The Buck Stops Where?
Posted By: Jagermeister, 3/31/2023 2:29:02 PM
Harry Truman famously had a sign on his desk which read “The buck stops here.” The Donald probably never heard of it, but that doesn’t exempt him from its truth. The most outrageous breakout of statist excess in US history happened on Donald Trump’s watch with his full complicity.
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The Buck Stops Where?
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Harry Truman famously had a sign on his desk which read “The buck stops here.” The Donald probably never heard of it, but that doesn’t exempt him from its truth. The most outrageous breakout of statist excess in US history happened on Donald Trump’s watch with his full complicity.
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It is,” he said, “A five-alarm fire. And there is nobody coming to put it out.”
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