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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 129 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The best part is the next stage of the pattern where the opposition party gets elected and fails to change the ability for a president to launch regime change wars unilaterally. Or make it so ordinary folks have a decent life.

And then we just repeat it every decade or so.

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 68 points 4 days ago

"opposition" party

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 37 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

And "Thanks Obama" 2026

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 53 points 4 days ago (23 children)

It's the Republican presidential playbook.

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[–] 000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The only difference now is that the president is also a pedophile

[–] RidderSport@feddit.org 19 points 4 days ago

Well is that a difference though? From what I see, the only difference is that a known pedophile can keep being president

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago

known pedophile

Or are we going to conveniently ignore that the rumor that Trump sucked Bill's hog means that Bill was running in those circles too? The reason there's barely any movement on releasing the files is because it implicates fucking everyone in that socio-economic strata.

Trump's openly horrid. That doesn't mean the previous chucklefucks were spotless.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 34 points 4 days ago (1 children)

America First doesn't include running other countries.

[–] auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It does they just envision a much larger America.

Cuba and Nicaragua next before the mid-terms.

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

Greenland just after, and Canada in late 2027.

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[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 38 points 4 days ago (2 children)

No wars until the average American isn't struggling with basic needs like food, education, healthcare and a roof over their heads. You know, things every other normal country provides to their citizens.

[–] cheers_queers@lemmy.zip 90 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No wars ~~until the average American isn't struggling with basic needs like food, education, healthcare and a roof over their heads. You know, things every other normal country provides to their citizens.~~

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Can we still have class war, though?

[–] TaterTot@piefed.social 15 points 4 days ago

We have class war at home

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

I'm afraid the US operates on military keynesianism. It would be a welcome change in character, but an unlikely one.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 29 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That's why only congress can declare war!

So, they work around that by saying these wars are not wars, so now that this has been established, the president can do as they wish and nobody can stop them (as only congress restrains the President)

[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Just a special military operation?

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

They'll name it ironically, like "operation southern shield".

[–] CelestialBunny@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Assuming that he was doing this in order to boost his popularity due to war, how does he fuck this up and get bullied over the Epstein files for another year? Because he’s GOING to fuck this up.

[–] justaman123@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago

Usually there's a lot more build up for this kind of thing to get the public on their side, but they figured they could use the Trump magic to just shove it in dry. I don't think it's gonna fly. Share all the Epstein files!

[–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Why does his profile picture look like a sims 1 character??

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The same reason his platform was "whatever the companies wanted it to be"

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

Yeah, I had high hopes from him and he sold out almost immediately.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 3 days ago

Friendly reminder:

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 days ago

My brother used AI to create "professional portraits" and they looked like this.

I mocked him and flooded his inbox with local portrait photographers until he changed his profile pic

[–] MonkeyDumpster@lemmy.org 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

im so happy we're making all the oil companies even more money! yay!

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Just like Israel and Iran. I would say the same for Russia, but Putin was pretty popular before the war iirc.

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 days ago

but Putin was pretty popular before the war iirc.

Thanks to his sugar delivery service.

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Pete would know, he's had first hand experience.

[–] Tidesphere@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I believe they're setting this up so they can send Epsteiners to Venezuela to take high level government positions and "help run it" and give them a convenient way to leave the country and be beyond prosecution while maintaining a luxury lifestyle.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's a very obvious pattern for that reason, and others.

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 4 points 4 days ago

It's a very obvious pattern for that treason, and others.

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