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News & Current Events Mar 28, 2026 at 4:21 PM

'He’s lied about everything’: Iran war puts Trump on shaky ground with young MAGA men

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‘He’s lied about everything’: Iran war puts Trump on shaky ground with young MAGA men
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‘He’s lied about everything’: Iran war puts Trump on shaky ground with young MAGA men
Their frustrations and anger with the conflict were on full display at CPAC this week.
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Purify5 Mar 28, 2026 +1681
The man has lied his entire life. In what world did anyone think that he wouldn't lie to them?
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BigPapaJava Mar 28, 2026 +484
“But you don’t know him like we do!” —His supporters, who also don’t really know him at all.
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mosnil Mar 28, 2026 +181
yeah i'm flabbergasted that the nepo baby who spent his entire life lying, grifting, raping, stealing, conning, and putting his name in giant gold letters on everything would lie and con working class people to get them to vote for him. really out of character for the lying conman rapist pedophile to lie and con like that, who could've seen this coming?
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CaterpillarJungleGym Mar 28, 2026 +57
They knew he would do bad things to the people they don't like, but they didn't think he would do bad things to them. They didn't realize that for Trump everyone is expendable.
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Additional-Signal327 Mar 29, 2026 +4
Exploitable then expendable. 
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WakingWaldo Mar 28, 2026 +70
I will shout this from the rooftops every time the topic comes up -- if everyone was forced to actually watch Trump's speeches or sit through his addresses or read all of his Truth Social posts, the number of MAGA voters would be far, far lower. There are countless Republicans who get the sanitized, sane-washed version of Trump they see on Facebook or Fox News. They literally cannot understand why people don't like him because as you said, they really don't know him at all. They see propaganda Trump. Fox News didn't even *mention* his disgusting post about Mueller's death. Of course they think he's great because that's all they *let themselves* see. They've heard plenty of people talk shit about Trump and apart from the most technologically-illiterate old people, anyone can figure out why with a simple Google search. Conservatives love to live by "don't ask, don't tell" when they know that it'll hurt the image of someone they like.
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Notrius01 Mar 28, 2026 +21
Seems that Fox News is really doing some heavy liftting here and the easiest way to get rid of Maga is to kill the messenger.
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androidnoobbaby Mar 28, 2026 +12
This is why he ran away from all the agreed debates and all but hid until election day.
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giddy-girly-banana Mar 28, 2026 +3
You give them too much credit. They like what he says, especially the parts about going after immigrants, people of color, and women. That’s why his support hasn’t really changed because they agree with him. Until they are personally affected (e.g., higher gas prices, loss of jobs, inflation, high mortgage rates) they’ll continue to support him.
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Yah_Mule Mar 29, 2026 +3
Listen, everybody heard "grab 'em by the p****" and a million other hideous things he's said, so just stop with this nonsense. That Trumper in your life you're making these excuses for in your mind doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt, okay?
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Sminahin Mar 28, 2026 +11
The narrative I've seen is more like "all politicians lie". I know a lot of people who voted Trump, Biden, Trump despite loathing Trump the whole time. Because they were so sure us Dems were even worse. A lot of these people never forgave us for running Kerry and were convinced both mainstream Dems and Republicans were blatant criminals and openly corrupt. So they made a really stupid lesser evil decision based on branding and superficial political awareness.
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giddy-girly-banana Mar 28, 2026 +4
Kerry was a criminal?
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Timeformayo Mar 28, 2026 +5
They know him less than anyone. These people are sheep who would walk themselves directly into the slaughterhouse just because there was a picture of a green field painted on the side. Doesn't even matter that they see the mutton trucks heading out from the loading docks.
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RocketSocket765 Mar 28, 2026 +76
Immature, young, especially white, men without fully formed frontal lobes that thought "Bro is a funny troll" and civil rights for other people is "just drama." The manosphere is like a Mid-level marketing scheme. Everyone in it thinks they'll win. They also prep their audience to believe that if they don't win, it's because of women and or minorities. Tale as old as time. Edit: to the comments saying "it's more than just men/white men" that supported Trump, yes, true, but the OP is about *men*.
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MadRaymer Mar 28, 2026 +43
> "Bro is a funny troll" It's amazing how many people thought that was a plus. Like they thought the election was just a meme and didn't think any consequences out beyond how funny they thought it was, as if they were in on some great joke that the rest of us don't get because we actually care about having competent leadership.
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notfeelany Mar 28, 2026 +7
They voted for him because they wanted to slurs again. According to that "Cruel Kids table" article: ["Later, a former Bernie supporter (who looked like the most Bernie-supporting person one could imagine with long, curly hair and a plaid shirt) told me the same: He wanted the freedom to say f\*gg\*t and r\*\*arded.""](https://archive.ph/9aa8N) Maybe they
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kung-fu_hippy Mar 28, 2026 +3
It’s more than the manosphere. Trump carried the majority of white women. As have all republican candidates for the last quarter century.
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BKlounge93 Mar 28, 2026 +58
I guess I can cut some slack to young people who were a bit young to pay attention during the first term. But man, you really gotta be seeking misinformation to believe any of his bullshit.
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TrumpsEarChunk Mar 28, 2026 +44
A generation addicted to algorithms that feed their sensibilities and podcasts that reinforce ignorance under the guise of “trust me bro, here buy my supplements” and “I’m just a comedian” They aren’t equipped to critically assess the information and motivations of politicians and domestic or foreign policy.
