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To play Devil's advocate for a moment, I don't know everything that everyone I used to work with is up to at all times. Just because they all worked for him doesn't mean he was aware that they were the ones behind it.
To stop playing Devil's advocate for a moment, Trump is incapable of telling the truth, so...
If 140 of the people, including many I still work with, were up to this and I didn't know about it, there would be no more proof necessary for my lack of fitness to lead.
i think that's the very point the fella above you is trying to make?
It also wouldn't be okey if he wasn't aware of what his top people were doing. Any respectable leader would at least be aware of their tasks.
In any case, yes, he is lying though.
i think that's the very point the fella above you is trying to make?
No, what he is trying to say, playing devil's advocate, is that he genuinely may not have known what his subordinates did, which is right. It is a possibility. What I said in my comment is arguing that even if that were the case, not knowing the underdoings of his closest people is not a sign of a strong leader. In any case, I personally believe that he is lying and that he knows very well on what his people were working.
"my old employees just happen to be leading an effort to get me reelected"
I understand where you are coming from, but there is no reason to defend a twice impeached, 34 time felon, treasonous rapist. Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Xi, Kim, and Pol Pot don't deserve a devil's advocate argument, and neither does Donald Trump. There is no grey area. Trump and his lackeys are the greatest threat to American democracy and world stability, and playing devil's advocate validates them just enough to turn someone apathetic at best and into a Trump voter at worst.
I like thinking about things. In case I didn't make my actual opinion clear, Trump is a lying liar.
Project 2025 can both be something that Trump never worked on and something that gets implemented is he becomes President.