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"I answered that with the leverage issue. Trump may wish he could bypass a raging Congress full of loon Democrats who prefer to destroy the country rather than pass a single one of Trump's needed bills and agenda."

You didn’t actually answer the question. You sidestepped it by inventing this idea that Donald Trump needs leverage over the minority in the House. They don’t have the votes to block whatever legislation you claim is being "held up."

On one hand, you claim Democrats are powerful enough to obstruct his entire agenda. On the other, you defend him acting unilaterally by bypassing Congress, invoking national security, and doing what he wants anyway. So, which is it? Because it can’t be both.

"Note how the Democrats are torturing anyone having to travel through American airports, just out of political spite."

That's just more rhetoric you picked up from Facebook and FOX News. It was the Senate Republicans who just voted against a Democratic proposal to suspend the Senate rules and advance a bill through the Rules Committee to fund the TSA.

The House Republicans don’t want to include immigration reform in the budget, and that’s where the holdup actually is. Congress already allocated between $170B and $190.6B to DHS through the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act less than a year ago. So this isn’t about Democrats refusing to fund the DHS. It’s about Republicans wanting more money while also controlling how it’s spent.

Meanwhile, you’ve got the former DHS leadership blowing $220M on self-promotional commercials and another $200M on a luxury private jet, with little to no oversight or accountability for any of it. And you think the answer is to spend more money with no conditions? That doesn’t happen in any functioning system. More funding requires compromise and agreement first. Not blank checks.

Runaway government spending was something your side used to relentlssly hammer Barack Obama for. Every dollar spent from 2009 to 2016 was a national crisis. Funny how that principle disappeared whenever it's been Trump doing the asking.

"We are at war with a terrorist nation, the Democrats choose now to to fund Homeland Security over more political TDS? How many must die?"

A war that the self-proclaimed President of Peace started and has absolutely no strategy to get out of. Despite the fact he campaigned against going to war, and also said Kamala would be the one to start a war with Iran if she were elected. How ironic, but at least you can admit this is a war.

"Trump can't run again. What does he care if there are another hundred vague references in the Epstein files."

That's the same question I have, and one you conveniently dodged. If there’s nothing to hide, why resist full disclosure? Why continue to stall and delay this process?

As for Whoopi Goldberg, if anyone is shown to have committed crimes in those files, they need to be held accountable. That standard doesn’t change based on politics.

Give me genuine answers this time without the deflection:

Why discourage a state-level investigation into the property tied to Epstein?

Why has Donald Trump repeatedly tried to downplay or deflect from the broader Epstein investigation instead of pushing for full transparency?

Who exactly is that protecting?

I answered that with the leverage issue. Trump may wish he could bypass a raging Congress full of loon Democrats who prefer to destroy the country rather than pass a single one of Trump's needed bills and agenda. Who wouldn't? Note how the Democrats are torturing anyone having to travel through American airports, just out of political spite.

We are at war with a terrorist nation, the Democrats choose now to to fund Homeland Security over more political TDS? How many must die?

Trump can't run again. What does he care if there are another hundred vague references in the Epstein files. He knows there's nothing remotely damaging in them. But he also knows those like you will shoot first and shoot again on the most vague accusation. Especially the corrupt media you absorb.

You screaming for that hideous beast Woopie Goldberg to be taken off the air? She's in the Epstein files.

A jury found Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse in the case involving E. Jean Carroll. You can call it absurd all you want, but that doesn’t change the outcome.

And this idea that victims have to behave a certain way to be
"believable" - laughing, not laughing, how they talk about it - isn’t evidence either. Trying to discredit someone based on demeanor instead of facts is just another deflection.

"Trump was using the Epstein files as leverage against Democrats holding up his agenda."

Trump doesn’t operate like a President who even needs leverage. His entire approach in this second term has been to bypass Congress whenever it’s inconvenient. Whether that’s military action without prior approval, expansive use of executive orders, or leaning on vague "national security" justifications to act unilaterally.

That’s not someone stuck waiting for Democrats to "hold things up." That’s someone operating as if checks and balances are optional. Acting first and dealing with oversight only if and when he’s forced to.

Now let's get back to the massive Chavez Ravine-sized Dodge(r) you avoided in my last post:

Why discourage a state-level investigation into a property tied to Epstein?

And more importantly, why has Donald Trump repeatedly tried to downplay or deflect from the broader Epstein investigation instead of pushing for full transparency?

Who exactly is that protecting?