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Taysir385 Mar 28, 2026 +24
> A generation addicted to algorithms that feed their sensibilities and podcasts that reinforce ignorance under the guise of “trust me bro, here buy my supplements” and “I’m just a comedian” As though the exact same thing wasn’t true with Rush Limbaugh a quarter century ago.
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Weak-Grade-8826 Mar 28, 2026 +19
Trump's real turnout is 50-80 year olds who just like him cause he's racist, i would know, that basically describes my family. Don't blame the youth blame the ones who should know better. Boomers sold to their children to baal, their country to Israel and their minds to fanstism. All hail the orange God
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Taysir385 Mar 28, 2026 +3
> Don't blame the youth blame the ones who should know better. This is, unironically, why I don’t blame all boomers. For many people in a terrible situation, there has never been an opportunity to move past the toxicity. Nothing but propaganda on TV and radio. Schools intentional crippled to keep them uninformed. And an outdated and outmoded clan identity that persists due to lack of exposure to the antiseptic benefits of travel and different viewpoints and different cultures. If someone “hates every single n****r”, I doubt that there’s redemption. But if someone thinks the one black person in town is “one of the good ones,” then that’s showing the potential for a worldview that isn’t tainted by the artificial limits of their experience. Still a racist view, still a bad thing, but one that is more likely to reflect the world that person has always lived in, and therefore one they may still, I truly believed, be grown past. There’s an applicable quote from a nineties movie for this. “ The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.”
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rooktakesqueen Mar 28, 2026 +7
It was mostly older men listening to Rush and other AM radio bullshit. Capturing young people with that is relatively new.
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Taysir385 Mar 28, 2026 +4
Rush Limbaugh’s demographic (in particular) was 30% female. So yes, mostly men, but hardly exclusively. The age demo tracked with him over time, becoming older as he did; when he was middle age, so was his predominant demo. The only predominant majority for the viewership was Conservative, with between 80 and 95% of the listeners depending on how the metric was measured. Old conservative white men are, frankly, an existential problem. But it’s important to bear in mind that so are old conservative white women, old conservative black men, young conservative white men, etc.
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blob8543 Mar 28, 2026 +17
There is no excuse. Someone with 2 brain cells that doesn't know a thing about this guy would only need to listen to him for 5 minutes to know he's not to be trusted.
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Brndrll Mar 28, 2026 +6
It didn't help that a generation grew up with him openly running a shadow government of threats and intimidation via his social media platform and constant campaigning, all amplified by a mediasphere that hypernormalized it.
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NativePlantEnjoyer Mar 28, 2026 +8
Devout christian mechanics in the carolinas told me "He has never told a lie in his life"
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engineerL Mar 28, 2026 +7
I don't even think he knows what truth is. Seriously. It means something quite different to him.
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deathrowslave Mar 28, 2026 +6
"He tells it like it is" and "He speaks his mind". These motherfuckers thinking he's like them because they just "keeping it real".
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No_Celery_5373 Mar 28, 2026 +1215
Iran has 3x the population, 4x the size of Iraq and didn't fold in the first 24 hours. It's mountainous and teeming with Shahed drones The US military actually doesn't have the number of active army troops needed to occupy Iran, so if Trump wants it.. Ready to get drafted and die for your pedo emperor yet?
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Optimism_Deficit Mar 28, 2026 +434
The idea of Bone Spurs implementing the draft and sending his his own voters off to war. After FIFA gave him a fake peace prize. I think the irony overload would be the end of me.
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darksunshaman Mar 28, 2026 +89
As a wise man once said, "If you gotta go, go with a *smile*"
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Playswithchipmunks Mar 28, 2026 +41
*always look on the bright side of life....*
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xBram Mar 28, 2026 +23
*he’s not the messiah he’s a very naughty boy now go away*
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Sardonnicus Mar 28, 2026 +9
I believe it was Jack Napier
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darksunshaman Mar 28, 2026 +3
Philosopher of the times
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metalyger Mar 28, 2026 +14
Being Trump, he would probably demand that if a draft did come back, start with the college liberals, and use government spying on social media to ID anyone to the left of MAGA to be the front line bullet/bomb shields. He still needs enough rubes to stay home and support him. If he got his loyalists killed right away, he would be even closer to facing the possibility of an actual impeachment doing something, which is still very much a fantasy at this point.
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Sigma_Function-1823 Mar 28, 2026 +9
He doesn't think in terms of cause and effect nor care about his in the least. To him they exist to obey him whatever he says or does. Anyone that complains, protests or shows disloyalty will be dealt with by the DOJ or DHS, repurposed ICE as traitors. Fully expect him to put his son in uniform and trot him out from.his nice safe rear area duty station to say " my son is serving why aren't you?" . Lots of bullshit theater in support of his war. Really depends on the midterms. If democrats have a good showing he won't have a ability to pull.this off. If on the other hand republican's keep their majorities the odds he will call a general.muster and walk the US into another war are significantly more probable.
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olmnknt Mar 28, 2026 +26
No they have more and more voters rolls from states. If a draft happens it will be a majority of young democrats.
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Isbleeding Mar 28, 2026 +55
They would be making a huge mistake if they did that. They would have Democrats gathering together, training for combat and all have a mutual rage for why they are there. You can see where that could lead.
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Cersad Mar 28, 2026 +21
Trump is so unhealthy that I don't think he would live to see the consequences of that action. We really need an upper age limit on three presidency (and Congress)
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Charming-Rip7098 Mar 28, 2026 +10
Gonna institute a draft and nobody’s gonna care and they’ll look even stupider when nobody shows up.
