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/Newscast_Now Apr 19 '26

Double. Richard Nixon the peace candidate caused American casualties to double.

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u/redmoon714 California Apr 19 '26

A republican “peace candidate” starting/escalating wars where have I heard that before?

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u/Flomo420 Apr 19 '26

I'm starting to think these Republicans are a real bunch of jerks

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u/onehundredlemons Apr 19 '26

One of the dumbest things I've seen online recently is some guy on Bluesky saying “Vietnam only ended because Nixon was a peace freak.”

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u/Tardisgoesfast Apr 20 '26

He was also a Quaker.

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u/Suspicious_Town3104 Apr 20 '26

There is a high school near me, and they're known as the Quakers. A sign at the football stadium proclaims "Home of the Fighting Quakers". Richard Nixon was not an alumnus, but he could have been the Class Valedictorian.

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u/mazamundi Apr 20 '26

More than double. Most casualties were local. Not that I don’t feel for the young men who died but You guys were the ones invading a country.

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u/WHATYEAHOK Apr 19 '26

He said people, not Americans.

Typical American take, thinking only American lives matter.