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underpants

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Thu Jan 30, 2025, 07:32 AM Jan 2025

Trump poses Marines (?) behind him at WH. Putin playbook

I saw this and was struck by what I thought were Marines behind him. I hadn’t seen much discussion of it then I saw this.

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Trump poses Marines (?) behind him at WH. Putin playbook (Original Post) underpants Jan 2025 OP
This isn't the only way he's emulating Putin Walleye Jan 2025 #1
The G.O.P. Draft-Dodger-in-Chief just loves BoRaGard Jan 2025 #2
They both look so small compared to the men in uniform. tetedur Jan 2025 #3
Too bad for Trumpf the US military stands at attention (eyes front) without turning their heads. C0RI0LANUS Jan 2025 #4

BoRaGard

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2. The G.O.P. Draft-Dodger-in-Chief just loves
Thu Jan 30, 2025, 07:52 AM
Jan 2025

Last edited Thu Jan 30, 2025, 08:47 AM - Edit history (1)

to force all our honorable troops -- the people he thinks of as "suckers and losers" -- to line up and pretend to "honor" him.

And the rest of the republicons kiss-ass and submissively go along with this sick charade, a mockery of true honor.




C0RI0LANUS

(3,017 posts)
4. Too bad for Trumpf the US military stands at attention (eyes front) without turning their heads.
Thu Jan 30, 2025, 12:41 PM
Jan 2025

Unlike Putin's or Coriolanus' Praetorian Guard whose heads will follow Caesar as they salute:









Link:

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/administration/eop/whmo/

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