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Recent-Singer8146 Mar 28, 2026 +8
I don’t think a US military draft is possible: it would cause the politicians chaos as the citizens would promptly protest and/or vote them out. Even the GOP knows any draft would be deeply unpopular and would bring down any govt. attempting to boost the size of the military by forced conscription.
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TheNatural14063 Mar 28, 2026 +3
Plus we have Constitutional rights we can use to deal with politicians who dare to use a draft
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No-Mousse756 Mar 28, 2026 +7
Maybe that’s what all the prisons are for. They’re anticipating mass dissent
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Due_Bluebird3562 Mar 28, 2026 +10
Training the people who already hate you how to kill is a very bold strategy. Also... pretty sure Hegseth is on record stating he'd prefer if the military was more white. About 35-40% of the current military are minorities.
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No_Hana Mar 28, 2026 +15
They want loyalists in the armed forces... because you know..
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MusicLikeOxygen Mar 28, 2026 +15
And Hegseth is trying to make sure they are as white and Christian as possible.
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inprobableuncle Mar 28, 2026 +12
Hey...do not disrespect the esteemed FIFA peace prize! A upstanding and well respected institution like FIFA wouldn't give out it's much sought after peace prize for no reason and suggesting otherwise makes a mockery of the whole thing.
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Icarus-rises Mar 28, 2026 +6
Why would he send his voters? Tons of young people on the other side of the aisle for him to send
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YellojD Mar 28, 2026 +18
Sounds like a solid way to get Iranian boots on American soil, because the minute that shit happens, I’m fighting for the other side.
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TrappedInOhio Mar 28, 2026 +3
It’d genuinely be the funniest f****** thing I could possibly imagine.
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DataDude00 Mar 28, 2026 +104
Iran isn't exactly a modern military super power but they have spent decades preparing for a US military invasion Iran would represent by far the best equipped and trained military that the US has fought in decades. The US and their leadership seem wholly unprepared for this fight and what it would look like. I am sure there are a bunch of analysts who could have drawn this whole thing out exactly as it has unfolded only for Kegsbreath and Trump to simply say 'we are the best military ever we can't possibly lose'
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BigPapaJava Mar 28, 2026 +104
Analysts DID draw this out exactly as it has unfolded… since the Ayatollah government seized power and took American hostages during the Carter administration. This was not a secret or even something that wasn’t already EXTREMELY well known. The Iranians frequently said it publicly. The Iranians always said they would immediately close the Strait to hold 20% of the world’s energy hostage, then attack “American interests in the region” (read: oil and gas facilities) with missiles if they ever faced an existential threat. Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, Bush II, Obama, Trump 1, and Biden all AVOIDED any major military action against them (besides an occasional, limited missile strike or assassination) because they knew there was no real solution to the problem other than a manned invasion to take and hold the Strait while working on regime change. Now they have a massive, nearly infinite, fleet of c**** ($20-50k) drones that can outpace our ability to shoot them down one at a time with $3-5 million missiles, too. That means we can’t just outspend them, which has been a key U.S. military strategy in every war since WW1. Either Trump and his team is lying about not seeing this coming and being ok with that or they are completely incompetent even by FoxNews pundit standards.
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TheAardsnark Mar 28, 2026 +25
They’re sociopaths and or evangelicals who are trying to bring on the rapture. They knew what would happen, and they are enjoying it. 
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MeatImmediate6549 Mar 28, 2026 +18
They are lying AND incompetent.
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that_guy124 Mar 28, 2026 +15
>Now they have a massive, nearly infinite, fleet of c**** ($20-50k) drones that can outpace our ability to shoot them down one at a time with $3-5 million missiles, too. That means we can’t just outspend them, which has been a key U.S. military strategy in every war since WW1. If only there were a nation that had experience fighting those drones and had given them a presentation of low cost counters to those...if only.
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No_Accountant3232 Mar 28, 2026 +14
War with Iran would have been a Defcon 1 situation in any other administration. This can and will go nuclear if this idiocy continues. That's why we were arming the shit out of Iraq in the 80s so Saddam would be dumb enough to start a full scale invasion and we'd go in and pick up the pieces.
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tethysian Mar 28, 2026 +5
Not only that, the US breaking international norms first gives Russia any of the other lunatics in his dictators' club a convenient excuse to do the same.
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WeirdIndividualGuy Mar 28, 2026 +8
> Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, Bush II, Obama, Trump 1, and Biden all AVOIDED any major military action against them (besides an occasional, limited missile strike or assassination) because they knew there was no real solution to the problem This implies there was a problem to begin with. There was never any real reason to invade Iran, not today, not 10 years ago or even 40 years ago
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Any_Put3520 Mar 28, 2026 +5
To my knowledge Trump 1 was the only American government other than Carter to order direct military action against Iran. This would’ve been the air strike on Gen Soleimani. There was also the incident of shooting down an Iranian civilian airliner in the 80s, and perhaps some indirect operations in Yemen or Lebanon, Syria, Iraq against the militias. No other administration has done military action because it’s always been clear it won’t work. Whatever got into Trump 2, right around when the FBI didn’t release the Epstein files like mandated Trump invaded Venezuela, threatened Greenland, and attacked Iran while also threatening Cuba. I just can’t understand why these actions would happen now, again while we all wait for the FBI to release the Epstein files as congressionally mandated.
