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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 7 points 20 hours ago

The law is "cause I said so"

[–] KAYDUBELL@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

He just so so so stupid. I hate that the leader of the nation is 100x dumber than me. That doesn’t make sense

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

American society values confidence above all else, especially intelligence or competence. Unfortunately, a lot of confident people are assholes and/or morons.

[–] KarlHungus42@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] KarlHungus42@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

The really sad part, is that I made that image on August 16, 2017. This has been glaringly obvious for so fucking long

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 41 points 1 day ago

I think his primary crime is running for governor because he’s done such a bad job

Every accusation is a projection.

[–] tinned_tomatoes@feddit.uk 244 points 2 days ago (43 children)

What crime has he committed? I think his primary crime is running for governor because he’s done such a bad job. What he’s to that state is like what Biden did to this country. And that’s pretty bad. It’s the wrong philosophy. Thousands, hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, many of them prisoners, they’re taking up your healthcare, they’re taking up your space in schools, they’re taking up your hospital. And in many cases, they’re criminals. And we have to do something about it. And we’re doing something about.

Jesus fucking Christ what have you Americans gotten yourselves into? Do we need to pop across the pond and sort you out again?

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

This fucker is like an IRL Michel Scott

"Sometimes I’ll start a sentence and I don’t know where it’s going. I just hope to find it somewhere along the way. Like an improv conversation. An improversation."

[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 2 points 53 minutes ago

Sometimes I'll start a sentence and then I will be able and not to do with him and being able for the best to make us feel like we are the only one that has a lot to say otherwise we will have a lot more time for you guys and we will see if they are going on about the show

[–] exixx@lemmy.world 154 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes please. The sooner the better

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] joenforcer@midwest.social 13 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I think you mean biscuits.

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[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 80 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Dude this is everyone in MAGA country. It's so fuckin bad. I had a client rant unprompted to me about Biden and electric cars for a half hour on Friday.

My ass is moving to the UK ASAP. Helps when your spouse is from there.

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[–] PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 78 points 2 days ago

We could use the assist!

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I’d ask for rescue, but your Supreme Court just ruled that I shouldn’t be allowed to piss anywhere at all because a mediocre children’s author is apparently a kingmaker now. Maybe y’all should prioritize taking care of your own homegrown fascists? This is sorta “there but for the grace of god go I” except yall also did stupid shit like Brexit.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 42 points 2 days ago (3 children)

If you need, I'll write up a declaration of dependence.

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[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 48 points 2 days ago

Yes, please come pick up your rebellious teenager

[–] thebeardedpotato@lemmy.world 46 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Feels like we’re headed towards a new dark ages

[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago

We’re already in it

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[–] nthavoc@lemmy.today 58 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Talking back, jail. Making fun of him, jail. Running for governor, believe it or not, jail.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It Trump doesn't like something, he calls it a crime.

[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 1 points 51 minutes ago

Trump is a crime

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 166 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (10 children)

“But you have a governor who let the city burn down, didn’t want water to be sent down to him,” Trump complained about Newsom and January’s wildfires. “I mean, I sent billions of gallons of water. I wanted to do it in the first term. He wouldn’t do it over. I don’t know, they have environmental reasons, but there were no environmental reasons. It’s, I think it’s just a political philosophy. But it’s lucky for the people in Los Angeles and in California that we did what we did.”

They dumped an entire reservoir full of water designed for agriculture purposes, into the fucking ocean! That reservoir didn't even connect to LA's supply.

[–] Devmapall@lemmy.zip 47 points 2 days ago

I had forgotten they did that. I know they're evil but it shocks me again

[–] turtlesareneat@discuss.online 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They got the headline they wanted.

They did in this case, too.

Trump still playing the media like a fiddle.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago

The media colludes with that. They're not victims.

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[–] tonytins@pawb.social 120 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Trump committed the crime of running for president.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 71 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, but running for President when you aren't eligible for the office for fomenting rebellion really is a crime.

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Unfortunately the penalty is just getting everything you want.

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[–] Vreyan31@reddthat.com 32 points 1 day ago

This is what every narcissist does -- if you paint him with a bad (and deserved) brush like making him a convicted felon -- well, his vindictiveness has to now make his enemies into felons too, whatever it takes.

You see how hard the propaganda went after Biden? Trying to convince as many tubes as possible that Biden and his son were like Mafia guys...

Every accusation by Trump is another fucking confession.

[–] nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think his primary crime is running for governor because he’s done such a bad job.

Yeah Donnie, i think you've done such a bad job you should be arrested too if we're playing that game.

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

Certainly if he's legalizing the open arrest of political leaders then he's at the top of the list.

[–] PillowD@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 23 points 2 days ago

Maybe, but he's always been ignorant and stupid, so it is nearly impossible to tell.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 41 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This is him normalizing the accusation, because he knows it will be made at him in 2028.

If Newsome and others are successful in their defense/cases on this, Trump can say "they did it, so I can do it" in 2028 (giving the media their sane washing angle to investigate and content create about). If the governors he goes after are unsuccessful - he'll further prove his absolute power.

It's win win.

[–] Finch9678@europe.pub 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah these things should be hereditary and only only passed to male offspring! Like the good old days! /s obviously

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[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 days ago

I wish Trump would drop dead, like yesterday. Rapist Racist Nazi sack of shit of a human, although human is a stretch when describing this stench of a “man”.

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