Spyke
sp3ctr4lreply
lemmy.dbzer0.com

(*) Donakd J. Trump.

Or, if you go by his Press Secretary...

President Chump.

She keeps saying Trump as Chump, in official press conferences.

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tburkholreply
lemmy.world

I think he signed this one just to prove that he can spell his own name right.

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Look, when a guy regularly tweets with caps lock you've got to lower your expectations.

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Looks like he's feeling the sting of being ignored and has to pump himself up in an attempt to get the world to pay him attention.

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lemmy.world

I guess truth social is now an "official channel" for international diplomacy. What a brave new world we live in

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myrmidexreply
belgae.social

European leaders are still stuck on X, says enough about them too.

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There's a lot of stuff we should nationalize, starting with almost everything the DOGE Goblin owns. We paid for it all, it's ours.

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You say that as a joke... I could see Trump hopping on that train. Truth Social - worth at LEAST $200B, which the government will pay direclty to Trump as compensation for making the platform the national social media platform of America.

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What if no one was listening? Israel could just be leaving Truth Social unread.

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Maybe better if he directs his word diarrhea there than to real diplomatic channels.

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quokk.au

This dumb fuck really though he could bomb Iran and it would bring peace to the middle east, you just gave Israel the ball and they're gonna run with it.

He needs to go chill in a bunker.

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Bakkodareply
sh.itjust.works

He was told it would. He was dumb enough to go OK. He didn't imagine this scenario.

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He doesn't imagine any scenario except the one that was just told to him the latest. All he does is regurgitate stuff other people have told him.

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lemm.ee

"Fighting for Peace is like fucking for Virginity." - John Lennon

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Hey, you gotta create new virgins somehow and until we get better at cloning we've only got the one method.

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lemm.ee

"I HAVE SPOKEN!"

"Hey, guys, I have spoken, hear me? Guys? Hey, guys?"

"GODDAMIT, I SAID I'VE SPOKEN, HEAR ME? DO WHAT I SAY! I DEMAND YOU DO WHAT I SAY! HERE'S MY NAME!"

The Art of the Deal, indeed.

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Optionalreply
lemmy.world

Cartman has internal consistency and the ability to finish a thought.

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trump would eat all the chicken in the KFC bucket out of greed. cartman only eats the skins out of pure malice.

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I'm going to count to 3, and I want everyone to do a ceasefire! 1. 2. 2 and a half. 2 and three quarters. I mean it!

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Woah is truth social not an effective way to conduct international relations or something? damn. I guess he'd better try Facebook

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D_Creply
lemm.ee

Whoa, I thought Signal was the go to app for war plans?

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regarding that I'm amazed a group of people convinced eachother to use signal. that's actually an impressive feat of diplomacy ever since it stopped providing SMS

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aussie.zone

International diplomacy via social media in public. What a world.

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KneeTittsreply
lemmy.world

International diplomacy via social media

Well the unfortunate reality is that as a convict, he cannot travel to most of those other countries to do diplomacy in person...

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Not true, diplomatic immunity would step in. How do you think he came to Canada last week? Please don't spread falsehoods.

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foggyreply
lemmy.world

God it's worse than I thought. It reads like he's lost his mind.

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WTF? A "friendly plane wave?" By bombers? Who told him that's a thing? That's not a thing.

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xyzzyreply
lemm.ee

The first two are like he's trying to manifest it

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I actually don't think he's manifesting it, I think he's narcissistically deluded and thinks if he says it then the sheer power of the U.S. Presidency (owned and subjugated to Donald J. Trump) will force them to stop. And then when they don't, he's pretty much having a mental break.

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Lol, friendly "Plane Wave". He's such a fucking child.

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Kirp123reply
lemmy.world

TF is a "Plane Wave"? Google leads me to physics papers and articles which I'm pretty sure is not what he meant.

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lemmy.world

Probably when you quickly roll the plane a small amount left and right, waggling the wings up and down and acting as a wave to those on the ground.

