Collapsing at Home, DeSantis Travels to
Israel and Proclaims He Moved U.S. Embassy
to Jerusalem, Not President Trump
Posted By: earlybird, 4/28/2023 12:01:21 PM
This should be embarrassing, even for a seriously self-centered politician so filled with hubris and visions of grandeur that he cannot see anything except his own magnanimity. Alas, for the Narcissus Top Gov and the branding organization behind him, no scale of hubris exclaimed is excessive enough. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was in Israel Thursday, doing the obligatory indulgency tour all Republican presidential candidates must undertake before they officially announce. During his pre-planned events, DeSantis took credit for moving the U.S-Israel embassy to Jerusalem. […] DeSantis presented the Trump administration’s decision to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem as his own achievement, saying he worked to “cajole” the former president
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Daddy Dearest: Hunter Forced to Appear
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Name and Support 24 replies
in Arkansas in Fight Over His Child’s
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Daddy Dearest: Hunter Forced to Appear
in Arkansas in Fight Over His Child’s
Name and Support 24 replies
in Arkansas in Fight Over His Child’s
Name and Support 24 replies
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There is a link to the source of the quote. He has really poked the bear with this fairy tale...