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“Erika Kirk will continue his legacy, and will be a fearless advocate for the most elite airpower force in the history of the world whose warriors keep our nation safe, strong and free.”

Do you think Erika Kirk could even describe to you how airplanes fly with a basic grade school explanation?

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[–] mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

look at title

shrug, another joke post maybe

look at community name

Holy shit its real !

jump out the window

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 2 points 43 minutes ago* (last edited 42 minutes ago)

I remember going to the Air Force Academy as a kid when we went to visit my aunt who'd moved to Colorado Springs for work. We did the tour, and the guide said that it was one of the hardest schools in the world to get into. I have the feeling admissions will soon be based on your X posts and how many Trump coins you have. Fucking gross.

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

Oh wow, here comes the Goering with high heels.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 27 points 13 hours ago
[–] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 14 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ours@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

Cronies gonna crony.

[–] oldscratchXV@lemmy.world 14 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

And what exactly are the qualifications of some former beauty pageant winner and widow of some dead far-right racist, anti-science, anti-intellectual monster to be in such a position?

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 4 points 6 hours ago

former beauty pageant winner

Seems like Trump is trying to turn the White House into the Playboy mansion.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 12 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine the qualified USAF officers reading her shitty advice about cadet selection.

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Blonde and white. Trim and pitch skills…secondary

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 13 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

What is she going to bring to the table here? How to grift off a dead husband you didn't love, abandon your children to grift, and be the side chick of a guy who fucks couches?

[–] entwine@programming.dev 1 points 28 minutes ago

What is she going to bring to the table here?

Trump gets a cut of the TPUSA merch sales

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 5 points 15 hours ago

Screen presence, kinda attractive, sycophant, rich (ish). Ya'know, the only criteria he gives a fuck about.

[–] HalfAFrisbee@lemmy.world 14 points 17 hours ago
[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago

I bet she's qualified for that.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 11 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

I wonder if she will have a nice couch in her office for Vance when he visits.

On a more serious note, it is amazing how well her husbands killing has worked out for her professionally.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

it is amazing how well her husbands killing has worked out for her professionally.

I feel its more of a "never let a crisis go to waste", but I can't blame people for wondering if she was involved. I don't know if she's just full to the gills on botox or what, but her grief felt performative.

[–] BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago (6 children)
[–] orbitz@lemmy.ca 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Hey it could be a DUI hire like others too...I don't know much about her if that could be accurate but if she's going with that ship she's a fucking douche. No one with any sense of morality would ever accept a position from them.

Funny how apparently all the 'christian/godly' (outspoken ones) types are attaching themselves to the apparent anti Christ. Well probably not literally but the description fits 1:1 and I'm an atheist but I think the Bible had a good description of that charlaton.

I recall reading some old philosopher and they described the worst person, it was Trump. I could never find it again forget but it was Plato or Aristotle I think. There have always been those types in all of history. Somehow the US was hoodwinked into actually giving him power, rather than run him off like the snake oil salesmen he is.

[–] BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

I'm not religious either, but I'm aware of the core principles of Christianity. Trump is the embodiment of greed, and goes heavily against what the Bible teaches, look no further than "love thy neighbor." He actively goes against that core principle daily. I'm sure someone has done a full write up of all the things trump has done that's against the Bibles teachings, yet these Bible loving """Christians""" swear he's the second coming of Jesus and was appointed by god.

It's a cult, plain and simple. Christians follow him because a good amount of them are conservative, because their believe is only surface level. It's only faith when it's convenient and "against gods wishes or whatever" when it's against their conservative beliefs.

Christians that belive trump is the greatest and sent to us by god haven't read the same fucking book they're constantly quoting, they're hypocrites and traitors to themselves and their supposed beliefs. He is in fact the antichrist according to these people's own book.

This is the true Trump Derangement Syndrome, because once again, every accusation is a confession of the Repulikkkan party.

[–] thetentacle@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

They have apparently succeeded in poisoning the meaning of the term.

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[–] LordOfLocksley@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The only DEI hire that Republicans approve of

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[–] Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world 83 points 1 day ago (13 children)

Getting hep c and being discharged with 1 week of boot camp left seemed like a curse when I was 21...but now that I have seen all the bullshit Trump is doing...at 33 I can say thank God for hep c.

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[–] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago

Oh my god, congratulations Erika. Look how far you got exploiting that bullet in your husband's neck! Amazing. I'm sure his gay rumours were untrue, and that you loved each other so much! I hope you also one day get that closeted couch fucker away from his dirty foreigner wife! Such inspiration. Beautiful.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Donald Trump is cancer. Literally couldn't be a worse person. And he thinks the concept of "qualified" means "is liked by people in power". If this administration doesn't depress you greatly, nothing will.

Nothing of real value is given value by this administration. Only money and hoarding it matter, and nakedly so. They're literally citing greed as why starting a war is ok. "we're going to make a lot of money" is something actually said out loud by politicians in defense of a war. I cannot imagine how this government could get more corrupt.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 10 points 1 day ago

There couldn't be a worse person by character. There could be a worse leader, one that was capable, and even half as mean.

[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 55 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Kirk, a former Miss Arizona beauty pageant winner, was also recognized by Trump during the president’s State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in February.

She was hired because of ~~nepotism~~ her qualifications...

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

She was hired because she's proven herself to be a valuable psychopath and propaganda operative; those are the only relevant qualifications to the American nazi party.

[–] rozodru@piefed.world 17 points 1 day ago (5 children)

she'll also be Vance's "Wife" soon if they deem him ready to be next in line. last thing they'd want is an Indian as first lady.

[–] aproposnix@scribe.disroot.org 50 points 1 day ago (6 children)

So basically she's there to help brainwash service members into accepting the coming Apocalypse where they will be embraced by baby Jesus.

[–] robolemmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 day ago

That’s been a core value of the academy for decades. It’s a religious cult disguised as a military academy

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[–] yuknowhokat@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago
[–] x00z@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Lmao. Everything Trump does is so extremely similar to how Hitler and the Nazi regime came to be. It's unbelievable.

[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Damn, crazy how this nobody is still in the news. She is grifting HARD and loves that her husband was murdered. Now she gets the spotlight and can't get enough of it.

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