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I still can’t believe he thinks that fake tanning stuff on his face looks good. He’s from Florida. Why doesn’t he just get a real tan?

[–] Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

"low iq shit," is a term Republicans like to use. Well this, this claiming the moon shit, it's genuinly, "low iq shit."

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

"Low IQ person" is an insult that only a low IQ person could come up with.

[–] peetabix@sh.itjust.works 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

He'll rename it to Moon of America.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Damn! I put all my money on "Moon of Freedom"!

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Freedom Orb

[–] TRock@feddit.dk 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Kaput@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

And then hé will sign an exécutive order that its a burger patty, Nice, round and grey like the ones served un the navy, NOT cheese as the british stupidly prétend.

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Did you lose this ---> þ?

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Man these polymarket bets be getting wild

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 11 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

He's surpassed Idi Amin in his cheap self-aggrandizement.

I'm surprised he hasn't proclaimed himself king of Scotland yet.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Has he eaten anybody so far (that we know of)?

[–] DeadEndLink@lemmy.ca 6 points 14 hours ago

King of Scotland's stolen Golf courses...

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 39 points 1 day ago

Fascinating. Where are the Epstein files?

[–] WetHedgeHog@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

the madness of king trump?

[–] bcgm3@lemmy.world 14 points 23 hours ago

"Something very wrong" describes literally every single fathomable thing that's come out of this administration.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 51 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He'll say anything to make people forget that he's in the Epstein files.

[–] areakode@riskeratspizza.com 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

You would think he would have come up with a way to spin that as a good thing that his base would eat up.

[–] DotEliot@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

You're still a rapist, buddy.

[–] Bluedragon012@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Remember, we are letting this happen. :D

[–] yuknowhokat@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because the laws never expected the rest of government to be complicit

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 71 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (9 children)

Onlookers fear ‘something very wrong’ with Trump

This is their threshold?

There has been something obviously "very wrong" with him for years. Decades, even.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 4 points 14 hours ago

He was never all right. Even when he was a kid people said that he had massive ego problems. When he was in high school playing poorly in sports people found the fact that he never admitted to losing or playing poorly to be intensely irritating.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago (3 children)

In the 1980s, Trump always made Spy magazine's "Top 10 Worst People, Places or Things" list. His one "mitigating factor" was always "at least he's not in politics".

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[–] violetmirage26@thelemmy.club 4 points 23 hours ago

Agreed. I assumed there was something very wrong with him during his first term.

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[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh NOW there is a problem with Trump…

[–] ButtermilkBiscuit@feddit.nl 10 points 1 day ago

I was beginning to get suspicious

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago

Plenty of shit for brains MAGA nutters out there that still support their pedo clown.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

Its sad that it takes such ludicrous displays before people acknowledge that “there is something wrong with Trump”. And then large chunks of them will in the next breath continue to support him.

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Is he aware that the decades of solar radiation on the moon has bleached the flag the Apollo astronauts left?

It's white. Indistinguishable from a flag of surrender.

Not to mention, the US is a signatory of the Outer Space Treaty, recognizing space as neutral ground and subject to the same legal precedent as maritime law governing international waters.

Fucking lunatic should have been removed already.

[–] DeadEndLink@lemmy.ca 2 points 14 hours ago

Never should have made it through the first term.

Republican party bent the knee so god damned fast...

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 13 hours ago

the US is a signatory of the Outer Space Treaty

Oh, look, another treaty he's ignoring.

[–] Zacpod@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Except Trump had made it abundantly clear that: A) American agreements are signed in pencil B) The American people are OK with A).

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 13 points 1 day ago

American treaties have a long history of being ignored. Treatment of the native peoples, for example.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 35 points 1 day ago (4 children)

The People Of Tranquility Have Taken Advantage Of Our Generosity For Too Long. From Now On The Sea Of Tranquility Shall Be Known As The Sea Of America.

Thank You For Your Attention To This Matter.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's way worse than just the moon:

Among Trump’s bizarre online posts were images that appeared to be generated with artificial intelligence (AI) depicting him in hellish landscapes with threatening messages. One depicts Trump walking in Washington, D.C. alongside an army of robots and soldiers with red glowing eyes, and the message, “THEY WILL NEVER SLEEP AGAIN.” Another depicts Trump sitting atop a black throne amid a hellish and war-torn landscape in front of giant humanoid robots.

In another post, Trump suggested renaming the state of New Mexico to “New America,” and in another, redrawing Iran’s borders to mirror the silhouette of Trump’s profile. One post, also likely generated with AI, depicts the destruction of Iran’s Kharg Island with the message, “Bye bye, Kharg.”

Trump also shared an image of the moon that included the text, “THE MOON IS OURS,” alongside an American flag.

[–] DeadEndLink@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Is he actually making these AI memes? or is he so fried that Miller is just controlling his account at this point.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 13 hours ago

Natalie Harp, more probably.

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