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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 07:28 PM Jul 2020

Trump plans to attack the 'left wing mob' in culture war tirade at Mount Rushmore: report

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/trump-plans-to-attack-the-left-wing-mob-in-culture-war-tirade-at-mount-rushmore-report/

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On Friday evening, President Donald Trump will deliver a Fourth of July speech in front of Mount Rushmore. And according to ABC News reporter Will Steakin, the president plans to use the speech to engage in culture war saber-rattling, attacking the “left wing mob” for pushing to remove Confederate statues and other monuments that glorify racist aspects of American history.

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abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
5. I've long been aware of the phrase "hoist with his own petard"* from Shakespeare's play
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 07:46 PM
Jul 2020

Hamlet circa 1604 AD. Today it applies to tRUMP in every way...

*(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoist_with_his_own_petard

"Hoist with his own petard" is a phrase from a speech in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet that has become proverbial. The phrase's meaning is literally that a bomb-maker is blown up ("hoist" off the ground) by his own bomb (a "petard" is a small explosive device), and indicates an ironic reversal, or poetic justice.

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Hamlet exists in several early versions: the first quarto edition (Q1, 1603), the second quarto (Q2, 1604), and the First Folio (F, 1623). Q1 and F do not contain this speech, although both include a form of The Closet Scene, so the 1604 Q2 is the only early source for the quote.)

I have also heard this phrase to apply to someone who is "raised by their own wind/farts" and it
still applies...

struggle4progress

(118,224 posts)
7. "People are saying. Many. Very. Many many! Incredible! Very very! I call it the Democrat hoax.
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 07:48 PM
Jul 2020

Almost nobody knows this. From China. Fake. The Democrat hoax from China. Fake. I started that word. Fake. Nobody used it before. Perfect. People don't know this. It could have killed more people. The hoax. It's from China. But it's a hoax. So I said, stop looking. Stop looking. Miraculous. You don't see it any more. Take the zinc. It goes away. Drink the bleach. No more problems"

RockRaven

(14,895 posts)
10. He's standing at the waterline, up to his knees in wet sand, yelling at the ocean to stay out
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 07:48 PM
Jul 2020

Good luck with that, Dotard. The tide has turned.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
15. Navarro gave away his strategy today with the China BS.
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 08:27 PM
Jul 2020

He is going to double down. It’s all he knows.

He knows he is going to lose and is building up supporters for his post presidency grifting.

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