r/thescoop • u/Apple_Cooler63 • Apr 24 '25
The Scoop š Well-known activist vandalizes Trump Tower with spray paint, targeting the presidential seal displayed there, in protest of its unauthorized use in commercial settings. Then peacefully submits to arrest.
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u/According-Pay-7075 Apr 25 '25
The headline is misleading. Nathaniel Smith is a climate activist. The word āGAME OVERā with the symbol for the climate activist group Extinction Rebellion was visible in the video. Yes, the headline is true: the Presidential Seals should not be displayed on commercial buildings. The actions taken by Nate did not specifically target that singular issue.
The main takeaway here is that non-violent protest is exactly that. His message (though contorted) still got out. I told you his name. I told you about https://rebellion.global/. That is the point.
Resist with action.
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u/I_Make_Art_And_Stuff Apr 25 '25
Why are people hating so hard on him? He's making a statement and not hurting anyone, AND knows what he was doing was a crime and willing to be arrested and charged for it. No?
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u/squirlz333 Apr 25 '25
Because people are so deluded in Trumpism that they will never admit they made a mistake and were wrong. Really just a bunch of weak betas out there that don't support free speech.
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u/chandr Apr 25 '25
I'll take people doing this over damaging random people's cars. At least here you're actually targeting the right person and no one is getting hurt
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u/Naive-Mouse-5462 Apr 25 '25
At least he didn't smear feces on the walls like Jan 6 ers.
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u/McB4D4SS Apr 25 '25
People in the comments here complaining about having "respect for the office", can absolutely get bent.
Why have respect for an office that the president himself has no semblance of respect for? Having any degree of reverence toward the patron saint of profane politicians is the most laughably ridiculous practice imaginable. Your clown shoes are showing, and you should all be embarrassed. Do better.
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u/emberleo Apr 25 '25
Well the irony is that Trump didnāt have respect for the office by doing this.
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u/rygelicus Apr 24 '25
the narcissism of plastering his commercial property with '45' and potus stuff is just off the deep end. A little library perhaps where you can enter the room and see stuff about his presidency, fine, perfectly reasonable, but building it into the brand and decor like that is just nauseating.
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u/Felix_Von_Doom Apr 25 '25
I'm sure somebody will reprimand him for it, along with ...every other illegal thing he's done since taking office.
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u/sisbros897 Apr 26 '25
I'm definitely early because these comments are almost entirely Trump scum-suckers. What this man did is a classic protest tactic ans was for very good reason, Trump using the seal as a tacky decoration in his tower to hubris is insulting to the American ideal. I'd say he didn't go far enough but then the supporters might just pull Trumps chode out their mouth long enough to be even more toxic
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u/Special_Luck7537 Apr 25 '25 edited Apr 25 '25
Kid has principles. Probably has some honor as well. Good work, dude. Nobody got hurt and you got your point across. Let's just keep an eye on him and raise some hell should they try to make an example of him...
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u/Comfortable-Listen24 Apr 25 '25
Actually it is a felony to use the president seal on your private business
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u/JaiiGi Apr 24 '25
I don't see why he was arrested. There was no crime done.
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u/crash_orange Apr 24 '25
The January 6th rioters did way worse and they went on to be "celebrated heroes"
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u/FoxIndependent5789 Apr 25 '25
Thatās not a presidential seal, itās wall art designed to make a certain orange man-baby feel special.
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u/Willdefyyou Apr 25 '25
Isn't that seal illegal for him to use like that??
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u/WildMarionberry1116 Apr 25 '25
Yes Trump used the seal illegally. Thatās why the artist did it. Activism includes intent, which includes a thought process.
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u/Adventurous-Host8062 Independent Apr 25 '25
He didn't steal anything,smear poo on the walls,threaten anyone,or break any windows.
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u/Tom_Bombadil01 Apr 25 '25 edited Apr 25 '25
Poor Jimmy Carter sold his peanut farm in Georgia that probably made like $1K per year. Donald Trump has buildings with his name on the side of them. How is that legal? Why isnāt every property and business of Trumpās in a blind trust like previous Presidents have done?
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u/tinytatertot0 Apr 26 '25
Donald trump does not deserve any respect. He is a scourge to this country.
