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[–] [email protected] 73 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Every damn day. “Is this a fucking joke or real?”

I mean Alcatraz? Gulf of America?

I feel like he watches TV and his pea brain decides “I think they should have…” Next thing you know, executive order.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No no, that’s how it is. Fox will run a segment saying “some people say….”, then Trump shits it out on Twitter, then Fox runs the same segment again, saying “the president says…”

One time the turnaround for this was 90 seconds.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What was the thing that had a 90sec turnaround?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

A dumb inflammatory remark about trans women. I don’t remember the exact one, sadly.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So we need to flood channels with shows/movies about a misunderstood president with sinking approval ratings that makes the ultimate sacrifice, taking everyone in the room with him, who just happen to be every billionaire in the world.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

The trick will be getting Fox News to run the story

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Also serves as a loyalty/obedience test AND gives him an excuse to punish anyone who disobeys. Tow the line or be targeted. Then when the real fascist shit starts you've slowly eliminated anyone with the balls to resist.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I feel like he watches TV and his pea brain decides “I think they should have…” Next thing you know, executive order.

There's a pretty decent probability that this is exactly the case.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Don’t fall for the rage bait. Look behind the curtain. What else is going on that he’s trying to distract us from?

[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Gestures vaguely at everything

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago

Dismantling Congress comes to mind: kicking out all the Democrats. At least internationally, that sort of stuff makes much smaller waves than a nice clickety-click-oh-Donny-is-so-dumb.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

It's hard to choose

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Funneling money into trumps family pockets by selling American dignity or trust. See the trump childrens tour through the middle east and various law suits disappearing after some meme coin acquisitions

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

What rage in this case?

[–] [email protected] 51 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

What is it with him and gulfs?

[–] [email protected] 57 points 3 weeks ago

He thinks it's "golf."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

He's taunting Google, seeing how far he can take it. They certainly rolled over nicely for "Gulf of America".

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Gotta somehow make his friends in UAE and Saudi Arabia happy for when he realises the US doesn't have as much oil in the ground as it actually needs or can realistically extract in a meaningful timeframe. I mean, they literally just invested in his crypto scheme the other day.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

~~invested in his crypto scheme~~ bribed him

Fixed that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

More like tributes so they aren’t turned into another Iraq or Syria or Yemen or Sudan or Libya

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I have no objections. That’s what it is already called in Arabic.

Fun fact in Turkish it is called Gulf of Basra, after the city in Iraq.

Another fun fact: in the grand scheme of things, Persians and Iranians are relative late comers to the region during the Babylonian Era; and the Gulf already had previous Sumerian, Elamite and Akkadian names. Late is in relation to the history of the region but when compared with the history of other regions 3000 years ago is a long time ago. Turks are even later-comers only 1000 years ago. I say this because they can’t claim that they named it first.

Final fun fact: Persians don’t live on the north coast of the Gulf, not in significant numbers and not historically, only Arabs live on both coasts even on the Iranian side.

PS: I am sympathetic to Iran in their struggle against imperialism and Zionism, and believe they have a right to develop whatever means to defend themselves and deter aggression. This naming dispute though, is something else for me regardless of Trump’s intentions.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I object for the sole reason that Trump probably did this for the UAE.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

Just Trump doing it is enough to object.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

A very good and valid reason to object. A lot of Arab governments and heads of state have no business existing, let alone being in power.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

A lot of Arab governments and heads of state have no business existing, let alone being in power.

We support them economically and militarily.

If we stopped the gulf would be better for everyone.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

Literally anything to avoid helping average Americans.

More distractions as he continues his soft coup.

Arm yourselves. It's coming.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Iranian leaders are already pushing back, saying renaming the gulf would be ‘indicative of hostile intent toward Iran’

But that’s the point

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

I picture one day of his childhood in which he was mocked by everyone at school when he misnamed things in geography class and now we live in this timeline when he claims revenge...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

This is good for egg prices.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Trump is a moron

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I see a pattern, removing country specific naming and applying broad area related ones.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is that the big news he said was coming in the Carney meeting?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

No, that'll be some kind of attack on us. Either he'll ramp up tariffs on Canada, or declare Alberta is now called North Montana and the 51st state.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

Zionist Arabian Gulf would be fitting to why geographic name rewards are getting handed out.