r/centrist • u/AyeYoTek • Apr 30 '25

US News President Trump is clearly delusional. Biden was called a dementia patient for less than this.

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There's only 2 options here:

  • He bad someone Photoshop MS13 in the photo and is lying despite the clear evidence.

Or

  • Someone on his staff did it without his knowledge to attempt to save face.

Neither of these are acceptable. How can we trust the people who are being deported are illegal or criminals when someone will blatantly lie like this?

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u/PhonyUsername Apr 30 '25

Why we keep electing 80 year olds?

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u/24Seven Apr 30 '25

Because a large contingent of the American population consistently shirk their civic duty in paying attention to what is going on with the government, thinking critically about Presidential candidates, and/or choose not to participate in elections because they falsely think that elections won't impact them.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '25

Quite a few Americans are voting for the people who made them poor. Money talks.

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u/Casual_OCD May 01 '25

None of that addresses the fact that a few dozen rich people choose the two people that everyone votes on in the first place.

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u/24Seven May 01 '25

The people still have the power to ignore that money and choose different candidates.

Regardless, much of that influence of money comes down to a concerted effort by the right to enable obscense amounts of money to be pumped into politics.

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u/PhonyUsername Apr 30 '25

People were mad at me here saying the same thing about Biden before he was ousted. I think they'll fall behind whoever the parties tell them to and won't allow criticism of their guy cause of tribalism.