President Donald Trump on Monday boasted about the tanks and the “best fighter jets in the world” that he’s planning on stationing during his Fourth of July celebration in Washington.
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I’m willing to pay for tanks if they surround the White House and demand his surrender.
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tena
July 1, 2019, 10:04pm
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Yes I will gladly contribute to that cause.
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Good grief. Can’t we just give him some plastic green army men and some Legos to play with instead?
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pshah
July 1, 2019, 10:06pm
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This is what happens when you give the Presidency to someone with the emotional maturity of a five-year old.
Hey, I’m just glad he didn’t ask for any aircraft carriers or nuclear submarines on the Potomac.
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“But we have the brand new Sherman tanks and we have the brand new Abram tanks."
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Pretty sure Lego would ban their product from being sold to a despot dictator. Ruins the brand.
ETA: Also, you’ve got to have some level of intelligence and ability to follow instructions to put those sets together…
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You’re presuming the finale of the show doesn’t involve him nuking the increasingly Blue Northeastern Virgina with a sub-launched missile.
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A 73-year-old child playing with his new toy set. So sad and sickening.
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And hot chicks… really hot… we’re talking prime Hollywood beef, you know?
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Anyone taking bets on whether he orders said tanks to fire on the crowd when he sees the trump blimp?
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Shermans?
Ooh booy…
Wait till he has the fly over from the old iron. He will believe that P-51s are still in production and service. Wait till you see the stealth Sopwith Camel.
This man truly is playing with the military like a 1960s Marx plastic army playset.
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Yep, just saw your comment.
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Would never happen anyway. He’d fool with them for a minute or two, get frustrated, and say they were “stupid” and leave them lying around for the maid to put away.
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There have to be generals banging their heads on their desks right about now.
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Well, in his mind it all belongs to HIM, because reasons.
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tena
July 1, 2019, 10:23pm
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Yes let us tear up the brand new tanks. By all means. hahahahaha
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tena
July 1, 2019, 10:24pm
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Yeah they require some assembly so that ain’t happening. hahahaha
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