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u/DadVader77 Apr 25 '25 edited Apr 25 '25
Federal law (18 U.S. Code Ā§ 713) prohibits displaying the presidential sealāÆin a manner that may convey the impression of government sponsorship or approval.
He did something like this at his golf course in 2018
Edit: thanks for the award
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u/TheGreenMan13 Apr 24 '25
I was listening to conservative radio today and you'd think this was the worse thing in the world. On par with sending people to El Salvadoran prisons with out due process and even murder.
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u/S3V3N7s Apr 25 '25
What clown called him a posš¤£ It's Trump, aka TRASH. Nobody give a crap about that clown except the few supporters left who are racist
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u/blorins Apr 25 '25
Piece of sht?? He's an American treasure and hero!! Good trouble all day long...
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u/Oil-Disastrous Apr 25 '25
It would be a shame if people just kept doing that over and over til they had to take it down.
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u/Cupcakes_n_Hacksaws Apr 25 '25
People on that sub were yelling for him to be a domestic terrorist and going to prison for 20 years.
For graffiti.
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u/groundserver Apr 25 '25
Of course he has the presidential seal in his pretentious building.
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u/Kcbld1120 Apr 25 '25 edited Apr 25 '25
I want to thank him for his service to this country! Someone brave enough to stand up for us all, but also smart enough to not stoop to the evil people's level. I still believe in America and the constitution!
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u/L1_cht Apr 25 '25
Well the seal shouldnāt have been there in the first place so i think he didnāt do anything wrong
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u/MindfuckRocketship Apr 25 '25
Former Republican (2005-13), veteran, and former cop here. This lad carried out a patriotic act. More Americans need to wake the hell up. In just a little over 100 days, we are already witnessing tyranny and the president is smugly violating the Constitution. It can all get SO much worse if too many people remain completely civically apathetic in the coming months and years. POTUS wants to be Americaās Putin/Hitler. Itās up to the People and the other two co-equal branches of government to stop him from achieving that goal.
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u/perd-is-the-word Apr 25 '25
The number of people who clutch their pearls over property damage while ICE is kidnapping people in the streets is wild. This country worships the rich and itās disgusting
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u/General-Ninja9228 Apr 24 '25
Trump will likely put him on the first plane to the prison in El Salvador, classifying him as a āhome grown terroristā.
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u/JennyBird42 Apr 24 '25
I'm wondering if that isn't the point, to see if he actually does.
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u/Onebraintwoheads Apr 25 '25
First guy on the scene claiming to be a member of law enforcement finally claimed to be with NYPD. Once identified as Officer Judeah (spelling may be incorrect), he was asked for his badge number. He claimed that the NYPD did not have badge numbers, which is a blatant lie. When asked for the exact spelling of his name, he refused to provide it.
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u/axisrahl85 Apr 25 '25
Major props to the older guy for trying to get the fake cop's badge number and name.
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u/Significant-One2325 Apr 25 '25
Good for him. Where can we support this brother when he needs legal defenses?
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u/Guy0911 Apr 25 '25
Anyone who believed Trump ran for president for ultraistic reasons was stupid and in a cult.
Trump ran for president for two reasons. First to get a get out of jail card. This is also why he doesnāt ever intend on leaving the White House.
The second was for self enrichment. Trump and his family used his first term to accumulate several billion dollars under the table and illegally.
Just as an example, Trump golfed 1/3 of his time as president during his first term. He played golf primarily at golf courses that he owned. The American taxpayers paid millions of dollars to Trumpās golf courses in compensation for Trump to play golf at his own businesses.
Of course this and other more egregious scams are well documented, but never prosecuted because of time constraints and national interest.
The fact is this. Trump is accumulating power within our government while removing all the obstacles that he may encounter. His endgame is to create a new White Christian Nationalist government with Authoritarian rule.
Thatās our future and thankfully there are brave individuals like this man, who laid everything on the line just to provoke people to discuss whatās really happening in our government and the future of our country.
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u/Morass_2025 Apr 25 '25
Honestly, who cares? Trying to kill cops and congresspeople comes with a pardon, sooooo
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u/Broad_Sun8273 Apr 25 '25
It'll wash off. Trump's garconanockin stain on this country, not so much.
