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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 45 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

God, I wish this guy would have a massive coronary heart attack already. His health is awful, and as we all know, the worse you are, the longer you live. It's like some kind of physical law.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 9 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

And get Vance instead? If that’s not an insurance then I don’t know what is haha.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 13 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Vance doesn't have the cult of personality, no one has it. If Vance takes over, it suddenly becomes OK to criticize his actions, and everything/everyone attached to him.

MAGA should be frothing at the mouth over Musk, but he's Trump's golden boy. Take Trump away, out come the pitchforks.

[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 11 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

We just need Trump, Vance, and Musk to all get in a fatal airplane crash together. Nothing of value would be lost.

[–] Clepsydrae@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

Don't need a plane, just have them carpool in cybertruck long enough and the law of averages will handle the rest.

[–] aramova@infosec.pub 4 points 18 hours ago

Mike Johnson is next in line don't forget. They got the royal flush of fuckwads and as he told Zalinsky we ain't holding any cards. At least in that sense.

[–] cosmo@feddit.org 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I would say an airplane can have quite some value. Maybe they can just fall out the door of it during flight? Without a parachute of course.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

That's just rude, at least give them some dignity. Give em a parachute that you know doesn't work.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

How can he be worse? Trumps health is so bad he's just doing whatever people tell him. He is not functionally in charge right now anyway.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

He is not functionally in charge right now anyway.

Trump has whims but Vance has plans which is way worse. Trump being incredibly incompetent is a saving grace in all of this mess. Imagine that US elected a professional autocrat like Orban - they’d be stuck in this for decades.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 25 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 7 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

I’m fairly sure they are speaking of recognising territory belonging to a certain country. For example, US doesn’t recognise Palestine while plenty of the world does. Trump as a president can definitely shape US foreign policy like that.

[edit] I just realised the next step is Google Maps displaying that Crimea belongs to Russia for everyone regardless of location because that’s how US rolls these days lol.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 22 points 20 hours ago

Did that orange Buffon asked Ukraine about Crimea?

[–] Keener@lemm.ee 12 points 19 hours ago

He recognises that big body of water as The Gulf of America. That doesn't make it so. Same applies here.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 12 points 19 hours ago

No pero No.

"A push by the US to formally recognize Crimea — which Russia invaded and illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014 — as Russian land would likely draw tremendous pushback from Europe as well as from Kyiv, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has firmly resisted territorial concessions. The US, Ukraine, and much of the international community have recognized Crimea as Ukrainian, despite Russia’s occupation of the peninsula."

[–] snuggledick@lemm.ee 9 points 19 hours ago

Him recognizing shit doesn't make it so though.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 5 points 19 hours ago

Its like all us news these days. trump contemplates being bigger asshole than he already is.

[–] blackberry@midwest.social -2 points 20 hours ago