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Picture is from 2017.

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https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/13/politics/donald-trump-chuck-schumer-new-york/index.html

Correct, this was from a brief phase where Trump was trying on bipartisanship, and Schumer was trying to connect with him as a fellow New Yorker. I remember the talk at the time was Trump might go the way of Arnold Schwarzenegger when he was CA governor, tacking to the center and trying to become bipartisan to improve his approval ratings and mitigate midterm losses and ultimately set him up better for reelection. Obviously, it didn’t work out like that, but there was a brief time where bipartisanship was on the table.

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Ahah, that’s relevant. Though the only difference this time will probably be Schumer having less facetime because the Democrats having vastly less power in Congress/the Senate. Nobody in the room is making any decision that would meaningfully worsen their conditions or those of anyone whose conditions they care about.

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I’d like the context of photo please. I am not history-learned. Only spark-notes-of-history-acquainted.

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I’m not sure of the origin of the photo but it’s been around for some years now as a meme showing how media can be manipulative.

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Ah I understand now. I filtered out the two photos on the side, figuring they were just an aesthetic choice.

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Always has been

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And you’re not invited

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who are these?

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President elect Trump and Senate minority leader schumer, notable for being from parties that claim the other is the enemy

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Senate professional loser Chuck Shumer

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Club members

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  • Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader
  • Donald Trump (R-MAGAstan), former and future president
  • Not sure about baldy
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Baldy looks like it might be General John Kelly… Even though most pictures of him have some hair.

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Man, Armagastan is such an accurate name for what America is these days.

It even eludes towards Armageddon, it’s perfect.

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