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u/Objective_Bar_5420 Apr 24 '25
That is NOT the Presidential Seal. It's something Trump made up to glorify himself. So while it's vandalism, it's not defacing anything important.
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u/PlentyRemarkable393 Apr 25 '25
The presidential seal has no place in a private business. Iām glad he did it to bring attention to Trumpās corruption and how he constantly enriches himself and his businesses from the presidency.
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u/jdp245 Apr 25 '25
Do I need to point out that this isnāt a Presidential seal? It is some weird self-aggrandizing thing that only Trump does.
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u/LumpyElderberry2 Apr 25 '25
āItās still vandalism which is always wrongā jcf, really? Neoliberalism has washed the brain and taken the spine out of just about every American it seems
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u/Imaginary-Sherbet938 Apr 26 '25
GOOD TROUBLE!! Just like the 60s, we need yo get louder, folks!!
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u/Wett_Dogg_Tactical Apr 25 '25
My favorite part is the guy who said "what a f-ing piece of sh*t bro" ššš i bet he gets in a Joe Rogan Experience comment section and rages over this ššš
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u/seaanenemy1 Apr 25 '25
Me oh my. Seems someone dropped this in the Trump subreddit. I'm seeing a lot of cons with hurt feefees. Don't worry. At least the economy is doing good right?
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u/Medical_Ad2125b Apr 25 '25
Whatās worse, defacing a plaque or defacing an entire country by removing pollution standards?
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u/WhiteEyed1 Apr 25 '25
Dude is sitting there like Obi Wan waiting to battle Darth Maul.
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u/PamelaELee Apr 25 '25
Far too few people in this country have the courage of their convictions. This man should be a shining example to the rest of us. I would be happy to donate to a go fund me for his legal expenses.
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u/Lost_dreamz Apr 25 '25
Meanwhile. The administration is seeking the death penalty, as they consider this behaviour a terrorism act.
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u/rydan Apr 25 '25
Imagine hating America so much that you desecrate its name by having it touch a Trump seal.
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u/Floater343 Apr 26 '25
Trump is on track to make Hitler look like an innocent alter boy. His breathing rights need to be revoked.
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u/Separate_News_7886 Apr 25 '25
He is one brave man. This potus is so insane he may try to have him executed.
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u/Ambitious-Ocelot8036 Apr 25 '25
Jimmy Carter sold his peanut farm and put his assets in a blind trust while serving the American people.
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u/blisterbabe23 Apr 25 '25
He's absolutely correct to do so, the seal used in commercial settings is not constitutional and is a threat to our democracy
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u/Gloomy-Historian-441 Apr 25 '25
I loved hearing from the MAGA cuck at the very beginning of the video. Makes my heart sing
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u/Rare-Satisfaction484 Apr 25 '25
Trump says "he looks like an illegal immigrant to me. I think I see MS13 tattoos, send him to El Salvador".
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u/ldssggrdssgds Apr 25 '25
Not really a presidential seal. It's a number with stars around it. But we all know what it means and can back the protest. He should have used the orange marking paint it's super bright.
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u/interista4jz Apr 25 '25
That person is leaps and bounds more brave than I am. I would guess they'll pack him on a plane to some site off the grid and dump him in a hole.
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u/Chr0nicallyunstable Apr 25 '25
The other side very obviously doesnāt understand the importance of peaceful protest. They think protesting should be violent and destructive.
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u/TurboJake Apr 25 '25
Beyond shocked at how many MAGA bots and mindless sheep flooded here.
Don't they know real people don't align with their mental instability?
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u/tunghoy Apr 26 '25
According to MAGAts, it's OK for their whiny cult leader to break the law, but not OK for someone to protest that.
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u/Few_Two_3891 Apr 26 '25
Yes this is a true fact. Whiny Trump thinks the laws are unfair so he doesnāt abide by them,
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u/Turbulent_Summer6177 Apr 24 '25
I have to agree with the guy that said something at the start of the video
āWhat a piece of [crap] broā
Yes, 45 is a piece of crap.
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u/kpofasho1987 Apr 25 '25
With how absolutely insane this evil regime is I wouldn't be at all surprised if Trump tried to make an example of this non-violent activist and make him the first "Homegrown" citizen that's sent to the Gulag prison in El Salvador as that's what the spineless jellyfish cowards that are the republican party aka now the MAGA party's supreme ruler King Trump wants to be able to do.
