Donald Trump’s new White House Chief of Staff, Stephen Miller, said the Republican Party is “more popular than ever,” just days after voters handed Democrats control of the House and Senate the midterm elections.

Miller said in his speech that it was “the privilege of a lifetime to join President Trump,” before adding: “If it wasn’t for President Trump, the United States of America would not exist right now.”

“This man saved America,” Miller said. “He saved our military from collapse, he saved our economy from destruction, he saved our border from annihilation and he saved our country from threats at home and abroad which would have been the end of the American dream forever.”

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      No, he’s something much more dangerous: he’s a bloodthirsty fascist.

      He knows his words are false, but what he is doing is dictating reality to us; he’s making it clear how we are expected to behave, and that any deviation from said reality will be declared treasonous and terrorism. He’s saying we should treat the administration like gods who saved us from certain demise.

      His only delusion is that enough of the population will fall in line over this. You’ve already lost the crowd, buddy. Prepare you ass for prison.

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        I’m fairly certain Stephen Miller truly believes these hateful things, he doesn’t just say this because he’s getting paid. The videos of him from high school are chilling. That said, I think this move is going to backfire on Trump, but there will be turmoil for the American people first.

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        I wanna get paid to say foolish things!

        “Twilight is the height of literature”

        “Trump is the world’s greatest athlete”

        “Pi is equal to both 3 and 4”

        “The equator is the powerhouse of the fermament”

        “All pizza should have pineapples”

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      They are going to pretend the midterms didn’t happen because of the ego death they would sustain if they so much as acknowledged their own unpopularity. Get ready for the “you can’t break up with me, I’m breaking up with you” phase where they get increasingly desperate and criminal. They are deliberately putting the people who might face jail in positions of power so that they will willingly commit more crimes out of self preservation. They are deeply angry that the American public “betrayed” them and will try to punish us for hurting their feelings.

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    before adding: “If it wasn’t for President Trump, the United States of America would not exist right now.”

    That one in particular is fucking wild. What in the world does he think would have caused the total destruction of the US if Trump hadn’t been there?

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      Until this week, I thought Trump was going to cause the complete destruction of the Untied States

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        He still might. He’s already destroyed the system of alliances that you were using to prop yourselves up; you just haven’t felt the full consequences of that yet.

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      I live 200km away from Transylvania

      Bran Castle has always given me the creeps. Been a few times.

      He could work there

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    Please, continue talking like that for the last 2 years of Trump’s lame duck presidency! Voters clearly love the corruption and lying from out-of-touch Republicans…

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    “Oh, but this order does not come from me. It comes from the President. He signed it this morning.”

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    In reality, the country had recovered faster than many others, partly due to the stimulus money, and would have continued progress with Harris. Critically, Renee, Alex, and countless others would still be alive, if not for the violence and suffering brought by electing maga.

    All the tax money spent to hurt people rather than help is one huge difference between maga and Dems. Very much not the same, and this creep is one who is guilty of so many crimes against humanity. They betrayed all the people who were on the legal path, but he throws them in concentration camps to suffer, and magas think that’s fine. That is sickness to think treating people inhumanely is fine. They use the money to inflict suffering, rather than help needy children or anything humane. Crossing the border, often refugees, doesn’t deserve torture and inhumane treatment, fines maybe, not torture.

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    Out of all the corrupt mfs that trump appointed I want peewee Goering to face a jury of his peers that aren’t fascists.