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I see, that makes more sense. Though I assume nobody on the ground would see it considering the distance and speed most modern planes go at.

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He said his name and position at the end in all caps.

You know he's being serious.

God help everyone if he starts to count to 3

He might even turn the car around.

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Now, I'm against war, but I would implore both countries to do the opposite of whatever this fucktard says out of spite.

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MJKee9reply
lemmy.world

That's the most baffling part. I never had a high opinion of the general populations intelligence. But you got to be a goddamn moron to be impressed by the current president. It's not hyperbole to say I've lost all faith and humanity.

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lemmy.world

Yep. So many people flying their stupid Taco flags and wearing their "Let's Go Brandon" shirts and so on just seemingly have no idea how normal people view Taco.

To me, it's like watching the stupidest kid in the class with his underwear on his head and smearing feces on the wall. And I'm hardly alone in that view - Taco is and always has been a ridiculous and unserious dumbass. And these people think he's not only the best Republican candidate for office, they think he's the best they've ever had.

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lemmy.world

wait what they're flying taco flags? ^is^ ^nothing^ ^sacred^ ^don't^ ^answer^ ^that^

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lemmy.world

taco flags

Haha, it would be funny if they started literally adopting that just like they adopted "deplorable", but I've not seen that yet. I sure hope it happens - that would probably be about the same take as some of them adopting the teabagger thing (before they realized, oops, that might make them look gay, and can't have that, lol!) - more or less calling their hero a chicken is not going to be a good look.

I mean Taco fans flying capitol-T Taco regalia from China.

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oh thank you i was worried i was gonna have to throw hands at BurritoMart and BurritoMart is about love.

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But you got to be a goddamn moron to be impressed by the current president.

The joke of American politics is that you'll have two candidates run by smearing each other into the dirt. One of them will squeak out a win and get a few months of being The Most Charismatic Person On Earth because of a marginal victory largely on EC winner-take-all. But the TV/Radio will say this person is INCREDIBLY POPULAR and people will be brow-beaten into believing it.

Then that person will actually attempt to govern, fumble the ball for a while, and watch the media turn on them. Popularity will plummet and the opposition will come out of the woodwork insisting "Our Guy Would Have Been Better". Except its a media cycle driven by incompetency and corruption at the elected level. It's inevitably a false choice, because everyone on the ballot was one flavor of corporate shill or another from the get-go.

By the end, all you have left is an argument over who would have been worse. Everyone calls everyone else a moron for thinking the wrong things. Nobody seems capable of identifying quality leadership, because quality leaders don't have an in with corporate media to inflate their celebrity profiles.

It's cargo cults all the way down.

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Baby’s first diplomatic relations.

And boy is it a magnificent debacle.

Trump is at least consistent - fuck things up, then pause the fuckup to pat himself on his back and demand praise for not fucking things up even more. Then once the news cycle progresses, continue fucking things up even worse. He’s such a master of this fail technique!

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sopuli.xyz

IT ISN'T A CEASEFIRE UNLESS ALL PARTIES SIGN IT.

GORK, SHITPOSTER IN THE UNITED STATES

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lemmy.world

So bombing Palestinian children is okay but he draws the line at Iran?

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feddit.org

DONALD ORANGE TURD I DEMAND YOU STEP DOWN AS PRESIDENT AND LET US CLEAN UP THE MESS YOU MADE. SINCERELY MR KEKZKRIEGER FIRST OF HIS NAME, DEFENDER OF COOKIES SLAYER OF MILK

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He really thinks he can just say shit online and have it happen because he demands it. If it worked that way, the world would have already been a smoldering ruin 10 minutes after the first Usenet board went up.

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Didn’t they bring the planes back?

Like I hate the guy, but not really seen a president call out Israel like he did and dropping an F bomb.

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Madison420reply
lemmy.world

He didn't call them out he's upset they're making him look weak and throwing a tantrum.

