• Spacehooks@reddthat.com
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    2 hours ago

    Its crazy how well he represents the worst of america so well. Let me tell you folks no one does it better. The best people are all saying it. Top people in fact.

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    I was curious about what the Japanese side’s take on Trump’s remark would be, so I found this news report from a Japanese outlet:

    https://youtu.be/gy-4-iySD-s

    Try translating the comments by yourself. You’d find that most people are blaming the Japanese reporter who asked “why didn’t you notify us before attacking Iran.” They say that of course they wouldn’t tell us (Japanese) about a surprise attack beforehand and that this question is stupid and rude.

    Personally though I think this remark is rude regardless of what questions were asked. Also I think that the question itself may be stupid but isn’t rude.

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      The question should have been phrased “why did you not form a Coalition before your attack on Iran” but that would have confused Trump.

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        Given the fact that he also wanted to approach China for support I think him actually attempting to get consensus would have been more chaotic than the current timeline.

        There’s been enough blue on blue action as it is without trying to get nations who don’t really like each other to work together

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    Americans must be so proud of their commander in chief. Well at least 40% still are. That’s all you need to know about the United States. In regards to the world, you lost all respect and trust that took 80 years to built. If any other foreign leader would use this language, he would be in a white padded cell within hours.

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      5 hours ago

      I actually think someone like trump could exist in more countries than we are willing to acknowledge. He plays terribly as someone else’s leader, but as your own leader, people seem to love the jingoism, bravado, and shamelessness in a lot of countries.

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        People like him do exist in other countries. But without a cult of personality they don’t really achieve very much, and no one can do cults like the US.

        The MEGA equivalents in other countries are actually having a bit of a problem because everyone can see a live demonstration of what their policies would actually look like, and no one likes it.

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        Indeed they do but in other countries there are mechanisms in place to ensure you don’t get a cosplay dictator. In the Netherlands, Wilders was elected who is a Trump wannabe, but thanks for the proper democratic system in the Netherlands, he was severely limited in what crazy shit he wanted to do. Obviously the government collapsed and now they have a much more middle of the road government, which means more will get done. It is about checks and balances but Trump does whatever he wants and no one stops him.

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          Yeah the executive has been out of control here for decades, it just took trump to make that obvious.

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    I haven’t read anything about this interview because I’m preemptively feeling the embarrassment and rage of what our Prime Minister will say or promise to cater to the orange shit stain.

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    “Oval Office stunned…”

    No, they weren’t. No one is surprised when Trump makes a complete ass of himself in front of other world leaders, it’s sort of his thing.

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      I don’t work near the tangerine, I can’t stand listening to him, I wish I never had to hear his voice again.

      The only I didn’t expect in this was that he was in the room with the Japanese PM. Not even really a surprise, just didn’t know that was happening.

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      Not to worry. He’s going to be SLAMMED for this. Perhaps even someone will BLAST him. And since journalism is literal Pokémon moves now he might even be CONFUSED or HYPNOTIZED

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      Or even just 9 months ago, when he told the leader of Germany that D-Day “was not a pleasant day for you.”

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    The element of surprise was totally key to winning this war. When you kill ailing 86 year old pope, and 160 grade school girls, you make everyone in Iran immediately see the virtues of Mossad/CIA style democracy. – Don Tzu

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      He’s a sociopath, no two ways about it. I remember a story his nephew told about bringing his developmentally disabled son (can’t remember the exact condition) to the White House and having multiple meetings with Trump about setting up a bill that would benefit Americans, including his own great-nephew. In one of those meetings, after it had all seemed positive, everyone left the room but Trump and his nephew, to whom Trump immediately said “be a lot easier and less expensive if all these disabled kids would just die”.

      Sauce

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        The disabled were one of the first groups rounded up by the Nazis in concentration camps.

        The US is building a lot of concentration camps. It’ll probably be fine.