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PointedlyDull Mar 28, 2026 +43
They purged the military of non loyalists. That typically results in less qualified yes men
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biosc1 Mar 28, 2026 +14
It's disappointing that, at first glance, that comment could apply to both countries.
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DillBagner Mar 28, 2026 +6
From what I understand about Iran, they more separated the loyalists and regular military and just gave the loyalists more power. Correct me if I'm wrong though, I've never really looked in to how loyal their regular army is.
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BigPapaJava Mar 28, 2026 +4
That’s typically done to enable some very illegal, unethical, and unpopular shit, too…
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epochwin Mar 28, 2026 +8
Thing is that the great superpowers underestimate the survival instincts of people. Desperate times will result in low tech guerilla warfare and wars of attrition. So many examples from Vietnam to Afghanistan ( both the Soviets and then the US) to the Germans trying to subjugate Britain or the USSR to their peril. We’re seeing that with Ukraine right now. Iran will play whatever cards it has knowing there’s elections in November. It has strategically made alliances with Russia and created enough oil dependency with China and India.
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Tegurd Mar 28, 2026 +6
This is very true. For example in my country (Sweden) both the military and general public has been told to never surrender if we ever become occupied. Even if our leaders are killed or make peace and our military are ordered to stand down we are told to disobey such orders and resist occupation. It’s incredibly hard to subjugate a small country that doesn’t accept occupation. It can easily evolve into guerilla warfare that is extremely hard to win if you’re the offender. The defenders will always have much more willpower and endurance because they are fighting for their survival on a whole other level. So even if you have ”won” you have to constantly deal with sabotage, bombings and ambushes.
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manachar Mar 28, 2026 +25
Trump and similar fascist conservatives see the world like a bully. They believe in a few swift punches to get a lifetime of “free” lunch money. To be fair, it often works. They know a secret about humanity. People would rather endure injustice than fight it, especially if the injustice comes from a position of power. People fear future escalation more than present injustice. So they hand over the lunch money until they have no other choice. You see, most people inherently know that fighting is risky. That even if your cause is righteous you and even if you win, you can end up with more damage than if you didn’t resist.
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BigPapaJava Mar 28, 2026 +15
And that’s why bullies are always in trouble when they find someone who’s willing to just stand up to them and hit back. The bully might win that fight, but they’re going to learn their lesson and not enjoy the pain inflicted on themselves. Bullies target weak victims for this exact reason. Trump saying he thought the Iranians would crumple like paper after the Ayatollah died and a few missiles hit Tehran is either a lie based on decades of “common knowledge”intelligence he should have heard over and over again since 2017 that he just disregarded or it is total stupidity and incompetence by this administration.
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Taysir385 Mar 28, 2026 +6
> he just disregarded or it is total stupidity and incompetence by this administration. Trump thought that Iran would respond to his behavior the same way that the US has.
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JarJarJarMartin Mar 28, 2026 +5
>”… all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.” -The Declaration of Independence
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Legendver2 Mar 28, 2026 +3
They never prepared. They literally just started this war, just cuz.
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BigPapaJava Mar 28, 2026 +24
This is how Trump has “handled” crisis situations his whole life. Step 1. Talk a bunch of people into supporting you and giving you lots of their money with promises of profit and great things. Step 2: Proceed to make some bizarre, unnecessary, and completely preventable move for egotistical reasons that throws a wrench into the plan and puts the whole thing in jeopardy. Step 3: Tell your benefactors that only way out of the mess you just created is to continue to hang on and follow the course you set at the beginning. because if they pull out now they lose everything and possibly face legal consequences far more severe than what you’ll deal with personally. Step 4: Laugh at your supporters and mock them for their powerlessness and bag holding because you’ve already dropped a bomb on the situation (in this case literally. and thousands of them) that can’y be um-dropped now. What else are they going to do? They now get to hold your bags, which was always part of the plan, too.
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trampolinebears Mar 28, 2026 +23
Easy way to tell Trump didn’t have a plan: the US strategic oil reserve wasn’t full when he started the war. He didn’t realize Iran would close the strait. If he had, he would have filled up on gas before the prices went up.
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danceswithporn Mar 28, 2026 +18
There are more ways to know there was no plan. We decommissioned our minesweepers in the area in January, and the replacements are still in Malaysia. The Tripoli was in Japan and is still days away. The Boxer was in San Diego and is still weeks away. And the Gerald Ford had been deployed for 9 months and needed repairs (currently in Croatia).
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BarbaraBeans Mar 28, 2026 +16
I hope Adin Ross and Jake Paul are the first boots on the ground with the 67th division Fightin’ Streamers
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genescheezesthatpls Mar 28, 2026 +11
People forget, you should *never* underestimate an enemy’s ability to navigate their own terrain. We learned nothing from Vietnam, truly.
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blofeld9999 Mar 28, 2026 +10
20-25 year old men voted for Trump en masse, and they’ll be drafted first. Hope it was worth it.
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ThePlanck Mar 28, 2026 +7
Iran also saw the US invade Iraq and spent the last 20 years planning for the fight against such an occupation
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ibite-books Mar 28, 2026 +7
you can barely win an aggressive war where you share a border, imagine picking a war entirely some place where you are disadvantaged— allies have abandoned you— the ones that stand with you are unlikely to involve themselves and you fucked entire world’s oil economy
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FormerSysAdmin Mar 28, 2026 +10
I don't know why the Dems aren't running on the possibility of Trump bringing back the draft. It should be in political ads from today until the midterms. "Vote Republican and you could get drafted to go fight in Trump's wars". Even if Trump says that he won't bring it back, just say that you can't trust him because there is a war and he lies about everything. What 20-year old would want to risk getting drafted?
