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Trump just presided over one of the greatest diplomatic disasters in modern history, with flared tempers, raised voices, and shredded protocol.

Never before has a U.S. president bullied and berated an adversary, never mind an ally, in such a public way.

During a tense Oval Office meeting, Trump and JD Vance attacked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, demanding he accept a peace deal with Russia or lose U.S. support.

The conversation devolved into shouting, with Trump accusing Zelenskyy of being ungrateful and “gambling with World War III.”

The meeting ended in chaos, with no agreement reached.

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[–] 2ugly2live 11 points 27 minutes ago (1 children)

Watching that made my stomach hurt. I'm so embarrassed. Not that I wasn't before, but Jesus Christ. Every time he opens his mouth, every time I see a new article about the horrendous shit he's doing, that rage from the election results comes back again. I feel like I have to watch it all, but this is so fucking painful.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 minutes ago

I remember when Clinton only had to get a BJ from a sexy little intern and he's up for impeachment. Do you remember?

[–] Redex68 3 points 23 minutes ago

I'm just sad that Zelensky needs to keep good relations with the US so that he can still get something from them, because I'm sure that otherwise he would have completely destroyed their arguments there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 minutes ago

I'm gonna say it out loud: you are all getting fooled like a bunch of idiots by trump and US government.

USA government wants more war. Here you are praising war and that diplomacy has failed, you are playing government game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 minutes ago

This is what happens when Trump doesn't get his way and he throws his toys out of the pram.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 hours ago (20 children)

I can't wait for Trump to die

[–] Regrettable_incident 11 points 1 hour ago (5 children)

I'm not American but wouldn't that mean Vance becomes president? It's tempting to think he couldn't be any worse, but trump likes the fucker so who knows?

[–] merdaverse 2 points 10 minutes ago

Honestly, Vance seems even worse to me. Trump has that embarrassing grandpa vibe and he seems too stupid to make any important decisions on his own or realize what he's doing. Vance gives me a determined murderous intent vibe.

[–] drmoose 7 points 53 minutes ago (1 children)

Maybe they can die together?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 38 minutes ago (1 children)
[–] drmoose 1 points 34 minutes ago
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (2 children)

@[email protected] said

I can't wait for Trump to die

DANGER Will Robinson! we can't threaten people here, not even oompaloompas.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I'm not a great shot, but at 130m firing from a prone position I would have made that shot 9 times out of 10. Heck, I had my family on the range firing a diemaco c7 (the colt Canada ar15) as part of a family appreciation day in my home guard company. They hadn't shot more than an air rifle before, and after about three rounds each they shot killing shots at a silhuet at 200m.

How that guy could miss is beyond me. Almost like it was intentional.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 minutes ago

small razor blade to cut the ear and it became a near miss.

[–] Regrettable_incident 6 points 1 hour ago

Almost like it was intentional.

Yeah. Funny thing, that.

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[–] wulrus 2 points 17 minutes ago

His tone is quite different with Kim Jong Un and Putin.

[–] Tezzerets_Tea_Time 12 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It would be wildly illegal for me to say what I think of, and wish for, both Trump and Vance, but I'm still gonna quietly pray to whoever is listening that it happens.

[–] Mediocre_Bard 4 points 43 minutes ago

Correct. It is 100% illegal to call for the sudden and violent death of Trump and Vance, even if you think that they are white trash traitors who would, in fact, be better off dead.

[–] sasquatch7704 9 points 1 hour ago

That was painful to watch. Trump and Vence were pathetic and the end rambling about Biden, laptop, wtf was that? If Kamala did then same they would have taken her by force to a mental institution.

[–] Wrench 12 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

Congrats Never Genocide people posing as Progressives. We fucking warned you that exactly this was going to happen. Trump and his cult would side with Russia and throw Ukraine under the bus.

Great fucking job.

And great fucking job, Mods, for protecting those fucks in the name of civility.

We are the baddies now. And we got here because you'd rather protect Nazis from being punched in the mouth for their words and actions in the name of civility.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Doing God's work in excusing the DNC's unwillingness to do what it took to defeat Trump (just like, right now, they're not doing what it takes to stop him).

For the instinctive ass-kisser it's never the Royalty who is to blame, always the plebes.

With an "opposition" that doesn't actually oppose and is ever less representative of the population, Project 2025 was always going to happen, sooner or later, since the trend of the last 2 decades has been ever more of far right populism, propped up by the Democrats' ever more Rightwing policies and ever less trying to represent the broader population (and repeatedly using "we're not them" as their entire electoral strategy).

You know what might've worked? Not having licked the boots of the Democrat Leadership during the last decade or two.

Now, you're getting to enjoy the bed you made for yourself.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 57 minutes ago (2 children)

They really have you all wrapped around their fingers, don’t they? Your democracy is literally on fire around you and the best both ”sides” can do is bicker whose fault it is.

[–] merdaverse 1 points 4 minutes ago

There was never any democracy to begin with if you can't vote for whoever the fuck you want, without resorting to "lesser evil" strategies.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 30 minutes ago

That's by design.

[–] Tezzerets_Tea_Time 11 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Thank fucking God we didn't vote for Harris because she wouldn't outright condemn Israel. Totally worth everything happening now (that any remotely educated and reasonable person warned about).

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