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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: wzambon 🐝 BRONZE
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Subject: Re: Saudis pull Trump's strings
Date: 05/07/26 1:22 PM
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So is Trump under the control of da Joooooos, the Saudis or Putin?

Small quibble- it’s “Netanyahu”, not “da Joos”.

But other than that, I feel your pain. At various times, Trump has fluttered his eyes at each, and there’s all sorts of personal financial or potential blackmail relationships with all three.

When the chickens come home to roost, there are often more chickens than just one.

The same can be said for the Lothario or Cassanova who sports a wife, three mistresses and four friends with benefits.

And then, one day, all eight find themselves at the same restaurant and begin comparing stories…. And then each tries to make off with the major portion of said Cassanova’s financial assets, and let’s just say that such situations can get messy, and it’s hard to tell who’s up and who’s down, whose narrative is winning, whose bank account is winning….. it just gets messy.

So it is with Donald Trump who uses and discards people with the frequency that a man with the runs displays as he strips sheets of toilet paper from the roll.

It just gets messy. And asking for the identity of one clear actor in the drama…. misses the point entirely.
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