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Hot_Poetry_6475 Mar 28, 2026 +3
and they CAN'T trust him. No one can.
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Due_Bluebird3562 Mar 28, 2026 +3
>The US military actually doesn't have the number of active army troops needed to occupy Iran, so if Trump wants it.. >Ready to get drafted and die for your pedo emperor yet? Only about 24-25% of Gen Z men are fit enough under current physical requirements to even be drafted. That's probably the reason for the recent age update. Though even with a draft Iran is basically a fortress. No amount of regular manpower is keeping Iran controlled for more than a few weeks at best. Bit of a tangent but imagine if Iran was six times larger geographically, has roughly four times the population, and almost every adult is capable or expected to own a firearm. Now you start to see why the idea of martial law doesn't work here when our military really only makes up about a 1% of the population. A decent chunk of which are stationed abroad.
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wwaxwork Mar 28, 2026 +3
It also has a history of buying huge amounts of mining equipment for the building of tunnels, including machines that can dig upward from underground so that the building of the tunnels is not as visible from the outside. They've been doing something with all that mining equipment for the past 20 years and it's not been mining resources, their mineral resources are very underdeveloped because of all the sanctions against them.
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Opentobeingwrong Mar 28, 2026 +3
Sadly there's a risk these maniacs will use nukes. They clearly don't care about Iranian lives...
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Fitz911 Mar 28, 2026 +3
And your mom will see it in 4K. See r/combatfootage for a preview.
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ACaffeinatedBear Mar 28, 2026 +569
They were fine with the concentration camps but as soon as people started talking about the draft and gas got expensive that's when it went too far.
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RGQcats Mar 28, 2026 +241
I know, right?!? The r***, racism, misogyny, greed, treason, stupidity, lies and misinformation, fine, but $4 gas and the draft!!!!
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Eridanii Mar 28, 2026 +88
As soon as something started to effect them personally
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drunk_funky_chipmunk Mar 28, 2026 +23
Was gonna say the same thing. Like they didn’t give a shit he raped children, but now that the price of gas is so high….its too much?? Give me a break. They should all be the ones who get drafted
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oneofyallfarted Mar 28, 2026 +13
I hope those dumb idiots who voted for him end up on the front line.
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zhouyu07 Mar 28, 2026 +14
Because they were suddenly being affected instead of being just racist. Big difference
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Banes_Addiction Mar 28, 2026 +6
Fine with gas chambers, don't want to pay for the gas.
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runninginorbit Mar 29, 2026 +3
Besides the usual racist and sexist beliefs, I think most of MAGA also just doesn’t want to take responsibility for what’s happening. “We didn’t know! We were tricked!” Is the best way to completely evade responsibility for their choices, which have collectively made everyone’s lives, including theirs, worse. Most of these people suffer from chronic “it’s not my fault!” while simultaneously being incapable of holding the nuance that while they might not be individually responsible for discrimination, they uphold a system that perpetuates discrimination.
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Angelworks42 Mar 28, 2026 +4
It never stops: https://youtu.be/S1wkqZIJOAQ?si=QQ73xhQlEHVU97P1 - 5 years ago.
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CherryLongjump1989 Mar 29, 2026 +3
Welcome to the Vietnam War. It was the same thing then. All the f****** conservative young men were pro war right up until their draft number got called. And then they'd invent medical issues or deliberately pissed their pants during the medical to get out of it. Those same men are running the Republican party now.
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Broken_chairs Mar 28, 2026 +156
Young MAGA man = 30yo? Not that 30 is old... but like come on, the dude was 20 when Trump was first elected, saw what a clusterfuck that was, and is only now surprised that he elected a liar?? FAFO champ.
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IJourden Mar 28, 2026 +8
I mean, if you're talking about the average age of a Republican voter, 30 is practically a baby. The only people younger than 30 voting for Trump are people whose parents deliberately filled them with hate, or whose parents neglected them so much they got scooped up by incel/manosphere social media when they couldn't connect anywhere else.
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JeffSteinMusic Mar 28, 2026 +397
These young MAGA men were told that Trump was lying about everything, didn’t listen, and now they’re here to whine that he lied about everything. Ain’t that some peak f****** privilege.
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Street_Anxiety2907 Mar 28, 2026 +95
Peak f****** stupid. Easy E - Boy you should'a known by now
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Acrobatic-Trouble181 Mar 28, 2026 +10
How do we punish these people economically? I mean, like, more than the rest of us? Elections have consequences, right? So, until these people start their redemption tours to put in the work to fix the damage they've done, I would like to see 'economic incentives' that remind them to be better next time.
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pUmKinBoM Mar 28, 2026 +92
But heaven forbid you say "You had access to the exact information I had and told you this would happen the entire time and you ignored me" Because if you do you are met with "Oh yeah I bet you are so happy to be right. This is why Ill never vote Democrat and talking like this is why Trump won." We are captured by the dumbest portion of Americans. They will only accept not only doing exactly what they say but also expect silence from all oversight or critisism or else they threaten to burn it all down and blame you for it.
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JeffSteinMusic Mar 28, 2026 +23
Yep, only underscores the peak privilege. As a society we seem to be allergic to the basic concept of holding free-willed grown-ass adults accountable for their fuckups and their moral failures. We’re especially allergic to this when it comes to Republican voters - the most privileged and coddled people on the face of the earth.
