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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 158 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] Maeve@midwest.social 15 points 4 months ago

Was thinking he's going to attack Russia.

[–] Eril@feddit.org 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Most of the time in favor of the last person he talked to, if that person knows at least a little bit how to handle him (and Putin most certainly does). As soon as I heard that they would talk, I knew he would drop some pro-russian taking points again.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Putin just had to remind him of the pee pee tapes.

[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 117 points 4 months ago

He also said a convicted child sex trafficker was a great guy.

[–] al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 96 points 4 months ago

No one cares Donnie release the Epstein files.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 81 points 4 months ago
[–] modernangel@sh.itjust.works 63 points 4 months ago

Treating "trump says" as a meaningful news is just garbage journalism

[–] Hayduke@lemmy.world 55 points 4 months ago (2 children)

He also said he will lower drug prices by 1000%. The man is a fucking idiot. An idiot that people voted for because “he is a businessman “; a businessman that said he would lower drug prices by 1000%

No wonder his personal ventures went tits-up. Glad he got the opportunity to apply his wisdom to the world stage. Neat-o

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (4 children)
[–] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

I believe he also said it's a number that no one can even imagine.

So...

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[–] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 54 points 4 months ago
[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 46 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)
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[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 4 months ago (4 children)

How much land is Trump willing to surrender if Russia invades the US?

[–] rammer@sopuli.xyz 15 points 4 months ago
[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 months ago

He'll probably sell it as "a merger of equals", that "America will now be across 3 continents and the sun will never set on America." "The greatest America it's ever been!"

[–] apftwb@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Just give them Alaska so we can have peace in our time.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Everything from Tennessee to Florida is already Russia, so give them what is already theirs. They can have Alberta, too.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 36 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Trump says a lot of things. Nearly all of them are lies.

[–] ButtermilkBiscuit@feddit.nl 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

"There is no Epstein client list" says top Epstein client.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 35 points 4 months ago

Donnie, you’re out of your element.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Never going to happen and it's just a tool for ruzi propaganda. Europe and Ukraine would never accept this unless Ukraine immediately joins NATO because only an idiot would think that ruzis would stop after being appeased like that.

[–] wampus@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

At this point, why bother with NATO? The US is unlikely to take any action if its allies are attacked -- hell, they'd prolly join in on attacking their own allies.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The other members are pretty strong too

[–] wampus@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There are some nukes in the hands of the UK, and some in the hands of France. I don't recall hearing any other NATO partner as having their own nukes.

Israel has more of a nuclear deterrent than a place like Canada or Spain. Turkey has a large army, but against nuclear armed aggressor countries that's less of a deterrent. The NATO of yesteryear, was a united block with Article 5 basically meaning "If you're part of NATO, you're protected from nuclear armed aggressors due to the general principle of mutually assured destruction should shit hit the fan". Now, it's "Russia can attack anyone they want, and the USA will assist as best they can. The US will also pressure NATO countries to buy sub-standard weapons that cannot be used without US approval; this helps the US prevent its new ally, Russia, from losing any conflict". Sorta like how there are US controlled nukes in some NATO countries, that they can't use for their own defense without the US go-ahead.

And anyone that thinks Trump / the USA is gonna go against Russia, hasn't been paying attention to all the Putin cock America's been sucking lately.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I dont think US would dare to directly assist ruzis just yet. The nazis in power need more time to boil the frog.

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[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 29 points 4 months ago

LOL no EU and Ukraine already rejected it.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 4 months ago

yeah, how about no, go fuck yourself trump. release the files.

[–] Cyv_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Appeasing Putin is a shit plan.

[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 9 points 4 months ago

Just let him have Sudetenland, he will surely stop then.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

He was raised not to oppose daddy

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So I guess during the talk with Putin, the Cheeto got reminded that they have his pee tapes?

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

At this point, if it were only pee tapes, I feel like GOPhers would have tried normalizing pee tapes already.

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[–] Nagrom@lemmy.ca 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 months ago

More like "fuck no"

[–] projectsquared@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago

Maybe Putin gave Trump a gold bar and told him that he was the bestest boy.

[–] comador@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago

Today on TACO TV...

[–] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Because Russia clearly doesn't have enough land, especially empty land yet.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 months ago

That's not how it works sadly. Ukraine has massive tracts of arable land in more favourable hardiness zones, climate and land quality.

Plus they are just dicks.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Will they? I doubt it. Probably a typical Trump illusion.

[–] Dragomus@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

..temporary.. peace.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 9 points 4 months ago

another truncation of the epstein files hes trying to distract from, and also putting on more "security detail" to ghislaines prison stay, because of death threats.

[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Redundant but necessary for Felon Drink Bleach:

#eatabagofdicks

I would follow it with:

#andfuckofftothesun

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Trump doesn't deserve dicks, they're a treat.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Depends on how big, and where.

[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago
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