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[–] bampop@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (3 children)

“I do believe I’ll be the honor of – have the honor of taking Cuba. That would be good. That’s a big honor,” said the president.

“Taking Cuba. In some form, yeah,” the president confirmed. “Taking Cuba.”

“I mean, whether I free it, or take it... I think I can do anything I want with it, to tell you the truth,” Trump said.

Wasn't he trying to make people forget about the Epstein files? Because jfc that isn't how you do it

[–] cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Honestly, I don’t think this is really meant as a cover up. The war crimes he’s committing are far more atrocious than anything he could have possibly done with Epstein. It would be like trying to distract from an assault by becoming a serial killer.

The reality is Iran and Cuba have been on the hit list of the American right wing for almost half a century. Trump is just such an arrogant narcissist that he thinks he’s uniquely capable of making those bloodthirsty dreams a reality. The idea that prior republican administrations didn’t go to war with Iran or Cuba because they knew the US wouldn’t win doesn’t event occur to him. The sycophants and yes men he’s surrounded himself with in his second term are also too cowardly to tell him.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

The war crimes he’s committing are far more atrocious than anything he could have possibly done with Epstein.

Yeah, but unfortunately the severity of the political consequences for each does not correlate well with the severity of the offense, especially for the person living in the bubble of the US Presidency. Double especially a Republican one!

When it comes to their voters, a president like W or Trump is pretty much expected to generate a steady flow of corpses of dehumanized non-people on the other side of the world somewhere.

But release just one video of Trump raping a child, or one pic of Trump blowing Bubba, and that's literally a thousand times worse. There are so many millions of ignorant people who just go along with what they're taught and have reinforced through echo chambers. They are seasoned pros at making excuses for their cult leader and looking past faults. His crimes are him being a shrewd and smart businessman. His cheating and predatory behaviors are because he's a lion among men who drowns women in testosterone if he doesn't move along.

But a real pic of him with a dick in his mouth? Like, corroborated with sources by multiple journalists who release it at the same time? Imagine the number of supporters Trump has lost because of Gaza, Iran, and all military stuff combined over the past decade. He loses 10x that number within in the first day after the pic. It's a horrible thing to say, but it's true.

[–] cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.ml 3 points 23 hours ago

I honestly think he could get away with it if real and verifiable pictures of him abusing children were to be leaked. Most of the news media is controlled by people sympathetic to Trump and he’d wield the power of the state to go after anyone who doesn’t fall in line. As long as it doesn’t threaten capital, right wing judges aren’t going to rein him in. His sycophantic base would be eager to believe in narratives of it all being AI even if those claims were easy to disprove.

That said, the war he’s launched against Iran is beginning to have a major impact on the global economy. He only has so many tools to buffer the US from the consequences of that war. The sickening thing is, it’s much easier for Americans to have moral clarity on the horrors of imperial violence once it starts to negatively impact their standard of living.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Trump doesnt know truth even when it slaps his ignorant head

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[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

When I was a kid I always dreamed of visiting the USA.

Now, I will only visit it once. To piss on Trump's grave when he dies.

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I can piss on it for you so you don't have to visit this shit. Besides my piss is extra acrid and dank.

[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

you probably won't be able to afford the ticket..... if there is one thing i know about america's capitalist pigs, is that you will 100% be charged money at the gate to go and piss on his grave, and it will cost more than fifa tickets.

although, ironically.... i only ever had to pay to use the pissers in europe lol, this will be america's first pay toilet lol! ...and that is still a better legacy than her deserves

[–] ChillPenguin@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think there will be a large tourist line for that. Even Americans will want to partake. Haha

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[–] flightyhobler@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

It's funny because I've had the exact same thoughts!!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 70 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Trump seems to be speed-running the "overextend yourself militarily" part of the late stage in the collapse of empires.

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

The investment in Agent Krasnov is paying dividends

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

That a sleazy criminal crook like Trump got elected and that he gets away with doing what he does is 100% the fault of the American system, the American elites and the American people.

No amount of foreign interference would be able to even wobble this building if it wasn't already rotten from the inside down to its foundations.

Trump is a symptom, not a cause, and if it wasn't him, it would sooner or later be somebody else like him.

So please stop parroting the Neoliberal version of the "blame the foreigners" self-excusing nationalist propaganda that deflects from the 100% local people who are most to blame for what's happenning, the deserved punishment for their actions at the hands of the common citizens - this shit would never have happenned without decades of pillaging by insiders, subversion of the guardians of Democracy like Courts and the Press, widespread ridiculous amounts of Nationalism switching of people's critical thinking about their country and the purposeful stupidification of the populace.