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b_tight Mar 28, 2026 +20
If they say ‘i bet youre happy to be right’ counter with ‘im not happy im right. Im pissed that you were wrong’
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lovesdogsguy Mar 28, 2026 +14
“Look what you made me do! You just had to be so high and mighty telling me my hand would get burned that I had to blow up the whole f****** neighbourhood. Look what you did!!”
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Better-Train6953 Mar 28, 2026 +11
"Sure he fucked me over and hurt me greatly... but you were mean that's even worse!" Morons the lot of them.
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vandreulv Mar 29, 2026 +4
> We are captured by the dumbest portion of Americans. This includes all the protest voters and people who told everyone not to vote for any Democrats due to [incredibly braindead take]. When you remove the only party that attempts to govern, you get this. "But, the Democrats needed to learn a lesson." Congrats, you've fucked the rest of the world as a result.
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Antique_Remote_5536 Mar 28, 2026 +4
r/DoomerCircleJerk in a nutshell
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10thousndreflections Mar 28, 2026 +5
It's because they are still happier than letting Kamala be president. 
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CalicoValkyrie Mar 28, 2026 +16
I think a bunch of them thought feminism would get reversed. That we'd go back to women having to marry and be subservient to men. However not completely dependent on men because they also want those women to keep working and making money instead of returning to SAHM traditions. That way men can avoid the pressures of being a sole provider and keep most of the money they make for fun stuff, have the woman financially taking care of herself, the children, clean the house, cook, and provide sex on demand.
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notfeelany Mar 28, 2026 +7
They forgot that foot soldier was a traditional male role
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Soft_Author2593 Mar 28, 2026 +7
Let's hope they all get drafted so they can prove their alpha to the Iranian betas
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fffan9391 Mar 28, 2026 +39
Netanyahu wanted this war for 40 years. Trump was the first president in that timeframe that was dumb enough to do it.
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nishitd Mar 29, 2026 +3
There's a reason other presidents didn't attack Iran. Even though they were hawks and warmongers
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dblan9 Mar 28, 2026 +79
>“Trump and Republicans in general are going to have major issues in the midterms, in 2028, if we can’t wrap this up in a relatively quick amount of time,” said 21-year-old Andrew Belcher, president of the Ohio College Republicans. He added that Trump is doing “relatively poorly” with hyper online young men who are influenced heavily by media figures like Tucker Carlson and other isolationists in the GOP. This is where Gen Z gets their news. We had a good run.
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sidcitris Mar 28, 2026 +45
> young men who are influenced heavily by media figures like Tucker Carlson I will never be able to wrap my head around this
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gruese Mar 28, 2026 +20
Right? I can somewhat understand dumb kids thinking Rogan is kind of a cool guy, but Tucker Carlson is such an obvious arrogant lying a******, I don't see the appeal for anyone really. Then again, I still cannot fathom people thinking that Trump of all people should be president. Twice.
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Taysir385 Mar 28, 2026 +14
> This is where Gen Z gets their news. We had a good run. And boomers get their news from FOX and talk radio. I’m Not sure one is worse than the other.
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deadcatbounce22 Mar 28, 2026 +4
Exactly! They know THAT Trump is failing (that's just vibes, after all), but *very few* will understand *why* he failed; why his promises were not only impossible, but dangerous.
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Mor_Padraig Mar 28, 2026 +7
It's where that segment of young men- and I don't think we can point fingers broadly at Z's- *choose* to get.... what they *choose* to consider news. Pretty sure it's a matter of clicking around, until something hateful enough registers.
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SeminoleDVM Mar 28, 2026 +96
Saw someone refer to him as president leeroy jenkins today and it’s kind of perfect
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Stupidwhizzzzz Mar 28, 2026 +73
Leeroy was self aware and made a joke at the end
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hcwhitewolf Mar 28, 2026 +46
And the whole "it was a video game" and not real people's lives.
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P3pp3rSauc3 Mar 28, 2026 +8
"at least... At least I got fried chicken"
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Villag3Idiot Mar 28, 2026 +24
They're gonna be scared AF if they actually get drafted. 
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SaaSyGirl Mar 28, 2026 +36
Good. They get to experience what they voted for
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EmuMan10 Mar 29, 2026 +3
And so do those that didn’t. I’d rather not have my friends or me go just they also get to experience “what they voted for”
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HenryDorsettCase47 Mar 28, 2026 +19
This just in: Known liar lies!
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Mistrblank Mar 28, 2026 +14
Yep, he's lied about EVERYTHING. If he's talking, he's lying. And he doesn't care about you and never did.
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Stormlight_Silver Mar 28, 2026 +3
He was honest when we talked about how he and Epstien like girls on the younger side
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Optimism_Deficit Mar 28, 2026 +10
Yeah. He was only supposed to harm the people they don't like.
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prodigalpariah Mar 28, 2026 +31
Is this some sort of revelation?
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Mistrblank Mar 28, 2026 +29
Now that they realized they're legitimately considering a draft and will be pulled into a war and likely their deaths, yes.
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HoneyBadger552 Mar 28, 2026 +12
not to them. they will still vote for him if given the chance. interviews w farmers on BBC and DW News showed the same. tough to watch
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couldbutwont Mar 28, 2026 +3
Exactly, the question isn't whether sentiment is changing. It's has it changed enough for them to behave in the opposite direction. At best we'll get abstinence from them as they become even more disengaged
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iFlashings Mar 28, 2026 +6
No it isn't. Anytime a report comes out about MAGA turning on Trump it is immediately contradicted by his poll numbers remaining stable with his voter base.  It's obvious either they're lying about how they really feel about Trump, or the media is creating clickbait articles for views. 
