Well... it's Trump... again. #47, here we go.

[ideologyhunter]

Watch the video of Zelensky sitting down with Vance and the Asshole. It's like an old crime film where a shop keeper sits down with two gangsters to talk about their protection racket. Another unbelievable low point for us.

 

[Elixir]

Watch the video of Zelensky sitting down with Vance and the Asshole. It's like an old crime film where a shop keeper sits down with two gangsters to talk about their protection racket. Another unbelievable low point for us.

QFT
The saddest moment for America I have ever seen. Far worse than 1/6 because it’s “just another” news cycle, and it hearkens much much worse, and much much more of it, soon to come. The Dems’ complaints sound more like crying than like protest. Their only solution is “send money”, and they’re probably right. It’s “free speech” after all.

 

[KCFlyer]

The Dems’ complaints sound more like crying than like protest.

Because the one thing they should demand is that Trump and Musk follow the constitution. IF they don't do that, then everything else is just noise. Trump is letting Musk do things that the executive branch can't do constitutionally, but we hear about trans rights, or abortion, or immigrants, or not spending money on Amazon, or Ukraine. All I can say is that IF there is an election in 2028, and I'm not sure there will be, should the democrats win - they need to take a page from the Trump playbook and do whatever the hell they want to do. And remind teh whining MAGA that hey.....it's shit like this that made America great.

 

[Axulus]

Watch the video of Zelensky sitting down with Vance and the Asshole. It's like an old crime film where a shop keeper sits down with two gangsters to talk about their protection racket. Another unbelievable low point for us.

Absolutely disgusting, what a disgrace the US has become. This country is full on joining the axis of evil.

 

[ideologyhunter]

The Dems’ complaints sound more like crying than like protest.

Because the one thing they should demand is that Trump and Musk follow the constitution. IF they don't do that, then everything else is just noise.

I'm with you in loathing the President and the path his party has taken. But --
Trump will never care what is demanded or said. If there isn't demonstrable power behind it, our boy figures he is beyond accountability. Remember, he's mentally ill. Remember that arguments from law or morality have never swayed him. Also, 'he who saves his country does not break any law.'
Agents of power that used to check Presidents -- in order of effectiveness, labor unions, the press, the legislature, the courts -- pose no discernable threat to Trump right now.
If you're a Repub in Washington, you figure this is go time, and you have at least two years to create merry hell. The guy at the top seems to talk his way out of everything.

 

[ZiprHead]

Watch the video of Zelensky sitting down with Vance and the Asshole. It's like an old crime film where a shop keeper sits down with two gangsters to talk about their protection racket. Another unbelievable low point for us.

QFT
The saddest moment for America I have ever seen. Far worse than 1/6 because it’s “just another” news cycle, and it hearkens much much worse, and much much more of it, soon to come. The Dems’ complaints sound more like crying than like protest. Their only solution is “send money”, and they’re probably right. It’s “free speech” after all.

It looked like an ambush.

 

[crazyfingers]

Watch the video of Zelensky sitting down with Vance and the Asshole. It's like an old crime film where a shop keeper sits down with two gangsters to talk about their protection racket. Another unbelievable low point for us.

Trump is at heart a gangster. That's been clear for years.

 

[Elixir]

is at heart a gangster. That's been clear for years.

“Overall, while “gangster” generally implies a negative association with crime, its usage can vary based on context and cultural interpretation.” -AI

I think a significant fraction of MAGAts wanted, and now appreciate, the tough guy bullshit.
Sans dramatic intervention it’s just a matter of time before the US becomes a welfare State of new age Imperialism. Nuclear fiefdoms run by autocrats and a cadre of oligarchs bending populations to their will.

That seems to be rage right now, on the right.

 

[GenesisNemesis]

Just last last time, every fucking day when I check the news in the morning Trump has done some new horrible thing. Chaos and evil every single day!

The chaos and evil will continue until we die in a pandemic or a nuclear war. Well after too but won't be around to see it, you know what I mean. Anywho

 

[Axulus]

A part of me is eager for some horrific disaster that can be blamed directly on the Trump administration that causes a mass wake up from the delusion. Similar to how the Germans felt after being forced to tour the concentration camps after WWII. Short of that I don't see how we can escape this nightmare without far worse consequences.

