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[–] markstos@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"I only speak one language"... to a room full of mostly bilingual people who also live in (central or south) America. 🤦🤦🤦

[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They should only speak Spanish to him just to piss him off.

[–] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Those leaders are far right bootlickers.

Including the president elect of Chile (oh god please nonono... bah he doesn't have the congress.)

[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

That makes it more funny.

[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 11 points 21 hours ago

I knew it lol I was waiting for it. I give it 6 months until the national language has been renamed to "American" through a illegal executive order

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

He only speaks War Crime.

[–] Cybersheeper@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 23 hours ago

Not beating the being stupid allegations...

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They should then switch to spanish as their lingua franca for that meeting (brazillians could pull if off).
Or switch to esperanto.

[–] Blan@sh.itjust.works 7 points 22 hours ago

No shit, it would be so damn funny if the whole world just switched over to Esperanto as second language, even if only to spite US and UK. Haah, one can dream the wildest things.

[–] Gort@lemmy.today 5 points 21 hours ago

Oh, good to know, because he can barely speak English.

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What language were they speaking in England before they stole one from USA?

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago

Before or after the French took over in 1066?

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

England? Well there was Cornish and Manx. Cornish went extinct in the 18th century but the last monoglot speaker died in the 17th century.

I am not counting Welsh since that is in Wales... And Scots Gaelic is in Scotland, its own country.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The Scots and Irish keep Gaelic alive just to piss off the British.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 hours ago

Well that, but also it's a really fucking cool language

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

There is a difference.
American is English but limited to a child's vocabulary. The language of simpletons

[–] libre_warrior@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 day ago

This is a nationalistic move. To remove the washington regime away from other english speaking countries and brand itself as something larger. It makes the washington regime seem entitled to landgrabs. It makes washingtonlings feel superior to other english speakers.

It is as stupid as nationalism is stupid, but nationalism is great for ruling people.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 219 points 2 days ago (13 children)

Its "I only speak english and bad english" you uncultured fuck

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[–] kamen@lemmy.world 67 points 1 day ago (8 children)

So Simplified English instead of Traditional English, right?

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Simpleton* English

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

imagine him thinking he has to speak LATIN in latin america. hes a mean drunk.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 172 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And nazi, he speaks nazi too. That sieg heil in the photo didn't happen by coincidence.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 83 points 2 days ago (4 children)

It's an accurate snapshot of the American executive branch right now... the moron MAGA President asleep at the wheel, the moron MAGA underlings putting on full display their idiotic rendition of fascism.

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[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 102 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (19 children)

Sabes cómo se llama uno que habla tres idiomas? Trilingüe.

Sabes cómo se llama uno que habla dos? Bilingüe.

Sabes como se llama uno que habla un sólo idioma? Americano. Se llama americano.

This fucking moron made himself the punchline of the joke that we invented to mock those like him.

[–] redsand@infosec.pub 3 points 1 day ago

It's an American joke too but from satire so Pete probably didn't get it... I wonder if Pete was a fan of The Boys

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[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

USA is special kind of stupid that this probably gets a huge cheering back home.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Uh no. At least don’t paint us all with that brush please.

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

We gotta take our licks on this one. Look what we elected. It's like a "not all men" thing. Sure it's not actually all of us, but it's enough of us to be a problem.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world -1 points 17 hours ago

I’m sorry, I don’t agree with you. I’m from California and we are sitting over here just as aghast as any European nation you could name and larger than some.

We sent 54 electoral votes for Harris to Washington. You want to show me a European nation that did more than that to stop Trump?

I understand Americans as a whole have a responsibility. But this guy was trying to make a specific play-by-play call about how Americans are reacting to this back home and I see no logic in sitting quietly and agreeing with that.

[–] 7101334@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (7 children)

USA is a special kind of stupid, but a majority still oppose war with Iran and... you know... raping children, so Hegseth isn't too popular on the home front either.

[–] tio_bira@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

It's doesn't worth much since the majority just keep his ass tight seat waiting for a "miracle" or a "magic savior" for their situation.

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

Sounds to me like both of you are correct: most Americans don't like him but there are still millions of them who cheer him and his kind of populist actions and words.

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[–] Jiral@lemmy.org 51 points 1 day ago

He probably wanted to say "English (simplified)"

[–] sveltecider@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago

The literal dumbest people run everything.

[–] sauerkrautsaul@lemmus.org 41 points 1 day ago

We have the dumbest leaders ever," one person commented. "What a weird thing to be proud of," a second person added"

this is some concise journalism. they didnt bother to even note if the people they were quoting were posting on twitter or a facebook thread in any way. just said "some dude said this".

the irish star is a dirt rag tabloid, this isnt a source worth posting. surely other platforms are reporting on this

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 74 points 2 days ago (7 children)

I wonder what his mom thinks of him turning into such a huge douchey asshole.

Is she surprised, or did she see it coming? Maybe he's always been so. He's the kid who made new rules for games and cried when the other kids wouldn't follow his rules.

[–] e8CArkcAuLE@piefed.social 63 points 2 days ago (2 children)

“You are an abuser of women – that is the ugly truth and I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego,” Penelope Hegseth wrote in the email obtained by the New York Times.

“You are that man (and have been for years) and as your mother, it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth,” she added, advising her son to “get some help and take an honest look at yourself”.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/30/trump-defense-secretary-pick-pete-hegseth-mother-abuser-of-women

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