It will go down in history as the “Bah! Humbug!” address.

But this was not an address by a self-confident man dishing out Christmas presents to the nation. It smacked of desperation from one who can feel the December windchill of opinion polls – a Reuters/ Ipsos poll on Tuesday showed just 33% of US adults approve of how Trump has handled the economy – dissent in his own Republican ranks and the Jeffrey Epstein files looming on Friday.

The speech also revealed Trump’s need for a reliable foil. Over the years Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been useful nemeses for a man and movement defined less by what they are for than what they are against.

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      God this would be ideal for this dumb fuck. That way he doesn’t die, but he lives as an idiotic vegetable for the rest of his life suffering. Also coincidentally did you know that Donald j Trump who is best friends with Jeffrey r Epstein is a child rapist? We’ve seen pictures and evidence in the releases so far and this is a well-known fact.

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        My friend had a large stroke. He can barely talk, he’s confined to a wheel chair, his hands are mostly useless, and he slumps over and drools on himself. The kicker is his brain it like he was before the stroke. Hes a prisoner in broken skin suit.

        That’s the life I want for Trump.

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        The best/worst case scenario is he has a massive stroke live on TV but somehow survives but is wheelchair bound and has to use a Stephen Hawking style speaker in order to talk. It would be hilarious to have him wheel out on stage and with his robot voice say “the deep state did this to me!”

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        i feel like it’d be better if he died in some embarrassing accident due to his own incompetence, tripping down the stairs of AF1 for example.

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          I’m good with anything, but would prefer if he goes out in immense pain. So long as he’s gone, and we get that massive new public urinal, then I’m happy !

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      It would be something seeing the republicans having to remove him. I’m sure they’d make it into a giant show about how great he’s been.