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The cringe is so obvious and yet these people still somehow take themselves seriously.
This is Our President
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The forum discussion centers around Donald Trump's presidency, highlighting his controversial remarks and actions during a Women's History Month event at the White House on March 26, 2025. Participants express disappointment in Trump's behavior, comparing him unfavorably to past presidents like George W. Bush and Richard Nixon. The conversation critiques Trump's lack of empathy and his perceived incompetence, particularly in foreign relations and health policy. The discussion also touches on the broader implications of his presidency on American trust and political integrity.
PREREQUISITES- Understanding of U.S. political history, particularly the presidencies of Richard Nixon and George W. Bush.
- Familiarity with the concept of political satire and its role in public discourse.
- Knowledge of Women's History Month and its significance in American culture.
- Awareness of the impact of presidential rhetoric on international relations.
- Research the historical context of Richard Nixon's presidency and his political strategies.
- Explore the implications of presidential rhetoric on U.S. foreign policy, particularly in relation to China.
- Investigate the significance of Women's History Month and its impact on contemporary political discussions.
- Analyze the role of political satire in shaping public perception of political figures.
This discussion is beneficial for political analysts, historians, and anyone interested in understanding the dynamics of contemporary U.S. politics, particularly in relation to leadership, public trust, and the role of humor in political critique.
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And yet, everyone still kowtows.
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He has done it again, another way for him to influence and control others. The Board of Peace is so like his reality TV show
The New York Times reports:
Get the lip balm out. All Hail The Donald.
The New York Times reports:
Get the lip balm out. All Hail The Donald.
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I am surprised that there are still people who take him seriously.
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The NYT reported on the first meeting of the Board of Peace
Lip Balm was in short supply, but a good time was had by all.
Lip Balm was in short supply, but a good time was had by all.
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He has allocated $10B of US taxpayer funds to his personal control on behalf of that shitshow.
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Trump wants to award himself the Congressional Medal of Honor for exposing himself to "danger" when he visited troops in Iraq. Even as a joke, it is an unforgivable insult to those who gave their lives or really did put themselves in grave danger to save others. He has already devalued the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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In his address to the inaugural meeting of the countries in the Schield of the Americas program, Trump made the following comment;
The meeting was attended by most of the countries in the Americas except for Canada, Mexico, and Brazil.
The meeting was attended by most of the countries in the Americas except for Canada, Mexico, and Brazil.
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French General Michel Yakovleff just compared joining Trump's Iran war to "buying cheap tickets for the Titanic" after it already hit the iceberg. And then it got even worse for Trump.
Yakovleff is no random talking head. He's a three-star general, former commander of the legendary French Foreign Legion, and held senior positions within NATO itself. He is one of the most respected military voices in France and regularly weighs in on matters of international security.
So when he was asked about Trump's desperate pleas for Europe to join his Iran catastrophe, his answer carried serious weight.
He didn't mince words. He laid out five distinct reasons why every European nation should flatly refuse. And each one is more damaging than the last.
First, Trump doesn't understand how NATO actually works. You don't get to launch your own unilateral bombing campaign and then invite allies to run a separate operation underneath you. That's not how alliances function.
If Trump wants NATO involved, NATO takes command. One operation, one flag, one chain of command. "I
don't think he understood that," Yakovleff said. That alone is a devastating indictment of a man who claims to be the greatest dealmaker on earth
Second, nobody knows what the actual strategic goals are. Beyond forcing open the Strait of Hormuz, what is the endgame? Regime change? Containment? A negotiated settlement? Trump hasn't said. He apparently can't say, because he doesn't know himself.
Third, and this one is particularly brutal, you can't coordinate a multinational military campaign through tweets that change every two minutes. If allied nations are going to put their soldiers in harm's way, they need explicit, written objectives from the United States. As Yakovleff put it, "It's going to be necessary for Trump himself to know what he wants." The quiet contempt in that sentence could strip paint off a wall.
