"Friends": people who agree with whatever you say and laugh at you after the call?
Link to full article from the Atlantic - Raw Story's version is just a summary.
I can tell this is fake news because it implies trump has friends.
The voices in his dementia-addled brain don't count as "friends".
"Everything is everyone else's fault! Why can't everyone see that my way is better for me and my interests?!?!?!"
Sorry donnie, we do see it.
What are the chances of him being booted out via 25th Amendment in the next six months?
It might buy JD just enough time to prevent the Republicans being utterly wiped out in the mid-terms...
All he has to do is not drive the car off the cliff but noooooo
What the fuck did the idiot THINK was going to happen?
"friends" you keep using this word but I'm not sure you know what it means.
People close to him have stated they loathe him. What they love is money and power. Nobody that knows him truly cares about him.
not according to putin, its working as intended.
"If every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right."
Trump needs to try the opposite.
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