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[–] Sturgist@piefed.ca 69 points 1 day ago (2 children)

CNN anchor John Berman said Tuesday as the news broke. “We think that’s what the administration announced just moments ago.”

No one is entirely sure exactly what the Dementia in Chief is ever saying.

Macron added, “We are not going to take part in any forceful operation within a framework that does not seem clear to me.”

Others have said Trump risks “humiliation in full view of the world.”

That implies that he hasn't already been an embarrassment multiple times prior to this.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Sturgist@piefed.ca 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why would he fuck with his embarrassment streak? Not like he has the cognitive capacity to understand what's happening.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

He's aced three cognitive tests, and he can tell the difference between a lion, bear, alligator, and...he thinks it was a squirrel, so that proves he's the smartest president ever.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 day ago (5 children)

He's moving from being an embarrassment to being downright dangerous.

He's been dangerous to us for a long time, but now he is damaging every other country on the planet. Can't one of those foreign intelligence agencies deploy an operative to "handle" this situation decisively? Please?

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

he’s been dangerous since day one.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 8 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

A foreign agency has already been handling your leader—that's kind of the problem.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 17 hours ago

You say foreign agency, I say terrorist organisation. Tomato, tamatoe.

[–] Schnabeltierplaisir@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He’s been dangerous to us for a long time, but now he is damaging every other country on the planet. Can’t one of those foreign intelligence agencies deploy an operative to “handle” this situation decisively? Please?

Oh sure. No one outside of the USA elected him into office twice, but yeah, lets risk our people for your gleefully continued fuck ups. Put on your big boy pants and take out your own trash.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Dude, I'm not asking you to save US from him, I'm asking you to save YOU from him. He's now inflicting damage on YOUR country, too. I'm sure of that, and I don't even know where you live, but wherever it is, he's hurting you somehow.

[–] Silic0n_Alph4@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

To be fair, there is now precedent for kidnapping a foreign president or killing them in their sleep via airstrike… if you can get away with it, that is.

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Can’t one of those foreign intelligence agencies deploy an operative to “handle” this situation decisively? Please?

you USians should fix your own mistakes instead of asking for external help

[–] FukOui@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

They can't? Russian foreign intelligence put him in power in the first place and this generously assumes that billionaires don't control these intelligence agencies

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 0 points 1 day ago

Valid. I'm hoping some decent country takes care of business.