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[–] JackBinimbul@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I seriously cannot picture this happening. More of Trump's dementia addled Twitter rambling. Even the puppets pulling his strings wouldn't want this.

I mean, crazier shit has happened, but I see the US going full Handmaid's Tale long before I see them invading a self-governed nation full of almost exclusively white people.

My money would be on Russia making that play before the US.

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

Even the puppets pulling his strings wouldn’t want this.

One of those string-pullers is Stephen Miller, who is obviously mentally deranged and maybe even sub-human. A living embodiment of all the cringey super-villain speeches made by incels since the millenium.

He absolutely wants war and suffering.

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

It won't happen, it was never going to happen, but Trump will throw such shit-fits they'll basically give him the equivalent of what he's asking for so he shuts up. See also the Nobel Peace Prize he strongarmed. It wasn't technically taken by force but it's in his hands now, innit.

[–] JackBinimbul@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 5 hours ago

It's so bizarre seeing people capitulate to toddler tantrums. We're all being held hostage by an ipad kid.

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 1 points 4 hours ago

Don't underestimate that shithole country