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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 261 points 6 days ago (4 children)

This is what tipped off the "onlookers"?

[–] Redfox8@mander.xyz 71 points 6 days ago (1 children)

'Aghast' is more likely that 'they' (probably no-one in reality) were yawning at yet another tirade of nonsense. I know what you're thinking, there's been articles like this for years that makes you wonder how anyone could still think something like this. This is essentially tabloid, clickbait crap. That's why. When the mainstream papers really start calling out the lunacy (repeatedly) you'll know it's nearly over for him. Sadly some time away yet.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 69 points 6 days ago (5 children)
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[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 42 points 5 days ago

Fascinating. Where are the Epstein files?

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 72 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (6 children)

Onlookers fear ‘something very wrong’ with Trump

This is their threshold?

There has been something obviously "very wrong" with him for years. Decades, even.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 45 points 5 days ago (1 children)

In the 1980s, Trump always made Spy magazine's "Top 10 Worst People, Places or Things" list. His one "mitigating factor" was always "at least he's not in politics".

[–] forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Any archived articles of this handy?

[–] TehWorld@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

It’s RawStory. Effectively Newsmax for the left wing. Feel-good stories that hold essentially nothing binding them to reality. Best avoided.

[–] MajorasMaskForever@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (3 children)

A useful idiot still needs to be able to do things for you, win over the right people, set the tone of the room, be the distraction. If the useful idiot goes off of the rails, stops being taken seriously at all, you're left with just an idiot. They're worried they lost the useful part

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[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 54 points 5 days ago (1 children)

He'll say anything to make people forget that he's in the Epstein files.

[–] areakode@riskeratspizza.com 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] prex@aussie.zone 188 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Anyone old enough can remember when Boris Yeltsin was stumbling around, drunk as a skunk & the other russians would pretend that everything was fine.

Now its your turn USA - and remember what came after Yeltsin

[–] Redfox8@mander.xyz 40 points 6 days ago (2 children)

At least he didn't have his own media outlet.... "hic, I order a radio broadcast, ....right now!... I know it's 2am... I want.. I want the bestest, geatestest ... USSSSSR.. sSSR... I want the moon on a stick! Yes! ..Hic... Give me it. Give ME the moon, NOW!.... What? No! I dshidn't just Shay anything if the sort...yeh, the shmoon, moonsss, moonsess. Wodka? Oh loveshly thanksh....now what's was I sayinsh?..."

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[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 40 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oh NOW there is a problem with Trump…

[–] ButtermilkBiscuit@feddit.nl 10 points 5 days ago

I was beginning to get suspicious

[–] Bluedragon012@lemmy.world 37 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Remember, we are letting this happen. :D

[–] yuknowhokat@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Because the laws never expected the rest of government to be complicit

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 58 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

He's elderly, ill, and has dementia, on top of the fact that he may very well be the dumbest human to walk the earth in several millennia, this is not news to anyone.

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 27 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's what's blowimg my mind. Yeah he's old, demented, has always been surrounded by dumb yes men. But even putting that aside, he's just as dumb as a sack of rocks. Always has been.

[–] metermatic26@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Its said he used to be quite charming and manipulative, so its not really stupidity. I think he may have a personality disorder. His choices often aren’t contemplated, but rash and emotional.

There’s also a pattern to his actions. Absolutely none of his decisions seem to be governed by empathy, morality, ideology, strategic national interests or even long term personal interests. Instead, nearly all his actions seem impulsive and emotional, aimed at satisfying his short term personal need for gratification, admiration or payback.

His frequent tantrums, his impulsive decision making, his inability to maintain composure, his inability to maintain professional relationships, together they all point to some sort of mental illness.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 36 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The People Of Tranquility Have Taken Advantage Of Our Generosity For Too Long. From Now On The Sea Of Tranquility Shall Be Known As The Sea Of America.

Thank You For Your Attention To This Matter.

[–] cabillaud@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Nasty People of Tranquility, so nasty.

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[–] Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"low iq shit," is a term Republicans like to use. Well this, this claiming the moon shit, it's genuinly, "low iq shit."

