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[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 124 points 3 months ago (1 children)

His temper gets worse every week. That's a pretty sure sign of dementia - too many cells lost in the frontal part of the brain leads to deinhibition.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 53 points 3 months ago (4 children)

If Democrats were a real opposition party now would be a good time to start hammering on the 25th. All it takes is Vance plus a simple majority of the president’s cabinet (15 people total, 8 for a majority). They could start smearing Vance and every member of the cabinet for being responsible for letting a senile nearly 80 year old abuse the highest powers of state and sell favors to foreign countries.

[–] devdoggy@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Well, hang on a second there. That sounds like responsibility!!

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

All it takes is Vance plus a simple majority of the president’s cabinet (15 people total, 8 for a majority).

Oh, is that all? Maybe the Democrats are smart enough to know that Republicans will never willingly get rid of Trump. He's their entire party. Or maybe they're smart enough to know that Vance and half the Cabinet don't give a fuck about Dems calling for the 25th amendment. How fucking dumb do you have to be to think Vance and the Cabinet are gonna be like "hey, you'te right Dems, never thought of that. We'll do that now that you've suggested it".

As usual, we hold Democrats to impossible standards and roll out the red carpet for Republicans.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

The point is to make them look bad for not doing it and not as a way to actually make them do it. But I hope you feel better for getting that off your chest, or something. Sorry I didn’t vote hard enough from my blue city in my blue county in my blue state.

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[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The important part is that you managed to blame the democrats for what the republicans are failing to do.

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[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 95 points 3 months ago (7 children)

At this point, just run the country by LLM. It'll hallucinate just as much, but at least it'll do it while making a coherent sentence.

[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 47 points 3 months ago

It will also be polite when called out for being wrong.

[–] django@discuss.tchncs.de 35 points 3 months ago (3 children)

MechaHitler now runs the country

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 months ago

That would be easy to deal with, just continually distract it by leading it into ranting about that ‘kill the Boers’ or whatever song.

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[–] Cavemanfreak@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The monkey's paw: Grok is now president of the United States.

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

The monkeys paw to your monkeys paw: they still just can't get the damn thing to stop telling the truth and it is an ongoing embarrassment for Elon.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I think the government should be like jury duty. Just pick people at random to fill the various positions. It would be truly democratic and it can't possibly be any worse than the current arrangement.

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[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm not really pro LLM, but I don't think there has been a time where they wouldn't have made a better leader than Trump

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[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Trump asked more questions in this exchange

Is he stupid?

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[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Typical tactic of a stupid bully. Once cornered, move to personal attacks.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, name calling is literally the very bottom of Graham's heiarchy of disagreement.

[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 3 months ago

No no, this graphic is clearly illustrating that name calling is the foundational first step upon which the rest of the argument is built, you ass hat

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

It seems like nothing but personal attacks at the moment, and I'm loving it

[–] arrakeen_urbanite@feddit.online 38 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I miss presidents (and administration members) that, yes, would spin, but would also respectfully (and coherently) state their arguments and cases to the press.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

This is what people voted for, precisely because they are tired of politicians who lie and spin. Wanting those in positions of power to "tell it like it is" comes from a genuine place of frustration to the democratic process.

[–] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

But they aren't telling it like it is. They just insult and harass you for asking anything that questions their rule.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't disagree, but if the often excuse of "our hands are tied" in actuality means "we don't give a fuck about you", voters feel they might as well vote for the person who never even pretends to care to begin with. It's a sign of voter apathy and loss of trust in the system.

[–] fishy@lemmy.today 7 points 3 months ago

You're giving them way too much credit. They like Trump because his vocabulary consists of words a fifth grader would use, so they can actually listen to him without feeling completely lost and out of their depth (note: they're still completely lost and out of their depth). There's also a large subset of voters who treat politics like football and wouldn't ever vote against their team.

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[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They wished for honesty instead of pretty words. Instead they voted for badly worded lies. Definitely not an improvement over anything. At least you could bring retort to pretty words. This buffoon just turns into a child.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (9 children)

There is so much voter apathy. Voters don't care anymore if the representatives-- who is supposed to represent them-- don't care to begin with. Why vote for someone who keeps pretending, when you can elect someone authentic for better or worse?

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[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 34 points 3 months ago

There's a difference between saying whatever you feel like intentionally, and being disinhibited.

[–] Blade9732@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think everyone is making a mistake here. Everyone else's definition of "vetting" is different than Trump's definition. This is causing an impasse in the arguments, as he is arguing a completely different point. He defines "Extreme Vetting" through a color chart.

"Extreme vetting"

looks inside

paper bag test

[–] abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 3 months ago

Staying that asking questions makes you stupid is the sign of a truly stupid person.

[–] DirtPuddleMisfortune@feddit.org 27 points 3 months ago

I recall presidents standing during press conferences. Even the ones he called weak and old. Why is he always sitting lately? Is he old? Weak? Lazy?

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 months ago

Reporter, asks a specific question....

The goddamned president of the United States of America: you're a dumdum.

Yep. That seems about right after everything that's happened up to now.

[–] whome@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Aside the topic at hand, they are so pathetic. He is in mar a Lago and needs a desk to hide behind and that is what they come up with? A camping table with a piece Molton on it? It's not as bad as the four seasons landscaping debacle but still pathetic.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

FDR was more convincing.

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

well at least they're not outside the sex shop this time

[–] joyjoy@lemmy.zip 20 points 3 months ago

Stupid people don't ask questions.

I want someone to clap back at him, call him a fat, demented jackass. Call him a piece of shit rapist. Sure that reporter will lose their job and white house access but they will find another job right away with an opposing publication, and if they set up a go fund me they’ll be millionaires

[–] notsure@fedia.io 18 points 3 months ago

...to quote 2016 teens, "I just can't".

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 17 points 3 months ago

another news to distract from epstein files, i noticed the news cycle recently stopped talking about it.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

We're going to find out Donald's government deported one of this person's family members.

Bank on it.

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[–] bluemoon@piefed.social 13 points 3 months ago (11 children)

y'know any other country in europe had removed the president on the spot, if we even had presidential positions to begin with.

maybe vote to return back into european state rule as a fucking colony. i genuinely wonder if that is valid in american political climate

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[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Without looking into this I don't know if this is an embellishment of what happened or if this is exactly what Donald said. That's not a good sign. I fear this is exactly what was said.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

It is verbatim

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Can't deal with confrontation. Such a weak pathetic turd.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The art of the deal dude can't deal with any push back.

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[–] sleepmode@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

When the whole world smells like shit, blame Joe Biden. - Trump & his administration.

[–] PissingIntoTheWind@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Trump is a stupid person.

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

Irrespective of the straight up racism and depending on his motives maybe something to be said about people willing to collaborate with the CIA though I doubt that conversation will be had.

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