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Imagine if the dumbest person in the world and humanity’s biggest asshole were the same person, and that guy was president. Then imagine he started a war with Iran. Now check the news. One look, and here’s what you should be thinking: “Yep, that tracks.”

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Let's not muddy the waters. "Trump's War With Iran Is a Product of Distracting from the Trump/Epstein Files to Protect Himself and the International Rapist Cabal". His deep stupidity was there all along.

The quote “Right now, there are 13-year-old kids about to invade Kamchatka in their first-ever game of Risk that look like Carl von Clausewitz compared to Trump.” just about covers the level of strategic planning but I don’t understand how tactical planning is also so poor. I’m guessing Pete’s purges have shredded the upper ranks of everyone who’s not a sycophant.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And him even having a chance at being in that office is a product of a lot American stupidity...but I'm told that we should not blame the voters that voted for this idiot, but blame the Democratic Party for some fucking reason.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

but I'm told that we should not blame the voters that voted for this idiot, but blame the Democratic Party for some fucking reason.

its a common meme isn't it

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I'm convinced that at least some of them are plants, sent in to try to completely demoralize the Democratic Party and the base.

It'd be one thing if they were organizing and doing actual work for a credible alternative. But they are not. Pissing and moaning about the Democrats and then voting Green Party at the national level every 4 years, or just staying home, is so completely unserious...

It's to the point where I just laugh at these types of armchair revolutionaries that I have the pleasure to know IRL. The online ones are especially precious when they think they've really convinced themselves that people like me have not heard all their excuses before.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 43 points 3 days ago (4 children)

New York writer Fran Leibowitz put it best.

"You don't know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump. You just don't."

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Donald Trump Was the Dumbest Goddam Student I Ever Had.

-Professor William T. Kelley, Wharton School of Business and Finance

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"That's like, so relatable"

  • Voters in the USA

Not once but twice. 🤦‍♀️

[–] inari@piefed.zip 1 points 1 day ago

He represents them faithfully

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

You don't know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump. You just don't."

sure we do, everyone who voted for him.

Donald's doing great, guys a fucking genius, psychopath for sure but a genius none the less... making lots of money, flies on the tax payer dime in a private jet, can shit in his diaper at public functions and have someone else clean it up, abuse women and have them vote for him, abuse latinos of all descriptions and have them vote for him, play golf when he wants, gets some of the best medical care in the world, endless body guards paid for on the tax payer dime and on and on.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Literally any of his supporters. The only thing more stupid than being stupid is blindly trusting the dumbest person on the planet.

It's quite the canundrum. Millions of people are tied for dumbest.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In my high school there were always a few senior boys who would make life terrible for everyone. Not just the younger kids, they'd go after the staff as well.

I figured it out eventually. These guys knew that once they graduated their lives were over. They had no skills, no connections, and zero opportunities for advancement. They could get the same jobs as their Dads, or join the military.

This is the mentality of a Trump voter. Their lives suck, so they'll bring everyone else down.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Yep. If Donvict was not born rich he'd be one of those "peaked in high school" dumbasses that all of us have had the pleasure to know.

[–] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Disagree. The guy's actually quite media savvy and (somehow) understands how to tap into working class resentment.

(Never mind that people like him fucking regular folks over for decades are the reason the working class is resentful)

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

He’s playing on easy mode. Conservatives are so easy to fool, and he has a huge media system designed to control their thoughts through the most embarrassingly simple kinds of manipulation imaginable. He works for them as a loud, obnoxious figurehead so that everyone else can contimue to be evil like they’ve a been for many decades.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Only reason we even know who this loudmouth dumbass even is is because he was born into wealth. And later propped up (by Russians?) after his bankruptcies.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

He bankrupted two casinos.

All he did in 2016 was say out loud what Nixon, Reagan, and the Bush family said quietly.

[–] x3lz@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Nah it's just him being demented (having dementia)

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

More and more recently, I find myself needing to clarify between "stupid" as a simple insult, and "stupid" as actual low intelligence.

[–] I_Jedi@lemmy.today 6 points 3 days ago

I, Donald Trump, would like to inform you all of the TRUE reason for the operation in Iran - we need to liberate the TrumpWater™ they stole from me!

The Department of Health has discovered a brand new compound called TrumpWater™ shortly after the start of my second term. All you need to do is breathe it in, and you'll be fully hydrated! And Iran is hiding the stuff on their oil rigs! They have some fancy equipment to detect TrumpWater™, so we need to take that too!

The RADICAL LEFT keeps calling TrumpWater™ dangerous, but they're all lying! Like Sleepy Joe! Oxygen likes to set things on fire, so I, Donald Trump, had the oxygen in water replaced for your safety! I had it replaced with clean, pure SULFUR! Iran knows how good TrumpWater™ is, so that's why they're hiding TrumpWater™ on their oil rigs! From both me and the RADICAL LEFT!

Get your bottle of TrumpWater™ today!

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

The war with iran hasn't been stupid for the Cheeto, it's been a great distraction from the Epstein files

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Until then, if you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a rake—forever.

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[–] devolution@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Fuck Trump on this. It's an issue that everyone else is going with this shit.

[–] panthera_@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago

Trump thought that under massive bombing Iran would surrender. He also thought Iranians would start massive protests against the regime. He envisioned the US involved in producing Iranian oil and making a profit, similar to Venezuela. The problem is Iran is far from the US and Russia and China can exert greater influence.

[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

Every time this outlet publishes an article about him, I become temporarily hopeful that TNR stands for trap, neuter, release.