Donald Trump refused on Friday to condemn recent racist and conspiratorial comments from right-wing provocateur Laura Loomer, who traveled with him earlier this week to Tuesday night’s presidential debate and several 9/11 memorial events.

“Laura’s been a supporter of mine,” Trump told reporters at a press conference near Los Angeles, where he was pressed on concerns from Republican allies about his ongoing association with Loomer, who once declared herself a “proud Islamophobe” and has a long history of promoting ugly and extreme conspiracies.

  • @Organichedgehog
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    55 days ago

    Nah. He’d be way skinnier if he were on stimulants.

    • @Doomsider
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      35 days ago

      I have seen plenty of fat meth addicts in my day.

    • @[email protected]
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      14 days ago

      Mmm… possibly. Though I did know one flabby tweaker, years ago. I have no idea how he managed it - maybe he was just flabby instead of obese?

      But yeah… as a general rule…

      And it is possible I guess that Trump naturally developed a personality that just coincidentally is a spot-on match for a tweaker.

      It’s just that thinking about Trump’s behavior of late, and particularly this thing with Loomer, put me so in mind of paranoid Hitler withdrawing to the bunker with Eva, and then it all just clicked.