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Yes I know the cliche saying of “every president is war criminal” blah blah blah. But last president atleast were attacked or provoked by recognized threat. Trump has -

  • Tried to coup the US government over election results
  • Sent ICE agents into cities to harass the public
  • Defended ICE killing civilians by labeling victims as “domestic terrorist”
  • Bombed Nigeria on Christmas 2025 (it’s unknown the casualty count), Nigeria did not attack us
  • Illegally invaded Venezuela and kidnapped their leader and his wife, Venezuela did not attack us
  • Is currently starving the country of Cuba with no food, electricity or aid, Cuba did not attack us
  • Is spreading false information about White Genocide in South Africa
  • Killed Iranian Generals in his first term after tearing up Obama’s Iran Peace Deal
  • Bombed a school of little girls in Iran
  • Started a war with Iran, killing their leader, Iran did not attack us
  • Wants to occupy and takeover Greenland, Greenland did not attack us or ask for this
  • Inplements unprofessional and nonsensical tariffs on the Global economy

And so much more. Why dosent social media, traditional media, reddit, lemmy, democrats, ANYBODY ever call this gu ya terrorist. No other president has caused this much global terror in the modern era.

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

He is a global terrorist, the worst we currently have, but since he's the head of the nation that still thinks there a super power, all we can do is wait for that entire fucking nation to finally crumble or that Cheeto to have an aneurysm, after which that ex-empire will sink like a cake that imploded in the oven

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 5 points 4 hours ago

He is, but everybody's too scared to start shit because he has no concept of de-escalation, only escalation.

[–] homik@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 hours ago

Things like that don't matter much when you're a dictator.

[–] angband@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Doing so might start a dialog with respect to the US two party system he hijacked. The system leaves us vulnerable to demagogues (in addition to limiting common input to governance.)

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

the one controlling trump is a greater threat but he funds enough propaganda and right wing governments to insulate himself. trump is a mere tool, and by chance the manosphere plays into this as well, you need sexually frustrated right wing men otherwise your power collapses without them.

[–] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 164 points 1 day ago

You'll never guess who's been put in charge in deciding who gets called a terrorist.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 26 points 20 hours ago

Because the only difference between a terrorist group and an army is the size of their budget.

[–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 59 points 1 day ago (3 children)

But last president atleast were attacked or provoked by recognized threat

Not to defend Trump but that's not true. US has been starting illegal wars of aggression for it's entire existence.

The Iraq war was "justified" largely for the same reason the Iran war is being.

I thought it was because Bush Jr literally said, "God told me to kill Saddam".

[–] don_kiedyck@lemmy.world 18 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

The Iraq war was "justified" largely for the same reason the Iran war is being.

To distract everyone from the Epstein files?

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 8 points 21 hours ago

That is the real reason, not how it was 'justified'.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 21 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Donestic Terrorist.

Unclear if typo, or the new correct spelling for that term.

[–] BadmanDan@lemmy.world 13 points 22 hours ago

Holy shit, I might’ve cooked 😭

[–] PlzGibHugs@piefed.ca 9 points 20 hours ago

I mean, people do, although terrorist isn't a super accurate label for him. Terrorist implies using violence to create terror for a political gain. Trump generally is more acting out of sheer stupidity and malice rather than for any deeper political agenda. Terms like violent madman, fascist, war criminal, murderer or wannabe dictator are more accurate.

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 23 points 1 day ago

SCOTUS got hijacked

[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 15 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

He is, but the 1% like him because he helps them make money. My question is, how do we push this message to people on Facebook without giving Zuck more money?

[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 19 points 1 day ago

Why dosent social media, traditional media, reddit, lemmy, democrats, ANYBODY ever call this gu ya terrorist.

We actually do all the time. He's the president of the most powerful and wealthy nation on earth. Most presidents cannot contradict him even though they all think he is an idiot.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 11 points 23 hours ago

you would be surprised about how little the average person cares about whether the president is a huge asshole. half the population is fed fox news, which means they'll get whatever narrative is handy to the rich. the other half is having a mental meltdown on social media which honestly doesn't help anyone. then there's the whole thing that i feel like america is just a fundamentally broken and sick society with like 50 problems (each of which feels like it should be lethal) and trump is yet another one of those.

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 11 points 23 hours ago

I mean, is he not? The rest of the world is just scared he'll nuke something if they push back in any real way.

[–] Soulifix@piefed.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Look who is the majority surrounding him. That's why.

[–] razen@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

This is all because he is the president of US and US citizens are dickheads for electing him and actually like his show. They dont care if some girls died or a country goes without food, that is why there is so much gun violence. They love violence and like to sing praisen of capitalism and democracy, even tho it is hurting them more but their pride wont acceot that.

[–] BadmanDan@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

Tbh, what really made me make this post was just the thought of those little girls getting instantly killed by tomahawk missles completely unprovoked, funded by my tax dollars from a president who hates people like me anyways.

[–] BadmanDan@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong on any of this.

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

We hold a seat on the security council which is essentially for the duration of the organization. It represents, or at least did, the largest, most influential countries in the world during much of the cold war. Russia's kleptocracy has diminished its strength considerably and Ukraine is bogging them down so badly it's ruin an already fragile economy.

France and the UK have diminished in scope now but the ratification in 1945 gave them the seats.

The USA is losing its softer powers which were usually economic control because we have the insane asylum patients at the wheel who understand geo-politics as well as a five year old quantum physics.

