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Epstein Birthday Letter with Trump's Signature Revealed

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39 points coloneltcb | 2 comments | 08 Sep 25 18:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.423s | source
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drewbitt ◴[08 Sep 25 18:59 UTC] No.45172364[source]▶
This would be damning for every politician except Trump and those close to him.
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bediger4000 ◴[08 Sep 25 19:33 UTC] No.45172827[source]▶
You've mentioned something unique about Trump. What you wrote is true, beyond doubt, but the question is "why Trump?" Explanations I can dream up are unsatisfying.
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glhaynes ◴[09 Sep 25 01:09 UTC] No.45176208[source]▶
The best theory I can come up with is that we had no immunity to someone who is just utterly shameless and never even considers apologizing. Every scandalous story helps him because it makes people forget about the one from a few days ago. Turns out that’s a superpower in early 21st century America.
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twixfel ◴[09 Sep 25 10:38 UTC] No.45180135[source]▶
That's not an explanation, though. Why are the American people so weak to someone so uniquely awful, evil, mentally disabled and morally degenerate? Is it replicable? Can the next gigabastard just not care too, and the Americans will fall in line? Or does it die with him? What is it about Trump and what it is about Americans?

It's hard for me as a foreign admirer of the USA not to conclude that a small majority of Americans are fundamentally quite venal and nasty. To think that I used to believe that shit Reagan said about the US being a city on a hill! Crazy.

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1. rsynnott ◴[09 Sep 25 11:35 UTC] No.45180554[source]▶
Musk kind of does a similar thing, and it _kind_ of works for him, but not as well as it works for Trump. It's a bit of an oddity, alright.
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2. n4r9 ◴[09 Sep 25 15:03 UTC] No.45182891[source]▶
I can think of several reasons why the US public finds Trump more appealing. Trump is a US national born and bred, whilst Musk was born in South Africa and holds Canadian as well as US citizenship. Trump absolutely nails populist rhetoric, whilst Musk is nerdy and aloof. Trump describes himself as chosen by God and vows to bring religion back to America, whilst Musk is nuanced and cagey about religion. Trump has celeb certification with his appearances on The Apprentice and WWE, whilst Musk tends to avoid mainstream media.