It’s so hilarious to watch I had to post this.

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      I had thought about that, especially since Army won the toss, and the Army shares a “birthday” with Trump. He would be a petty enough bitch to fix a coin toss because of that.

      But I chased down video of the toss, and I don’t think he looked at the coin long enough to acknowledge which side was up. Rather, I think he tossed the coin as if he was tossing it into a fountain. Which is probably how he regards any coin which doesn’t have his picture on it.

      (You would think he has seen enough football games to know how the coin toss goes. But keep in mind he is originally from Queens, NY, which is Jets territory. One could forgive him for not bothering to really follow the NFL over the years if the Jets were all he got to watch.)

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        He owned a USFL team, the New Jersey Generals. Shockingly, he bankrupted the team and is widely viewed as the catalyst for the league folding.

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          Well, he was the guy that pushed for the USFL to move its schedule from Spring to Fall, which is really what killed it.

          That, and the fact that while the USFL technically won their anti-trust suit with the NFL, they were awarded only $1 in damages (although those types of suits award triple damages, so they really won $3!)

          Trump was in on the bidding for the Bills when they were up for sale, but NFL owners did everything they could to kill that because of all this history. He says that if he bought the Bills, he probably would have never ran for President. In an alternative universe, the country is not a fascist hellhole and the Bills suck (but have a cheerleading squad “on the younger side”…)

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            His terrible track record aside, it’s kind of crazy just how many different pies he’s had his fingers in over the years. The guy is like the Forrest Gump of shady business dealings.

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    Imagine being a 270lb block of muscle pumped full of testosterone standing this close to a fascist murderer and child rapist and not ripping even one of his limbs off? Talk about a setup for regret.

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    Taking the coin with a pinched left hand, and placing it into the open palm of his right, the president heaved the coin forward, sending it in a feeble, plunging arc. Helpfully, he pointed out where the coin had landed after it hit the ground.

    God, that last part made me literally LOL.

    If this were Biden, the Faux Cinematic Universe would be calling for impeachment/Amendment 25 over just this alone…

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    Is it possible he has never flipped a coin, nor ever seen someone flip a coin, that he really doesn’t understand the basic intuitive physics behind “flipping” a coin? smh

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      Yes, it’s very possible. It’s like how he thinks you’re supposed to pat children on the head with Hershey bars at Halloween.

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        A friend, in reference to this, used the phrase “plastic people”. Sigh, they really are. Remember those photos of trump trying to stand like a normal human being, and failing?

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    I genuinly do not give af. Trump is incompetent, and we can all gloat as leftists at his incompetence, but it’s his evil which matters. And frankly, he’s a very good propagandist.

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      I used to think GWB would be the worst President of my lifetime.

      Now, I fondly remember GWBs fumbling in comparison.

      “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me… you can’t get fooled again”

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        I used to think GWB would be the worst President of my lifetime.

        Well, Ronnie Raygun was still in living memory for me, so…while W/Cheney had that Iraq thing, Ronnie Raygun did a lot more damage to this country. And while most people like to add “-gate” to words for scandals, due to Watergate, Iran/Contra was arguably worse.

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    Stuns? I don’t think “stuns” is the correct for geriatric Bruisey-hand McShit-his-pants’s inability to flip a coin. He often falls asleep in important meetings and goes off on senile rants. So, him not being able to flip a coin seems pretty on point.

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    This fucking idiot. That had to be on purpose or trolling. You can’t possibly be that stupid. Most people learn to flip a coin at what, 5? What else can’t this guy do normally? I guarantee when he isn’t shitting his diaper, that he wipes back to front.

    Bet he picked up that coin right after and pocketed it.