Trump Shatters Record for Biggest Win in History of Iowa Republican Caucuses

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  1. AARguy

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    Look around. We have PLENTY... from Hamas to ISIS to Hezbollah and many other terrorist organizations, to Iran (They call us "the Great Satan":), to Russia, to China, to North Korea and plenty more, like the Houthis.

    And right now our military is the smallest it has been since 1939. I'm not a big supporter of Haley, but her idea of expanding the military is SPOT ON.
     
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    a guy who can't even hold Bible up correctly is the guy, hero of evangelical Christians , and you wonder why churches are getting empty every day.


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    No, It think most of us have come to grips with the fact that Trump nation will vote for any clown that keeps them entertained, particularly by playing to their fears, white resentment and bigotry.

    But not all Republcians are proud of Jan 6th, and not all of them are bigots.
     
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    Where do you get this BS about our military being smallest it has been since 1939. Not when we’re still spending record amounts on military spending.
     
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    I take it that you take your lead from your bosses in the FSB.

    Which Democrats “raised” an army in Ukraine?

    Where do you get the notion that the war Moscow started had anything to do with whether Ukraine joins NATO?

    Are you trying to pretend that the Russians, who launched the war, are somehow innocent??????

    And what about Putin’s stated objective. He does want to use Ukraine in his first step to restore the Warsaw Pact.
     
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    the democrats DO hold Biden responsible for the border and the economy..

    the economy is doing well...

    just because everyone does not own 2 homes, one to reside and the other for rental income and drive a tesla and have a 401K worth $500l does not mean the economy is bad.. it seems being middle class is no longer a goal...people are rich or poor ..
    and BTW,,the stock market is at an all time high...if your 401K is losing money you have a lame financial advisor

    the immigration policy is definalty broken..but it was broken long before Biden or trump came along

    the GOP has a majority in congress..instead of wasting time attempting to smear Biden,
    why wont the GOP put forth an immigration policy that would help??

    I bet Biden would sign a new policy into law.. but how can he when he has nothing to sign??

    is the president supposed to write the law and pass it too??

    I find it laughable that the same people that give trump a pass for being insane attempt to hold Biden's feet to the fire
     
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    Oh, attaboy.
    Anyone supporting trump is a bigot.
    Do we need to pull out all the videos of biden spewing his racis. And bigotry, and challenge you to post all of trumps racist stuff?
     
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    "Trump nation"? What the heck is that?

    When the left stops playing the endless "accusation Game" against Trump and the dust settles. we'll see the truth.
     
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    Well...

    How about "THE ARMY TIMES"? Biden budget would mean smallest Army since WWII (armytimes.com)

    How about NEWSWEEK? US Army Shrinks to Smallest Size Since WW2 as It Struggles to Find Recruits (newsweek.com)

    How about the AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS? US Army cutting thousands of soldiers - smallest size since WWII | American Military News

    How about THE NEW YORK TIMES? Pentagon Plans to Shrink Army to Pre-World War II Level - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

    Money has nothing to do with it. Military age Americans have been taught that the USA is repressive and racist with screwy propaganda. I joined the military when most, like me, joined out of a feeling of patriotism. The left has stifled such feelings.
     
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    The reason in England was because the church backed WW1, told their members that it was Gd's will to kill Germans
    while the church in Germany told their flock to kill the French and the English,
    and in the end, in retrospect, all that happened was old people in the church
    hierarchies, got young people in the churches killed and disabled,

    and not people still don't trust the church.
    and the US mainstream churches are in favor of the war in Ukraine
     
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    Yes, I've heard a number of veterans say that, and it also applies in other countries too.

    Unfortunately the left has a point - their leaders are sending our military on futile missions.

    The Democrat Pres. Johnson got 58,000 US servicemen killed in a war that killed over 3 million Vietnamese peasants.
    The present Democrat administration has got 500,000 Ukrainians killed in a war which if people only made a tiny bit
    of effort would discover doesn't have any worthwhile goal, oh yeah, to prove Ukraine has a right to join NATO, no,
    no country has a right to join NATO, and the specific bit the Russians have a problem with is siting nuclear armed
    missiles right up to the border of Russia.

    But as with Vietnam it will be a decade before people work that out.

    We can't trust the govt not to abuse our military.
     
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    I spent decades in the military. I never ran into anyone that thought they were "abused" at all.

