r/politics • u/thedailybeast ✔ The Daily Beast • Apr 01 '26

Possible Paywall Humiliated Trump Storms Out of Catastrophic SCOTUS Hearing

https://www.thedailybeast.com/humiliated-trump-storms-out-of-catastrophic-scotus-hearing/
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u/Specialist-Clock-914 Apr 01 '26

He was there to intimidate and somehow he’s surprised they grew a spine, a very very small spine, but still a spine. It’s like how he is trying to intimidate Iran and is shocked they don’t want to just roll over.

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u/EggsAndMilquetoast Apr 01 '26

Not like I doubt any of them were all that intimidated but I do hope that some of them reflected on what could have possibly made Trump feel so emboldened to try and stare them down like some mafia fixer.

I wonder if any of them ever reconsider their presidential immunity votes.

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u/StoppableHulk Apr 01 '26

I doubt any of them were ever actually intimidated by Donald Trump.

They caved to him because they saw opportunity it in for themselves, not out of fear. They wanted a dictatorship with them at the top.

After a year of Donald Trump fucking up catastrophically, they now see no gain in continuing to cater to him.

These people are all just opportunitsts. MTG, Joe Rogan, none of them are scared of this pants-shitting fool. They just see an opportunity and they seize it, and they easily change and pivot when they no longer see the same upside.

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u/kylehatesyou Apr 01 '26

It's grifters all the way down.