Fourth, there is the fundamental issue of trust. Trump has abandoned allies before and everyone knows he would do it again without hesitation the moment it became politically useful. The Kurds know it. The Afghans know it. Europe knows it. "He would let us down whenever it suited him," the general said. Why would any nation put troops on the line for a leader with that track record?
And fifth, the knockout punch. Yakovleff cited a principle he said he learned at the U.S. Army War College: "You don't reinforce failure. You move on. You find something else." A decorated French general is using American military doctrine, taught in American war colleges, to explain to the world why following this American president into battle would be strategic malpractice.
The global response has been just as damning. Japan said no. Australia said no. The United Kingdom said no. The European Union said no. Meanwhile, Iranian missiles and drones have made the Strait of Hormuz so dangerous that insurance companies won't cover oil tankers passing through it.
Twenty percent of the world's petroleum normally flows through that strait. Oil prices are skyrocketing and consumers everywhere are feeling it.
Trump started this. He escalated it. He isolated America from its allies in the process.
Source: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=957935850070365&set=a.197892219408069
Yakovleff is no random talking head. He's a three-star general, former commander of the legendary French Foreign Legion, and held senior positions within NATO itself. He is one of the most respected military voices in France and regularly weighs in on matters of international security.
So when he was asked about Trump's desperate pleas for Europe to join his Iran catastrophe, his answer carried serious weight.
He didn't mince words. He laid out five distinct reasons why every European nation should flatly refuse. And each one is more damaging than the last.
First, Trump doesn't understand how NATO actually works. You don't get to launch your own unilateral bombing campaign and then invite allies to run a separate operation underneath you. That's not how alliances function.
If Trump wants NATO involved, NATO takes command. One operation, one flag, one chain of command. "I
don't think he understood that," Yakovleff said. That alone is a devastating indictment of a man who claims to be the greatest dealmaker on earth
Second, nobody knows what the actual strategic goals are. Beyond forcing open the Strait of Hormuz, what is the endgame? Regime change? Containment? A negotiated settlement? Trump hasn't said. He apparently can't say, because he doesn't know himself.
Third, and this one is particularly brutal, you can't coordinate a multinational military campaign through tweets that change every two minutes. If allied nations are going to put their soldiers in harm's way, they need explicit, written objectives from the United States. As Yakovleff put it, "It's going to be necessary for Trump himself to know what he wants." The quiet contempt in that sentence could strip paint off a wall.
Fourth, there is the fundamental issue of trust. Trump has abandoned allies before and everyone knows he would do it again without hesitation the moment it became politically useful. The Kurds know it. The Afghans know it. Europe knows it. "He would let us down whenever it suited him," the general said. Why would any nation put troops on the line for a leader with that track record?
And fifth, the knockout punch. Yakovleff cited a principle he said he learned at the U.S. Army War College: "You don't reinforce failure. You move on. You find something else." A decorated French general is using American military doctrine, taught in American war colleges, to explain to the world why following this American president into battle would be strategic malpractice.
The global response has been just as damning. Japan said no. Australia said no. The United Kingdom said no. The European Union said no. Meanwhile, Iranian missiles and drones have made the Strait of Hormuz so dangerous that insurance companies won't cover oil tankers passing through it.
Twenty percent of the world's petroleum normally flows through that strait. Oil prices are skyrocketing and consumers everywhere are feeling it.
Trump started this. He escalated it. He isolated America from its allies in the process.
Source: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=957935850070365&set=a.197892219408069
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In more ways than can be counted.
Trump on death of Robert Mueller: ‘Good, I’m glad he’s dead’
Following the death of former Former FBI director and special counsel Robert Mueller, President Donald Trump reacted on Truth Social. “Good,” the president wrote, “I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people.” Mueller, who served as special counsel in the investigation into...
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There will be many more who will be glad when our POS president is dead.
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I am sure that they will have to post a guard 24/7 to keep people from desecrating his grave.
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This sums up the differences between them nicely.
fallows.substack.com
One Man a Hero. One Man a Monster.
