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Every other American, especially those actually serving the government, can go fuck themselves and die.

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[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 89 points 7 months ago

I am pleased to not know who any of these people are.

Hey, hey, propagandists are very important for the regime!

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 42 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wow, a whole plane full of people you'd enjoy seeing beaten to a pulp!

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 28 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

That link doesn't go to the right place. I found the real link to the article here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15610059/white-house-maga-influencers-flee-middle-east-private-jet.html

I was looking for information on how you could become a "famous dogwalker", but left disappointed.

Edit: she can't possibly be that famous, searching for her name on Google just leads to different versions of this article.

[–] ebolapie@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Well, she's famous now. Look, she's got coverage in the daily mail!

[–] TwilitSky@lemmy.world 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Why are these people just hanging out in the middle east?

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

tax evasion, then get a tax paid luxury jet to keep them safe.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

War tourism is a new booming industry.

A better question is why were they there in the first, and why Trump only got his peeps out.

[–] TheCelticPirate@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago

The lobbyist's name is Footlik? You can't make this up...

[–] GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world 23 points 7 months ago

If there was a God that plane would’ve crashed.

[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago

...MAGA ~~influencers~~ cowards...

[–] ebolapie@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Fleeing an active warzone, but still posing for a group photo on the plane, fake smiles and all. I'd be double fisting whiskey and quietly contemplating my mortality. Then again I have a soul

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah even a shred of morality would exclude you from this illustrious group.

[–] gjoel@programming.dev 16 points 7 months ago

What a shitshow of a country...

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

'I’m grateful for all of the people who played a role in getting us out of the active war zone and to safety. I can’t wait to get back to the USA, the greatest country in the world!"

cannot make this shit up

[–] DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I wonder if they would say the same thing if left behind like the rest

[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 6 points 7 months ago

Aww, and it made it the whole way home? Safely, you say? What a shame...

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

If that plane fell, I wouldn't search for the black box.

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

We must protect our dog walkers and the future for fur children.

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

This is not a defence of any action but I’d say most of the government workers in this area of the world are emergency essential so they have to stay. The political class wants to traumatize government workers so leaving the ones not essential there tracks