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[-] CircaV@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 days ago

The utterly simplistic language of it all. ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„

[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 4 points 6 days ago

"in a big way", "it will be your win"

It's ridiculous

[-] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 8 points 6 days ago

This make me feels somewhat awkward.

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Too many MAGA assholes and bootlickers out there, good for Canada and Spain to show them the middle finger

[-] C1pher@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Translation: "Thanks to your stupid politics, you managed to pull EU closer and finally decide on things for Greater good."

[-] swemg@sh.itjust.works 105 points 1 week ago
[-] assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works 102 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Real tweet, fake text... no way any NATO leader would say "Europe is going to pay BIG" it's just too Trump. Same with the incessant comma splices.

But big congrats to Trump for ruining the information space so completely that I genuinely cannot tell what's real anymore.

[-] SGforce@lemmy.ca 52 points 1 week ago

I'm sure EVERY European politician randomly CAPITALISES words like some LUNATIC

[-] assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 week ago

And signs their essay texts with their name. Very common as we all know.

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[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 week ago

It's entirely expected, not sure why you're in disbelief.

[-] SippyCup@feddit.nl 29 points 1 week ago

It reads like something Trump wrote about himself. He's done that kind of bullshit before.

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[-] Thorry84@feddit.nl 33 points 1 week ago

The Rutte team has confirmed it was indeed a real text sent by Mark Rutte to Trump.

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[-] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 56 points 1 week ago

This is so poorly written I have no idea if it's sarcasm or not.

[-] Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 week ago

Eh, looks like rutte writes English in the same way that he speaks it. Honestly I first thought that it was a shitpost, but no, it seems legit.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 week ago

Rutte's unique approach to English merely reflects the fact that his intellectual ceiling would challenge even the most ambitious root vegetable.

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[-] conicalscientist@lemmy.world 54 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

World leaders have figured out he's functionally a toddler. Starmer and Trudeau took the same approach.

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 43 points 1 week ago

Anyone else remember when libs were fearmongering that Trump will leave NATO and leftists said "don't threaten me with a good time"?

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[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 41 points 1 week ago

By the way Rutte changed the wording in the agreement to be more vague as to what 'allies' means because Spain refused to agree to 5%.

[-] Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 1 week ago

Communication is most effective in the language of receiver. Rutte emulates Trump like ChatGPT.

[-] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 1 week ago

obviously, I doubt Rutte was expecting this message to be shared. If he wasn't a complete moron and actually doing this just to stroke his own ego, I'd actually give Donald props for leaking it, as Rutte kissing Donald's ass makes him look terrible, and more broadly makes the European parts of NATO look terrible.

I imagine Rutte's intent is to stroke Trump's ego to try and keep him interested in NATO, but I feel like that's a fool's errand. Trump doesn't give a shit about anyone else but himself. This new agreement, with NATO signatories needing to commit 5% of their GDP, feels like a grift for the benefit of U.S. defense contractors. The U.S. cannot be trusted to actually honor their agreements anymore, so why pay more into their alliance? Is Europe really that scared of further Russian aggression?

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 week ago

Europeans online think that Rutte is 'masterfully manipulating' Trump by talking to him like a 5 year old and are extremely proud of this.

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[-] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 1 week ago

Me: Trump needs to be taken to the Hague

Me: nooo not like that

[-] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 35 points 1 week ago

Purely defensive pact btw

All in the interests of Europe btw

[-] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 week ago

Does Trump not realize that this message makes himself look bad?

[-] martin4598@lemm.ee 28 points 1 week ago

No. The message here is "look at how Iยดm having my dick sucked"

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[-] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 26 points 1 week ago

What a pathetic little worm Rutte is.

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[-] ObamnaSoda@hexbear.net 26 points 1 week ago

You are flying into another big success in the Hague

I wish

[-] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 26 points 1 week ago

Europe is going to pay in a BIG way

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[-] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

Well i just found out some of these NATO leaders were Nazis so NATO might just be a white supremacist group technically.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 week ago

NATO is just a millitary alliance for the purpose of maintaining Western Imperialism, which is headed by the US Empire.

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[-] maki@lemm.ee 22 points 1 week ago

๐Ÿคฎ

[-] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago

Well ... it's good to see there aren't just idiots in the US

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