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[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

If Nigeria kicks our ass I give up.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 38 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

Attacked Venezuela. Largest oil reserves in the world.

Bombed Nigeria. Largest oil reserves in Africa.

Expressed an interest in invading Greenland. Guess what?

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

cant just distract from the epstein files, gotta profit from the distraction to.

cause hes a greedy pig.

[–] oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I wonder, if in some future timeline where conservatives have managed to drill the absolute fuck out of the planet and use it all up, will their attitude towards EVs and windmills and nuclear change then?

[–] DamnianWayne@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

In that scenario we would end up with FF7.

[–] bunchberry@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

bold of you to assume there'd still be a habitable planet left by then

[–] Cloudstash@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Sure, i get it, Trump is orange bad boi living the dream in USA or whatever, but you do realise that this type of behaviour isnt new to USA, regardless of what party the president is a member of. USA will continue to bomb odd targets, stage coups and train terrorist groups to do their dirty work.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

Yeah, but the US used to be a bit more subtle.

[–] DamnianWayne@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

No it didn't?

You had better P.R., but we all knew the shit you were doing.

[–] Bakkoda@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Hahahahaha

The USs brand loyalty was shinier. That's literally it.

[–] presoak@lazysoci.al 2 points 5 hours ago

Do you prefer the subtle party or the unsubtle party?

[–] Cloudstash@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

That's true. However, no matter how good the food tastes, it ends up the same in your belly. Just do the best you can, mind your own business, live a happy life, and do whatever the hell you feel like. As long as you’re not actually hurting anyone, go ahead.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

When we start fighting wars over fresh water, Trumps plans for Canada and Greenland are going to be seen as genius...

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 8 hours ago

Dude, desalinisation is right there.

[–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 12 points 18 hours ago

bro, russia is right there

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 21 points 23 hours ago

his distraction escalates as epstein news escalates.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No new wars, but plenty of "special military operations".

[–] TheKracken@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

We haven't technically had an official war since WW2. Every "war" was a special military operation. So this is business as normal because no president wants to have to go through Congress to declare war officially. But hey why should we care about checks and balances on power?

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 60 points 1 day ago (4 children)

THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR IS PEACE
THE RADICAL LEFT IS SLAVERY
FOX NEWS IS STRENTH

HAIL BIG BROTHER

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

President Donald Trump announced on Christmas that the U.S. has bombed “ISIS Terrorist Scum” in Nigeria.

Well merry Christmas to you too, I guess?

This is normal now. Christmas is about bombing scum, thanks giving is about retards or something.

I want my normal world back

[–] sausager@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

Super Christian of him

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

wasnt aware ISIS was in nigeria.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 points 17 hours ago

Lost of splinters and cells scattered around the Muslim world as I understand it, but the amount of ranges between major insurgent army to dumbfuck backwoods militia.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago

Why? To ruin Christmas

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

I’m not even mad at the rotten orange, this is just mold.

Every single person who swore an oath to the CONSTITUTION, not a person, should present themselves for Captain’s Mast at the very least.

How fucking could you pull the trigger

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago

Trump is a terrorist

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 70 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Another Epstein diversion.

[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 26 points 1 day ago

The really sad thing about this is I think you're right

[–] clot27@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 day ago

Terrorists spreading terrorism

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

In before Trump starts ranting about "the Nigers". You know it's only a matter of time...

[–] DeICEAmerica@lemmy.world 70 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How old ARE the kids he fucks? 4? 5?

Put a blindfold on this mother fucker and tie him to a pole atop the Capitol Steps.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 23 hours ago

12-15 apparently, he likes them ivanka young.

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[–] Aequitas@feddit.org 209 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I never would have thought that the recipient of the great FIFA Peace Prize would do something like that 😮

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm just so grateful that all the previous presidents refused to do this and setup safeguards to ensure that Trump will be punished. \s \s \s

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (11 children)

Previous presidents are only part of the equation.

The other part is having a society that isn't stupid enough to elect a felon rapist pedophile insurrectionist.

The situation we find ourselves in is as much American's fault as it is our politicians. Actually moreso, since those politicians are only there because of American's decisions.

[–] bunchberry@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

The alternative was an outright jingoist who ran to the right of Trump on foreign policy, insisting that she would massively ramp up military spending and build "the most lethal military in the world." Given the history of Democrats with how much Biden and Obama loved drone strikes, it is rather disconnected from reality to think that Democrats wouldn't be bombing as well.

Foreign policy is something that Democrats and Republicans have always agreed upon, have always been warmongering parties and CNN and Fox News always come to agree on every war the US ever gets involved in. There literally wasn't an option to avoid US imperialist wars.

Well, there are third parties, but if you talk about voting for third parties then everyone will claim a third party is secretly a vote for Trump and then try to paint you as equivalent to Trump supporter.

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[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And just like that, the name "Epstein" is forgotten by "The News."

[–] anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 day ago (4 children)

It should be mentioned that the Nigerian government says they requested the strike

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[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

Every day I see a new headline and think, it's almost like this guy is trying to instigate WWIII by any means necessary because he wants to kill us all.

You know how these fascists are obsessed with patriarchy and authoritarianism? Sometimes narcissists commit familicide before they off themselves.

Yardley, Wilson, and Lynes divide familicides into four groups: anomic, disappointed, self-righteous, and paranoid.

In this typology, the "anomic" killer sees his family purely as a status symbol; when his economic status collapses, he sees them as surplus to requirements. The "disappointed" killer seeks to punish the family for not living up to his ideals of family life. The "self-righteous" killer destroys the family to exact revenge upon the mother, in an act that he blames on her. Finally, the "paranoid" killer kills their family in what they imagine to be an attempt to protect them from something even worse.

I have Trump pegged as the anomic type. Possibly disappointed.

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