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Evilton on April 25th, 2024 at 12:13 UTC »
I feel like he was pretending to be president when he was president.
PunfullyObvious on April 25th, 2024 at 11:59 UTC »
Well, he mostly pretended to be president while actually in office, so seems fairly on brand tbh
WHSRWizard on April 25th, 2024 at 11:56 UTC »
As a former Duty Officer in the White House Situation Room, I would like to reassure the American people that this is not how it works.
EDIT: For anyone interested, I did a verified AMA a number of years ago about it
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/97uww5/iama_former_duty_officer_in_the_white_house/