China is probably the only one whose gaining more power as others waver but that's not to say they aren't in some strained shape as well. China is second behind Japan for holding US Debt followed closely by the UK. The next country behind that is Luxembourg at roughly 40% of the UK. If the USA becomes heavily insolvent, which we're heading because of run away austerity, those countries are not going to be in a good position for long.

With all that, they're highly reluctant to consider the USA president a terrorist threat or more correctly a rogue national leader. It'd be a game of chicken where all parties would lose essentially.

[–] huppakee@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

It represents, or at least did, the largest, most influential countries in the world during much of the cold war.

They had their positions before the cold war started, as they are the "winners" of ww2 (despite Paris was occupied by the nazis).

True enough, ratified in 1945 but it wasn't that long afterward that the Cold War started.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Imagine this scenario: you have a group of friends. You're not equally close with all of them but you all hang out together and do stuff together and you all get along fine in general. You help each other out with tools and food, you lend each other your cars, you attend each other's parties, you defend each other against other people who are not part of your group, you might even date each other or each other's siblings. It's not always sunshine and roses but you're generally able to solve most issues that arise by working together. Any differences in opinion can usually be resolved or worked around.

And then one of you starts acting out. They seem to go through some really tough shit. Maybe something happened in their private life that they're not willing to share. Maybe there's some serious medical stuff going on. They yell at everybody, antagonise everybody, don't return the tools they borrow, don't contribute anything to the biweekly barbecue, and demand that everybody come around every Friday and do work around their house, for free. Because of all the things they did for everybody else in the past or something.

You wouldn't instantly kick them out of the group, would you? You'd try to reason with them, try to find out what changed, try to help with whatever issue they seem to have, maybe you'd try to sit it out and hope they get better on their own. You've been together in this group of friends for a long time and all of you have generally always benefitted from it. Also, you're still using their streaming account and you're only halfway through Last of Stranger Thrones.

It's going to take a while until the people in your friend group, one by one, reach their limit and are ready to tell the person who's making everybody miserable to fuck off. They're not going to do it on their own either, they'll be waiting for everybody else to signal their readiness, because they're afraid of being singled out of the group. You can only hope that by the time everybody is ready, your houses and cars and families are still intact.

It's infinitely more complicated on an international scale.

[–] Krono@lemmy.today 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Your scenario suggests that the friend 'just started' to act out, but this breaks the analogy because the US has been doing war crimes for decades.

This isn't a friend that just started acting out, it's a friend that has a history of talking behind your back, stealing your stuff, crashing your car, sleeping with your SO, killing your pet, and offering you a cash bribe in return.

Why is this person still your friend? Why didn't people reach their limit when the friend killed a million innocent Iraqis?

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 6 points 23 hours ago

Because they're the one with the streaming account.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

He’s not a terrorist, doesnt match the definition. You may notice a lot of comparisons to hitler though. Trump is a better match for a despot

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 6 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (9 children)

doesnt match the definition

oh really? what definition are you working with? mine is "using violence against civilian population in order to achieve your political goals". for example, if someone threatens to bomb civilian infrastructure of a country if the government doesn't do what he wants...

he is as much of a terrorist as putin or netanyahu

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[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

In irony you haven't seen Bush's consequences.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

A terrorist is someone who uses violence to change government policy, if you are the government then by definition you can't be a domestic terrorist.

The correct charge is treason, but I imagine getting a conviction for that would be difficult? I'm not familiar with the American legal system. The last time England charged a head of state with treason it was because he started two civil wars.

[–] Gnergy@piefed.europe.pub 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Oddly enough, treason is actually the only crime defined in the US constitution.

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-3/section-3/

Unclear that Trump has done those exact things.

In any case, the executive branch isn't going to prosecute its own head. The next president might, but then again it's a real possibility that Trump might not live long enough for that...

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

14A3 needs to be enforced. He has disqualified himself

[–] Gnergy@piefed.europe.pub 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

The problem with that is that he hasn't been convicted of any of the things mentioned there. People are innocent until proven guilty, so it can't be the case that someone can be deemed to have done these things if they haven't been convicted.

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

14A3 is a constitutional right of the people to not be represented by traitors, that's automatic and doesn't need a full conviction to initiate. Especially because there's no inherent right to powerful political titles, the right belong to the voters. And that clause already specifies the remedy, 2/3 of congress can vote to pardon you.

All it should take is a finding of facts and you're out until congress (if ever) pardons you

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 1 points 20 hours ago

In a multibranch government then yes you can because Trump is threatening judges and more

He is a global threat. And probably is considered a terrorist by cuba, venezuela, iran and probably a few more.

But what can the world do against a mentally impaired toddler with the biggest nuclear arsenal's keys in his hands and an extremely short fuse?

He is a terrorist, he is a global threat, it's just that the find out phase will happen when he is not a threat anymore.

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

Why dosent social media, traditional media, reddit, lemmy, democrats, ANYBODY ever call this gu ya terrorist.

At least for the serious journalism, there is a valid reason: He has been elected as president, according to the democratic procedures of his country.

(Had he taken his power for example by military force, they might call him other names)

[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lemmy

We do lmao, you're just in the wrong communities.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 22 hours ago

the issue is he has control of the world super power. sure he is destroying it but its nuclear arsenal and military will be top for years and it runs a whole ton of global financial things that again take years to replace. Add to that factions in other countries who want whats currently going on in the us to be going on where they live to. Its crazy how popular facism was and many of us did not even realize it.

Don-estic terrorist.

💯

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