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] peetabix@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 days ago (6 children)

He'll rename it to Moon of America.

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

He's surpassed Idi Amin in his cheap self-aggrandizement.

I'm surprised he hasn't proclaimed himself king of Scotland yet.

[–] DeadEndLink@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago

King of Scotland's stolen Golf courses...

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[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 26 points 5 days ago (11 children)

Is he aware that the decades of solar radiation on the moon has bleached the flag the Apollo astronauts left?

It's white. Indistinguishable from a flag of surrender.

Not to mention, the US is a signatory of the Outer Space Treaty, recognizing space as neutral ground and subject to the same legal precedent as maritime law governing international waters.

Fucking lunatic should have been removed already.

[–] Zacpod@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Except Trump had made it abundantly clear that: A) American agreements are signed in pencil B) The American people are OK with A).

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 14 points 5 days ago

American treaties have a long history of being ignored. Treatment of the native peoples, for example.

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[–] dbtng@sh.itjust.works 62 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Jebus. This sounds like the AI psychosis spiral.
Like, I didn't think trump was smart enough to use AI. He can't read.
He must have found one that talks to him. And feeds everything he says to his rusky handlers.

[–] joekar1990@lemmy.world 61 points 6 days ago (1 children)

He's got dementia and he confabulates. He's probably had it starting in like 2016 and this term they are trying to not to make him angry so they just show him shit he wants to see.

[–] SillyDude@lemmy.zip 23 points 6 days ago

He's also had at least one stroke in 2025. That ones pretty undeniable, and there's a lot of evidence he may have had more since.

[–] Insekticus@aussie.zone 32 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Did you see that video of him talking to an AI Roosevelt and the dumb fuck was actually talking back to the AI thinking he was actually talking to Teddy. Absolute buffoonery.

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[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago

Its sad that it takes such ludicrous displays before people acknowledge that “there is something wrong with Trump”. And then large chunks of them will in the next breath continue to support him.

[–] bcgm3@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago

"Something very wrong" describes literally every single fathomable thing that's come out of this administration.

[–] DotEliot@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago

You're still a rapist, buddy.

I still can’t believe he thinks that fake tanning stuff on his face looks good. He’s from Florida. Why doesn’t he just get a real tan?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 30 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

the increase in trump gaffes correlates with the amount epstein file related news surfacing.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 18 points 5 days ago (2 children)

It's way worse than just the moon:

Among Trump’s bizarre online posts were images that appeared to be generated with artificial intelligence (AI) depicting him in hellish landscapes with threatening messages. One depicts Trump walking in Washington, D.C. alongside an army of robots and soldiers with red glowing eyes, and the message, “THEY WILL NEVER SLEEP AGAIN.” Another depicts Trump sitting atop a black throne amid a hellish and war-torn landscape in front of giant humanoid robots.

In another post, Trump suggested renaming the state of New Mexico to “New America,” and in another, redrawing Iran’s borders to mirror the silhouette of Trump’s profile. One post, also likely generated with AI, depicts the destruction of Iran’s Kharg Island with the message, “Bye bye, Kharg.”

Trump also shared an image of the moon that included the text, “THE MOON IS OURS,” alongside an American flag.

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[–] AgentSeven@lemmy.zip 34 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Gasoline is $5. Diesel is $7.

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[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 28 points 6 days ago (2 children)

You think?

He's clearly lost the plot and is unfit to govern.

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[–] Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 5 days ago

Mad emperor is mad, other news at 11.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.social 25 points 6 days ago (3 children)

He should rename the moon america.

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[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 15 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Uh, anyone with a modicum of sense has known this for YEARS. Please try to keep up.

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[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 27 points 6 days ago

Literally like a scene from a comedy movie except even that parody president was less incoherent. Itd be almost funny in a sad sort of way if he wasnt, well, in charge of a massive military. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hs8mRs_k6j0?start=17&end=36

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 19 points 5 days ago (6 children)

They can't even take a strait, or maintain equipment, and have issues with feeding their people. So yes, the us should totally try to "take" over the moon.

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