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lowkeyAfter_Dark Mar 28, 2026 +7
Politics really just be speedrunning chaos lately, every week it’s something new.
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Illustrious-Fun8324 Mar 28, 2026 +7
We told you so ☺️ F****** idiots. They really should have to come out and admit the liberals were right and that they fell for dumb lies. But we don’t actually need it. We know.
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Thin-Discipline1673 Mar 28, 2026 +9
Bring back the draft, MAGA boys first in line.
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Wonderful_Style7972 Mar 28, 2026 +7
Next, they are going to learn the Earth is round.
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Captainpaul81 Mar 28, 2026 +8
Of course he did he's a liar, felon, con man, grifter, pedo. The list of descriptive words to describe him is long and none of the words should be complimentary. F*** Joe Rogan too. That a****** is trying to wash his hands of it. Once he's gone there is going to be an insane amount of gas lighting about "I never really supported him" or the Republicans saying "we need to get the party back"
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SpreadsheetNinja001 Mar 28, 2026 +7
If you voted for him your name should be at the top of the draft….
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Optimism_Deficit Mar 28, 2026 +5
Cool. So you'll remember this the next time a populist talking absolute and obviius shite wants your vote..... right?
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Hmmmm-curious Mar 28, 2026 +4
He had only ever lied about EVERYTHING.
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smurfsundermybed Mar 28, 2026 +6
And here's the outcome... Ten hut! I hope you survive long enough to correct your mistakes.
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spikefletcher Mar 28, 2026 +5
What a bunch of f****** morons
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RandyArgonianButler Mar 28, 2026 +4
These young MAGAs should enjoy their free trip to the Persian Gulf.
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Drunk_Lahey Mar 28, 2026 +6
Translation: “We thought we’d only be going to war with defenseless people within a hundred mile radius of our hometown, not going to war with a huge well-armed military on the other side of the world.” Send ICE and young Republican college groups to fight Iran.
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AffectionateDrop7779 Mar 28, 2026 +5
Send the young MAGA pedo lovers to fight in the war
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Aurelius_KiNG Mar 28, 2026 +5
Oh f*** off, everyone told you the dude was a liar.
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ginga_balls Mar 28, 2026 +6
Gen Z if f****** cooked. Zero critical thinking skills. iPad kids through and through
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mulletstation Mar 28, 2026 +4
These hyper online men are chodes
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w6750 Mar 28, 2026 +3
Lmao you f****** idiots got grifted by a conman. That’s all this is. Don’t blame him, you’re the ones who fell for it. Maybe don’t be so god damn stupid next election
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futuriztic Mar 28, 2026 +4
I hope the worst for you, young maga man
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veryverythrowaway Mar 28, 2026 +4
What happened to young men? When I came of age to vote, I didn’t know very many young men who would ever trust any politician. We all distrusted lying liars for good reason… where are young men getting the idea “he did really poorly last time, but THIS time, he’ll be great!” Did they get some kind of benefit from Trump 1.0 that gives them nostalgia? Is it all a natural result of that mistrust we used to have? A logical extension of “I can’t trust the government, but I can trust this influencer because they’re a real person like me”?
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terraninteractive Mar 28, 2026 +4
My MAG in laws are ready for you younger dudes to die for them. They really don’t care about yall. But they adore their leader. Adore 🥰
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SnootSnootBasilisk Mar 28, 2026 +5
Hold on, MAGA men! I got just the thing! *Starts playing a tiny violin*
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-Mage-Knight- Mar 29, 2026 +1
At this point I think we just need to accept that MAGA are some of the dumbest people on the planet and are beyond saving.
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Gadshill Mar 28, 2026 +9
Boo hoo
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Stoic_cave Mar 28, 2026 +3
Incel cult*
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chrisnavillus Mar 28, 2026 +3
He’s always lied about everything. It’s the only thing he does.
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RickRI401 Mar 28, 2026 +3
Gee, if only someone had told them so!! If they like MAGA so much, go enlist in the service and go to the Middle East for Daddy Trump. And do it with a smile, idiots.
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CatBattt Mar 28, 2026 +3
If you still didnt know he was a pathological liar after all the other shit he pulled for years, then I dont know what to tell you man
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BadAtExisting Mar 28, 2026 +3
F*** young MAGA men. They’re why we’re here. Send them all to Iran
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Amazing-Rutabaga3373 Mar 28, 2026 +3
MAGA, enlist now!
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Rare-Bid-6860 Mar 28, 2026 +3
"I ran in the opposite direction that everyone else was running, on no deeper reasoning than Joe Rogan and Elon Musk telling me to. Turns out that was a poor choice. Who knew? Not f\*cking me, clearly."
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jjwhitaker Mar 28, 2026 +3
> Has 34 felonies for Fraud > Lies MAGA: shocked pikachu
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Ambitious_Address667 Mar 28, 2026 +3
Literally every republican president since these  "young men" have been alive has started a war in the middle east what did they expect?
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girlsax8 Mar 28, 2026 +3
Spread the word to other MAGA’s because they don’t want to hear reasonable criticism when facts are revealed the their Commander and Chief’s horrific conduct to use people for his personal gain. That’s why the unredacted version of the Epstein Files has not been released.