 

[crazyfingers]

is at heart a gangster. That's been clear for years.

“Overall, while “gangster” generally implies a negative association with crime, its usage can vary based on context and cultural interpretation.” -AI

I think a significant fraction of MAGAts wanted, and now appreciate, the tough guy bullshit.
Sans dramatic intervention it’s just a matter of time before the US becomes a welfare State of new age Imperialism. Nuclear fiefdoms run by autocrats and a cadre of oligarchs bending populations to their will.

That seems to be rage right now, on the right.

So he's a racist, a sex offender, a felon, a fascist, a fraudster, grifter, a pathological liar. He's cruel for the sake of being cruel. A loudmouth super-snowflake. That so many people love him shows how sick US culture is.

 

[scombrid]

Watch the video of Zelensky sitting down with Vance and the Asshole. It's like an old crime film where a shop keeper sits down with two gangsters to talk about their protection racket. Another unbelievable low point for us.

QFT
The saddest moment for America I have ever seen. Far worse than 1/6 because it’s “just another” news cycle, and it hearkens much much worse, and much much more of it, soon to come. The Dems’ complaints sound more like crying than like protest. Their only solution is “send money”, and they’re probably right. It’s “free speech” after all.

There’s no money to send. A handful of multinational “people” control all the capital and their “speech” wants national fascism and not democracy with international alliances that can hold them accountable for negative externalities and straight up abuse and human rights violations. They’ve got Hungary, Russia, and the US. Who is next?

 

[Elixir]

Who is next?

Probably best to subvert England next, rather than waste time on non-nuclear territories like Latvia or Poland. Once that is done, India and Brazil might need a little nudging like the US did, but people are people and most of them are stupid and or ignorant.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Watch the video of Zelensky sitting down with Vance and the Asshole. It's like an old crime film where a shop keeper sits down with two gangsters to talk about their protection racket. Another unbelievable low point for us.

Trump is at heart a gangster. That's been clear for years.

'cept Trump couldn't look Zelenskyy in the eye for almost all of his statements.

 

[ZiprHead]

This was a setup to drop Ukraine and blame it on Zelenskyy. This is the end of the United States aligning itself with democratic partners around the world.

Foreign newspaper headlines and government reps have roundly criticized this. This is a history making day, and not in a good way.

 

[crazyfingers]

Watch the video of Zelensky sitting down with Vance and the Asshole. It's like an old crime film where a shop keeper sits down with two gangsters to talk about their protection racket. Another unbelievable low point for us.

Trump is at heart a gangster. That's been clear for years.

'cept Trump couldn't look Zelenskyy in the eye for almost all of his statements.

A coward gangster. Typical bully.

 

[Spacetime Inhabitant]

I just watched the first half of the video, then stopped. Trump talks about diplomacy and respect and was totally disrespectful and undiplomatic towards Zelensky, talking like a child demanding thanks. Vance talked about alleged words not actions by Biden, and all those things that Trump claims Ukraine should thank them for came under Biden not Trump. What has Trump done to help Ukraine? Nothing; instead withdrawing aid.
Trump showed how demented he was with outrageous statements, and was a bully, and big-noted himself, talking about what a tough guy he was, and other rubbish.

 

[bilby]

Trump talks about diplomacy and respect and was totally disrespectful and undiplomatic towards Zelensky, talking like a child demanding thanks.

Trump makes the typical gangster's equivocation between "respect" and "fear".

In organised crime, "respect" is a one way street; The powerless give it to the powerful, out of fear of the consequences of upsetting the big boss.

In civilised society, respect is a two way process, earned by noble and selfless actions, and by demonstrated ability and erudition.

Anyone who has the slightest respect for Trump is a moron; The guy has exhibited zero nobility, infinite selfishness, zero ability in any field other than confidence trickery, and I sincerely doubt that he could tell you the meaning of the word 'erudition', even if you gave him a dictionary.

 

[ZiprHead]

Some douchebag right wing podcaster who was allowed into the room attacked Zelenksyy for not wearing a suit.

 

[ZiprHead]