GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Joseph Bolick feels betrayed by President Donald Trump. And it’s because of the war in Iran.

The 30-year-old Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran voted for Trump in 2024. But at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference gathering this week he sported a hat emblazoned with “America First” — a slogan Trump championed during his campaign, along with the promise not to start new wars in foreign countries.

“He’s lied about everything,” said Bolick. “If you go into a war where there’s no end game, how is it going to end? There’s no clear objective.”

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    It’s amazing how trump showed the entire world just how stupid and sheep like the US is.

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      Yep. It’s all the more interesting that people complain about needing college degrees for entry levels jobs yet most of the population is as stupid as ever because our education system has eroded so much over time.

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        Eroded… Dismantled, vilified. It’s been a conscious effort

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    A friend of mine messaged me this today:

    Idk if I’m now regretting my voting decisions. Things are still expensive.

    I explained to him two years ago why Trump was the worst candidate for my friend, specifically (Indian, student loans, went to med school and Trump was picking RFK Jr, project 2025, will destroy many departments and it will take decades to rebuild, supreme court seats, etc.). I was not interested in extending an olive branch to that shit today, so I berated him and brought receipts. Not sure he will message me again for awhile. Fucking asshole still doesn’t know if he made a bad decision 2 years ago. Their stupidity is indefensible. They must be even dumber today than 2 years ago because we have yet more evidence of terrible governing from the fucking orange turd and they don’t know if they are regretting their stupidity yet.

    Holy shit! Where’s the Tylenol?

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        All politicians are the same. It’s only 4 more years. He was better than Biden. Economy. Jobs. Inflation.

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    If only someone had told the MAGAts that trump is a lying dirtbag! WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING?!

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    “But I could never vote for a Democrat because <insert unhinged nonsense>”

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      “… because imagine how much worse they would have been if our guy is this bad.”

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      “…because a democrat would force us to hide our racism and desire for poors to be dead”

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    More than 70 percent of those over 35 believe Trump has a plan, compared with 49 percent of those under 35. A 66 percent majority of older MAGA men are willing to sacrifice American lives in order for the U.S. to achieve its goals in Iran, compared with less than half of younger MAGA men who say the same. And the younger men are significantly less likely to say the war is aligned with MAGA principles and in the interests of American people.

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    I hope it’s not too late. Europe cannot stand against Russia, China, and the U.S., if that’s what we become.