This is honestly the first time I’ve seen pretty much anything about it.

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    Saving this one for the next time I’m hit with the “the whole world thinks we’re a joke with [democrat] in charge. This is why Trump is great. The world respects us with him leading.”

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      I’ll be honest: The world thinks y’all are a joke no matter who’s in charge, though Trump is a worse joke.

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        When Clinton was president, we were a sex joke. When Bush jr. was president, we were a funny joke. When Obama was president, we were a meme. When Trump was president, we were a sad joke. When Biden was president we were a dad joke. With trump president again, we’re now a sick joke.

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          With trump president again, we’re now a sick joke.

          Sure seems like we’re heading towards literal gallows humor. (Whose gallows remains an open question.)

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        We liked Obama, what’s he up to now? Think you could convince him to grey his hair a little more due to actually taking the job seriously?

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            It’s ok, trump is fixing that rule, so Obama can come back even following the rules. But even if not, I bet there is probably at least 1 more person that would be a good president, we haven’t seen much evidence of that… but they must exist.

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            Drones were gonna happen at that point in time, no matter who the president was. It’s not like US was the only ones using them.

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              The drones are part of it, but more broadly remember he ran on ending the Iraq war and shutting down Guantanamo bay and yet he did neither.

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                That is a fact, and many don’t like to remember it. Obama was better than some presidents obviously but he was a disappointment to every anti-war voter.

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            Ah that’s fair. Listening to him talk was one of the best parts. Don’t always get to have a smart person in the white house.

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        Good thing I wasn’t the one claiming the “whole world” believes anything.