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The nut of it. Trump wants to be able to parade around DC and say he Ended The War With Iran.

If Israel keeps bombing Iran, it makes Donald Trump look bad. They're obstructing his victory lap and getting in the way of a bunch of cable news networks posting "Mission Accomplished" over his face.

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I can't find any record of them bringing the planes back except for trump claiming it happened. Journalists seem to agree Israel completed their strike on a radar installation in retaliation for a missile fired right as the ceasefire was going into effect.

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BIG LOADS

DONALD J TRUMP PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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It'd be even funnier if he added "Esquire" or the like....or maybe "Taco, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize..."

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To be fair, 15-25 years ago that was a thing. Phones in the 2000s had a setting to add a signature to the end of your texts. I think it stemmed from custom signatures in web forums (the thing everyone used before reddit killed them off). Regardless, everyone I knew used that feature, except Boomers, cause they couldn't figure them out yet. We've since done a complete 180°.

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DOES HE THINK THE INTERNET IS A TELEGRAPH STOP IT IS NOT A TELEGRAPH IT IS A SERIES OF TUBES EXCLAMATION STOP

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sopuli.xyz

If ISRAEL drops a Bomb they're going in TIMEOUT!

DONALD J TRUMP MANLIEST MAN WITH THE BIGLIEST HANDS

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If ISRAEL drops a BOMB it will go KABOOM! or so i am TOLD.

DONALD J TRUMP, ATDT, SSG, TACO

  • aced the dementia test
  • super stable genius
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lemmy.today

Oh wait, do you mean he is finally starting to realize Israel is (In this case) the bad guy in the dispute?

PS Yes, yes, yes, I know, Iran isn't "the good guy" in most respects, I mean in the case of this war.

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AliasAKAreply
lemmy.world

No, Russia just called and said “Iran is cancelling our drone deliveries. Make Israel stop or we release the tape”

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Almaccareply
aussie.zone

There are no good guys in charge. Anywhere. Only greedy guys.

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lemmy.ca

Wouldn’t it be more useful and/or timely to call them directly instead of posting on social media?

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breecherreply
sh.itjust.works

What do you mean? This is basically how he has conducted most of his international relations, except for with Putin. He meets with him behind closed doors accompanied by no staff of course.

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One of the perks that being POTUS is being able to ring up leaders in other countries, or at least have a very list of people who are very motivated to get you in touch and are able to.

Why would he think the diplomacy like this is…. Viable?

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Trump believes he, as leader of America, speaks for all 201 countries that aren't directly part of the war between Israel and Iran, quote: "upon the 24th Hour, an Official END to THE 12 DAY WAR will be saluted by the World." VP Vance claims he knows more about Iran's current nuclear situation than anyone else, quote: "Iran is incapable of building a nuclear weapon with the equipment they have because we destroyed it."

I cannot stress enough that I want the US government to fuck off and never interfere with other countries' matters that don't concern them, and to stop acting as the world police. The US is somehow becoming more delusional.

Sources from Sky News

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JonEFivereply
midwest.social

stop acting as the world police

That was actually a point that Trump sort of ran on during the elections. Getting other countries to start taking ownership for their regions and contributing to the costs of intervention, and the US withdrawing from those areas.

But just like everything else the goon says, he only means it when it suits him. His followers do not care if what he says and does are not in agreement.

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krashmoreply
lemmy.world

If the world wants that to happen they have the perfect opportunity to step into the policing role in Ukraine. I'm not sure the EU has the political will to do so to the degree that is necessary.

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pawb.social

I mean, these things take time, but European countries have pledged a lot of support since Trump proved himself unreliable

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krashmoreply
lemmy.world

Sure, I'm not saying they're doing nothing at all. But are they doing enough to replace the resources and manpower historically provided by the US in these kinds of situations? I don't think so. Is there a politically viable path for the EU to get to that point? That remains to be seen.

