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Donald Trump on Friday downplayed the toll on American sailors enduring nearly nine months at sea on the USS Abraham Lincoln as concerns escalated about mental health and supply issues aboard the aircraft carrier supporting U.S. operations against Iran.

In a brief exchange with reporters before flying to New York for an event to highlight falling violent crime rates across the U.S., Trump refuted that family members have raised concerns about the deployment’s length and even said that the deployment — which includes a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea of more than 240 days — is “not nearly long enough.”

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 83 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (18 children)

Every single one of them that voted for Trump or didn't vote, got what they deserve. They voted for the leopard eating faces, and now the leopard is on them.
The ones that voted against Trump are the only ones I can really feel sorry for.
Fuck Americans that failed to vote against Trump.

Trump is a malignant narcissist, and that was very clear before the election, it was also clear before he was elected the first time.
If you want a malignant narcissist as leader of your country, you are not right in the head.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 48 points 3 weeks ago (22 children)

There's no way they could have known. It's not like he had a history going back into the 70s and 60s of being a... oh, yeah. He did.

You know the joke in Back to the Future where Marty tells Doc the President is Reagan, and he says incredulously, "What? The actor?" Well, imagine going back to any point in the latter 20th century and telling someone that Trump will be President. Anyone would laugh, no matter what party affiliation. Seems we all had standards back then, even if they were still low.

The reason is simply because he's the perfect tool that the Southern Strategy dreamed of. They never had an idea it would work so well.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago

They knew Trump was a scumbag back when they made Back to the Future 2! You think this...

...was a coincidence?!

Hell, the Simpsons made fun of the idea.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The DNC pretty much handed him 2016, and Biden handed him 2024.

The two parties are both trash, and the citizens just rolling over and taking it up the ass, doesn't help.

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Spy magazine back in the '80s used to have an annual "10 worst people, places and things" issue. Trump always made the list, although it was more of an NYC-centric thing. Each listee always had a "mitigating factors" item and Trump's was always "at least he's not in politics". :(

My favorite bit from back then was that Trump once offered to pay for the funeral of a child who had been killed by a bear, and then reneged on the offer.

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[–] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 42 points 3 weeks ago

240+ days not nearly long enough...I wonder how many times he's played golf during that time.

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 40 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

He's so stupid. He just walks into these PR disasters unforced because he can't come up with something better.

Just wax lyrical about the dedication of your soldiers and how thankful the USA is for them to carry out this important mission. It would be so easy.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Walking headlong into PR disasters and getting away with it is part of the flex of fascism. It’s the same for most of their hypocrisy and ‘rules for thee’ mentality.

Also, he is going senile, my grandma also got weirdly angry at everybody and everything right before she started to forget who we were, and eventually who she was.

[–] im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 10 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

It's a weird benefit of populist, anti-establishment candidates.

They're just not held to the same standards and their supporters are very dismissive of any wrong doing.

It's the same with Farage in the UK. We have a populist Pauline Hanson here in Australia who's the same.

I don't really have any plausible explanation.

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is what you get for electing a weakling with bone spurs.

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[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

How much you wanna bet the majority of personnel on that aircraft carrier would still happily vote for trump’s successor (Vance? Trump again, illegally? A festering maggotty sack of feces? Anyone with an [R] next to their name?) in 2028?

MAGA people never learn.

[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

As soon as he's out, his wannabe successors will put all the things they can't defend on his mental decline. Once elected, they'll do exactly the same things.

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[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Was anyone expecting him to? Has he ever apologized for anything in his 80 years on this planet?

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

The guy never seems to have a legit smile or laugh about something, either. Unless it is to laugh at someone else's pain. Even in his photo ops with that stupid thumbs-up, it is really a grimace.

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[–] stumu415@lemmy.zip 20 points 3 weeks ago

Historically it always turns out well when you alienate the military.

[–] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I say this is a former army officer. The military will vote for another Republican as long as that Republican is standing up there mouthing thank the troops bullshit. Fuck Trump fuck everybody that voted for this mother fucker.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think you spelled "child fucker" incorrectly.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 18 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

How does this guy manage to get stupider with each passing day. He's not even trying anymore, he's totally checked out.

