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[–] HugeNerd 26 points 2 days ago

Guess his joke bombed.

[–] PhAzE 38 points 3 days ago (11 children)

Remember that the US nuked Japan in response. So I guess he'd be ok if Iran nuked the US in response?

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

They also put a tooon of Japanese people in camps

Same thing they're starting to do to immigrants, trans people, and dissenters

[–] xta@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

Remember that the US nuked Japan in response.

Twice.

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[–] panda_abyss 256 points 4 days ago (12 children)

I can’t tell if this is dementia or his regular poor taste and racism.

[–] FaygoRedPop@lemmy.world 145 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (10 children)

I hate Trump. Fuck Trump.

However, out of all the disgusting and ghastly shit Trump has done and said, this one is not that bad. Poor taste, sure. Racist? Come on. Did you even read it? It was actually witty compared to his typical knuckle dragging bullshit.

A reporter asked Trump why he didn't tell U.S. allies, including European and Asian countries, such as Japan, that he was planning joint military strikes with Israel on Iran.

"One thing, you don't want to signal too much when we go in," Trump said. "We went in very hard and we didn't tell anyone about it because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"

This guy is a sex predator, pedo who is trying to be a dictator and is taking our democratic rights away. Let's focus on that first. Don't let this petty bullshit be the focus.

I'll take my downvotes now.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 39 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (14 children)

I guess he could always do worse and joke about Hiroshima...but I wont give more ideas...

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[–] spacesatan@leminal.space 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Like half way through trumps first term I thought people would stop taking everything he says extremely literally but here we still are. People are out here thinking he's so far gone that he literally thinks he was president during pearl harbor and that his counterpart was running Japan. He has dementia but come on, you have to encounter reality deeper than just reading headlines and jerking yourself off with them.

This is just how he talks and has talked. He just made a stupid comparison while trying to deflect a question.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk 24 points 4 days ago

Well...she's a huge fan of Trump so she deserves all she gets.

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[–] roofTophopper@lemmy.world 37 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Bro. The people coming to his defense is mind blowing. "That's not what he meant!", "He didn't mean it in a racist way!" Shut the fuck up. He knows what he's saying. He doesn't care. The mental gymnastics his cult does for him is crazy. Just own up to it. He's the racist pedophile Uncle who makes bad jokes at a family gathering that you wouldn't leave your 10 year old with.

It is what it is.

[–] Oodlenoodlenoo@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 days ago

It's the same shit they repeated on the campaign trail god I got tired of being told "it's all hyperbole" from people I know didn't even know what the word meant

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 8 points 3 days ago

Something something narcissist's prayer.

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[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 40 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Time for Japan to dump their 1 trillion in US bonds. That'll be worse than Pearl Harbor for them.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

Japan is like the rest of the world, they bought into the idea US was too big to fail. You can't just "dump" $1T in bonds.

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[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 51 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Its crazy how well he represents the worst of america so well. Let me tell you folks no one does it better. The best people are all saying it. Top people in fact.

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[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 137 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Interesting that Trump seems to understand that we "did a pearl harbor" on Iran, but somehow still thinks that we are the "good guys"? He almost got self aware for a second there.

[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 70 points 4 days ago (4 children)

He doesn't believe in good guys, he thinks everyone is just as evil as him so it makes his continuous assault on all limits of human decency OK in his mind.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

Yup, this is why his accusations are always confessions. Projection is the psychological phenomenon where you refuse to see yourself as bad, so you justify your bad actions with “everyone does bad stuff like this, so it doesn’t make me bad to do them.” But when all of your interactions are colored by that “everyone does bad stuff like this” part, it means you project those bad intentions onto others and default to assuming they’re just as bad as you are. So when he’s accusing people of bad things, it is because he has projected those intentions onto them.

And Trump’s narcissism refuses to let him do any kind of soul-searching that may lead him to stop projecting. And thus, every accusation is an admission.

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[–] TemplaerDude@sh.itjust.works 105 points 3 days ago (2 children)

If you’re stunned you have not been paying attention to the last ten years.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 56 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Not to worry. He’s going to be SLAMMED for this. Perhaps even someone will BLAST him. And since journalism is literal Pokémon moves now he might even be CONFUSED or HYPNOTIZED

[–] Janx@piefed.social 20 points 3 days ago

President Trump used DISTRACTION! It's not very effective against Epstein Files...

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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 93 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That wasn’t a joke. He was not joking. He’s an abusive asshole.

[–] zeejoo@thelemmy.club 32 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He's a sociopath, no two ways about it. I remember a story his nephew told about bringing his developmentally disabled son (can't remember the exact condition) to the White House and having multiple meetings with Trump about setting up a bill that would benefit Americans, including his own great-nephew. In one of those meetings, after it had all seemed positive, everyone left the room but Trump and his nephew, to whom Trump immediately said "be a lot easier and less expensive if all these disabled kids would just die".

Sauce

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[–] Auli 17 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Nobody is mentioning he said why didn't you warn me.

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This guy needs to be put down like a rabid dog.

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[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The biggest buyer of US debt everyone. Lucky for Trump she's a boot licker.

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[–] stumu415@lemmy.zip 31 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Americans must be so proud of their commander in chief. Well at least 40% still are. That's all you need to know about the United States. In regards to the world, you lost all respect and trust that took 80 years to built. If any other foreign leader would use this language, he would be in a white padded cell within hours.

[–] MonkRome@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (6 children)

I actually think someone like trump could exist in more countries than we are willing to acknowledge. He plays terribly as someone else's leader, but as your own leader, people seem to love the jingoism, bravado, and shamelessness in a lot of countries.

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[–] 6stringringer@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 days ago

He lowered the bar to the ground & then went at it with a shovel. Ooooo dayumn.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 51 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Does he not realize what he’s implying based on the ultimate fate of imperial Japan after they did the Pearl Harbor?

[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 27 points 4 days ago

I guarantee you he does not.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago (3 children)

"Oval Office stunned..."

No, they weren't. No one is surprised when Trump makes a complete ass of himself in front of other world leaders, it's sort of his thing.

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[–] icedaemon0@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Ehh not suprised with how stupid donald is.

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (5 children)

The dementia really reduces the inhibitions, doesn't it?

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[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago

Joke!? Motherfuckers get the hell out of here with that. It was an insult.

[–] compast@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 days ago

trump embarrassed lady trump

[–] rockettaco37@feddit.nu 19 points 3 days ago

I fucking hate him...

[–] Naevermix@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago
[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 29 points 4 days ago (29 children)

This is the funniest fucking thing he's ever done.

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[–] k0e3 15 points 3 days ago

I haven't read anything about this interview because I'm preemptively feeling the embarrassment and rage of what our Prime Minister will say or promise to cater to the orange shit stain.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Wow, I thought the title is exaggerated but the room did fell silent after that joke. Even Trump seemed to notice it didn't land that well. Impressive.

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