Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread

[KidTDragon]

Panama > PanaMAGA
San Juan > San Don(ald)
Haiti > Make America Graiti
Cuba > Cube (I assume most MAGAts think that's the English translation of "Cuba")
Hispaniola > WASPaniola

But realistically, it's going to be jive like "Trumpama", "San Trump", "Puerto Trumpo", etc.

 

[Rhinox]

. . . . . hug those are actually really good.

 

[Axaday]

I don't even know how many, but annexing Cuba has to be worth a LOT of Maga-points. It used to be a resort island, it is SUPER-COMMUNIST, JFK was supposed to take care of it and didn't, they make great cigars that are hard to get ahold of.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Cuban cigars are only hard to get in countries that are actively blockading the island.

Want a smoke?

 

[Axaday]

Who hears this and is like "Right on. Exactly"

Marco Rubio is sitting there and he doesn't look comfortable to me.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

I'm sure this is nothing.

 

[Pale Rider]

FB friend:

Trumpers keep using the word "corruption", but they don't use it the way we use it. To anyone with even the most elementary grasp of law or civic theory, "corruption" in government is people using public office for personal gain: something Trump and Musk do in public every day.

But to Trumpers, "corruption" in government has a more religious and puritanical meaning. To them, it refers to sin. It refers to bad people, bad movements, bad ideologies, etc. gaining a foothold in society and government. To the Trumpers, "corruption" is literally whenever a Democrat holds power.

That's why they believed they were fighting corruption by electing Trump, and they STILL believe they are fighting corruption. They believe he is rooting out and destroying corruption because in their minds, "corruption" means "sinners", and "sinners" means "liberals". When they speak of "eliminating corruption", they mean "eliminating liberals".

Words have power, but they can also mean completely different things to different people.

 

[KidTDragon]

I'm sure this is nothing.

 

[Paladin]

FB friend:

See also "communist/socialist."

 

[Rhinox]

I'm sure this is nothing.

Gee, I wonder who else has made similar statements in the past?
Hitler? Stalin? Just about every ******* tyrant despot of the last century?

 

[KidTDragon]

Or he's officially declaring that it's legal to assassinate him.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Or he's officially declaring that it's legal to assassinate him.

Does the guy who kills the king become the king? Asking for a friend.

 

[Anonymous X]

Strongest condemnation of the Trump junta (so far) from this side of the pond is from a former Tory prime minister who was last in office back in 1997. The current fake Labour government seems more set on appeasement than anything else, most likely due to being stuck outside of the European tent.

John Major: Trump’s US isolationism threatens global democracy

Former UK prime minister says US may regret ceding world stage to China and condemns ‘hypocritical’ JD Vance speech

www.theguardian.com

 

[Rhinox]

In the latest round of ass kissing, a GOP rep has introduced legislation to make Trump's birthday a federal holiday.

Gotta be honest, with this, the golden Trump idol, and the $100 Trump bill goat idol, I really wonder just how aware his supporters are that they've been completely compromised by this cult of personality.

 

[KidTDragon]

One of the defining traits of a cult is that its members don't think they're in a cult.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Gee, I wonder who else has made similar statements in the past?
Hitler? Stalin? Just about every ******* tyrant despot of the last century?

Napoleon. Though it's from the 1970 film Waterloo and probably a fake quote.

 

[Ungnome]

Wait, making someones birthday a national holiday BEFORE they are dead???? Hopefully after he croaks and we get some sensible people back in the US government they rename it to National Immigrant Day.(oh wait, REAGAN declared October 28th to be National Immigrants Day) Maybe National Palestinian American day instead. I don't think they have a day yet. Us trans people do, though the US government won't recognize it this year.

 

[Paladin]

and for those of you still thinking they'll be midterms...

Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED.

www.wired.com

 

[Pale Rider]

FB friend:

Trump voters fall into two categories:

1: People who haven't read a book since high school.
2: People who have read a book since high school, but it's Atlas F**king Shrugged.

Trumpers pivoted very quickly from "Trump will make us respected on the world stage again" to "OK, so the world hates us and is booing us, but that's OK, they all suck anyway".

It turns out that "respect on the world stage" was just like "blue-collar jobs" and "the price of eggs" and "corruption": all entirely fake and dishonest reasons for supporting Trump. The real reason was always culture-war nonsense.

It's both sad and hilarious that disgruntled Trump voters are complaining that he didn't keep his promises. What the hell did you expect, when you believed the promises of a convicted criminal?

Trumpers always think they're "street smart", not "book smart". But a street-smart person would know enough to be wary of the promises of a convicted criminal and known fraudster. It turns out that Trumpers are neither book smart or street-smart. They're just plain stupid on every level.

 

[Dekafox]

Trump begins firings of FAA staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash

The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a fatal midair collision near Washington.

apnews.com