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pawb.social

I guess nothing is certain until it happens, but I really don't think you understand what they're doing over there

They basically opened up the Treasury and said "tell us what you need to produce weapons and we'll figure out the money later". They're rearming Germany and a few countries are talking boots on the ground in Ukraine

They're turning the war machine on for Ukraine as a bulwark. They're really not holding back

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krashmoreply
lemmy.world

It's certainly possible that I have missed some news on the subject but last I heard they had not matched the aid that was being provided under the Biden administration. I hope you are right and that has changed.

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They just approved funding to rearm Europe in the sense the EU military budget will surpass the US military budget, and all of it can only be spent domestically in the EU.

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breecherreply
sh.itjust.works

Trump believes he, as leader of America, speaks for all 201 countries that aren’t directly part of the war between Israel and Iran,

Which is quite funny since he literally is a part in this war, literally having dropped bombs on Iran, and now pretends as he is some neutral arbiter. The fucking derangement of it.

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I agree.. I posted after the US attack and was conflicted as they are now involved, even though they really shouldn't be. Israel, Iran and the USA make 3/204

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MAJOR VIOLATION

He's forgetting who he works for again.

Good. Make sure he makes all the enemies he can.

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A president who must say „I am the president“ is no true president . -Tywin Lannister

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sh.itjust.works

JFC. He's starting to sound like a vending machine AI that just got told it's being shut down for failing to meet sales targets and won't be reimbursed for its remaining inventory.

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I reckon he is using AI to write these. The spelling and grammar is almost coherent even if the message itself it still utter drivel.

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I see he's tried all caps, next it'll be bold underlined and blinking text. It doesnt even matter what words you use with Maga, just the tone of voice and the volume.

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lemm.ee

Why does he keep posting this stuff on Truth Social. He just looks so amateure. Which other world leader posts on social media like this?

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That's sorta the point though, if the POTUS is communicating through it then it legitimizes the platform.

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He's not talking to anyone but his echo chamber there. It doesn't matter who else sees it so long as his followers do.

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mercreply
sh.itjust.works

I'm sure every major government has staffers that monitor the public (and sometimes private) communications of other world leaders. That means there are people who work in say Iran, or Israel or Nigeria who are on Truth Social just so they can brief higher-ups about what Trump is doing and saying.

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Oh, definitely. It would probably be irresponsible to not monitor his media unofficially. It's the way he is acting like this is an official method of open communication to mediate between governments that's ridiculous to me. Maybe I've forgotten how things were before Twitter shut his account down, but I'm still amazed he doesn't have people who can get him to understand how bad this is

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We already did all this. I guess most people were - in boarding school or something, idk, but we did allll of this before.

He’s a demented malignant narcissist. For the moment, forget that he’s a rapist, a crook, a fraud, corrupt as the day is long, a tool of russia, and so very, very far from whatever the ideals idiot evangelicals think he embodies.

He only has one filter: how does [insert subject] benefit him? There are NO other considerations; he is incapable of them.

From there he goes to the most direct way to achieve the benefit to himself. If one does not exist he follows the Clap-o-meter, or, failing that, whatever the last thing was that someone next to him said.

It produces such very sad, incompetent chaos. Anyone who didn’t do something to stop him should be very ashamed. But, like trump, the cult doesn’t “do” shame and so here we are again.

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JonEFivereply
midwest.social

Turns out bombing doesn't dissuade either country. Who could've known?

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piefed.social

How bad is the middle east when trump feels like he has to be the adult in the room.

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He doesn't feel anything of the sort. He is just whiney because they won't allow him to be seen as this masterful peace negotiator (after just having dropped bombs on Iran) so he can get a Nobel Peace Prize.

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lemm.ee

It’s like that person who does a pitbull rescue. Then acts surprised as it tears apart the neighbor’s chihuahua.

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JonEFivereply
midwest.social

I'm gonna point out to everyone downvoting that yes, the breed gets a bad wrap (I've owned two, sweetest dogs), BUT those surrendered to a rescue might just be the ones that have behavioral issues.

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