Next to the sleazy greedy assholes and a culture normalizing and even applauding sleaze and greed in America, the impact of even the most influencial of foreign states - Israel - is tiny.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

You're right, Trump is the symptom of decades of corruption, the natural result, and a perfect example of the USA. He is what we deserve.

He's not even smart. This is just getting started, we live in interesting times

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[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

SIXTY YEARS of this Cuba crap, all without any benefit to us. Just out of spite

[–] TwilitSky@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Why does everything he says make him sound like a predator? I know the answer but, seriously, I'm still asking.

[–] rainbowbunny@slrpnk.net 21 points 1 day ago

Epstein files

[–] Bieren@lemmy.today 10 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Like turn it into Epstein island

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[–] Philharmonic3@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

This dude has to get got.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 261 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Someone should tell Trump that Cuba is older than 16.

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[–] Wataba@sh.itjust.works 136 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 58 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would have thought Cuba is too old for Trump

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[–] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 71 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's crazy how often he accidentally admits he's a sexual-assault enthusiast, like here.

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[–] Mantzy81@aussie.zone 29 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Maybe if they get spread thin enough, Greenland can launch a counter attack with their polar bears and moose. Come on Latin America, stir them up a bit more just by being there minding your own business speaking "foreign" and looking tanned. That'll do it.

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 166 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Trump is an evil evil man, anybody who can't see that is a sociopath or worse.

[–] tristynalxander@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

anybody who can’t see that is a sociopath or worse.

really, really stupid?

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

No, to detect obviously sociopathic behavior is a trait normal people have. Because our morals are partially either inherited or learned because we are social beings. So we instinctively have a sense of importance in protecting each other, especially wife children and the society we are part of.
This is NOT tied to high IQ, but normal social intelligence, if you are NOT a sociopath or something similar, and that trait also exist among apes.
So to not detect an obvious sociopath exhibiting sociopathic behavior routinely, a person literally has to be a sociopath or worse, because it requires to not have empathy, and to not have any moral standards, or general regard for the community or society we live in.

In USA however, people are strongly indoctrinated to disregard moral standards, so maybe I should have written you either need to be a sociopath or American.
Because in USA freedom is indoctrinated to be the highest value of all, and sociopathy is an expression of ultimate freedom. Sociopaths don't care about norms or rules or to hurt other people. In fact they are sadistic, because sadism give them a feeling of power. But because it's an expression of freedom, sociopathy is seen as a virtue among many Americans. Lack of moral standards and limitations, also enable a person to make money at great cost to other people, for instance workers earning a non livable wage. And money is seen as the highest achievement possible in USA, and since a lot of rich people are sociopaths or worse, that is seen as positive trait, that will allow you to achieve the most important goal in USA, which is to be rich.
Failing to see that in Trump, can only happen because a person doesn't comprehend the problems of his behavior emotionally despite maybe understanding them intellectually.
If you are a stupid sociopath, you will of course not comprehend the problems intellectually either.

So I meant my post quite literally, but with the possibility that it may be that Americans are brainwashed, to ignore the problem of antisocial behavior caused by what is technically called Dyssocial personality disorder, which I call sociopathy here, because it's close enough, and people know what it means.
Psychopath, Sociopath, or worst of all malignant narcissist which Trump is are all forms of dyssocial personality disorder.

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[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 day ago

Naval blockades are an act of war in international law (as much as that matters anymore). Cuba seems to be the first target of Trump expansionism in the Americas. It has the potential to be the annexation of Czechoslovakia of our time.

[–] rwrwefwef@sh.itjust.works 95 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This man is a Tyrant. The comparisons to the Third Reich aren't just satire anymore; this is exactly what it is.

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 day ago

They were never satire. This is exactly who Trump told us he would be. It's who he tried to be during his first term but some of the checks and balances were still intact.

[–] CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca 76 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

"You can't have any Cuba if you have not finished your Iran."

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Only Donald Trump can outdo Donald Trump at being a piece of shit.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 105 points 2 days ago (7 children)

He's talking awfully big for a guy getting his ass kicked by a country with a depleted military.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago (22 children)

a guy getting his ass kicked

The Americans and Israelis have massacred an extraordinarily large number of people, demolished billions in critical infrastructure, and plunged the country into a bleak future of warlordism, poverty, and famine.

It cannot be adequately expressed how nightmarish life will become in Iran in the next few months, without a globally organized relief campaign.

What they've accomplished militarily is impressive, but it hasn't come anywhere close to breaking the genocidal grip of the imperialist powers around their collective throats.

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[–] EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In the fifth year of WW3, the US is going to be saying the same damn thing. Gotta finished up your Iran before you get any Cuba, little Donny.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Well, at least he has lowered his expectations down from Canada and Greenland, but given how Iran is going, his threats are empty for now. There's a little bit of me that worries that Agent Krasnov might be doing this in cooperation with Russia.

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