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[Ragey Erasmus]

A president of the USA gleefully using imagery of destroying one of his own cities, and certain people still want to act like this is normal or acceptable...

 

[Welsh Exile]

A president of the USA gleefully using imagery of destroying one of his own cities, and certain people still want to act like this is normal or acceptable...

Oh come on it's just jokes broooooooo.

And if it's not a joke then it's needed and everyone does it

And if it's bad it's not a big deal

And if it is a big deal it's not Trumps fault

And if it was then he didn't mean it

And if he did then you deserved it

 

[dirty harry]

Broadcasters told not to air any booing of Donald Trump at US Open men’s final

US Open broadcasters have been asked not to show any negative crowd reactions to Donald Trump at Sunday’s men’s final

www.theguardian.com

Sounds like censorship to me.

Its pretty standard isnt it? Broadcasters communicating with organisers to risk assess. Didn't CBS lower crowd volume when Biden attended NFL games, during the Lets go brandon era?

Broadcasters generally dont show protests, crowd violence or upheaval, they have a safety responsibility.

 

[dirty harry]

Remember when we had serious politicians

Its almost like baiting those who hate him is a strategy isnt it?

How many times do we have to see the same story covered hysterically by every outlet, for how many years?
Until Don jnr ends his 2nd term and Barron runs?!?!?!

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Its almost like baiting those who hate him is a strategy isnt it?

How many times do we have to see the same story covered hysterically by every outlet, for how many years?
Until Don jnr ends his 2nd term and Barron runs?!?!?!

A president using the imagery of mass, indiscriminate slaughter against his own city is not "baiting"...

 

[McTallshort]

Its almost like baiting those who hate him is a strategy isnt it?

What a productive and noble statesman he is

 

[McTallshort]

Oh come on it's just jokes broooooooo.

And if it's not a joke then it's needed and everyone does it

And if it's bad it's not a big deal

And if it is a big deal it's not Trumps fault

And if it was then he didn't mean it

And if he did then you deserved it

Yeah and the democrats have done something similar in the past haven't they? I mean there's always two sides to everything

 

[dirty harry]

A president using the imagery of mass, indiscriminate slaughter against his own city is not "baiting"...

Are you triggered by a meme?

So are Democrats, CNN, the rest of the media, and the usual suspects on social media, for the 300th time this year.

Seems like its working, for the 300th time this year.

Now if you had responded rationally, and maybe called Trump irresponsible in his social media use, poor taste in the meme, and discussed his rhetoric of being militarised not being helpful to public discourse, id be with you.

You calling it imagery of mass indiscriminate slaughter, is extreme, MAGA calling it a funny movie meme is probably closer to the mark in reality, unless what your saying is he wants to massacre Chicago ites, ans, massive (whatever theyre called)?

Did you react like this when Biden said people would need F15s to fight his government? This is the exact same arguments in was making on Bidens behalf, you cannot take every clumsy sentence, meme, or joke and apply the kind of intent to it you wouldnt for your own side.

Had Biden posted this kind of meme it would have humanised him more in my view.

 

[dirty harry]

What a productive and noble statesman he is

He is not noble, who's made that argument? Or is that the argument you think is being made in your head?

Productive? Easily the most productive president ive ever seen, by a country mile! Whether you love or hate his policies, what hes done, implimented and followed theiugh on since January is nothing short of machine like!

 

[McTallshort]

He is not noble, who's made that argument? Or is that the argument you think is being made in your head?

Meaning?

 

[McTallshort]

Productive? Easily the most productive president ive ever seen, by a country mile! Whether you love or hate his policies, what hes done, implimented and followed theiugh on since January is nothing short of machine like!

He's done loads I will grant you that but whether what he's done turns out to be productive is too early to say. Have the DOGE cuts reduced the civil service? Yes, was is it done in the most productive way? I would say no given how much real savings it made when you take in redundancy payments and having to rehire staff in critical roles. Will it be productive in the long term? Too early to say.

Have tariffs brought loads of world leaders knocking on the door looking for a trade deal? Yeah absolutely. Have these trade deals been finalised yet? No, they have only been agreed in principle, it takes a lot of people working with other teams of people to work this stuff out which will cost the American government money in time and resources. Will these tariffs benefit America long term? Too early to say.

Yes he has done an absolute huge amount of work but it's absolutely far too early to say if that's been a productive use of everybody's time or not.

