The Official Trump is Doing Awesome Thread

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3q5nxpgk1o

Trump is selling insider trading on his own official announcements

Impeach, remove, lock him up

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tracks with my recent road trip to Florida through the deep south

no Trump red hats, bumper stickers or road signs were spotted, only one billboard in Louisiana

I was in Florida for three days, bupkis

Traffic to Truth Social, the social media platform President Donald Trump co-founded in 2022 after being kicked off other major platforms for using them to attempt a coup, has fallen off a cliff.


Data compiled by Similarweb and shared with TheRighting, a media company that tracks right-wing outlets, showed Truth Social traffic was down 36% last month compared to a year prior, and 48% year-over-year for June.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/gene...ks/ar-AA29NvAv

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(though I did see a roadside confederate battle flag for a veterans graveyard, does that count? )

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Trump's popularity continues to crater

It's hard to see how he can turn it around by being even more of an abusive asshole

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Trump brought his personal aides with him on the clandestine flight, but left Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Deputy National Security Advisor Stephen Miller on AF1 as decoys -- along with the White House press pool



https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/u...&smid=bs-share

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Trump brought his personal aides with him on the clandestine flight, but left Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Deputy National Security Advisor Stephen Miller on AF1 as decoys -- along with the White House press pool



https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/u...&smid=bs-share

Sounds about right.

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psyop on Trump?

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The national average for gasoline stood at $4.03 a gallon, AAA said.

That marks the first time gas prices have been above the $4 mark this late in the year, according to GasBuddy petroleum analyst Patrick De Haan.

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great for Wall Street, sucks for Main Street

https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/the...rived-41361a06

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sounds bad

Trump could be electoral kryptonite

https://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.../3mt2q2ijtpk22

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senile grandpa's callous indifference to sailors and their families

run it on TV in every Navy town

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"Everybody" of course meaning him

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"Everybody" of course meaning him

and those giving generously to Trump

and family members of course

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Frustration with Trump grows among U.S.’s Persian Gulf allies, officials say

Gulf leaders worry the president is unable to manage the diplomacy necessary to secure peace with Iran, according to Arab and Western officials.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...officials-say/

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the Gothic font is an interesting touch

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The Supreme Court again refused a request by President Trump to review a $5 million civil judgment against him after a jury found that he sexually abused E. Jean Carroll.

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civility, though

White house comms posting like koriwhat

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"populism"

“In all, 57 Trump officials are worth at least $100 million, including 17 ambassadors and the remaining 40 in senior posts across the executive branch.”

apnews.com/article/trum...

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I get the "everything is porn" thing but, contextually calling Ossoff a "cuck" here makes the US populace his "wife" and the Trump Administration the man forcing himself upon her while Ossoff watches, helpless and tied to a chair. I don't think Cheung has thought it all the way through.

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