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I'm Starting to Think This Trump Guy Isn't So Good

I know it sounds crazy, but hear me out.

Over the past year or so, I've been closely observing Donald Trump. I've read articles about him, I've clicked on the links in those articles, and I've followed a lot of Twitter threads. I even got cable recently. So it's safe to say that I'm pretty well informed. With that in mind, I'm starting to think Trump might not be so good, even though he is the president. I don't want to sound "biased" but let's review some facts.

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For example, on Tuesday I was surfing the web and happened upon an article with the headline "Trump Defends White Supremacists." I know there's a lot of talk about fake news, but guys, this article was 100 percent real. They caught it all on video, sort of like the time they found a recording of Trump saying, "When you're a star, they let you do it… Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything." (Except that was an audio recording, not a video.)

Also, did you know that Trump said that? I don't want to alarm anyone, but maybe this guy doesn't respect women.

Anyways, I think I should start raising awareness about this Trump character. Maybe I could start an email newsletter, or just tweet links to old articles about things he's said that seem kind of crazy. He seems dangerous!

Like, I see a lot of people tweet things about how "this is not normal," and now I think I'm starting to understand what they're talking about. Like the guy tweets weird and sort of mean things all the time, and sometimes people worry his tweets might start a war.

My response to almost everything this Trump guy says or does is, "Yikes, buddy!"

If you're like me, you think that the people who are working in the White House should be mostly good, because they run the US government. Why would a bad person want to run the US government, anyways? But if you read about this Trump character and his cronies, it won't be long before you find some pretty alarming things. For instance, a Trump spokesman told some magazine that Steve Bannon (one of Trump's best friends) was "trying to suck [his] own cock."

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It seems weird to say that!

Also, what's this I hear about Russia?

Anyhoo, this Trump guy gives me the heebie-jeebies. It feels like every day he's acting crazier and crazier, so I think we oughta do something about this guy. I don't know what to do, but before I get to that part, I want to ask—am I the only person noticing Trump is bad? Or do you notice too? Email me, and let me know. Thanks.

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