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12-20-2022 , 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Luckbox Inc

You're missing Yugoslavia, Panama, Somalia, Grenada, Cambodia, Syria, Afghanistan and probably a bunch more.

I've lost track. Which confirms my point.

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12-20-2022 , 10:36 PM

#52

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I was including the fighting with Native American tribes etc

Fair enough.

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12-21-2022 , 11:02 AM

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I've lost track. Which confirms my point.

The Drug War as well another loss. Though Trump was right about how to deal with that

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12-21-2022 , 03:23 PM

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The Drug War as well another loss. Though Trump was right about how to deal with that

Which time?

He's covered every piece of ground from legalize it all back in the day back to kill drug dealers more recently. And people that call themselves Libertarians still love him

I think his ideas on this are more about whatever will get him a media coverage fix.

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12-21-2022 , 04:34 PM

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The Drug War as well another loss. Though Trump was right about how to deal with that

What were his policies irt the war on drugs? How did he deal with that as president?

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12-21-2022 , 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by wet work

Which time?

He's covered every piece of ground from legalize it all back in the day back to kill drug dealers more recently. And people that call themselves Libertarians still love him

I think his ideas on this are more about whatever will get him a media coverage fix.

Definitely this.

Policy on recreational drugs is another of the many things that Trump doesn't really care about. Legalize everything, send everyone to prison for one hundred years for possession of trivial amounts, it's all the same to Trump. He doesn't care. Trump's policies on recreational drugs were driven solely by expedience and self-interest.

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12-21-2022 , 05:01 PM

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What were his policies irt the war on drugs? How did he deal with that as president?

Trump had brought up the fact the only way to deal with the Drug crisis was to declare the Cartel as terrorists. That would give the government more powers like 9/11

The Problem is many in the GOP did not like the idea as that would impact the gun manufacturers and the admin as a whole as they turn a blind eye to exporting weapons to a country that has only one legalized gun store. The dems hated the idea as the banks launder much of that cartel money .

I still think Trump was on the right path declare anyone involved in the Fentanyl crisis as terrorists. Like to see a few drones take out a cartel bosses home.

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12-21-2022 , 05:25 PM

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What were his policies irt the war on drugs? How did he deal with that as president?

He went back and forth. Start killing people to let’s loosen laws after talking to Kim Kardashian.

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12-21-2022 , 07:43 PM

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lol at the thought that Trump actually had any policies other than "What is best for me?".

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12-21-2022 , 08:42 PM

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I still think Trump was on the right path declare anyone involved in the Fentanyl crisis as terrorists.

Our lawmakers are more responsible for fentanyl being a problem than the cartels. Prohibition creates black markets. And one of the side effects of the smuggling biz can be seeking out more concentrated forms simply because they're smaller/easier to move around. Some opium was being grown in Mexico for years prior to ww2 but we turned to them as a supplier during ww2 when traditional supply lines became unreliable afaik. So farmers down there got on board--then didn't want to stop after the war ended. It's not their fault America/people love drugs

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12-21-2022 , 09:33 PM

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Trump won not because he was the chosen one, but because he had a plurality of votes in a too crowded primary and then in the general because Hillary was complacent. People like Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney thought to win you had to win over the majority. Trump realized he could cater to an ardent faction that was just numerous enough and comprised enough of the purple states, to get elected. If the republicans don't want him to get nominated again, they need only keep the primary slate small, but we know too many will put ego before party/country.

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12-21-2022 , 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Didace

lol at the thought that Trump actually had any policies other than "What is best for me?".

I would say that Trump believes in all the following, and not much else:

1) China is screwing the U.S.
2) Something something America first.

And most importantly

3) Donald Trump is the smartest, best looking, most successful, funniest, most virile, and most unfairly maligned president in U.S. history.

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12-21-2022 , 10:13 PM

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He's just an actor in a fat suit.

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12-22-2022 , 09:20 AM

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It has to be a 'fat' suit because if it was a skinny suit, they would try to cancel him due to it not being 'attainable' to all.

There is some perceived virtue in the perception that 'being attainable for all' is something that means it ok then to show.

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