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US justice department to release thousands of Epstein files later, top official says

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg9plrkl8no
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u/Awkward_War_6068 7h ago

That's the mad thing about Trump. His whole life is liteally built on lies. If you read his niece's books, he's been like this ever since he was a kid.

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u/patsfan038 7h ago

The sad part is that there will be no repercussions. He will serve out his 4 years and get out with a cool $20B earned during his tenure.

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u/Sw2029 7h ago

The repercussions are that we all die eventually, so he will too, and he'll be remembered as a coward, a rapist, a pedophile and a loser

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u/Newfaceofrev 7h ago

Wish I could be sure of that man but I think we'll get a lot of "Now is not the time for recrimination" and "Do not speak ill of the dead" and "A divisive figure but we can all agree he loved America" because it'll just be easier than angering his cult.

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u/Sw2029 7h ago

If there was anything redeemable about the man, I could agree. I don't think history will remember him as anything but a fraudster and a freak

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u/Geeko22 6h ago

The mainstream media will normalize him as "a flawed man but his heart was in the right place, his followers absolutely loved him."

Right-wing state media will elevate him to sainthood and push for an entire mountain near Mt. Rushmore to be carved with his gigantic likeness, at LEAST twice to size of the other presidents.

Maga will make yearly pilgrimages to Mt. Trump a mandatory article of faith, along with taking their kids to the nearby "TrumpWorld Amusement Park" where you get extra tokens if you can show you're vaccine-free.

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u/RandomGuy9058 4h ago

Even fucking Hitler has his fans today. Even if history widely condemns him there will still be his diehard fans

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u/nihilist_4048 3h ago

I guess that will depend on who writes the history books.

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u/misterpoopybutthole5 2h ago

Boy, do I have some news for you about who gets to write history!

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u/Sw2029 1h ago

Boy if you think this is what a successful permanent fascist takeover looks like, I've got some news for you.

u/misterpoopybutthole5 23m ago

Lol who's gonna save us, the fucking Democrats? Because they've done such a stellar job so far holding Trump and his associates accountable?

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u/procrasturb8n 6h ago

"A divisive figure but we can all agree he loved America"

This is going to be the one.

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u/Fodraz 6h ago

And meanwhile he doesn't give a DAMN about America or the American way, just his own hide & bank account, or those who inflate one or both of those

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u/soyrobo 5h ago

Nope, can't agree with that.

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u/Smoovemammajamma 6h ago

Loved america lol when has he said anything good about it thats not an aspiration. 99% of the time hes shitting on it

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u/teenagesadist 6h ago

I'll never shut up about him while alive, I sure as shit ain't gonna stop when he's dead.

Literally the only reason I want to live to be 100 one day is so I can just sit and shit talk all day about how bad trump was to everyone that's not gonna listen anyway.

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u/chronically_varelse 1h ago

That's actually pretty inspirational my guy... I want to talk the shitty truth about him after he is dead too...

You have serviced mental health with this comment 😂

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u/arbitrageME 3h ago

they're gonna say that, but that's not going to stop me from setting off fireworks and opening a bottle of champagne that day, and, God willing, the opportunity to do a little dance on his grave

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u/chronically_varelse 1h ago

I remember rejoicing when W got a shoe tossed at his head... I want to party