Donald Trump deflected responsibility for misleading Americans about the length of the Iran war, dismissed low poll ratings as “fake numbers” and refused to rule out the possibility of declaring a state of emergency before the midterms, in a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine.

When confronted with questions about the length of the Iran war, the US president blamed the media for reporting his remarks in which he said the conflict was projected to last “four to five weeks”, in March.

“ … I think the press fed it to them,” Trump told Time when asked whether Americans misunderstood him.

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      Ironically, the guys who have tried so far have all been right-wing nutballs as well.

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          The one actual attempt was real enough for the two guys in the stands behind Trump that took bullets. One died, the other did survive. The second “attempt” was some nut that managed to sneak onto the Mar-a-Lago golf course before getting caught. Trump was certainly happy to play up the part of the victim, big wad of gauze over the nick on his ear, “Oh, look at how bad people treat me!”

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              Could have been from that easily enough. Their job is to drag the president down and cover him, and not worry about taking time to do it gently.

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          pretty much. he had a fake ass bandaid on his ear, then less than a week later, he was fully healed. An old oaf like him would NOT heal that fast. It was fake as fuck.

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            What hebis in peak physical health his doctor has never seen anyone so healthy.

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      What? Don’t kill him! That’s evil. Just cripple him to the point he cannot do anything for himself, and has to be cared for by people whose lives he destroyed. Maybe have him linger on for another decade or so, and forfeit his govt benefits. And give him a persistent itch.

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          I don’t wish death upon evil people, but years of torment, indignation, and a slow miserable death that they’re perfectly aware is happening to them…seems appropriate. Hopefully they’re fully conscious when someone takes pity on them and pulls the plug but they’re not capable of letting anyone know it’s not what they want and they suffer terribly as the life slowly ebbs from their body. A poetic and sadistic, end to a deserving ghoul.

          A fast death is not what they deserve.

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        What’s the point in making him a cripple? he already wears a diaper, doesn’t know how to drive, has never ridden a bike in his life, doesn’t exercise, doesn’t walk while cheating at golf, and probably already got himself some special presidential license plates that let his limo driver park across several handicap spots. his quality of life would probably improve as a crippled martyr. Think about the endorsement deals he could get as a cripple. What company? Depends.

        he should be getting death bed reminders that the world is going to take his name off everything he graffito tagged and forget about him. Instead of destroying the man we need to start destroying his legacy before he loses the remaining marble. Right now if you shook his head it would sound like a can of orange spray paint. One lonely marble bouncing around. We need to make sure that marble knows that the celebrations of his death will greatly outweigh any celebrations of his life.

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          Wreck his hands so he can’t play golf. That would hurt him only thing he lines doing.