America has lost a very good man. It must find a way to control a very bad one.
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The GOP just made up a new award to give to Trump.
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Trump receives another award... that was just invented
The newly created honor was shaped as a golden bald eagle.
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GOP unveils new ‘America First Award’ for Trump, king of America's 'golden era' - The Daily Bo Snerdley
WASHINGTON — In a town where flattery is currency, Republicans just minted a brand-new coin — and handed it straight to Donald Trump. At Wednesday night’s glitzy National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) fundraiser in Washington, D.C., House Republicans didn’t just pass the hat — they...
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Pure narcissism. It really explains all if you add uneducated stupidity.
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These men are vile
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Hegseth Strikes Two Black and Two Female Officers From Promotion List
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s highly unusual decision to remove officers from a one-star promotion list has spurred allegations of racial and gender bias.
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At a Saudi investment conference:
The soul and expression of the American public. He gives voice to the thoughts of the nation. He is the shining exemplar of all that America worships and values.
The soul and expression of the American public. He gives voice to the thoughts of the nation. He is the shining exemplar of all that America worships and values.
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The below account is fictional.
If Donald Trump thought he could score cheap political points by calling Prince William an “insult to Jesus” because the British Royal is “beyond woke” and believes that God does not discriminate on the basis of gender, Prince William could have delivered a moral reckoning.
“The president of the United States just said that I insulted Jesus. You want to know what insults Jesus? Kicking the sick off their health care while cutting taxes for billionaires.”
“You know what insults Jesus? Deporting the stranger and separating babies from their mothers.”
“You know what insults Jesus? Bombing innocent school children in Iran and sending our brave men and women off to die in another forever war… Covering up the Epstein files and then refusing to prosecute a single person in them.”
“I am not a perfect Christian. There’s only been one perfect Christian and he was crucified on a cross 2,000 years ago.”
“Jesus told us to love our neighbors as ourselves… Can we imagine war in heaven? Can we imagine bigotry in heaven? Can we imagine poverty in heaven? Then why do we tolerate these things on earth?”
That’s how you respond. Not with insults. Not with fear. But with clarity — and conviction.
The below account is fictional.
If Donald Trump thought he could score cheap political points by calling Prince William an “insult to Jesus” because the British Royal is “beyond woke” and believes that God does not discriminate on the basis of gender, Prince William could have delivered a moral reckoning.
“The president of the United States just said that I insulted Jesus. You want to know what insults Jesus? Kicking the sick off their health care while cutting taxes for billionaires.”
“You know what insults Jesus? Deporting the stranger and separating babies from their mothers.”
“You know what insults Jesus? Bombing innocent school children in Iran and sending our brave men and women off to die in another forever war… Covering up the Epstein files and then refusing to prosecute a single person in them.”
“I am not a perfect Christian. There’s only been one perfect Christian and he was crucified on a cross 2,000 years ago.”
“Jesus told us to love our neighbors as ourselves… Can we imagine war in heaven? Can we imagine bigotry in heaven? Can we imagine poverty in heaven? Then why do we tolerate these things on earth?”
That’s how you respond. Not with insults. Not with fear. But with clarity — and conviction.
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Note that this appears to be another fictional "wishful thinking" story from the same source as the earlier one about Prince William. What was the source?
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I thought about that, but then I decided to follow the advice an American colleague once gave me when I told a weird anecdote about a professor: "I don't think he [the professor] did this, but the story is charming anyway because he could have done it."
I don't believe he [William] said it, but he could have said it. It is a perfect response to the huge gap between Trump's speech and action.
I thought the description was still true, even if the incident is not, in particular, as the entire Bible Belt likely voted for Trump.
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I'm sure the incident is not true - Prince William has been very careful not to get involved - but the above description looks misleadingly plausible and does not appear to be intended to be humorous, so it should at least quote a source, and preferably be marked as fiction / wishful thinking.
