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Donald Trump says he would encourage Russia to attack Nato countries who don’t pay ‘bills’
(www.theguardian.com)
Well, he just said, get on him UN taxmen
this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2024
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What’s “bills”?
Protection money? Like monsters do?
So... Trump is a puppet of Vladdy Daddy? A "Trump-et" perhaps?
That was the worst pun I have ever made.
Can we stop putting him on the front page because he says shut like this? We can't ignore him, but we are playing into his hands. Headline it something like, More Proof Trump is unelectable, or something that isn't click bait
It's a fair point, but don't think about it as someone-posted-it-to-lemmy think about it as The Guardian thought it was amazing this donald trump character would say something outrageous.
As if they just woke up in the world this morning and were completely perplexed as to how a demented sociopathic rapist fraud could have said such a thing.
This is what we're talking about with regard to corporate news media constantly supporting Trump and his campaign. If the reporter was actually allowed to phrase the title, it would be something like "Fuck me, another verbal turd from spray-tan bozo" or . . y'know, something. Instead, it's this sanitized, starched white "How interesting that such a provocative comment was made" headline which is pure and utter bullshit and everyone is completely aware of it. That's the 1984 happening.
No.
Please?
Except it's not proof he's unelectable, only that sane people won't vote for him.
People won’t read past the headline and accept or reject the notion based on their beliefs
A better headline in this case would be “Trump claims with him in charge US no match for Russian army”
The protection racket mostly sells physical security. Through the credible threat of violence, the racketeers deter both third-party criminals and people in their own criminal organization from swindling, robbing, injuring, sabotaging, or otherwise harming their clients
So Canada
It would be illegal for any of us poor people to encourage others to attack Donald Trump for not paying his bills in the same way, so I'm not going to do that.
I needed a good laugh, he really is the meme president.