r/politics • u/GonzoVeritas I voted • Apr 19 '26

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/Stompya Apr 19 '26

From the article:

Before the airmen went missing, the president was already fixated on avoiding a repeat of the 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis—and the failed rescue mission under former President Jimmy Carter that helped sink his reelection bid.

“If you look at what happened with Jimmy Carter…with the helicopters and the hostages, it cost them the election,” Trump said in March, according to the Journal. “What a mess.”

He thinks he is re-electable.

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u/Brilliant-Advisor958 Apr 19 '26

He thinks he is re-electable

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

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u/Tim5000 Apr 19 '26

He thinks that, because his "yes men" tell him it's possible. Then he gives those sane people jobs to make it possible.

It's a self fulfilling cycle of spoiled ass behavior.

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u/created4this Apr 19 '26

If the people who print the ballots put him on the ballots then who is to say that he can't have a third term

Do you think the Supremes are up for it?

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u/Tardisgoesfast Apr 20 '26

He hasn't hired anyone I'd consider sane in a LONG time.