    I suspect you never served. Am I right? (I am quite entertained by "experts" that have no experience with their subject.)

    The military never lost a major battle in Viet Nam. Tactically, our military won. "Peaceniks" on Main Street USA lost the war for us. Both Houses of Congress approved the Vietnam War and funded it fo years. That's how democracy works... Votes and all that stuff, you know.

    Ukraine never joined NATO so any speculation about how it has a "right" to is of little value. "Would'ves", "could'ves" and "should'ves" shrink to insignificance in the light of what actually happened... in the light of FACTS. And NATO never stationed offensive strategic missiles that threatened Russia within Ukraine... that's just more vacuous speculation.

    I do agree with your conclusion about Ukraine though. I am still searching for something about Ukraine that is essential to US National Security. Its not NATO. It has no resources essential to our security. It has no industry essential to the US (like Taiwan has 50% of the world's out put of microchips). So I still wonder why we are sending hundreds of billions of dollars of war equipment to secure Ukraine's borders while we leave our own borders wide open.
     
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    That’s the bottom line here. The progressive left dislikes exurban to rural Americans in flyover country even more than they don’t like Trump. Trump is simply trying to protect us from them and the policies they implement and advocate for.
     
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    The twice-impeached Loser-in-Denial and sexual abuser (whose name means "fart" in Cockney parlance) facing 91 felony indictments also made the point that his principle rival for the GOP nomination has immigrant parents:

    Trump used his social media platform Friday to mock Nikki Haley 's birth name, the latest example of the former president keying on race and ethnicity to attack people of color, especially his political rivals.

    In a post on his Truth Social account, Trump repeatedly referred to Haley, the daughter of immigrants from India, as “Nimbra.” Haley, the former South Carolina governor, was born in Bamberg, South Carolina, as Nimarata Nikki Randhawa. She has always gone by her middle name, “Nikki.” She took the surname “Haley” upon her marriage in 1996.

    Trump's post was an escalation of recent attacks in which he referenced Haley's given first name — though he's misspelled it “Nimrada” — and falsely asserted she is ineligible for the presidency because her parents were not U.S. citizens when she was born in 1972.

    [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...of-attacking-rivals-based-on-race/ar-BB1gXvjk]

    The Cry Baby Loser has cultists who thrive on this sort of petty, sniveling xenophobia.
     
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    You don't know anything about Trump nor his supporters beyond the lies that you've been told about them.
     
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    2024 is not 2020 is not 2016 is not 2012.

    Ronna McSantis put all of his robotic unpersonable eggs into the Iowa basket, and lost, and thus dropped out.

    Nikki "Bird-brain" Haley has put all of her stiff-mouthed corrupt lying eggs into the New Hampshire basket, and will lose, even with Democrats voting for her, and will thus drop out afterward (unless she wishes to face embarrassment in her own home state of South Carolina in a month).

    This "primary" was over before it even began. TRUMP OR BUST!!!!!
     
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    There is no "marathon". Nikki is delusional. She'll be toast after losing New Hampshire, unless she wishes to hold on to be thoroughly embarrassed in South Carolina.

    Stick a fork in it. TRUMP OR BUST!!!!
     
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    Yup, and Haley's war mongering means that she will never get my vote. She also wants to raise the age for social security, which is also a no-go for me even though it's only a tax for me and I won't be seeing a penny of social security in my lifetime. She also wants to remove online anonymity, which is also a no-go for me.
     
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    They are STILL the party that worships the dollar... ergo why they sell out to the agenda of the Democrats at every pivotal turn.

    They are really just one great big Uniparty in which Republicans are okay with the Democrat agenda advancing so long as they continue to get their "thirty pieces of silver", and Democrats are okay with it so long as they are allowed to continue increasing their power/control over others.

    Ergo, the need for America First (MAGA), a true opposition movement. Enter Trump. Enter Kari Lake. Enter JD Vance. etc etc
     
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    Nobody claimed that the 2024 Iowa caucus turnout was the "biggest crowd ever". Bad weather stunted turnout. Meh.

    Trump DID have an enormous 30 point victory there though.
     
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    yep, and now that DeSantis is out, that could help Haley going forward
     
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    I agree they are more or less the same party functionally. I just don't see MAGA doing much other than less harm. Would love to see a viable third party.
     
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    Haley has zero shot and will be quitting and endorsing Trump within a few weeks
     
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    lol, sure
     

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