ryutaro's mama
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Coincidentally, I was in Scotland two weeks ago and every follow-up question was, "What are you guys doing over there? How did you elect reality show host?"
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Daily Beast: President Trump Turned International Diplomacy Into A FistfightAnd Lost
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Coincidentally, I was in Scotland two weeks ago and every follow-up question was, "What are you guys doing over there? How did you elect reality show host?"
Lys Skygge
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Ugh. I don't even know how to answer that except for "over half of the US are idiots"
Less than half, but half that matters more as their 1 vote count for 1.X votes instead of 1.
Why to even cater to your "true base" when whole presidential election system favors to catering to people with most voting power?
Version 3.0
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Sometimes a symptom can be more immediately threatening than the disease itself. Like a high fever that can kill you, caused by a disease you can otherwise live with, fend off, or cure.
That's Trump: a symptom so bad, you have to stop treating the disease and deal with him first.
Not half. Less than half the population (including kids) votes, and less than half the voters chose Trump. I mean, it's still 63 million people, but let's not distort the facts.
Obama does. It caused more than one controversy for him
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/04/obamaflipsoffcl.html
You know Trump meant it from his reaction afterwards though
I love Merkel for speaking out and Macron and Trudeau for showing him what a pathetic old man he is when he tries his wannabe alpha handshake to prove his bigly strength and virility. They had to cuddle up to him to save NATO and the Paris treaties, now that he failed to do as he should. No need for kid gloves anymore. Except for Mr Tiny Hands, of course.
Lys Skygge
Member
I know. But then I gotta explain the electoral process....I'll probably just say "I don't know how he won, I didn't vote for him"
That obnoxious smirk on his face after he does anything douchey (aka everything) is so fucking stupid. It's the sort of thing that you would see on an obnoxious 5 year old, but coming from a 70 year old man who's also the president.
It's so embarrassing.
Jesus christ....
Donald was also too late to this meeting.
Before someone asks, noone else was too late.
Alex_Mexico
Member
Jesus christ....
They gave Obama endless shit for saluting soldiers with a cup of coffee on his hand, where's the Dem outrage over this fucking shit right here?
adamsappel
Member
Nope, but even if it was, that should have been good enough.
Ouch.
And yeah. We have that coming.
Lol, read up on your history. Plenty of US presidents have damaged the country's image in their first term. What a silly question.
This post is not having the praise and discussion that deserves.
You are totally right. As somebody said in this thread, Trump is a symptom , not the desease. The real enemy, the real criminal here has been the Republican party all along. The whole "system" created by that party has been the scourge of the American people for decades, systematic fucking the poor class, shitty education system (specially for people in college), gun laws, social warfare , healthcare , racism and oppression- which also applies to the "legal" discrimination against people with criminal records and slave labor in prisons, a super villain like desire to fuck up the environment.
If the American people does not realize this sooner or later. Then change will never truly come.
Less fun when you remember this was in London and from last November.
Metalingus5150
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Anecdotal I know but from what I've seen, most americans don't understand diplomacy or foreign policy.
Spladam
Member
Damn man... ok, maybe we deserve that, but it's kind of a smug thing to do 4 months after the U.K. passed the Brexit referendum.
The more I see this Gif the more cringey it becomes. Look at the way Macron grabs his arm to stop the assault, and it seems everyone in the crowd is looking in that direction and notices the madness.
I like this post. I'm a bit confused right now as to where the U.S.'s REAL relationship with it's European allies is.