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Russia's bribing this JACKASS seems to have finally paid off for the Soviets.

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"Weak" meaning "not enough torchlight parades of jackbooted bulletheads" and "not enough pogroms."

Trump's getting desperate to deflect attention from the failure of his backstab... oh sorry, his "peace plan."

Europe should be investigating every fascist party for serving as agents of hostile foreign influence. The leaders should be imprisoned and the parties themselves disbanded and proscribed and their assets seized. This is part of a propaganda war meant to undermine any place that's less of a festering shithole than Russia.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Everything this idiot says tends to be the opposite. And frankly, I can see it.

The Europe I see (as a Canadian, with immigrant parents from Portugal) is the same Europe I've always seen; It has it's share of problems, sure. But for the most part, they're older, with a lot more history to draw from, and as a result are just more level headed than the idiot teenagers revving their engine and trying to pick bar fights that is America.

Europe as a continent has been through enough shit that they've kind of, as a culture, learned to say "woah...okay...let's take a step back and look at this a bit before deciding to be an asshole." Canada kind of inherited some of that by virtue of sticking in the commonwealth longer and having a peaceful transition to independence instead of kicking our feet and threatening to move out at 16 like some bratty teenage countries did.

(Apropos of nothing, I also think that this is sort of the problem with a lot of Eastern Bloc countries. With the fall of the Soviet Union, a lot of them (Russia Included) were kicked out on their own all of a sudden and are essentially entering the teenage years of their independence)

Does that mean Europe is perfect? No...of course not. Far from it.

But they're a hell of a lot more put together and strong than the U.S. is at the moment.

Trump is projecting, as usual.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

Trump is projecting, as usual.

It's indisputable that Trump is weak and decaying. He can hardly summon the energy to shit himself anymore, and his speeches are even more ignorant free-associative blithering than they used to be.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I have to politely disagree with your opinion of Europe being more mature and level-headed. They seem that way now, but they've repeatedly fucked over one another throughout history. They aren't magically immune to internal/external bullshit just because it's been around longer.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

They seem that way now, but they’ve repeatedly fucked over one another throughout history.

History is a nightmare from which we're all trying to awake.

Go back a hundred years or more, and there was hardly any peace or justice anywere in the world.

[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 12 points 6 days ago (3 children)

"I'll end the war on day one".

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

He's not even winning the war on his own incontinence and dementia.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

. . . by selling out Ukraine!

[–] Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

This is a long fucking day.

[–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What does "walking away from Ukraine" even mean?

USA is not supporting Ukraine in any manner.
If a weapon bought by some other country is going to be donated to Ukraine, USA adds a 10% punishment fee to the price of the weapon. I don't think this will end if USA "walks away from Ukraine".

The only thing USA walking away would mean would be it no longer trying to pressure Ukraine into capitulating to the Russia.
So... Maybe we should help Trump see us as weak? Walk away, dude, just walk away. Good riddance.

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

The last thing he can take away is his satellites and other surveillance, and air defense missiles for which there are not a ready replacement in Europe. So this would be painful for at least another 1-2 years if he did it.

But Europe can also make things painful for Trump by selling Tbills or tariffing US tech services which is a way bigger industry for the US than any goods trade happening between Europe and USA. I'd say Europe has at least as much and maybe more leverage but is just trying to stay better behaved until they really need to show Trump the finger.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 5 points 6 days ago

And USA is still doing sanctions on russion oil.

Europe is keeping quiet. Talking back doesn't work. Flattering doesn't work. As long as support is still flowing they let him rant and work on alternatives for USA products and services.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

In a year to a year-and-a-half he's going to be begging for Europe's attention. That'll be when the post-tariff trade deals rerouting around the US kick in.

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

With luck, by then he'll be long dead.

O come, blessed arterial plaque!

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[–] borQue@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago

Weak? We're on the brink of recolonising the sh*t out of you. This version clearly has failed.

He can barely walk, period

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[–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Thats some major projection going on.

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

Churchill was on the right track with Operation Unthinkable. And as much as a think Patton was a vainglorious blowhard, he was right about the Russians.

Should have done something in 45.

[–] borQue@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago

Polarisation is this pukestain's favourite word.

[–] CountVlad47@feddit.org 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The childish side of me wants to say "I know you are, but what am I?"

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[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

More projection from PEDOnald. He is scared he's being viewed as weak and decaying, so just spouting those probably just learned words in anger at something better than he is.

Spoiler: he is weak and decaying.

[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Oh nos! EPSTEIN FILES, anyone?

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

Walk away from Ukraine? This fucker gets lost in the Oval Office.

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