The Daily Populous Thursday August 21st, 2025 morning edition
Authored by newrepublic.com and submitted by ChiGuy6124

“He’s making, you know, millions of dollars—you know, I forget what the exact number was, but 20 millions of dollars over the last few years—selling this kind of merchandise, which is arguably competing with his own campaign and diverting some of the money that his supporters might think is supporting the MAGA movement and his candidates to his own pocket,” Kirkpatrick continued.

The words on the hats are as alarming as the open corruption they represent. “Trump 2028” has become a commonplace slogan on the right, though the president is constitutionally barred from running again. But Trump himself has alluded to the possibility multiple times, as recently as this week.

TRUMP: “So you say during the war you can’t have elections. So let me just say 3 1/2 years from now… if we happen to be in a war with somebody, no more elections.”😂😂

pic.twitter.com/R29EuKjuBF — Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) August 18, 2025

“So you say, during the war you can’t have elections?” Trump said to Zelenskiy. “So let me just see: Three-and-a-half years from now, so you mean, if we [the United States] happen to be in a war with somebody, no more elections … I wonder what the fake news would say about that.”

OriginalCDub on August 20th, 2025 at 20:02 UTC »

These fuckers should never know a minute of peace again in their miserable lives.

no_kids-and-3_money on August 20th, 2025 at 19:53 UTC »

My favorite part: “Vance then ended the question session, clearly irritated.”

That means it’s having an effect. God bless them, especially hecklers #1 and #2. We may not know your names, but you’ve done more to fight the administration than the minority leaders in Congress.

ChiGuy6124 on August 20th, 2025 at 19:34 UTC »

"Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had to hear just how much Washington, D.C., hates them as they attempted a friendly photo-op with Donald Trump’s federal forces Wednesday."

"As Vance, Hegseth, and White House deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller walked through Washington’s Union Station, surrounded by a gaggle of photographers and guards, it was immediately clear that they were unwelcome there."

“Oh look, it’s couch-fucker!” one person shouted in a video shared to X by HuffPost reporter Arthur Delaney. “You gonna fuck a couch, buddy?”

"The shouting built to a crescendo, becoming difficult to make out the jeers of individual onlookers. But one sentiment was clear: “Go fuck a couch JD Vance!” the first heckler shouted."

"Vance then ended the question session, clearly irritated."

"In fact, a recent Washington Post-Schar School poll found that 65 percent of D.C. residents did not think that Trump’s deployment of the National Guard would make the city safer."

"As Vance glad-handed National Guard troops, chants of “Free D.C.” could be heard in the background."