this post was submitted on 14 Feb 2025
98 points (93.8% liked)

Actually Infuriating

435 readers
2 users here now

Community Rules:

Be Civil

Please treat others with decency. No bigotry (disparaging comments about any race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexuality, nationality, ability, age, ). Personal attacks and bad-faith argumentation are not allowed.

Content should be actually infuriatingPolitics and news are allowed, as well as everyday life. However, please consider posting in partner communities below if it is a better fit.

Mark NSFW/NSFL postsPlease mark anything distressing (death, gore, etc.) as NSFW and clearly label it in the title.

Keep it Legal and MoralNo promoting violence, DOXXing, brigading, harassment, misinformation, spam, etc.

Partner Communities

founded 4 weeks ago
MODERATORS
top 23 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 50 points 6 days ago (4 children)

What's scary about these stories is that it makes me think that Trump has absolutely no one near him who is going to stop any of his craziest impulses.

The President decides to invade Scotland because they protested his golf course? Why not?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)

He's one step below Putin at this point. Speak out against him and you get fired, harassed until you quit, or called out publicly to allow his goons to harass you into quitting or something more lethal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Putin is like Al Capone.

Trump is like the Joker.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Nah, the joker isn't cool with nazis.

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

There was another 'Elseworlds' where Joker ends up in a Soviet gulag.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That is giving WAY too much credit to trump...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

True.

I've been saying for years that Trump could have extorted $50 billion out of the Saudis in January 2017. Even Team Rocket could have figured that out.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I believe the exact opposite, Trump is being closely handled this time around. The powers that be have a lock on him.

Notice you don't hear him speak much anymore? Seems to be far fewer Truth Social posts, and the ones I've seen are often written with a clearness they lacked before. Just looked at his feed, almost no words from Trump, all links to articles.

Remember the senile stuff he was spouting in the run up to the election? Where did that all go?

They let him do silly shit like this so he feels in control. Manipulating Trump is the same strategy as controlling a willful toddler.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

That's my theory. The dude had a stroke. He's running on fumes and might not make it in a year or two.

JD Vance is trying to keep his job long enough to not get Jan 6 Mike Pence, while there's no question in my mind Musk wants to run America. There's going to be some infighting soon.

And maybe the Democrats are doing the right thing by letting the powderkeg happen. Unfortunately, the Democrats are infighting too because all the old rich Democrats need to die out so the AOC/Bernie folks can take over. But thats too optimistic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

He's running on fumes and might not make it in a year or two.

Stop, I cannot take any more joyful hope today.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago
[–] adarza 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

invade Scotland

that's on next week's to-do list.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I just saw the Louisiana is cutting vaccinations now that RFK Jr. is in charge.

This isn't even two full months and I've already seen enough to turn my hair white.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago (2 children)

This isn't even a month in...

[–] adarza 4 points 6 days ago

1435 days, 16 hours, 48 minutes remaining.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

no, it’s the same strategy as before:
1: do some horrible, damaging thing.
2: people and news get mad.
3: do some very offensive thing.
4: news reports on that instead, people mostly forget about #1.
5: GOTO step 1.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

Trump is the most successful Energy Vampire.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

I bet he'll hire 4 Seasons Landscaping for this.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

It makes sense. Trump hates all living things that aren't Trump so he'd naturally despise plant life and would prefer all paved, and ideally gold plated, scenery.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

I bet one of the nutjobs around there thinks secret deep state government shit is buried in there and wants to dig it up

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

least infuriating thing he’s done since he was elected….

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

TIL Trump's framed mugshot hangs just outside of the oval office.