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 18 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Ydna@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

He's also surrounded by sycophants

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[–] btsax@reddthat.com 17 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

"Well yeah this sucks but the Fox News playing 24/7 in the commissary tells me that Democrats want to turn my kids trans so I guess I still have to vote for Republicans"

-95% of the military

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[–] Corvidae@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (5 children)

One of the most basic lessons of Christianity is the need to ask for forgiveness. Trump once held up a bible for a photo op, we keep hearing rumblings of Christian Nationalism apparently from this current administration, and Trump now declares, "I'll never apologize." That's about as anti-Christian as a message can be.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

It is also a key feature of narcissism. Donnie not apologizing is not the least bit surprising.

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[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

Just like for everything else, Bible's commands are for commoners. He is chosen. He's above. He can do whatever the fuck he wants. He raped children and these good Christians, "family values" defenders, always ready to restrict everyone else's freedom for the sake of "protecting children", they still glorify him.

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[–] DisasterTransport@startrek.website 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

It's almost impressive how emotionally volatile he is. Defensive as fuck and flailing, not even trying to tune the bullshit. Maybe he's just getting too comfortable, maybe it doesn't matter because if how cemented his power is, but can you imagine if, like, Hillary Clinton said some shit like this when she got oresson on Benghazi. Like "nobody thinks it was bad, if you ask me it's not bad enough and should get worse"

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

My theory is that no only does he have a circus entourage of clapping seals almost wherever he goes, LLMs seem like a perfect match for an egotistical idiot with dementia like Trump. It can synthesize an image or tell him a reality of whatever he desires. In some ways he's more comfortable and feels like he no longer has to answer to anyone.

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[–] tigermountain@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Let's not make the mistake of thinking that once Trump is dead and gone our problems will be over. Trump is an incompetent fool but there are quite a few very smart people behind him now, and there will continue to be these people when he is either dead or out of office that will be doing everything in their power to sustain aspects of this administration they find useful.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

True. Very true.

But we'll never have to hear this low IQ rapist pedo's dipshit opinions ever again. And that'll be real nice. Imagine not hearing that flatulent voice anymore. Imagine not seeing his redneck name printed everywhere. Gonna be supreme.

As far as functionally, we may get lucky and see a lot of his cultists refrain from voting in the future cuz the good ol' days are gone and no one else is living up to their cult leader desires.

Our problems won't nearly be over, but a dangerous cult leader will be worm food, and that's a real good thing.

[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If those people were capable then they’d be in power without a useful idiot like DJT. Once DJT is dead the low IQ morons that plague this country will go back to not participating in elections like they did prior to 2016.

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[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

US residents can solve the problem with this one weird trick involving 9mm of metal.

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 weeks ago

The Roy Cohn Shuffle: never admit you're wrong, just keep doubling down.

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Can we please impeach this fuckass alreafy

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Some of you may die but, that's a sacrifice I am willing to make.

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[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I really hope the current military is seeing this, as well as all those vets who have to wear grunt style tshirts everywhere they go and plaster veteran/military decals all over their cars.

he. Does. NOT. Care. About. YOU!

[–] limelight79@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

That ship should have sailed when he mocked John McCain, a guy that spent 6 years in a POW camp after being shot down over Vietnam. In a sane world, he'd lose the military vote right then and there, forever.

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[–] Furbag@pawb.social 8 points 3 weeks ago

You hear that, navy boys? Time for mutiny. He's not going to send you home.

[–] PedroMaldonado@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Dammit.....im am so fucking tired if this piece of shit

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Fucking up everybody else is a sacrifice he's willing to do...

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[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Let's put him on one for that many days without his creature comforts and see what he thinks after that.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Doesn't matter if it's made an official holiday by the government. The people of this nation (world) are gonna make it a national (international) holiday by sheer force of will.

I'll celebrate it like Christmas every year. I'll call in sick every year on the day if I have to.

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