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MAGA Influencer SINKS As Humiliating Claims From The Hobbit Backfire On Trump
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8:05Now PlayingMAGA Influencer's attempt to use The Hobbit story and Lord Of The Rings to compliment Donald Trump, but it completely backfires. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Benny Johnson's advice for Trump on IranBe like Smaug from The Hobbit. “You got to go full dragon in Lord of the Rings, and scorchedearth the entire town.”
"BENNY JOHNSON (HOST): And so Trump's pissed, and you can see it. You can see that he's, like, saying, OK. Fine. If peace isn't an option, then you choose death. And you're not going to win with the guy who wrote Art of the Deal, and President Trump is keenly aware of his place in history here, and of the Thucydides trap that he's gotten himself into where he simply has to make the decision to either end it all, like smote earth, you know, you got to go full dragon in Lord of the Rings, and scorched-earth the entire town. What's the name of that dragon in Lord of the Rings, ALX? Not Smeagol. Smaug. Thank you. Smaug. Yeah. You got to go full Smaug, or they'll be smart, and they'll sign a peace deal, which is of course what I want, and what I think you should want, and what everyone should want, because we should be focusing on the betterment of the American people every single day, and the president's administration has done an amazing job on that. And this has been a distraction and an unnecessary distraction. So that's all."
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