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[–] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 10 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

It's the ~~elephant~~ horse in the room, and it's braying.

[–] modus@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Offered him a tower and a plane. They're trolling the US.

[–] pleasegoaway@lemm.ee 2 points 5 hours ago

Next they’ll offer him another very similar tower, perhaps twin-like.

The UK is offering steel beams.

[–] LoveSausage@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 hours ago

Well it was US who backed them in the first place.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Corruption is a hell of a drug!

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 25 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

I hate corruption in all forms, but I love the fact that Israel is freaking the fuck out right now because the Middle East just realized all they have to do is bribe Trump.

Israeli government is pissed right now, and that’s awesome….

But also, stop pretending like just about every politician in Washington doesn’t also take legalized bribes

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

I hate corruption in all forms, but I love the fact that Israel is freaking the fuck out right now because the Middle East just realized all they have to do is bribe Trump.

Hey, maybe netanyahu being upset will cause democrats to actually oppose something trump is doing.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 hours ago

This is bad. And these same people the Republicans where trying to find anything on Biden about bribery. But are silent on this stuff that Trump is doing in the open.

israel can have their mountain but they must leave the buffer zone

[–] Ordinary_Person@lemmy.ca 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

All of those January 6th people who were freaking out about losing their country... where are they now? Hmmmm.

Fucking hypocrites.

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 14 points 19 hours ago

Yes, I'm sure that the thing that will finally get Jan 6'ers to turn on Trump is checks notes lifting sanctions on Syria.

[–] confluence@lemmy.world 8 points 23 hours ago

My new conspiracy theory: Vance is a made man for the Technate, and the plan has always been to get him into the Presidency. Trump will be enabled to act as corruptly as he wants, until an impeachment succeeds. Vance will step in and fulfill Thiel's program. Trump lands softly, and the Matrix is built.

[–] anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 48 points 1 day ago (9 children)

I find in endlessly funny that we've been screaming at the democrats to leverage Israel more to end hostilities in the ME without any real movement from them, but suddenly Trump is willing to say 'fuck it' just because the right people happen to be bribing him.

If the right people keep trump's palms greased for long enough we might actually end up on the right side of history by accident, and if that's not comedy I don't know what is.

[–] gradual@lemmings.world 8 points 21 hours ago

Someone posted a good picture of the locking mechanism called the "ratchet effect" that democrats/neo-liberals provide for the ruling class.

Essentially, Republicans get to do whatever they want to enrich our rulers, and democrats are there to stop the workers from reversing any of the gains.

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[–] Kwyjibo1@lemmy.myserv.one 19 points 1 day ago

He did quid pro quo with Ukraine his first term and he got away with it so why not keep doing it.

[–] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The crowd that went on about a laptop for 5 years suddenly don't care about The President getting a whole ass jet and tower as a gift. But they aren't a cult. Only decorum and the law matters when Dems are in power.

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[–] p3n@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am not arguing with the obvious corruption, but to provide a counterpoint to the second part of the argument: if we aren't allowed to make peace with former terrorists, then we can never stop fighting each other, and if we keep fighting each other, then we will keep creating the next generation of terrorists.

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yes but the deal almost certainly has nothing to do with peace.

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[–] HighFructoseLowStand@lemm.ee 25 points 1 day ago (17 children)

The really ugly thing here is, al-Sharaa is the best thing to happen to Syria in decades. Most people have been urging recognition of his government and the relaxation of sanctions because he's about as good we can expect a leader of Syria to be.

And he is still bribing Trump.

This isn't merely corruption. This is the *normalization * of corruption. Even countries that abide by democratic norms and international law are going to need to grease palms to conduct regular diplomatic relations. The EU and UK and Canada might be able to weather his bullshit until he folds like he always does, but developing nations will be stuck trying to bid for American favor.

Welcome to the Chinese century.

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

Quids are the best Pro Quos

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 87 points 1 day ago (13 children)

..... and no one should put all the blame on one man ... he isn't that powerful or persuasive

It's a complicit government that had decided to allow this orange menace to do as he pleases because it benefits some wealthy owners.

It's a lot easier to blame one man because it would remove the complicity of a large organization of people that are driving all this.

