This should be the sticking point to invoke the 25th. Officials need to be loud and make a stink about how Trump can’t tell fact from clear fiction and therefore cannot perform the duties of the office. Make the people of America see the image on the news everyday and make those on his side say out loud if they think it’s fake or real. Half of the masses will never be convinced that he lacks the morality to lead until they’re already in his camps. This is the earliest clear as day moment to act on that which cannot be held to subjective scrutiny or partisanship.

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    If you guys didn’t watch the interview it’s (to no one’s surprise) fucking embarrassing. Terry keeps trying to move on while remaining firm and Trump just sits there being an argumentative shit because Terry refuses to budge. Good on him for keeping his journalistic integrity, and another pile of dicks to Donnie boi to suck.

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      How do you do it? How do you sit through it without ripping your ears off? I cant stand listening to the guy. Even a toddler sounds more cohesive… The moment I hear his voice I feel like my brain just killed a million brain cells out of protest.

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          I’m not trying to defend the guy at all but those tattoos are not exclusively used by neo-nazis whatsoever and come from the Christian crusades originally. It’s the Jerusalem cross.

          I will also say that that drusen cross has been used in some Neo-Nazi symbolism along the way so it’s not really a get out of jail free card either.

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            “It’s cool guys, this swastika on my chest is totally just a hindu symbol.”

            “I’m just a history buff, even though I have literally shown zero indication that I give a shit about history in any other context”

            There is no point in giving context here. The context is a lie. It’s literally the definition of a dog whistle.

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            For the record, so nobody misses the point in all this back and forth - yes, someone might wear a jerusalem cross and not be a fascist.

            But that’s not what’s happening here, is it? He’s a fascist. He wrote a book called American Crusade in which he called for ripping the arms off his enemies and feeding them to hogs.

            Crusade imagery - to him - is violent. Even if it isn’t a symbol of hate to you, it is a symbol of hate to him.

            The symbol has a real history but has also been hijacked by fascists. What evidence do I have for this? Plenty, down below! But what more do you need? He’s Exhibit A.

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      So just to be fair, whoever made that tried to illustrate that the 4 symbols - in their imagination - represent “M S 1 3”. Which in itself is ludicrous. And even if they did, that’s still no reason to deport him.

      Anyhoo, Trump’s reply when someone dared try to explain this to him:

      “That was Photoshopped? Terry, they’re giving you the big break of a lifetime. You’re doing the interview. I picked you because, frankly, I’d never heard of you, but that’s OK,” Trump said. “You’re not being very nice.”

      This is everyday tyranny in action. It’s also very dumb and very delusional. Louis XIV levels.

      How is this farce still going on?

      But then, just yesterday I learned a little about El Salvador and their idiot president. Who am I kidding. As long as the people go with it, it’s possible no matter how ludicrous. I still say it’s social media algorithms that got us here.

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        You didn’t highlight the best part of that interview, and something other journalists should start doing, he handed tRump his own ass and never looked or sounded flustered or worried about the results of the interview. He asked hard questions, even some that sounded dumbed down to help tRump’s feeble brain understand.

        The best part was shortly after this quote, I think, where tRump said how something might not happen, like completing the rest of the interview, and the dude straight said, “we will.” The look on tRump’s face was like a parent hearing their kid tell them “no” for the first time. But he didn’t say anything more. It was a glorious example of how to deal with a bully.

        tRump can’t handle direct confrontation to his actions. He gets pissed and, if he can, tries to leave the scene or, like this interview and the debate with Harris, he’s stuck and has to do the whole thing or look like a baby. It’s why his only push back is digital or when the other party can’t rebuke him. He’s a coward who, like most conservatives, can dish it out but can’t take it. He relies on his base to do the tough guy stuff and uses his platform to rile them up.