Can't let the idiocy of the American president ruin your mewing streak
this post was submitted on 09 May 2025
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Did he Jim the camera? Classic.
Gotta love the grumpy defiant toddler thing that Trump has going for him there.
2 modes. Bully or victim. Once you understand this you cant unsee it.
That's pretty on-brand for him.
Not shown: poopy in his diapey
Trump is a racist prick. But Merkel’s world view is what put Putin in power.
Her ignoring the rise of Russia in exchange for cheap oil and gas set the stage for the Ukraine invasion. Her underinvestment in the military and shuttering Nuclear energy plants across Germany were strategic blunders that Europe is going to pay for.
Trump is a racist prick. But Merkel’s world view is what put Putin in power.
Schröder before het and more overtly.
Her ignoring the rise of Russia in exchange for cheap oil and gas set the stage for the Ukraine invasion.
Wasn't it part of normalising relations with russia post cold war, hoping they'd behave fucking normally instead of the crap they're doing now?
If your best bet is hoping someone is going to be on their best behavior with no real alternative, especially on a national scale, your plans are bad and you should feel bad.
It was… but Russian has invaded or conducted multiple military operations in many different countries since Putin came to power…
After say the first 5 maybe the West should have recognized that Russia wasn’t going to be the partner they wanted them to be…
The plan was always that a good economic partnership would prevent any military confrontations. What was never really considered was Ukraine, another energy producing country, leaving Russia's sphere of influence in favour of a closer relationship with the EU which made it competition to Russia's oil and gas industry.
The whole thing blew up when rich corrupt people had their monopoly threatened.
Vastly onesided, especially the shutdown of the nuclear plants. They only accounted for 11% of electrical energy production during peak activity. I don't see how you could have convinced people to build 10x more nuclear plants to achieve net zero, given the huge prior resistance i.e. "Atomkraft, nein Danke". I agree to the blunder in so far that she failed to accelarate the transirion to renewables at the begin of the millenia. Which was probably no realistic option due to internal party resistance.
Yeah, but one side bad, other side good!
It sure would be nice if someone gave some context for the poor dummies not familiar with this pic or who’s all in it. (Glad I’m not one of those silly heads)
Merkel (Germany) being sick of Trumps shit (during his first term). In the background i can only recognize Shinzo Abe (Japan). This pic is from a G7 Meeting.
Germany's Angela Merkel called the U.S. president's words "sobering and a little depressing."
Germany’s Angela Merkel called the U.S. president’s words “sobering and a little depressing"
Meanwhile, the Italians thought he was too chaotic and disorganized, the Greek didn't like his lack of work ethic, the French objected to his constant philandering and the British were put off by his taste in food.
This is brilliant. I fear it may be too subtle/dry for many people to get, but top shelf regardless!
I fear it may be too subtle/dry for many people to get
You're really telling on yourself if you think that listing the most common stereotypes of these countries is somehow subtle
Without an /s trailer, lemmy can be straight clueless.
In the background i can only recognize Shinzo Abe (Japan).
John Bolton is also quite recognizable. The rest, I can't place, either.
Also Macron from the cheek bones
And apparently Larry Kudlow (trump economic advisor kinda dude).
Teresa “I prefer spinach” May was between them but not visible here
My point is that Trump's bullshit is well-known by now and no one really prepared for a second term. Added symbolism is that both Merkel and Abe aren't politically active anymore and Europe/Democratic Asia still hasn't united.
Wars in East Europe, Levante, South Asia, Southeast Asia and no one has a plan, because the self-declared leader of the world plays obstinate child.
I don't think Abe is active in any way anymore
Actively decomposing, unless he was cremated.
TIL. So yeah, what remains of Abe is not very active at all, as far as what's observable to the unaided eye. I'm sure there's some trace amounts of radioactivity in the ashes and some molecular movement due to the fact he's not stored at absolute zero.
Levante? Also what war is in South East Asia?
Yes but the other world leaders didn't elect him. The propaganda-pithed morans of the US did.
How is that related?
Japan learned. Abe is dead and his entire political party collapsed.
And that had absolutely nothing to do with international relations. Instead, it was due to a cult infiltrating his party and getting him on the bad side of a disgruntled family member when their beliefs lead to the death of his mother.