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I'm all for this.

I want to see Trump try to stand in front of lights and stage for an extended period of time. His dementia, incontinence and physical frailty will be exposed to all. Maybe a major stroke light will be on the cards as well.

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Wow, that's going to set records for the world's largest rent-a-crowd.

[–] chilldrivenspade@lemmy.world 101 points 5 days ago (4 children)

there’s only one thing that could happen on july 4 that i think would perfectly capture the founders’ intent for independence from tyranny….it would be so poetic if it happened

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 40 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The tree of liberty and what not

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I lost all faith in the tree of liberty when it failed to finish the job with a famous Texas pissbaby

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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 5 days ago

I too have a vague concept in mind for liberating us from tyranny. It's truly glorious. Sic Semper Tyrannis

It really says something when someone is so hated that we all know what you're hinting at.

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 11 points 5 days ago

“Oh no, the launch pad for the fireworks finale was set up horizontally instead of vertically!”

Happy Birthday America! 🇺🇸🦅🧨🫡

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 21 points 4 days ago

It's sad that this is happening but at least it'll represent what america has become after a good quick 250 year run.

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

trump floats

Yeah, turds usually do

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's a sign that there's too much fat in your poop. Might be worth thinking about.

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[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 53 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I wish his dad had pulled out.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

His dad was a huge piece of shit too. I wish Trump's grandfather had pulled out

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] gnate@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

And a brothel owner

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 41 points 5 days ago (2 children)

FYI there is a planned no kings protest scheduled for June 14th (Donny’s birthday) let’s make this pedos birthday a day to remember.

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

It's very sad that my girl shares a birthday with this clown

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Make it extra special for your girl. It’s her day not Donny’s.

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[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

So does my dad

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[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 45 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They signed up these artists for the nation's birthday celebration, and were uninformed enough not to realize that it's a ruse to celebrate the president's birthday, and that this was political, and would forever tar them in association with the biggest piece of shit in the world (as measured by character.)

So good for them for pulling out. It's way better they signed up, then publicly pulled out. We should have every artist do that, except wait until the last minute, then be like, oh, I didn't know the president or party was involved, sorry. Leave them publicly humiliated without their entertainment.

Looking at you UFC.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 11 points 4 days ago

Yeah Dana White has always been a huge piece of shit. Don't expect him to do anything. Now if the fighters were to drop out last minute, that would be interesting. But again, the majority are idiots who support this bad spray tan in a suit.

[–] Jordan117@lemmy.world 35 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (4 children)

They signed up in the first place. Not sure what that says about them.

[–] _skj@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

They signed up to perform at a non-partisan celebration of their country's 250th anniversary. They backed out once Trump started attaching his name to the event and making it clear he wanted it to be a big rally

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

At least that's the excuse they used once they started experiencing pushback.

Unless they're even dumber than they look, they'd have known from the start that Trump was involved. That inevitably means that it'd all be about Trump, since he's a megalomaniac toxic narcissist piece of shit with some cotton-candy hair stuck to it.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 47 points 5 days ago

He already did...

Thered been a non partisan commission planning this for like a decade, trump fired them and put maga in charge.

People quit because of that, so now they're saying they're gonna do the thing theybalreadyndid that caused the problem.

They're handling this just like the Strait of Hormuz

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 31 points 5 days ago

Yep. I’m okay with this. I don’t want him celebrating the 250th. I want him telling his supporters they’re stupid for thinking gas prices are high.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I had to read some of the comments on Fox News. Fucking disgusting MAGA shits and the artists that withdrew are 100% correct. 250 years and they're proud of WTF is occurring in the USA. The fucking Nazis celebrated, with pomp and propaganda, their 10th year in power on Jan 30, 1943. On that very fucking day, the German Army was getting mauled at the Battles of Stalingrad and Rzhev, because of the piss poor Nazi leadership.

Don’t forget that there is a certain percentage of the comments online that are bots.

There are indeed horrible people but don’t take online comments seriously. And for your mental health I suggest you don’t read anything fox news.

[–] humanamerican@lemmy.zip 26 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I started reading the article comments. Boy was that a mistake.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 37 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You have to wonder how many are bots or Russian at this point.

[–] humanamerican@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 days ago

Hopefully all of them

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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 21 points 5 days ago (2 children)

In a decade of truly insane rants, this was probably his most insane.

"I am thinking about bringing the Number One Attraction anywhere in the World, the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime, and he does so without a guitar, the man who loves our Country more than anyone else, and the man who some say is the Greatest President in History (THE GOAT!), DONALD J. TRUMP, to take the place of these highly paid, Third Rate 'Artists'."

What in the absolute fuck is there left to say at this point?

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 days ago

Nah, this is not even top 10, it's a monday.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So the only artist he could get was Leni Riefenstahl?

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

So the only artist he could get was Leni Riefenstahl?

Speer junior.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago

Please do this and have a shitload of flashing lights, and let it be 95+ outside, then let his brain cook itself while he rambles on, only like a dementia riddled pedo can.

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 days ago (6 children)

I always read "Trump floats..." yet, i have seen no proof. We should try and see. Maybe he will in fact sink, would solve a lot of problems.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

He has been (so far) an unflushable floater.

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[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Pretty sure there are laws against using federal funds for partisan activities, so this will make a fine addition to our collection (of impeachable offenses)

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[–] jode@pawb.social 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Do it, and please let this be his "Biden debate moment" where he crashes out on stage in front of the world.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

Biden's worst day isn't as vile as pedo don's best day

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