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Edited and set into conditional. It was a FB post and didn't have a proper reference. As I said, I liked the line of argumentation, regardless of whether it was related to Prince Williams or not. I took it as a symbolic (scripted) dialogue to transport the story and create a contrast of integrity between the two.
I'm sorry for my negligence in not having marked it as potentially false.
Here is the background:
Did Prince William Call Out Donald Trump? Here’s What Reports Actually Say
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Trump tells UK ‘go get your own oil’ and warns that the US ‘won’t help you any more’ in latest tirade over Iran war
US president tells Keir Starmer to get some ‘courage’ and and ‘take’ fuel from the Strait of Hormuz
"the U.S.A. won’t be there" Don't threaten me with a good time.
Just 5 days ago:
Trump describes UK aircraft carriers as ‘toys’ in latest anti-Nato jibe
US president says he is ‘very disappointed’ as he again lashes out at allies’ lack of involvement in Iran war
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No, the rest of the world doesn't want to help.
The pattern is clear. Demand something. Threaten. Not get it. Say he never needed it.
Anthropic: months of federal agencies actively relying on Claude, including use in military operations, such as the Maduro raid and for intelligence assessments and identifying targets in the Iran conflict. Anthropic draws a line in the sand at mass surveilance and autonomous weapon systems and suddenly Anthropic is a supply chain risk with Trump saying "We don't need it, we don't want it, and will not do business with them again!"
I am glad that the US needs so little. I can't wait to help them get exactly what they deserve for the rest of my life.
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I think it was Jon Stewart who said that instead of a "What would Jesus do?" T-shirt Trump needs a "What would an ass hole do?" T-shirt.
An ass hole would begin a war without any pre-attack messaging or justification or explanation to the voting public, send out contradictory and piece-meal communications around the war on his own social media platform after starting the conflict and wait a month then select April Fools Day to give his first intentional nation-wide address on the conflict.
An ass hole would begin a war without any pre-attack messaging or justification or explanation to the voting public, send out contradictory and piece-meal communications around the war on his own social media platform after starting the conflict and wait a month then select April Fools Day to give his first intentional nation-wide address on the conflict.
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The president of Iran has posted a letter (in English) to the USA which is so articulate and reasonable that in that very aspect alone it puts Trump's communications to shame:
Of course, it doesn't address the fact that the president of Iran is effectively subservient to the religious leadership, as are its armed forces, and it is that religious leadership which has been responsible for crimes against its own population, and probably also for crimes against other countries. So the letter can be considered as propaganda, but at least it makes some sort of sense!
Of course, it doesn't address the fact that the president of Iran is effectively subservient to the religious leadership, as are its armed forces, and it is that religious leadership which has been responsible for crimes against its own population, and probably also for crimes against other countries. So the letter can be considered as propaganda, but at least it makes some sort of sense!
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Trump' speech yesterday was complete unserious nonsense
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WATCH: President Trump addresses the nation — PBS News special report
President Donald Trump, scheduled to give a televised address Wednesday evening, said Tuesday he could walk away from the war in two to three weeks once he felt confident Iran would not be able to build a nuclear weapon — even if Tehran does not agree to a ceasefire. But his latest Truth Social...
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I'll excuse the weird formatting of the President of Iran's letter, as it's clearly a technical issue (last character of each paragraph appears at start of line instead of end, presumably because of a glitch mixing up right-to-left script as for Arabic and left-to-right as for English). The weirdness of Trump's Truth Social posts has no such excuse!
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I read a statement from him about Bruce Springsteen. I'm meanwhile a bit cautious to decide whether it is original or a fake, and I avoid as much exposure as possible, be it visual, auditory, or written. It is literally painful, even for me as a native German speaker. Plus, there is no chance to distinguish between comedy and quotation. It's quite embarrassing what the USA is currently doing to itself.
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If it's the "dried up prune" rant, it's real, and it's on Trump's "Truth Social" earlier today. I find it hard to believe that any supposedly civilised adult could think it acceptable to behave like that.