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 153 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I ran out of outrage about two months ago.

[–] banghida@lemm.ee 105 points 1 day ago (16 children)

That was likely the plan. Gl

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 129 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (14 children)

This post reeks of Israeli propaganda. Ahmed al-Sharaa renounced al-Qaeda many years ago and has a lengthy, demonstrated record as a moderate, inclusive leader who fought both the Assad regime and ISIS at the same time. A moderate Arab leader who protects ethnic minorities is a threat to the Israeli narrative about their neighbors.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 84 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's still corruption tho. Whether or not they misrepresent that dude I know nothing about doesn't take away from the fact that Trump is as easily bribed as a toddler.

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

always has been.

the al-quaeda turned into what it was because of US money and support.

[–] ZMoney@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Here's my most optimistic take for Americans. This guy is not as bad as Hitler. He's out to scam the world, not conquer it militarily. So that's a plus, for now. If his successor is Vance then the invasion of Canada and Mexico might actually happen.

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yeah, at least he aint sending anyone he doesn't like to labour and death camps, replacing everyone with loyalists and doesn't talk of invading random neighbours

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[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

This guy is not as bad as Hitler.

The jury is still out on that, but it's not looking good. Hitler took power in 1933, and didn't start his first euthanasia program until 1936, and it didn't really get going until after the establishment of the first death facility in Chelmno in 1941. Between those years, Hitler consolidated his power, reconfigured the government, and began rounding up his enemies.

HitlerPig took power in 2024, and is already making the exact same moves as Hitler. If he sticks with a similar timeline, he starts murdering his enemies in 2027.

Hitler's first victims were the mentally and physically handicapped. HitlerPig's henchman RFK, Jr., has already announced that they're starting a database of Autistic people, which they want to pretend doesn't really exist. We've already seen that these scientific Neanderthals think that the best way to improve concerning statistics is to get rid of the statistics (Remember how HitlerPig didn't want a Covid testing program because that would increase the numbers?), and so the most efficient way to win the "war" on autism, is to get rid of all the aughties, and prohibit anyone else to be diagnosed with it. Hurray! MAGA cured autism!

Hitler ordered the construction of Dachau in his first year in power (1933). HitlerPig has already started building his first American concentration camp in Guantanamo Bay to hold 30,000 people. To provide context, the average maximum security prison in America hold 800-1200 prisoners, with the largest being the prison in Angola, LA, which holds 8300. That means the new concentration camp is almost 4x larger than our largest max security prison, which is already several times larger than the average. They are already sending people to El Salvador, and are negotiating a deal with Rwanda as well. Clearly, they intend to lock up a lot of people.

It needs to be stressed that HitlerPig's closest advisor, Stephen "PeeWee Himmler" Miller, is an avowed Nazi. In his mind, the only thing the Nazis did wrong is that they weren't decisively harsh enough. He has said that he wants to reduce the population of America from 335 million to 100 million white people. That's 235 million people, about 70% of our current population, far more than the paltry 6 million deaths is assigned to Hitler.

I think your statement should be amended to read:

This guy is not as bad as Hitler...

...YET

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[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Americans will just get mad post on Reddit and then go back to watching YouTube, Twitch in the hovel of their choice until ice comes for them and they will say no no not me you said it was the “others”. They are not watching the news. Bills to make furries the bad guys. Bills to make 2SLGBTQIA+ bad guys. Starting to grumble(by grumble I mean “we need to outlaw this stuff” talk) about what should and should not be on Twitch and other platforms. Grumbling about gamers and certain games. The list of buried stuff in the bills that are coming out is staggering.

They Came by Pastor Martin Niemöller 

First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me

[–] Bongles@lemm.ee 18 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What do you propose?

You're not going to Luigi the guy, security is far tighter and he's had a couple "attempts". Protesting is happening and barely accomplishing anything. The judicial system is doing more than i expected but he's ignoring it in many cases. Congress WILL NOT impeach him unless there's a switch in party majorities but that's a ways off.

[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

I am not an american. All I know is if citizens just keep doing nothing the us will become just like the fascists in Germany did in WWII. It is up to them to do something or nothing. Time will tell.

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