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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 8 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Seeking a second presidency as the Republicans’ presumptive 2024 White House nominee, Donald Trump has said he would “encourage” Russia to attack any of the US’s Nato allies whom he considers to have not met their financial obligations.

Trump made the remarks on Saturday during a campaign rally in Conway, South Carolina, ahead of the state’s Republican presidential preference primary on 24 February.

On Saturday, Trump claimed that during an unspecified Nato meeting he told a fellow head of state that the US under his leadership would not defend any countries who were “delinquent”.

“Sounds as if Trump is kind of encouraging Russia to attack our Nato allies,” David Corn – an MSNBC analyst and the Washington DC bureau chief of Mother Jones – said on X.

The legislation was supported by Democratic incumbent Joe Biden, and Trump vowed that – if elected again – he would carry out “a massive deporation operation” on his first day back in the Oval Office.

The charges contained in four separate indictments across various jurisdictions allege that he tried to subvert the result of the election he lost, illegally retained government secrets after his presidency, and made illicit hush-money payments to a porn actor who claims to have had a sexual encounter with Trump.


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[–] FunkyMonk@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Well, he just said, get on him UN taxmen

What’s “bills”?

Protection money? Like monsters do?

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

So... Trump is a puppet of Vladdy Daddy? A "Trump-et" perhaps?

That was the worst pun I have ever made.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago
[–] twistypencil@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Can we stop putting him on the front page because he says shut like this? We can't ignore him, but we are playing into his hands. Headline it something like, More Proof Trump is unelectable, or something that isn't click bait

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It's a fair point, but don't think about it as someone-posted-it-to-lemmy think about it as The Guardian thought it was amazing this donald trump character would say something outrageous.

As if they just woke up in the world this morning and were completely perplexed as to how a demented sociopathic rapist fraud could have said such a thing.

This is what we're talking about with regard to corporate news media constantly supporting Trump and his campaign. If the reporter was actually allowed to phrase the title, it would be something like "Fuck me, another verbal turd from spray-tan bozo" or . . y'know, something. Instead, it's this sanitized, starched white "How interesting that such a provocative comment was made" headline which is pure and utter bullshit and everyone is completely aware of it. That's the 1984 happening.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

Except it's not proof he's unelectable, only that sane people won't vote for him.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

People won’t read past the headline and accept or reject the notion based on their beliefs

A better headline in this case would be “Trump claims with him in charge US no match for Russian army”

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection_racket#:~:text=The%20protection%20racket%20mostly%20sells,or%20otherwise%20harming%20their%20clients.

The protection racket mostly sells physical security. Through the credible threat of violence, the racketeers deter both third-party criminals and people in their own criminal organization from swindling, robbing, injuring, sabotaging, or otherwise harming their clients

[–] Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I needed a good laugh, he really is the meme president.

[–] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It would be illegal for any of us poor people to encourage others to attack Donald Trump for not paying his bills in the same way, so I'm not going to do that.

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee -4 points 1 year ago

DEMOCRATS want to start WW3!

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