• ShyFae@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      18 days ago

      I disagree.

      I remember someone mentioned somewhere, that killing a paralyzed man doesn’t project the tough guy image that he wants people to see.

    • lennybird@lemmy.world
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      18 days ago

      Nah pretty sure it went something like:

      SCENARIO 1:

      PUTIN: “activate clown show.”

      HEGSETH: “I got a good idea.”

      BROADER DOWN-BALLOT REPUBLICANS: “are you insane? I get the plan to normalize shock and move us to authoritarianism. But wait until after the midterms you moron.”

      SCENARIO 2:

      TRUMP PUPPETEERS: “We need a distraction in the news cycle from the plan to help Putin out in his major ballistic missile attack against Ukraine.”

      So They pick something so crazy it acts like a lightning rod, but something they can easily reverse as a decision and even make Trump look like he has some restraint.