Monuments to oneself are a classic dictator move
He's in the shallow end of the pool, but he's going to keeping getting worse and more unhinged
this post was submitted on 11 May 2025
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... Shallow end of the pool with a goddamned diaper on...
If he is gonna spend public money to worship himself, I at least expect the statue to be slightly higher quality than this piece of crap.
It was quite an artistic choice to make the female secret service agent look like she is cowering in fear rather than the reality that she was trying to tackle/take a bullet for the dumbass target who wouldnt stay down.
Then by comparison you have the male agent who looks like hes at the beach and not even concerned about gunfire at all. Its actually impressive how much misogyny is dripping out of this statue
Not to mention we all know Trump was not anywhere close to the tallest of the people on that stage
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Fucking pathetic
This makes me more suspicious that the whole fucking thing was staged
I doubt it as many people hate Trump and want him to die. He definitely leaned into the whole victim thing but I'm sure the attempt was real.
Like the fact that SS knew about the shooter way before he even set up his rifle? Or the lack of investigation into the guy? I mean they went on and on and on about hunters laptop but an actual attempt on Trump's life? Never mentioned before this.
"lack of investigation" is fairly normal when the person is dead. Anyways, it's really, really, really obvious the Secret Service decided to let the kid take his shot before they killed him.
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that thing is hideous, and it's only real resemblance to trump is that look of abject stupidity.
I will continue to voice my opposition to this take.
People in the crowd got hit and one died, there's a picture of Crooks' head split open by sniper fire. There is no proof it was a setup beyond how Trump and his campaign leveraged it, which isn't really proof.
Clinging onto this theory feels like the same kind of smarmy double speak Holocaust deniers use. "It didn't happen, but I wish it did."
I wouldn't bet on a fucking Navy SEAL winging a moving target on the ear at 400-500'. Anyone thinking it was staged has two issues: They watched too many action movies and have never shot a rifle.
They definitely didn't stage it by actually shooting him. If it was staged, he used a blood pack and was not hit. That would track with his ear recovering so quickly.
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Fair, and I don't believe it was staged. BUT, somebody dying doesn't mean it wasn't staged. It just means they're willing to sacrifice some lives to secure power.
They gave everyone hope that the shooter just missed, but he was never going to hit, since he shot nothing. That ear scrape was so fake leaving zero scar or scab after just a week.
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If the assassination attempt would have worked, Kamala could still have put up that statue, as a memorial of the victory over fascism.
If Trump was killed during her campaign Harris would've used her campaign money to try and revive him in the interest of civility and bipartisanship.
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Holy fuck that's so cringe. What a fucking narcissist.
they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
BTW, Trump was never hit by a bullet. He hurt his ear when a SS guard rushed to cover him and hit him with his gun holster.
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There are plans to create a 9-foot-tall version in bronze in the works, according to the project’s website.
Good fucking lord.
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symbolizes the divine intervention as well as the man and his message of unity and resilience for which America stands
So, Jesus "giving his own life" (for 3 days) is a huge deal, and a huge sacrifice, but then God kinda "volunteers" Corey Comperatore to die for Trump, without asking?
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There are plans to create a 9-foot-tall version in bronze in the works, according to the project’s website.
The site asks for contributions ranging from $10, which will earn donors a vote on the location of where the statue will be permanently installed, to $25,000 to receive a limited quarter-life-size bronze replica.
Contributors who give $4,500 will receive a 12-inch sculpture. “These sculptures are the same one’s [sic] being offered to big money donors to The Trump Campaign,” the site says.
Jesus fucking Christ...
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I hope Obama wins the presidency back via the traditional leadership challenge of Hell In A Cell and then puts this statuette up his bum on live TV.
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Now this MF is building “statues” of himself. How many red flags can they “slip” past?
Here's the thing...
He's a fat useless cunt.
The end.
What happened to right wingers? I clearly remember that narcism was universally considered a bad trait especially among conservatives. How are they accepting that?
What ever gave you the impression conservatives didn't glorify narcissists?
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This is a joke right?
Yes, but not in the way you're hoping. It's not a joke meaning "it didn't happen", but it's a joke in the way everything this chucklefuck does is a joke.
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