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[–] abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

So the US is either:

  • Going to War with Venezuela.
  • Declaring some horseshit scheme that will see people's freedoms and liberties reduced or destroyed.
  • Going to go after a minority or such.
  • Going to hear Donald Trump waffle on about how he is God's representative on earth.
  • Going to hear something absolutely fucking wild.
[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

And the US isn't going to:

  • RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
[–] abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I mean what it could be saying is something along lines of "The Epstein files are a plot against me, therefore I'm declaring martial law".

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

If he announces that we have irrefutable evidence of extraterrestrial life, I will genuinely flip my shit.

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 hours ago

Until a pic of Laura Loomer or whatever her name is pops up on tv lol

[–] Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

Can't wait to see which of these comments are completely wrong in a couple hours, hehe!

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 21 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

This is Wag The Dog in real life, but with real war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wag_the_Dog

the film centers on a spin doctor and a Hollywood producer who fabricate a war in Albania to distract voters from a presidential sex scandal.

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

I've been trying to think of the name of this movie for a while now. Thanks.

[–] DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Nobody cares what that pedo has to say. Let him fade to irrelevance. If I wanted to listen to an 90 year old man rant all day about shit they don't understand I'd probably become a nurse.

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

I wish I didn't have to care.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 18 points 6 hours ago

he's bringing your country into war and sending your kids to get killed.

Not caring about this asshole is why the USA is the mess it is today.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 26 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

I am sorry to announce I will step down as President of the United States. I know this will be hard for a lot of people to accept, because of the tremendous work I've done.
But don't worry, the country is in good hands, as J. D. Vance will take over after me, and J. D. Vance will continue the tremendous work we've been doing.

...

Oh and also I'm declaring war on Venezuela, Canada and Denmark.

[–] greenashura@sh.itjust.works 2 points 49 minutes ago

You forgot Mexico in that list, he's been testing invasion as well on the southern border

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 21 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Someone said swapping trump for Vance is like shitting your pants and changing your shirt lol

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 11 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

That is absolutely true, Vance is another type of dangerous, but he may be even more dangerous, because Vance may be less delusional, but he is every bit as evil.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Less easy to manipulate, more ideological, more sly and conniving, more interested in implementing and enforcing theocratic policies, younger, and capable of serving two full terms without inviting legitimate backlash.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

True, but it's actually even worse than that, this analysis by a psychiatrist explains how J. D. Vance is psychologically more dangerous than Trump:

JD Vance’s Mind Decoded: Why This Psychiatrist Says He Could Be More Dangerous Than Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErrGHBPzQRs

What If JD Vance Became President? A Bigger Threat to Democracy Than Trump?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hFR6U7eiMc

[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

He does not hold the cult of personality though. Trump has "dear leader"-level adulation among MAGATs, Vance has nothing close to that.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

I'd take Trump over Vance any day.

Trump is Trump, but at the end of the day operates on a lot of emotion.

Vance is smart, like the devil. And more 'sociopath' feeling.

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 hours ago

Or he's going to talk about snakes again.

[–] hanrahan@piefed.social 6 points 9 hours ago

Hopefukly he forvetts why hes there, falls asleep, mumbles, shits his pants and leaves

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 45 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

This old ass orange child rapist mother fucker thinks this is the 1950s and he's going to be on all 3 channels and everyone will have to watch him.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 hours ago

Would you really put it past him to use the emergency warning system to try to force people to watch his decrepit lard ass talk? Personally I'd go chuck my phone into my car until it's over while playing Cyberpunk 2077 and watching Eva.

[–] ksigley@lemmy.world 16 points 11 hours ago

He can address deez nuts.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 23 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Could have a drinking game for what will be said. But I think we would die of alcohol poisoning.

Joe Biden, Economy, Russia Russia Russia, the laptop from hell, fentanyl, democrat hoax, joe Biden, affordability, groceries, ukraine in 1 day, Europe are mean, Canada is mean, more guard to more blue states, Trump is the best, everyone loves Trump, most popular man in the world, Putin is a nice guy

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I'm going to go drink every time...