 

[TommiG88]

He's done loads I will grant you that but whether what he's done turns out to be productive is too early to say. Have the DOGE cuts reduced the civil service? Yes, was is it done in the most productive way? I would say no given how much real savings it made when you take in redundancy payments and having to rehire staff in critical roles. Will it be productive in the long term? Too early to say.

Have tariffs brought loads of world leaders knocking on the door looking for a trade deal? Yeah absolutely. Have these trade deals been finalised yet? No, they have only been agreed in principle, it takes a lot of people working with other teams of people to work this stuff out which will cost the American government money in time and resources. Will these tariffs benefit America long term? Too early to say.

Yes he has done an absolute huge amount of work but it's absolutely far too early to say if that's been a productive use of everybody's time or not.

Has he been productive though? I would say active as productivity tends to help others and show progression.

There's always someone in the office who is looks busy, makes out their busy yet gets nothing done.

 

[General Melchett]

John Bolton said he sits in the Whitehouse dining room watching Fox news most of the day when he's not hosting visitors or signing executive orders with those big marker pens. I suspect that it's Miller, Bannon and his other aides who are doing the heavy lifting.

 

[McTallshort]

Has he been productive though? I would say active as productivity tends to help others and show progression.

There's always someone in the office who is looks busy, makes out their busy yet gets nothing done.

Thats the question. He has made lots and lots of headlines, he's had lots of meetings with world leaders, he put in lots of new policies, executive orders etc etc but how many of those have been a productive use of time and will benefit the Americans in the long term. For me it's far too early to say.

 

[Welsh Exile]

Are you triggered by a meme?

So are Democrats, CNN, the rest of the media, and the usual suspects on social media, for the 300th time this year.

Seems like its working, for the 300th time this year.

Now if you had responded rationally, and maybe called Trump irresponsible in his social media use, poor taste in the meme, and discussed his rhetoric of being militarised not being helpful to public discourse, id be with you.

You calling it imagery of mass indiscriminate slaughter, is extreme, MAGA calling it a funny movie meme is probably closer to the mark in reality, unless what your saying is he wants to massacre Chicago ites, ans, massive (whatever theyre called)?

Did you react like this when Biden said people would need F15s to fight his government? This is the exact same arguments in was making on Bidens behalf, you cannot take every clumsy sentence, meme, or joke and apply the kind of intent to it you wouldnt for your own side.

Had Biden posted this kind of meme it would have humanised him more in my view.

Can you provide any context on those Biden F15 comments please?

 

[McTallshort]

John Bolton said he sits in the Whitehouse dining room watching Fox news most of the day when he's not hosting visitors or signing executive orders with those big marker pens. I suspect that it's Miller, Bannon and his other aides who are doing the heavy lifting.

Thought Bannon was outcast?

 

[General Melchett]

Thought Bannon was outcast?

Not doing his old role but he was spotted leaving a meeting with the Trump administration and he's certainly been on the airwaves defending Trump which suggests he's on the payroll. I think Miller is the main dude now.

 

[Welsh Exile]

He's done loads I will grant you that but whether what he's done turns out to be productive is too early to say. Have the DOGE cuts reduced the civil service? Yes, was is it done in the most productive way? I would say no given how much real savings it made when you take in redundancy payments and having to rehire staff in critical roles. Will it be productive in the long term? Too early to say.

Have tariffs brought loads of world leaders knocking on the door looking for a trade deal? Yeah absolutely. Have these trade deals been finalised yet? No, they have only been agreed in principle, it takes a lot of people working with other teams of people to work this stuff out which will cost the American government money in time and resources. Will these tariffs benefit America long term? Too early to say.

Yes he has done an absolute huge amount of work but it's absolutely far too early to say if that's been a productive use of everybody's time or not.

He's signed loads of executive orders though so he must be productive.

 

[Welsh Exile]

Yeah and the democrats have done something similar in the past haven't they? I mean there's always two sides to everything

Well Harry has said Biden said you need F15 to take down his government (he didn't say that and Harry is leaving out the context but I'm sure he'll comeback with a good reason as to why they are exactly the same)

 

[dirty harry]

Meaning?

I have never seen the word noble used to describe Trump, especially not on here, even @ChicagoKid would probably scoff at the idea. It seems like a faux argument of an exaggerated position that noone holds, except for some reason you.