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[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Fine. I declare myself god. Checkmate.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 points 11 minutes ago

Well I'm G∞D, checkermate.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 2 points 59 minutes ago

I declare myself as One-above-god, checkmate on you, loser!

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 54 minutes ago

I was told here though that it was perfectly fine what he did and totally didn't take over the government because he didn't put the noble peace prize winner into power

[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 13 points 2 hours ago

When this era of terror is over, I hope we have Nuremberg style trials for all these wastes of humans. From the white house to the lawmakers who sat idly by and let this country falter, to the ice agents "just following orders". And I hope we dismantle everything trump. No courts. No mercy. Globally. Cancel every contract they have given themselves and their friends. Corrupt judges out. End this Christian fascism. Every Trump aligned son of a bitch and bitch delta with

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 41 points 4 hours ago

Oh man, I sure do hope some random fucking country doesn't kidnap the new President of Venezuela.

[–] verdi@feddit.org 16 points 3 hours ago

America was always a nazi shithole, we just didn't care because they made our elite rich and it was only brown people who were getting fucked over it.

Welcome to reality my frieds, a portion of us have been here for a long time. Kissinger should have been the only canary needed to see it, yet, here we are...

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 hours ago

I recognize Delcy Rodriguez as the legal President of Venezuela. Seriously!

[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

What's that? Trump went "woke". That's all I'm hearing.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 78 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Execute the pedo king

Donald Trump came inside a pregnant 13 year old girl and watched as her baby was killed and the corpse dumped into Lake Michigan.

[–] MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world 27 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

https://lisevoldeng.substack.com/p/dont-worry-boys-are-hard-to-find?r=&triedRedirect=true

That could be even worse. I'm not sure why this isn't making the rounds.. I'm not sure how true it is. I haven't had time to look very deep.

[–] TipRing@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I think this warrants additional investigation. I am unfamiliar with Lisa Voldang so I don't know how to evaluate the veracity of the material.

[–] 0x0@infosec.pub 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] derek@infosec.pub 1 points 49 minutes ago

Well! That's settles it then.

[–] baller_w@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 hours ago

No idea what I think about this. It’s terrible as a concept. It’s dated 25 November. Has anything happened with it since?

It’s so sickening it almost seems like a twisted fan fiction.

[–] saimen@feddit.org 47 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

He’s spiraling into a singularity of narcissistic terror over [Jeffrey] Epstein, and decompensating with performative dictatoring

Couldn't have said it better.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

He’s over Epstein. He decided fuck it, he’s going for total power so that whatever is said about Epstein he can just ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 29 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not convinced he cares that much about Epstein. As far as not liking anything that makes him look bad, sure. But he's sending out armed thugs to murder Americans and getting away with it. Why should he care about being outed as a pedophile?

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 6 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

There must be something that he considers embarrassing, so obviously not pedophilia.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think he can feel embarrassment, only anger.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

He doesn't feel embarrassment, but he hates when other people don't constantly sing his praises. Being a pedo subtracts from the cheering throngs. By a frighteningly small margin.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 3 hours ago

I think it needs to be something like him getting a blowjob from a man (or boy). That is something much of his base might consider unforgivable.

But also maybe something like being peed or shat or cummed on.

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[–] Chivera@lemmy.world 143 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

If he's the president of Venezuela then let's open up the border to them. Let them come in they're American now.

[–] worhui@lemmy.world 67 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

This is actually a good argument .

The president of the USA can not be head of state of a different country. So they are either Americans or Donald trump accidentally abdicated the presidency.

[–] AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip 8 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Is there anything explicitly forbidding it? I can't say I recall anything specific about it, but I admit I could be just forgetting a constitutional clause or something.

[–] worhui@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

It is supposed to be covered in the emoluments clause https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Emoluments_Clause

It actually could be OK but congress will have to vote on it to allow it.

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

He cannot "accept ... [an] Office ... from any ... foreign State." I suppose he might argue that "accepting" and "seizing by force" are not the same thing.

Or Congress could pass an act to allow it.

Edit: Or, more realistically, someone will complain to the Supreme Court and they'll find a reason to avoid ruling on the issue and Sotomayor will write an angry dissent but nothing will change.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Argue? Why would he argue? He says it, it happens, nobody has a choice but to accept it, the legal system is defunct. We are living in upside down clown world now. The clown has his own Gestapo and nukes. Fucker needs to be taken out like week old fish in the bin.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 229 points 12 hours ago (16 children)

The lines between Hitler and Trump are becoming less and less blurred

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 28 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

I think you mean more blurred, not less.

A less blurred line would be more distinct, providing a stronger, more obvious separation between the two.

A more blurred line is fuzzier, making it more difficult to tell where one ends and the other starts.

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[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.myserv.one 232 points 12 hours ago (12 children)

It is almost like he told everyone that he was going to be a dictator on day one.

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[–] Danarchy@lemmy.nz 96 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It is often said that to truly be president of a place you must walk among the people unguarded to show that you’re in charge and not a big wuss

[–] diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world 26 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

But he doesn’t even do that in America!

[–] Danarchy@lemmy.nz 16 points 7 hours ago

Dang that must suck to be a fake president of 2 places

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[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

As if we forget Epstein this easily

[–] cheesybuddha@lemmy.world 13 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Hey maybe wars of aggression and intentions to annex allies are just as bad as the child sex trafficking we all know he did.

[–] PartyAt15thAndSummit@lemmy.zip 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Guys, I'm starting to think this Trump fella is up to no good.

[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Idk, I mean he hasn't launch a nuclear miss... check google quick He hasn't launch a nuclear missile yet...

[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 hours ago

Probably only because they hid the button. He would press it, thinking this will order 10 Big Mac meals

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 117 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

We better do NOTHING AT ALL about This! Not even a SLIGHTLY Stern Letter!

-World Leaders Apparently! And Democrats!

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