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csoursyesterday at 8:52 PM4 repliesview on HN

"Trump Class Battleship" - absurd

"Gulf of America" - absurd

"Tariffs will reduce inflation" - absurd

"Trump Kennedy Center" - absurd

"Mexico will pay for the wall" - absurd

"Ukraine started the war" - absurd

"We'll make drugs 1500% cheaper" - absurd

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Why does MAGA love absurdity so much?


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hermitcrabyesterday at 9:16 PM

Believing in the absurd is a test of loyalty to the regime.

PlunderBunnyyesterday at 9:55 PM

Perhaps for the same reason that conspiracy theorists need to ‘one-up’ each other - it’s a signal that you’re part of the group.

ourmandaveyesterday at 9:18 PM

Hey come on buddy, it's not like there's a list of the 30,573 outright lies or misleading statements made by Grifter in Chief since his first term.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements...

krappyesterday at 8:58 PM

They're authoritarians. Study fascism, or Nazism, or any authoritarian cult. All of them are absurd.