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7/19/2025, 2:57:28 AM
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>This gets at something that is different about Trump’s second administration from his first.
>In Trump 1.0., his administration was staffed with a lot of members of the Republican or business establishment. So there was this layer of separation between Trump and the MAGA types inside the White House and his administration. When he complained that there was a deep state that was fighting him, it may not have been true in the sense that he sometimes meant it, but there was a bureaucracy. There were other factions and coalitions that were not bought into what MAGA was.
>In his second term, that separation isn’t there anymore. He has put the most loyal soldiers he can find in these positions. Nobody can say Kash Patel and Dan Bongino are members of the establishment. They were not promoted up through the ranks of the F.B.I. Pam Bondi is very much handpicked by Donald Trump. Elsewhere, you have people like R.F.K. Jr.
>So Trump can no longer use the line he used all the time in his first administration, which is: You can’t blame me — I’m at war with these people.
>Because now they’re his people. And Trump himself seems to be getting upset that they’re not being trusted — that MAGA is turning on them and not trusting him. And he gives this comment when asked about it by the press:
Archived clip of Donald Trump: "Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein? This guy’s been talked about for years. You’re asking — we have Texas, we have this, we have all of the things. And are people still talking about this guy, this creep? That is unbelievable."
>This gets at something that is different about Trump’s second administration from his first.
>In Trump 1.0., his administration was staffed with a lot of members of the Republican or business establishment. So there was this layer of separation between Trump and the MAGA types inside the White House and his administration. When he complained that there was a deep state that was fighting him, it may not have been true in the sense that he sometimes meant it, but there was a bureaucracy. There were other factions and coalitions that were not bought into what MAGA was.
>In his second term, that separation isn’t there anymore. He has put the most loyal soldiers he can find in these positions. Nobody can say Kash Patel and Dan Bongino are members of the establishment. They were not promoted up through the ranks of the F.B.I. Pam Bondi is very much handpicked by Donald Trump. Elsewhere, you have people like R.F.K. Jr.
>So Trump can no longer use the line he used all the time in his first administration, which is: You can’t blame me — I’m at war with these people.
>Because now they’re his people. And Trump himself seems to be getting upset that they’re not being trusted — that MAGA is turning on them and not trusting him. And he gives this comment when asked about it by the press:
Archived clip of Donald Trump: "Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein? This guy’s been talked about for years. You’re asking — we have Texas, we have this, we have all of the things. And are people still talking about this guy, this creep? That is unbelievable."
6/17/2025, 1:39:31 AM
>tfw they want you to sign a statement encouraging cease fire and negotiations between Greatest Ally and Iran at the G-7
>But you are too bummed that your bff wasn't invited again
>Not even a shitty deal with that lickspittle Britain can cheer you up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMrImMedYRo
>But you are too bummed that your bff wasn't invited again
>Not even a shitty deal with that lickspittle Britain can cheer you up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMrImMedYRo
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