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[–] frtzngbllr@lemmy.world 14 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

TLDR

"LOLOL we made the US delegates wait and didnt shake hands, they so weak."

Stupid Shits.

[–] SheepHerder@lemmy.world 22 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Well, it's about perception isn't it... America (Trump) is very sensitive about perception.

[–] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

While this regime is huge on optics, this shit has gone on for millennia. I remember reading that Obama was pissed his handlers kept telling him to wait for the repubs to call him and not for him to call them as it would show weakness or some BS. He was like idgaf we need to start negotiations! The handlers just told him that's how DC politics worked and it would affect negotiations.

It's also why trump used to jerk ppl in when he shook hands to "throw them off guard" and make him look stronger and more dominant. His dying ass doesn't do it anymore cause he can barely stand or walk anywhere for more than 10 minutes. If he tried it now, the other person would just pull him and he'd fall.

[–] frtzngbllr@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

The world should focus way more on like, dunno, science, facts and shit like dat, instead of stupid powergames.

[–] SheepHerder@lemmy.world 16 points 3 hours ago

Yes, I agree. They should. But they aren't.

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 11 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

It's a fact the administration sees value in those power games.

[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

But they are idiots. A small part of me is happy any time they aren't, but this is really just pointless signalling by morons, for morons, about morons.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago

BlueMAGA energy.

Israel is massacring hundreds of people a day across Lebanon, while the liberal media is fully fixated on whether JD Vance had to listen to On Hold music for a minute in Switzerland.

No coverage of why these negotiations are delayed or what the stakes are. It's all just optics.