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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 40 minutes ago* (last edited 40 minutes ago)

Oh shit, if this happens, we're about to have an even worse wave of islamaphobia, even worse than the aftermath of 9/11.

It's cooked either way.

Canada, pls save us.

LET ME INNNN!

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 27 points 7 hours ago
[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago

WTF I love Regime change now!

[–] Zink@programming.dev 28 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

It feels like there are about 100 million of us in the states scratching our necks like Dave Chappelle and saying "y'all still got any of that 'regime change' we been handing out?"

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 22 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

We double dog dare you to do it.

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 13 points 8 hours ago

Triple dog 

[–] harcesz@szmer.info 43 points 11 hours ago
[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 hours ago

I'd prefer some death note shit go down but I'll take anything at this point

[–] youngGoku@lemmy.world 42 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

I don't normally like seeing violence / gore. It makes me queezy and upset. I don't click on NSFL links ever.

But I would watch this. If the current potus was assassinated by someone (especially a foreign contract for hire), and it was captured on video, I would watch it on repeat, at various speeds, and I would relish in his pain as he capitulates to the cold clutch of death's grip.

I would save the video and revisit it from time to time as a reminder that sometimes people do get what they deserve.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 36 minutes ago* (last edited 27 minutes ago)

Assassination of Ferdinand v2: Electric Boogaloo, 2026 Edition (COLORIZED)

Edit: Correction, 2026, I forgot a year passed already lol

[–] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I don't want Trump to die. I think a fitting end to him would be jail time, then a stroke rendering his body crippled but his mind as fit as it can be.

Him sitting alone, with no good way to communicate, in a prison of his own mind, in prison getting smacked around by other inmates makes me happy.

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

He's doing more damage to the republican party that probably anyone else could.

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

With such a video I'd definitely be recreating the NSFW version of Kevin Costner's famous scene in the movie JFK every night.

"Back and to the theft. Back and too the left... Oh that's nice.... Back and too the left... oooooh yeah"

[–] despite_velasquez@lemmy.world 11 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I'm gonna say something unpopular: canonising your worst enemies as martyrs isn't gonna end well for anyone

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 23 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

I really, really hope he dies of natural causes on live TV.

If he's assassinated things are going to get much worse.

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 5 points 6 hours ago

As if the rabid mob wouldn't immediately create some conspiracy in that case...

[–] TaeKwonDoh@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 children)

Wouldn't it be nice to see Trump go down like a sack of potatoes mid self-aggrandizing rant at a press conference or something, and the bonk of his head off the podium to be sampled into a thousand EDM tracks from that moment until the next election?

[–] FelixMortane@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I think him falling asleep during some televised brief, at a table with a large group, of people would be better.

Hammer in that point he does nothing of use and would have been literally sitting there dead for 20-minutes before anyone noticed.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

That's already happened multiple times.

[–] FelixMortane@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago

Sorry, I meant falling asleep and never waking up again.

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 hours ago

Can the reaper please hurry already? The guy is already standing with one foot in the grave, his mind is gone and his body is falling to pieces.

I dunno, they've already done the spin up for if Trump dies even from natural causes they'll claim he was assassinated. No matter what happens things are going to get much worse.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)
[–] OshagHennessey@lemmy.world 20 points 11 hours ago

Don't threaten me with a good time

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 18 points 11 hours ago
[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

I sure hope so.

[–] gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world 25 points 13 hours ago
[–] mrslt@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

Keeping my fingers crossed.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

This might just be a false flag.

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 29 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Is there a gofundme that I can donate to to help speed this up?

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 hours ago

Iranian Religious figures already declared a fatwa against Trump declaring him an enemy of the religion and posting a bounty that's already like 40M dollars for his execution.

You could probably donate to that bounty, although I am sure if you are a US citizen it runs afoul of some domestic laws.

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 178 points 19 hours ago

Don't threaten us with a good time.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 13 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Chilling? Do you mean arousing?

[–] optissima@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

It is chilling; I'd feel much more chill if it happened /j

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 108 points 19 hours ago
[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 96 points 19 hours ago (6 children)

And just like that, 35% of Americans are now cheering for Iran.

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