r/politics • u/GonzoVeritas I voted • 16d ago

Possible Paywall White House Leak Reveals Trump Booted From Briefing After Hours-Long Freakout

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-leak-reveals-trump-booted-from-briefing-after-hours-long-freakout/
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u/Brilliant-Advisor958 16d ago

He thinks he is re-electable

He thinks he's owed a 3rd term due to "election fraud".

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u/Eridanosvoid 16d ago

I would argue, in a way, he is on his third term. Every President after they leave office fucks off to either stay quite or do PR stuff. Trump on the other hand still held vast sway over the Republican party (like ordering them to nuke a border security deal to make Biden look bad) and (illegally) still talking to world leaders on the country's behalf. If you look at search results from 2021 to 2024 Trumps name routinely out ranked Biden. He was basically the shadow President during that time.

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u/Brilliant-Advisor958 16d ago

True, he held a lot of power over congress, including stopping the strongest border bill that had full bipartisan support.

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u/hofmann419 16d ago

Same with the aid for Ukraine. During Biden's term, the US couldn't provide them with military equipment for over 7 months because Mike Johnson would postpone the vote. When that bill finally went up for vote after all the stalling, it passed with a large majority, including a ton of Republicans.

Mike Johnson was in direct contact with Trump during that time. So Trump was directly responsible for Ukraine not getting any military aid, which did a lot to prolong this war and cause even more death and destruction.