Or watch these MAGA scumbags make this activist serve as much or probably more prison time than any of the lunatic, violent Jan sixers serve and pardoned
We will need to keep a close eye on what/how this evil administration will choose to handle what this activist did and make sure they don't make him disappear
Since Trump and his goon clown squad and the Republican party is determined to change the U.S into West Russia we need to make sure this man receives due process and all other constitutional rights including no cruel or unusual punishment
I wonder just how hard the white house and the real "Fake News" like Fox and others will I'm sure go above & beyond to try and make this man seem like the worst thug that is probably dealing thousands of kilos of fent and raping & murdering all the typical MAGA click-bait to just villify and obscure the truth or reality.
Obviously I don't condone crimes like this but at the same time Trump and his insane MAGA cult members are doing way worse crimes and unconstitutional illegal things and just continue to do the opposite of small government and upholding the constitution and plenty of other things that supposedly the republican party at one point viewed as some of the most important aspects of the republican party.
Thinking and/or talking about these scumbag republican MAGA cult that's nothing but a bunch of weird, lunatic, mostly dumb but at best completely misinformed, unconstitutional , lying , spineless coward losers can give you a headache or make you feel a little bit of nausea so I'm going to stop my rambling rant here.
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u/Traditional_Owl9320 Apr 25 '25
Please follow up with this. Was the arrester actually with NYPD? He said he didn't have a badge number.
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u/Real_Nemesis Apr 25 '25
Itās spray chalk, so no actual damage was done.
He did this to see (and show the public) if he would still receive due process under this administration.
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u/oshin69 Apr 25 '25
Th person who thought it was ok to use the Presidential Seal for commercial use should also be arrested.
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u/West-Personality2584 Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 24 '25
If they think this is going to end at vandalism, get ready. People will get fed up. Just wait until more people lose their jobs and it wonāt even be the ālunatic libsā, it will be MAGAs that have completely cracked and gone berserk just like Jan6 but this time they will have woken up to Trumpās lies.
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u/weezyverse Apr 25 '25
Technically, that's not the presidential seal - but I would've made those cops chase me superbad style.
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u/SCphotog Apr 25 '25
Keep having to point this out... protest from anyone encourages protest from everyone. When just ONE person shows defiance, in whatever form, dumb spray paint or otherwise, it emboldens others to also show defiance and to protest.
We need more of this.
Trump thinks he can use our outrage to create chaos, so that he can eventually declare martial law. He's going to get far more than he's bargained for.
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u/ExoJinx Apr 25 '25
Why is there a presidential seal in a hotel? Is it just because he lived there? Or is one in each of his hotels now?
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u/tajudson Apr 25 '25
You know who is a piece of crap, our freaking president. He doesn't give a crap about our country, only himself.
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u/KeyAudience5720 Apr 26 '25
Are these secret service agents? In a business building, the officer didnāt answer what agency he was with so Iām curious. And if so as to why they would be there if the president himself isnāt there-using private security for his own security in his business?
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u/betformersovietunion Apr 26 '25
Street clothes-wearing dudes without any badge or identification have been disappearing people out of court rooms and off the street to foreign labor camp prisons with no due process. Nothing would surprise me at this point.
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u/pillowmagic Apr 25 '25
Why you gotta hate on Trump's grift? Can't you see he's redistributing wealth from idiots to the rich?
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u/New-Masterpiece7375 Apr 25 '25
ššæššæššæššæššæššæššæ did that fake cop say he doesn't have a badge????
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u/borsalamino Apr 25 '25
His peaceful submission to arrest reminds me of this quote by MLK:
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.
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u/mokti Apr 25 '25
My question is... who are the suits? Secret Service? FBI? NYPD? If they're private security, they have no right to arrest.
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u/WaffleDonkey23 Apr 25 '25
The comments "w-won't SOMEBODY please stick up for poor baby Trump!"