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dj_spanmaster Mar 28, 2026 +3
I don't mind the timing. It's never too late to learn, never too late to recognize you've been fooled/conned. Today is always the best day for changing something that is broken.
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Shaman7102 Mar 28, 2026 +3
Once the draft notices go out, those young men wont be around to complain. You get what you vote for.
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ChinookKing Mar 28, 2026 +3
All of a sudden the notion of getting drafted and dying for the elites oil profits has these bros thinking for the first time ever.
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AnamCeili Mar 28, 2026 +3
Of course he lied about everything, that's what he f****** *does*. Anyone who ever thought otherwise is a f****** idiot.
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Despair_Tire Mar 28, 2026 +3
Awwww did someone think they were going to get female sex slaves who couldn't say no to bearing their spawn and serving them hand and foot while they worked at the factory 9-5? Have fun with the draft, MAGA boys.
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Mr_Poodoo Mar 28, 2026 +3
Epstein files.
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cors8 Mar 28, 2026 +3
There will be an epidemic of "bone spurs" from MAGA "men" in the near future.
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_Mephistocrates_ Mar 29, 2026 +1
REPUBLICANS LIED! NOT JUST TRUMP Republicans lied. They lie to you about what they stand for. They lie to you about what others stand for. They lie to your face about everything to get us to hate each other so them and their buddies can rob us all blind and take away any opportunities we have to achieve the American dream. Dont let them give trump all the blame and then just continue along next election about everything. They are liars and you cannot trust them.
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InertiasCreep Mar 28, 2026 +2
If you believed the lies, then yeah. However, the article pertains to young MAGA guys. They're in the 'he's supposed to be hurting the right people' category because maybe someday they get drafted and actually have to fight this war.
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valentine_cross Mar 28, 2026 +2
Turns out 'no new wars' was just another campaign slogan. Who could have possibly seen this coming?
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Baron_Furball Mar 28, 2026 +3
"Bored of peace?" "No! New wars!" Ya gotta give it the Lionel Hutz treatment.
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HonoredPeople Mar 28, 2026 +2
How did they not know? Trump holds the record for most lies said. Ever. In all of human history. Most of them not being small little ones. He lies about lying about a lie. Idiots.
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ManateeGag Mar 28, 2026 +2
Those young MAGA men are about to get shipped off to the desert for a draft dodger and a failed FOX weekend host who want to play GI J******.
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Llenette1 Mar 28, 2026 +2
He didn't lie (well), they just got caught up in the schadenfreude that came with harming Black, brown, and marginalized people.
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NorthernFreak77 Mar 28, 2026 +2
F those kids 
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BeerSlayingBeaver Mar 28, 2026 +2
How many times is the "x group feeling disenfranchised" article going to be written? Same shit, different pile. I feel like I see this article daily.
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Dgp68824402 Mar 28, 2026 +2
If only someone had tried to tell them……
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-Lets-Get-Weird- Mar 28, 2026 +2
These articles are dumb, the frogs just got a little bit warm.  Their bodies will catch up and they’ll get comfortable again soon.  Then onto the next atrocity. 
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blackmobius Mar 28, 2026 +2
They should be upset. Hes made it harder to get the opportunity to make their lives better, made it harder to exist, and saddled them with bills they can never hope to repay. But theyll get over it cause trump also makes lgbt people mad and thats all the maga ever really wanted
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BearTimberlands Mar 28, 2026 +2
I call bull junk. Everyone will revert back to their previous positions when it really matters. During election time they’ll be self soothing telling themselves a Republican is still better on the economy (tax cuts for the wealthy), social issues (anti trans/anti brown), and foreign policy (bullying). I hear and read a lot of “yeah I don’t think he made a good choice but I’d rather him than the democrats.
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iymcool Mar 28, 2026 +2
Them: The leopards are everywhere! What do we do?!
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BigManWAGun Mar 28, 2026 +2
Sounds like bitches trying to get out from under the draft they signed up for.
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wrestlingchampo Mar 28, 2026 +2
Let me know when they decide to stop being a pawn for him The amount of these guys who still simp for Trump on social media and even in person is absolutely pathetic
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Humble-Translator-88 Mar 28, 2026 +2
If you can't tell an obvious lie maybe your just dumb.
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Rezzekes Mar 28, 2026 +2
Ok. Perfect opening for Vance or whoever else the Republicans endorse. Trump's status is clearly crumbling, and I suspect he'll be dumped relatively soon, just to be replaced by even worse. Trump is genuinly dumb. There's plenty of republicans that are just as evil but actually have the brains to carry out their plans. I fear that the people that come after Trump will really and openly create a fascist state. I really hope that the US has checks in place to uphold democracy. We will see what happens to the midterms I guess.
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Porthos1984 Mar 28, 2026 +2
At this point I dont f****** care about his base. The dude needs to be out of office
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warblingContinues Mar 28, 2026 +2
He very obviously lied about everything.  Trump voters are the most gullible of the gullible fools.
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MachineCloudCreative Mar 28, 2026 +2
I'm not sure why the media keeps trying to hype of the unpopularity of Donald Trump amongst his base. It's simply not the truth. He, and his actions, remain as popular as ever. The few who question Iran get drowned out. It's almost like they want people to get complacent.
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Soft_Author2593 Mar 28, 2026 +2
Yeah, lol. Because now they feel like their actions could have consequences, if they are drafted. F*** those assholes 
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