Trump also told the Times that he isn’t opposed to using nuclear force if he “needed it” to take over the Arctic island but that “it might upset NATO," since the island is a self-governing territory of NATO member country Denmark.

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    White House correspondent Katie Rogers — whom Trump recently called “ugly, both inside and out” for writing a story about his age — chimed in to ask, “Psychologically important to you or to the United States?”

    “Psychologically important for me," Trump answered. “Now, maybe another president would feel differently, but so far I’ve been right about everything.”

    These were hard times for The Onion staff.

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    Maybe the best solution is to build a Truman show like simulated world and contain the Trump problem in there.

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    He already has an emotional support Venezuela why does he also need an emotional support Greenland too?

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    “we’re not going to have Russia or China as a neighbor.”

    Alaska has some news for ya, buddy

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      This is the most effective distraction yet; waging war internally and threatening externally.

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        I’m so tired of this stupid argument. At some point his “distractions” become worse than the Trump-Epstein files. Starting WW3 is one of those things.

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          Doesn’t that make it even all the more worse? People dying in wars started by a deranged child molester. A country would rather have a war against their allies and go down in history as the greatest betrayers in history rather than admit their leader is a child molester and remove him from power.

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        We already have evidence of him being in there via failed redactions, realistically what more is going to happen if more is released?

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          Nothing. The thing he said about openly shooting someone in the street without meaningful consequences is getting more and more true every day.

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        cute how you guys think MAGA will stop supporting Trump because of the Epstein case. They just wish they could afford kiddie rape island.

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      Then we’re stuck with Vance, who would have a couple of years normalize MAGA, and get reelected in 2028.

      Better to let Trump burn it to the ground, and then crush and purge MAGA once and for all.

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        Idk, Vance has always been distant from the rest of the administration, and simply put he has no rizz. Utterly sauceless. There’s nothing fun or whimsical about him that MAGA chuds can project a parasocial relationship onto.

        Plus, his wife isn’t white, which is already a big problem for large swaths of the Trump base.

        I just don’t think he has it in him to hold the MAGA coalition together

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          Vance (a) would not be able to play the “drunk master” game (b) does not have the political capital of Trump.

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          I just don’t think he has it in him to hold the MAGA coalition together

          Nobody does, it’s a classic Cult of Personality. MAGA is all about Trump, and when he assumes room temperature, it’s all over, except for the backstabbing, recriminations, and rationalizations.

          Sure, there are plenty who will claim to be his successor, including Vance, Rubio, Hegseth, Bondi, etc. But they will be attacked by Don Jr, who surely sees himself as Trump’s obvious successor, and possibly other Trump inner circle loyalists. Then there are the “reformers” like MTG and Hawley who will be burning down the MAGA house. Then there will be the hapless, feckless Trad Republicans, claiming to have been held hostage for over a decade, who just want to revive their honorable party. Blah, blah, blah.

          We can’t forget that the Republican Party is as dead as the Whigs. That was just they’re larval form, before they morphed into their final form - MAGA. They are all MAGA now, and MAGA must be crushed and purged from our government, and our society.

          But if we just wait them out, MAGA will probably mostly end itself, they are that virtuosically incompetent. The only problem is the massive damage they’ll do along the way.

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    It’s ‘Psychologically Important for Me’

    He’s an emotionally stunted narcissistic child who needs constant reassurance so he can believe he’s not a failure as a human being.

    He’s still a failure as a human being and history will remember him as one.

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      He’s also got dementia so he can’t filter himself as well, anymore. His statements are going to get crazier and crazier. He’ll say he should be in charge of the world before 2026 is over.

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        He’ll say he should be in charge of the world before 2026 is over.

        He might start the war to make it happen.

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      I doubt a person as profoundly broken as he is should be deciding what is “psychologically important” for himself. Probably should have a really good psychiatrist weighing in on treatment, and that probably won’t include making him feel better about himself by conquering random countries.

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    Why would you deny him an emotional support invasion? It’d be like taking a stuffy away from a dog. You monster.