He says he is the "peace president". Says he has stopped some number of wars, but the number is different from last time he said it. Announces he is starting a war. Brags about getting a peace medal (from FIFA). Calls for the military to deploy inside the US. Denigrates a reporter, drink double if they are in the room. Announces he is arresting prominent Democrats. Calls antifa a terrorist organization.

Double drink if he says that Rob Reiner had TDS and deserved it.

Finish the bottle if he admits that he is implicated in the Epstein files, and resigns.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 hours ago

Basically drink on "a lie" and drink yourself into a coma within a record three minutes

[–] Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 hours ago

Don't forget shitting on Rob Reiner 🙄😵‍💫

[–] Mossheart@lemmy.ca 40 points 17 hours ago

War were declared.

-Wednesday, probably.

[–] cheesybuddha@lemmy.world 25 points 16 hours ago

Wasn't there a deadline for Epstein file release Friday?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 17 points 15 hours ago

a "distract from epstein file, and look over here at VENUZUELA AND sending the military against citizens" speech.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 68 points 19 hours ago (9 children)

It's going to be Venezuela.

I "matched" a girl from Venezuela. You know, had her entire profile in Spanish, but spoke perfect English? She was suggesting that maybe the invasion would help free them from Maduro.

Yeah. They're trying to psy-op this already, and they know they don't have the narrative or support it they're gonna try it anyway.

[–] JGrffn@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Nah, it's no psy-op. People truly hold these beliefs. I can't blame them for it after the time they've had with Maduro, but I wouldn't be surprised if that's a belief held by the majority of Venezuelans. In Honduras, people are celebrating the Trump pardon of our narcotrafficker ex-president, saying Trump did the right thing, and cursing the current administration as if it could hold a candle to the crimes we saw during the other guy's time in power. It's unhinged, and yet it's no less true. I can at least sympathize with the Venezuelans who think like that a ton more than I can with my own countrymen, bunch of fucking idiots that they are.

Edit: the perfect English is a byproduct of living in the shadow of the empire. Any chances of financial freedom can only be achieved by working for US companies. That binds you to a race to learn and be good at English as a second language. It's probably true of any decently-sized city south of the US border. Those who don't learn English are destined to end up serving those who do end up learning English.

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[–] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 45 points 19 hours ago

A naval blockade, is an act of war. So, it’s already started. Hell of a thing to do to stop the release of the Epstein files.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 20 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Fucking asshole going lie for Fucking hour. Not watching that, people can post highlights next day. Seriously only Maga will believe anything he says about how great he claims things are going.

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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 97 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

Can't believe it but I'm actually hoping it turns out to be just a mindless rant for 45 minutes and he forgets to declare war or martial law or himself king or whatever he intended.

[–] paultimate14@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago

Might just be another advertisement for beans

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 77 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (6 children)

I hope he shits himself violently and has a stroke and dies on camera. I want the smell of his shit to be so vile, the secret servicemen who come to his aid instantly projectile puke on his corpse after a really big lunch. I want his administration to slip on the puke and hit their heads hard. Half fataly, and the other half sent to hospices for brain damaged vegetables where they shit themselves constantly. I want the nurses that take care of these vegetables to be abusive and hose the shit off them with a cold garden hose infrequently, until they die of sepsis from shitty bed sores.

I have high hopes.

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 hours ago

If it just turns into 45 minutes of successive people coming into the room and vomiting from how gross the previous people made the room and passing out in the pile of people and vomit I would die happy.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 13 points 15 hours ago

I really hope he'll break down as a slobbering idiot right on live TV. Best opportunity to show that he has advanced state dementia.

[–] PenguinMage@lemmy.world 26 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

Can it be him walked to a guillotine? Cause I'd watch the shit out of that. Otherwise he can go fuck himself cause there's not a goddamn thing floating around in his dementia addled child raping mind I want to hear.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 9 points 14 hours ago

If I watched this at all, it'd just be to see if I could fill out my bingo card, here. . .

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 41 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

He’s declaring war on Venezuela

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

Probably not, it will be another "special operation".

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