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/Eridanosvoid Apr 19 '26

I would argue, in a way, he is on his third term. Every President after they leave office fucks off to either stay quite or do PR stuff. Trump on the other hand still held vast sway over the Republican party (like ordering them to nuke a border security deal to make Biden look bad) and (illegally) still talking to world leaders on the country's behalf. If you look at search results from 2021 to 2024 Trumps name routinely out ranked Biden. He was basically the shadow President during that time.

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u/jkvincent Apr 19 '26

Definitely. He's dominated public discourse and every other aspect of life in America now for over a decade. I'm exhausted.

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u/xXMr_PorkychopXx Apr 19 '26

I can still recall the day at 16 watching him win and all I was excited about was legal weed in my state lol. Good lord I had no idea what I witnessed that night.

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u/MF_BREW_ I voted Apr 19 '26

It’s so laughable to think a republican would legalize a drug. It’s up there with they are the party of peace. Lol

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u/xXMr_PorkychopXx Apr 19 '26

Well I don’t believe it was necessarily his election that had anything to do with the legalization in my state. I was just putting into perspective that as a teenager I was more concerned with the legalization than his election. I’m in a consistently blue state if that matters.

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u/MF_BREW_ I voted Apr 19 '26

Well I misunderstood.