this post was submitted on 24 Feb 2024
258 points (98.5% liked)

politics

19089 readers
3878 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

  1. Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

  1. Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
  2. Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
  3. No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
  4. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
  5. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

Register To Vote

Citizenship Resource Center

Congressional Awards Program

Federal Government Agencies

Library of Congress Legislative Resources

The White House

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

News

World News

Business News

Political Discussion

Ask Politics

Military News

Global Politics

Moderate Politics

Progressive Politics

UK Politics

Canadian Politics

Australian Politics

New Zealand Politics

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Republican candidate arrived late to Nashville speech looking flushed and exhausted to rant about Democrats, the Department of Education, the Capitol riot and the ‘silencing’ of religious groups

Donald Trump appeared on stage more than 90 minutes late in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday night, where he delivered a speech that was as wild as it was incoherent.

The Republican presidential front-runner appeared flushed and visibly exhausted as he arrived to address the National Religious Broadcasters’ (NRB) International Christian Media Convention, tripping over simple words like “evangelical” during an address littered with verbal miscues and false claims.

At various points, Mr Trump declared that he had made “Israel” the capital of Israel during his presidency (presumably confusing the decision to move its US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem), said that he planned to close down the Department of Education and praised the Capitol rioters, whom he again characterised as political prisoners and referred to as “the J6 hostages”, for their “tremendous spirit”.

all 26 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 95 points 8 months ago (3 children)

FBI special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into his campaign’s alleged ties to Russia in 2018

Alleged??! HE FOUND ENOUGH TO CHARGE HIM.

Alleged. You fucks! Goddamned corporate pinheads.

Speaking of - Merrick! Wake the fuck up, man! DO SOMETHING already.

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 50 points 8 months ago

Not to mention, the Republican party started a case against Hunter Biden based on a claim from a person who just admitted to not only having lied, but having spread lies given to him by Russian intel agents, and there's evidence that multiple Republicans went ahead with it despite knowing it was Russian lies

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

It is still an allegation until it goes to court and he is convicted. That probably should have happened but "alleged" is the right word regardless of how guilty the fucker is.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 8 months ago

Justice takes time. He's probably still working on making an air tight case so Drumpf won't wiggle out of it. /s

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 52 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I am so fucking tied of all of these headlines from both sides that take 22 seconds of a 90 minute speech/ramble and turns it into something. How about we talk about the fucking vile shit that comes out of Trump's mouth and the reasonable things coming out of Biden's? It's such low effort garbage clickbait.

  • "Trump muddles through speech" because he's fucking exhausted and old as shit.
  • "Biden gives deluded speech" because he mispronounced something in a way that could drastically change the meaning.
  • "Trump forgets the capital of a country"
  • "Biden forgets which country he's talking about"

It's so fucking tired and boring. Why can't we talk about the content of what they are actually saying rather than their mistakes? That's what is important. None of this gotcha stuff is going to change minds. It is just going to make people more entrenched jn their positions because they see their candidate being attacked and smeared for obvious mistakes.

Attack the policies. Attack the intent. Attack the motives. Don't attack the stupid mistakes. It just divides the country further.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 40 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Damn, he's pretty fucking old. Probably too old to be president, even.

[–] PopcornPrincess@lemmy.world 27 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Seriously. We have an age minimum, why not an age maximum requirement for POTUS..

[–] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, we have WAY too many old fucks creating laws/policy that they either don't truly understand, won't be impacted by, or is just to enrich themselves.

This isn't limited to POTUS. It's congress, SCOTUS, hell the governor of my state (Ohio) is 77.

[–] littlebluespark@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

I'm sorry you're in Ohio.

[–] MrBungle@lemmy.ca 13 points 8 months ago

Classic sleepy Don.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

All of these headlines should just read, “Trump Befuddles Speech Again” and “Trump Makes Stumbles and Gets Confused in Speech Again” because that’s what happened. Stop with allowing the spin from his campaign. Report it as a what happened. Go into specific detail in the article.

[–] WanakaTree@lemm.ee 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I prefer "Rapist Who Wanted Vice President Dead Stumbles and Gets Confused in Speech Again" personally

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

over the last near-decade I played with this for a while, and, really, there is no “best” because it depends on whatever may hurt him most which fluctuates depending on the moment. and what’s funny at the time. like… I almost get the appeal of him because I almost have fun hating him.

“Twice-impeached failed casino owner”

“Soon-to-be Broke rapist and Official New York Conman”

“Fake Billionaire and Tanning Bed Victim”

it goes on...

[–] ZeroCool@slrpnk.net 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

At various points, Mr Trump declared that he had made “Israel” the capital of Israel during his presidency

Someone should ask him which country he thinks he lives in.

[–] Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

They renamed it already‽

[–] Teon@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

I thought it was Vladistan.

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I don't want to listen to the whole thing, but did he really say he wants to protect AM radio?

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 23 points 8 months ago

Car manufacturers are starting to release models with no AM radio installed, and of course Republicans think it's yet another slight against them, since there are a lot of Conservative talk shows there.

[–] athos77@kbin.social 15 points 8 months ago

Car manufacturers want to get rid of AM radio, particularly in electric vehicles which produce interference which hinders clear reception. Opponents want to retain AM radio, arguing it's a more effective means of communicating with large numbers of people during and after a disaster. [Don't @me: I don't have enough knowledge to argue either side, just enough to have a vague idea what the debate is about.]

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago

Sleepy, low energy Don

[–] Teon@kbin.social 6 points 8 months ago

Old orange diaper dude still can't speak english properly.
Film at 11.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 8 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Donald Trump appeared on stage more than 90 minutes late in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday night, where he delivered a speech that was as wild as it was incoherent.

The Republican presidential front-runner appeared flushed and visibly exhausted as he arrived to address the National Religious Broadcasters’ (NRB) International Christian Media Convention, tripping over simple words like “evangelical” during an address littered with verbal miscues and false claims.

At various points, Mr Trump declared that he had made “Israel” the capital of Israel during his presidency (presumably confusing the decision to move its US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem), said that he planned to close down the Department of Education and praised the Capitol rioters, whom he again characterised as political prisoners and referred to as “the J6 hostages”, for their “tremendous spirit”.

He also falsely claimed that “everybody” agreed with the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade and, at one stage, appeared to confuse FBI special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into his campaign’s alleged ties to Russia in 2018 with the spurious Hunter Biden laptop affair so beloved of conspiracy-minded conservatives.

Mr Trump sought to appeal to his audience of believers by presenting himself, not altogether convincingly, as a man of faith, pushing the false narrative that Democrats are in favour of terminating unwanted infants “even after birth” and suggesting that any Christian who votes for the opposition must be “crazy”.

Mr Trump is 77 and has found himself caught up in an exhausting schedule of late as he campaigns for the Republican nomination while also battling court cases in New York, Washington DC, Georgia and Florida related to the four criminal indictments and 91 felony charges hanging over his head.


The original article contains 515 words, the summary contains 286 words. Saved 44%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!