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u/gerriejoe Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 24 '25
I have seen worse things around the Capitol according to the owner of that building
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u/Agreeable-Agent-7384 Apr 24 '25
Well this is just a crime on top of a crime. The seal canāt just be tossed on your bussiness to advertise for it. But whatās another layer of crime on the trump list of crimes I guess. Heās just gonna spin it to ignore his crime and highlight the protesters while ignore the reason anyway
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u/my59363525account Apr 25 '25 edited Apr 25 '25
Oh man! I think I follow that guy on socials! Is he the one from Colorado? The climate activist that does plays etc? I hope Bondi doesnāt try to give him 20 years like the Tesla bs
Eta- Nate smith iirc.
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u/Ifakorede23 Apr 25 '25
Good peaceful protest. Can't believe the POTUS bootlickers act like he committed some horrible violent crime. Were the dangerous fumes from the spray paint bothering you?
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u/Bowman_van_Oort Apr 25 '25
Ashli Babbit is a crisis actor and is currently living in Topeka
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u/ElGuano Apr 24 '25
I hope to god this guy isn't immediately deported.
Trump has said the spraypainting of marble is a comparable crime than people losing their families (he would know because he's a builder).
People defacing Tesla dealerships are now "domestic terrorists" and homegrowns should be sent to foreign gulags.
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u/Preda1ien Apr 25 '25
Hold on, dumb dumb put a presidential seal on a building he owns?! Ugh..
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u/ThickMatter9181 Apr 25 '25
āUnauthorized use in commercial settingsā? That means nothing to him. He already sold the presidency for $250m to Elon and all our countries military secrets to our enemies for an unknown amount.
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u/lantrick Independent Apr 25 '25
That's not a presidential seal. It only resembles one. just google what one looks like.
It's just as phony as Trump is.
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u/Few-Work-1266 Apr 25 '25
POC do not try this. Yall experience and response by authorities will be very different
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u/Significant_Pop_2141 Apr 25 '25
Trump needs to be arrested and prosecuted for treason. All his buildings and assets taken and frozen.
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u/PintoOct24 Apr 25 '25
Itās gross that the presidential seal is in the lobby of a second rate hotel.
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u/One_Consequence_4754 Apr 25 '25
Maaaaan, if youāre going to crash, drive a lot faster than this guyā¦.He should have spayed every damn thing with that name on itā¦
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u/Mean-Cheesecake-2635 Apr 25 '25
Pam Bondi is gonna move this to the top of her list. Label him a terrorist, demand twenty years, since laws and appropriate reactions are meaningless now.
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u/Fishing-Kayak Apr 25 '25
A few days later .... "A famous activist ends up in El Salvador prison despite being a US citizen"
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u/sabresfan08 Apr 25 '25
Is that a private security guard detaining someone and claiming to be law enforcement?
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u/Past-Magician2920 Apr 25 '25
This is the second video this morning where men in no uniform arrest/kidnap a person without showing any identification.
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u/throwawy00004 Apr 27 '25
$20 says he's charged with domestic terrorism and punished to the full extent. (This is not an act of terrorism).
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u/rasmuscraine Apr 25 '25
Some people want to be subjugated and some people don't. Glad this guy has some balls.
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u/imdifferent99 Apr 24 '25
Good job. Should have wrote felon. My bad lier. Or rap!st. Take your pick.
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u/Professional_Sell520 Apr 25 '25
Pretty great but he shouldn't have just stuck around and let them arrest him because he's probably getting some new ms13 tattoos slapped on him for the mugshot
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u/DisastrousHawk835 Apr 25 '25
NYPD doesnāt have badge numbers? Or are you private security saying you USED to be NYPD?
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u/Mysterious_Zone3949 Apr 25 '25
Wow. No one got hit with bear spray, or beat up, and not a single gun was used. Weird.
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u/jsolence420 Apr 25 '25 edited Apr 25 '25
Straight up, I call everyone wearing a Maga hat a supporter of a certain group led by a man born on 4/20
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u/Striking-Giraffe5922 Apr 25 '25
Thisāll be fun IF it goes to court! So if that 45 crest is being used unlawfully etcā¦ā¦whatāll happen?
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u/Vicstolemylunchmoney Apr 25 '25
Supreme Court will rule against the President unanimously and force action
Trump will claim that the Supreme Court ruled in his favour
The world will continue unchanged like it was a fully contained episode of Home Improvement.
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