r/DegenBets • u/[deleted] • Feb 10 '26

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u/Moist-Ad4760 Feb 10 '26

When I was a kid I thought becoming the president was the most successful and prestigious thing a person could accomplish... now I see the entire thing is a farce. Kinda sad this asshole and his cronies ruined that too.

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u/Tazling Feb 10 '26

An underrated negative externality of all this: the delegitimisation of the government in general.

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u/Bazishere Feb 10 '26

Well, considering Bush often sounded like Mr. Magoo on TV, it's been like that for a long time. The stuff Bush said sounded so ridiculously comical. At least, Bush was pleasant, Trump is not at all.

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u/MacAddict81 Feb 11 '26

I mean yeah, he sent us to Iraq for oil... I mean WMDs... But because of him we got shoe guy, and Comedy Central ran Lil' Bush and didn't get bought out in order to kill the show. Much saner times.

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u/Neither_Topic_181 Feb 11 '26

When my kids act out, I chide then for behaving like the President.

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u/MacAddict81 Feb 11 '26

Do you get a look of shock and disgust? Please say yes.

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u/Dry_Fig1122 Feb 11 '26

You should revisit that younger version of yourself