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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

It is becoming apparent that despite all the wailing and gnashing of teeth, everyone is actually ok with all his shit

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

He was forced to do that otherwise his friends Kim and Vlad wouldn't stop to make fun of him. They already ridiculed him in the group chat for the low energy military parade for his birthday

But this is still small. Even smaller than the flag! (Which is hung flipped, on the wrong side?)

They are still laughing because look how small he looks compared to the Vlad one! Did he wanted to save money? Cheapskate!

Now he has to put his photo in every classroom and replace the Lincoln statue

[–] sqgl@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

This photo would have more of an effect if there was a credible source for it. I can't even read the banner to Google it. I had to reverse image search.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/national-guard-chicago-crime/

This trend of screenshots rather than links degrades discourse.

[–] LengAwaits@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

"trump banner dc"

You'll find it to be a very effective search engine query.

[–] kungfuratte@feddit.org 1 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

It says "American Workers First".

The picture comes from the WSJ article linked to in the Mastodon post. https://archive.is/QDS8P

[–] sqgl@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

For me the first page of a Google search does not link to stories with this image with the military standing in front. Except for one link to the Boston Globe which displays for a second before paywall blocking.

That is why the general netiquette is to share the link in the first place.

[–] sqgl@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

That link was not clickable from OP because it was a screenshot. I manually typed it in but forgot to use uppercase so it returned a Hillary Twitter thread https://archive.is/qds8p

Of course I know what the banner says now because I found a decent source which I have in my comment.

[–] Donebrach@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

If you haven’t removed people from your life who DONT know that Trump and his cohort is a menace then… what’s the point here now?

Either they are a future ____ , or just let them be.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 17 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

If there's anyone in your life that still doesn't get that Donald Trump is a fascist, then they are a cultist and a photo won't have any effect.

This is early 1930s Germany. They're lost. They're gone. They're going to have to be beaten into submission like every other fascist movement ever.

We had a chance to go down another path. We passed on that opportunity.

[–] EldenLord@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

In europe there are many old people who obviously aren‘t cultists, but still say "well he did alot of good things for his country" or "well the woke youth would run society to the ground". So yeah, Trumpism isn‘t only a cult problem, but a cultural one.

Which is why I‘m very cynical about what will happen when the White House toddler finally bites the cheeto dust.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 17 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

idk what the fuss is about this is totally normal where I'm from:

[–] OldSchoolMonkey@lemmy.ml 4 points 15 hours ago (2 children)
[–] saimen@feddit.org 7 points 15 hours ago

From the movie adaptation of the book "1984" from the year 1984.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 15 hours ago

It's from the country of Airstrip One, Oceania

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

If this was a screenshot from a game with a fictional president, people would call it "very on the nose". Maybe someone with photoshop skills can make that edit, to ask Trump supporters what that president reminds them, then switch in the original with Trump (of course many will think the original is the fake).

[–] backgroundcow@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Edit: maybe a better one:

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 30 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

Again, is anyone here, on Lemmy, surprised by this shit?

Yes, America lives under democracy, however, did you ever stop to consider that business operates under authoritarianism? So we take someone who is aggressively capitalistic, has run and owned several businesses, even had a TV show that's known for the phrase "you're fired", and put them in charge. Then we're surprised when this person who has basically been head of several authoritarian businesses, starts acting like an authoritarian regime?

I don't think so Tim.

None of this is surprising to me in the least.

And people voted for this.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 18 hours ago

People been voting for this every election since this slave colony was stolen.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 17 hours ago

"Hybrid regime" is the best phrase to describe the US right now.

Not a total dictatorship, yet, but very authoritarian, but somehow just not authoritarian enough for someone to be granted political asylum in, say, the EU, but nevertheless, very authoritarian.

I wonder at what point the EU would actually take this regime seriously and start granting asylum.

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[–] modus@lemmy.world 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Time to break out the projectors.

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago

Bet they burn real nice

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 11 points 18 hours ago

The comparatively small font on, "American Workers," really makes it seem like it's saying, "Trump First." ...which I'm sure is an accident.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 18 hours ago

Fash gonna fash.

[–] Aimeeloulm@feddit.uk 12 points 22 hours ago

So these flags were made in the USA right? Trump does support manufacturing in the USA, right ?? Or is the truth like his MAGA hats these flags also made in China 🙄

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 3 points 17 hours ago

I wouldn't want to be the person with an office behind that poster. not even if I had bulletproof glass

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 4 points 18 hours ago

1948 called, they wanted the premise for the novel 1984 back.

[–] notso@feddit.org 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"Holy small dick energy, Batman. That man must feel a huge need to compensate for something."

"He may have a small penis Robin, but he is also a fascist, a pedophile, a traitor and an incredible piece of entitled shit. We must never forget that."

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 21 hours ago

Holy doll hands, Batman!

[–] HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 118 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Kudos to the photographer. That pic is dystopian AF.

[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 21 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

I'm sure the photographer would point out they literally just photographed reality. It's reality that's dystopian

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Reminds me of when Trump was in office the first time and Biden was running. Trumpers started posting pics of empty store shelves, (from all of the panic-buying and COVID shortages) and captioning them like “this will be America under Biden”. My brother in Christ you just drove to the store and took a photo of reality under Trump… And reality under Trump looks like empty store shelves.

[–] HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

No argument there; I guess I was aiming my compliment more towards the framing and composition of the pic, not so much the subject.

[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 1 points 13 hours ago

Yep. So glad I'm not american...

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[–] plyth@feddit.org 23 points 1 day ago (5 children)

This is so over the top. Has anybody considered that it could be an act to distract from something even more sinister?

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 10 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

What's more sinister than being a fascist in the middle of the takeover of a country?

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[–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago

Yes. And yes it is.
The key difference between this Trump presidency and the last, is that the people backing him this time have weaponized his stupidity. They are definitely doing some really nefarious shit while he runs around playing dictator. They started by getting rid of every watchdog group within the government, and then eviscerated every department that had access to massive amounts of money. So, just like the $12billion dollars in actual cash that mysteriously disappeared during GWs presidency, we are going to find the literal trillions of dollars that were in the coffers of those governmental departments somehow magically gone without a trace.

It is going to take decades for people to even get a basic understanding of all the nefarious shit it's going down right now.

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[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 80 points 1 day ago (5 children)

This is so pathetic.

This is North Korean levels of cringe.

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