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President Donald Trump is backing off a plan to rename the Persian Gulf the Gulf of Arabia after backlash from Iranian officials, according to a report by CNN.

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[-] rayyy@lemmy.world 81 points 1 month ago

He is weak, confused and incompetent.

[-] ragepaw@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 month ago

You speak too highly of him.

[-] lewdian69@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

And impotent

[-] Carvex@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago

We will celebrate his death day.

[-] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago

Crowds will probably have to be visibly upset or they'll be sent to a death camp.

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

We should start planning nationwide celebrations for the event.

[-] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 26 points 1 month ago

Iran is an autocratic dictatorship,

Just the sort of shit that he admires, and wants to suck up to

I'm sure that Daddy Putin also has has some serious influence

And by "influence", I mean that Trump is terrified of the dirt that Putin has on him. That fat fuck is utterly cowed by Vlad

[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 10 points 1 month ago

At this point, if this is a question of dirt (and not just being a manipulable fool), it is either kids or being pegged at some gay orgy, anything else his base would completely ignore.

One of the few accurate things Trump has said was that he could "shoot someone in the middle of fifth avenue and not lose any votes." He pulled the phrase out of his ass but I think he was correct. His base either chooses to ignore his lifetime of scumbaggery or they know and just don't care. I doubt there's anything Putin has on him that would turn off the MAGA crowd. And I'm sure he's done some truly horrible shit that we don't know about.

His supporters don't care. They lack empathy. It has been repeatedly demonstrated that the only way they will care is if his poor decisions impact them in a very personal, tangible way.

[-] Lesrid@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

And even then that's not a guarantee. Lots of people on social media complain about the results of his administration and include the addendum: "Please don't blame my special boy for my misery."

[-] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 1 month ago

They are full of hate, and just want him to hurt the people they hate

They will happily be hurt too, just so long as they think that Trump is hurting their perceived foes even worse

It's disgusting, and so very American

[-] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Definitely not exclusive to the US but still a significant and shameful part of our history. LBJ said it best. "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored [brown, gay, trans, etc.] man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."

[-] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 1 month ago

Yep

Something that was said so publicly is remembered by so few, and the ramifications echo around the world decades later

The US doesn't have a monopoly on stupidity, hate and ignorance

But they're so proud of it...

And so blind to the fact that so much of the world just wants them to fuck off and sit in the corner

I've been asked why July 4 isn't a big deal in Australia, and when I laughed, it was met with huffy indignation

Just like the stupid American woman demanding a discount for a tourist attraction in London because she had an American AAA card, and being pissy because she didn't get one

I like it when yanks ask me how I'm supposed to defend myself without firearms (I laugh when they say "gun", because it tells me so much)

When I point out that people aren't armed here, so it's not an issue, the type to ask that question genuinely can't understand it

Because they're stupid.

[-] uranibaba@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

In every news article I have read that has contained an intervju with a Trump supporter, they have said that they do not believe which every accusation was asked about. Trump's repeated claims about "fake news" does seem to work really well.

[-] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 month ago

That's the irony.

It's purely his ego

His base will forgive anything. It's obvious that he did something to Ivanka. He publicly stated that he wants to fuck her, and that video of her shutting down when she talks about her childhood bedroom is awful

Maybe Putin has proof of that

Still, his base are inbred fucks, so no problems there

[-] Bloomcole@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

You must be really frustrated and bitter.
Good

[-] radix@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

As a compromise, he'll just go with Gulf of Qatar. For absolutely no specific bribe ... sorry, reason at all.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 14 points 1 month ago

I heard they were going with the compromise the persian gulf of america.

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