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Trump says he’d endorse Jake Paul for political office (www.usatoday.com)
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[-] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 44 points 1 week ago

you know, I have got to hand it to trump, he's really impressed me. I think we all owe him a bit of grudging respect. we constantly put him down, day after day, but here he is. not only consistently showing up, despite his decrepit appearance, but proving once again that he absolutely CAN do something even stupider than what he did the day before. this sort of exponential stupidity takes effort, ladies and gents.

[-] Zephorah@discuss.online 19 points 1 week ago

The guy once stated that he doesn’t really feel his personality has changed since the first grade. This was probably one of his more honest statements.

It’s not effort or work you are seeing. It’s a child’s guile wrapped in an adult’s body.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Plot twist. It doesn't take effort. It just comes natural.

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago

when your a star, they just let you do it

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

My new brain canon is now that he somehow said the wrong "your" because that seems on brand

[-] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Keep that statement saved. You'll need it again soon.

[-] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 1 points 1 week ago

yeah, like tomorrow

[-] Hayduke@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

[-] FoolishObserver@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

There's gonna be a fight during the White House UFC event where the winner gets a cabinet position, isn't there?...

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

The new ballroom doubles as a ring.

[-] charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

What a competent man trump is. He'll rape your daughter and then endorse Paul in the same day. I think trump should enter the ring against Anthony Joshua just like Paul did and every non-abusing father should get a front row seat.

[-] xerxes@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago

It turns out "idiocracy" is actually a documentary.

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 11 points 1 week ago

President Camacho

I would vote for this man over Trump in a heartbeat!

[-] Soulphite@reddthat.com 7 points 1 week ago

Camacho definitely understood there was a problem, sought after someone much smarter to help solve it. Can't say any politician today would be humbled to do something like that.

[-] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

I'd honestly prefer that scenario to our current one. At least they were just stupid and not cartoonishly evil.

[-] NekoKoneko@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

It's been said many times, but to say it a different way: the government and Camacho in Idiocracy were much much better, since they immediately elevated the smartest person they could find to a cabinet-level post and accepted help rather than just lied about the problem.

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

Don't Look Up is more fitting as a documentary of our times. In lots of ways.

[-] gary215@thelemmy.club 6 points 1 week ago

Of course he would, he only picks the best of the scum of the USA. He's proven that point over and over again.

[-] eddie@feddit.online 5 points 1 week ago

another classic example of qualified political leadership who came from the disney-channel-child-actor=to-us-political-official pipeline

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

The paul brothers came from the disney channel?

Damn. I thought they started as youtube vloggers that pissed on a japanese grave or some shit.

[-] brosaph@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Pretty sure Logan uploaded a video showing a dead body in the suicide forest

[-] digitalFatteh@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Odd that the Paul brothers like hanging out with child fuckers, traffickers and molesters amongst other people with the Republican Party.

Guess they just enjoy the like minded company …

[-] assembly@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

It’s like we as a county are playing a game of, “locate and find the worst of humanity and put them in public office “

[-] Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Senator Jake Paul. America would be a hell of a lot more funny if it wasn't taking us all down with it.

[-] rem26_art@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

Jake Paul will be 35 in 2032, which i guess means he could run for president that year. Mr. Beast won't be able to run till 2036.

Both of these are nightmare options

[-] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Shit, beast is going to restart USAID just to create the most morbid possible humanitarian effort (televised on CBS, of course).

Malnourished kids are going to fight in a pit over chicken bones.

[-] Link@rentadrunk.org 1 points 1 week ago

You need to be a certain age to run for president in America? I understand minors but I’m talking about adults.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Yes, you have to be 35.

[-] Link@rentadrunk.org 0 points 1 week ago

Is there a reason for this? Is it experience?

Because if so surely there should be an max age limit too? You shouldn’t be able to run if you are nearly 80 with dementia…

[-] rem26_art@fedia.io 1 points 1 week ago

I don't really know the reason why 35 specifically. It's been that way since the Constitution was written. Maybe they felt anyone under 35 couldn't have had enough life experience to properly carry out the duties of office? As for why no max age limit, no clue there either

[-] baronvonj@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

The reason is simply that the Constitution says so since the beginning.

[-] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

that makes sense the USA frequently elects clowns with no political experience

well done to jake paul 2028 president of america!

[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There's not necessarily anything wrong with electing people without political experience. If everyone didn't have an equal shot we might as well be a monarchy. The problem is we never elect anyone good.

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago

There’s not necessarily anything wrong with electing people without political experience.

I'm sorry - what? Of course there is. It's a job that affects the lives of thousands to millions. Having experience with the systems, the laws, and seeing the results of legislation and the like is critical to being able to govern and legislate effectively.

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

Electing a legislator is not electing a dictator. The system was designed to give people with good ideas a chance to lead, not just professional politicians. Your attitude is borderline elitist and leads to the "ok it's my turn now" phenominon that's made the Democrats so ineffective in the last couple of decades. The only time anyone's gotten excited for them in recent memory was Obama, who had been a politician for a whole 4 years before becoming president.

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

Electing a legislator is not electing a dictator.

No shit. But you presumably still want qualified people doing the job?

[-] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Of course he would.

[-] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

I need horrible things to happen to these people.

[-] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

And that dumbass would be better than the rest of the dipshits in the Trump cabinet.

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