we just don't have enough time to adapt to it.
 
LogGrad98 said:
That's a proven connection in multiple studies. More screen time leads to much higher rates of depression and isolation. It's a bane and we just don't have enough time to adapt to it.
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And unfortunately, social media used algorithms to maximize the profit margin of their clients. People remain on the apps longer when they’re fed stories that give them negative emotions. So @Rubashov most likely your partner is fed nonstop garbage that makes them feel angrier. Which then results in them feeling worse. Your partner needs to desperately get the hell off social media and spend more time outdoors and with regular human beings. Humans are usually a lot better in person than online. Especially when the social media we consume fills the air with negative clickbait.

It’s why Ben Shapiro, Fox News, etc is so successful online. Anger, sadness, and grievances are infinite.
 
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Trump says he didn't know his immigration rhetoric echoes Hitler. That's part of a broader pattern

Donald Trump has centered his unlikely rise from reality television star to onetime — and potentially future — president on the idea that he’s wiser than Washington’s bumbling political class, once going so far as to label himself a “very stable genius.” Facing criticism for repeatedly...
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See if anyone notices a pattern here:

Facing criticism for repeatedly harnessing rhetoric once used by Adolf Hitler to argue that immigrants entering the U.S. illegally are “poisoning the blood of our country,” Trump insisted he had no idea that one of the world’s most reviled and infamous figures once used similar words. The Nazi dictator spoke of impure Jewish blood “poisoning” Aryan German blood to dehumanize Jews and justify the systemic murder of millions during the Holocaust.


“I never knew that Hitler said it,” Trump told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Friday, volunteering once again that he never read Hitler’s biographical manifesto, “Mein Kampf.”

“I know nothing about Hitler,” he insisted. “I have no idea what Hitler said other than (what) I’ve seen on the news. And that’s a very, entirely different thing than what I’m saying.”

After he was endorsed by former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke during his winning 2016 campaign, Trump insisted he had no knowledge of the white supremacist who had run for office numerous times and is described by the Anti-Defamation League as “perhaps America’s most well-known racist and anti-Semite.”

“Just so you understand, I don’t know anything about David Duke, OK?" he told CNN’s Jake Tapper in February 2016. “I don’t know anything about what you’re even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists.”

Asked if he would condemn the white supremacists supporting him, Trump said he would “have to look at the group. I mean, I don’t know what group you’re talking about.” He continued to repeat that assertion even after Tapper said he was referring to the KKK.

As he ran for reelection in 2020, Trump said he didn’t know much about QAnon, the convoluted conspiracy that alleges Democrats are involved in a satanic pedophilia ring and casts Trump as the nation’s savior — even as he retweeted accounts promoting the conspiracy.

“I know nothing about it,” he said during an NBC town hall. Nonetheless, he refused to rule it out as false. “I don’t know that and neither do you,” he said.

It was the same when Trump was asked to condemn the Proud Boys militia group, which was key in organizing the assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Enrique Tarrio and other members of the far-right extremist group have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy and other crimes for their part in the attack, which was part of a desperate bid to keep Trump in power after he lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden.

“I don’t know who the Proud Boys are," Trump told reporters after instructing the group, during a presidential debate, to “Stand back and stand by."

“I mean, you'll have to give me a definition ‘cause I don’t really know who they are,” Trump said of the group, which was drawing headlines at the time.

The former president's claims about Hitler are particularly notable given his upbringing in New York, home to one of the nation's largest Jewish populations.

Trump has also participated in Holocaust memorial events. He spoke at a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol hosted by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017, where he denounced Holocaust deniers as accomplices to “horrible evil." And he paid a brief visit to Yad Vashem, Israel’s national Holocaust memorial, where he called the Nazi extermination of 6 million Jews “the most savage crime against God and his children.”

Trump's insistence that he has not read “Mein Kampf” — an assertion he also made at an Iowa rally last week — evoked a different Hitler book he once allegedly had in his possession.

Journalist Marie Brenner reported in Vanity Fair magazine in 1990 that Trump’s ex-wife, Ivana Trump, told her lawyer that, “from time to time her husband reads a book of Hitler’s collected speeches, ‘My New Order,’ which he keeps in a cabinet by his bed.”

Trump told Brenner that, “it was my friend Marty Davis from Paramount who gave me a copy of ‘Mein Kampf,’ and he’s a Jew.” Davis confirmed to Brenner that he had indeed given Trump ”a book about Hitler,” but it was “My New Order, “ a collection of Hitler’s speeches. “I thought he would find it interesting,” David said, adding, "I am his friend, but I’m not Jewish.”
 
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