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[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 hour ago

“Sorry, your son died in this war. We shouldn’t even have been there.”

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 1 points 11 minutes ago

This reveals how piss poor the planning was the lack of concern for the dead and wounded. Life is cheap under the MAGA fucks.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

We were the number one producer anywhere in the world times two by double

TIL we produce 4x the amount of oil as any other country.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago

Are we gonna post every brainfart this clown has?

Explain to me who can possibly be stunned at this point that Donald Trump's a braindead moron who has no idea what's going on.

[–] Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 3 points 58 minutes ago

Is “stuns” really the right word to use anymore?

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 20 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Crazy reality when the bare minimum ideal to aim for is not electing senile pedophiles to the most influential position on the planet Earth.

[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago
[–] TwilitSky@lemmy.world 13 points 2 hours ago

Every so often the truth comes out and it's shocking AF when it comes from there.

[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 15 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I dislike hom as much as the next guy but what he meant is very clearly not what the article implies. Baitclick

[–] Zarxrax@lemmy.world 11 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Reading the article, it sounds to me exactly as the headline implies. So tell me, what did he actually mean then?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 hours ago

Dealing with the strait should be up to Europe and the Middle East. Not about the war.

[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

That the US could live well, while the strait is blocked. He never meant to say "i shouldnt have started the war"

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

Which is also a delusional statement.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 2 points 2 hours ago

Yea it's misleading. Probably on purpose

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 133 points 8 hours ago (13 children)

He later said: “So, we need, I, I would really, I’m demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory because it is their territory, it’s the place from which they get their energy and they should come and they should help us protect it.”

Then came the line that quickly sparked reaction online:

“You could make the case that maybe we shouldn’t even be there at all because we don’t need it.”

It's Iran's terrority, and Iran is defending it after being attacked...

But I really think he's getting pressure from Christian extremists to abandon Israel. Their endgame was always Israel getting wiped out by its neighbors to start Armageddon and rapture Christians.

If no one joins against Iran, trump will likely try to slink away and Bibi holding the bag.

[–] foofiepie@lemmy.world 0 points 25 minutes ago (1 children)

Israel getting wiped out by its neighbors to start Armageddon

Well then they haven’t really studied the Bible properly if they think it refers to just Israel, literally. Israel is used frequently as an all encompassing term to refer to the ‘church’ as a whole, so all Christians.

Not specifically the country.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 points 20 minutes ago (1 children)

No...

But great job assuming that reading a single comment about it somehow means you know more about it than what the comment contained.

I legitimately only know a handful or so of people that overconfident in themselves.

[–] foofiepie@lemmy.world 1 points 18 minutes ago* (last edited 17 minutes ago)

Not sure why you took that in a hostile manner when no hostility was intended.

It wasn’t really directed at you and I only took a part of the statement (which I’ve heard a lot from different sources) to make that observation.

Edit: A shame that text doesn’t adequately convey tone. No ill will my friend.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago

The Christian leaders also see their parishioners spending all their money on gas, on the way to church, instead of on tithing.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 38 points 7 hours ago (6 children)

Man I am so fucking ready for the Nationalist Christians to become huge fucking pariahs as a direct result of all of the idiocy that they’ve been pushing

[–] mPony@lemmy.world 13 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

by then the world may be literally cooked.

[–] Restaldt@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Oh boy do I have terrible news about runaway climate change

It was 80 degrees here yesterday and its snowing right now as I type this.

And this is the best our climate will be for the rest of our lives 🙃

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[–] Grumpyleb@lemmus.org 53 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

And he threatened NATO, who by all his accounts "stood back from the front lines" When Article 5 was called during the bullshit second Gulf War. And now he DEMANDS they help. Sure buddy.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

NATO: "Get Le Fucked".

The rest of the world is outraged about the pedophilia.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 64 points 8 hours ago (29 children)

I just love the quote:

So, we need, I, I would really, I’m demanding...

He starts with needing help, starts to say he just really wants it, then pivota to demanding it.

The fact that he went thru those steps shows how much pressure he's facing.

His two biggest wings of influence has been Israel and American christo-fascists, if they start pulling him in opposite ways, he can't hold onto both.

He's fucked, but so are the rest of us by extension. Hopefully just till midterms at least.

[–] Grumpyleb@lemmus.org 23 points 7 hours ago (13 children)

The thing is, as a foreigner, and speaking bluntly, this is on the entire American population, voting him in once was one thing, but not dealing with Jan 6 harshly under Bidens administration did nothing more than encourage them and their billionaire backers. IF there's no false flag operation to cancel the midterms and IF presidential elections are held and the democrats get into power, you lot are going to have to overhaul your entire system to ensure another Trump doesn't happen. And honestly speaking I can't realistically see that happening.

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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 28 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

It's almost like he only joined in on the war because Israel was instructing him or something.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 1 points 41 minutes ago

because Israel was instructing him

because he wanted us to stop talking about his trips to Epstein Island to rape children.

[–] massacre@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Israel may have pushed him but daddy Putin green lit it.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Why would Putin want his proxy state attacked?

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Oil scarcity could encourage dropping Russian sanctions?

[–] massacre@lemmy.world 2 points 26 minutes ago

That's a BINGO!

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 13 points 5 hours ago
[–] SGGeorwell@lemmy.world 54 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Trump is a moron and so are his supporters. It’s a moron horde.

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[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago

Someone dared to give the fuhrer the casualty and dammage reports?

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