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In reply to the discussion: Trump Blasts 'Globalist' Koch Brothers as 'Total Joke': 'I Don't Need Their Money' [View all]Snellius
(6,881 posts)16. The ghost of Steve Bannon returns
Trump has a self-destructive mania for befriending his enemies and making enemies of his friends. His worst opponents may not be among forces on his left but among the establishment on the right: FBI, CIA, NSA, entrenched Republicans. He may be right that the "deep state" is out to get him. He's given them good cause. Who, for example, leaked the intel about ICBM development in North Korea? I'm sure the White House did not want to publish such embarrassing news.
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Trump Blasts 'Globalist' Koch Brothers as 'Total Joke': 'I Don't Need Their Money' [View all]
demmiblue
Jul 2018
OP
so what happens if ALL the big money GOP donors decide to either to give NOTHING to GOP or
beachbum bob
Jul 2018
#2
my first thought is that if 45 survives to the 2020 election he will be primaried
yellowdogintexas
Aug 2018
#50
Hopefully this means there will be an Independent Repub running against 45
forgotmylogin
Jul 2018
#19
Same tweet says "made rich richer" & "I'm for American Worker" (capitalized; is that a magazine?)
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2018
#20
No. See the scale on the side. If the scale were from 2016, it would have 0 % there. It's from 2006.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2018
#38
Kurt von Schleicher could have told the Kochs not to trust someone like Trump not that they would
cstanleytech
Jul 2018
#24
Trump "doesn't want their money." But does he want their money working against him?
Nitram
Jul 2018
#33
With a GOP controlled Congress, any president could give the Koch's their tax cuts & judicial picks.
CrispyQ
Jul 2018
#35
Or this could be billionaire wrestling theater to draw back Republican voters.
ancianita
Jul 2018
#42