this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2024
476 points (84.5% liked)

World News

38262 readers
1938 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

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.


Lemmy World Partners

News [email protected]

Politics [email protected]

World Politics [email protected]


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Did he do it for the memes?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Yes and it's really getting to the point where it undoubtedly impacts his ability to perform without an aide basically at his side at all times. Imagine him telling another world leader something insane and the translator having to jump in correct him. Or worse, how can you be sure something he did mean to say was actually something he meant to say and not just another mistake? That kind of communication failure is very dangerous at the highest level.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Man, imagine being the White House translator the next four years. Whoever wins, you'll be stuck there looking apologetically at the guests going "sorry dude, IDK either".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yes, I spoke with someone earlier today about how communication is VITAL to being president. If he can't communicate, he can't do his job.