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

So does that mean July 4th will no longer be a holiday?

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 month ago

I don't think even the UK wants Trump.

[-] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago

He has some fans, but for the most part, no.

[-] ef9357@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

MABA - Make America Britain Again

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[-] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 month ago

Trump swearing loyalty to King Charles wasn't in my predictions for this year

[-] rxbudian@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

Take a picture of Trump kneeling in front of King Charles and share them to Maga world

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

there are 56 members of the commonwealth of nations. of those, only 15 are commonwealth realms. the rest are republics or a different monarchy.

india was the first republic member when they transitioned from dominion (with british monarch as head of state) to a republic in 1950.

commonwealth members need only recognize king charles as the 'head of the commonwealth', which is a purely ceremonial position.

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Its Newsweek, but I don't think I've ever seen trump taken out of context when going to a better source or the source ....

[-] thisisdee@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago
[-] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Oceans rise, empires faaaaaaaall...

[-] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago
[-] regrub@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

This is just another stupid Friday distraction to keep people from talking about other crimes being committed

[-] Artyom@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

"If you don't make news for the weekend, then the news agencies will, and we haven't outlawed free press yet"

- The Trump Party Platform

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

As non-functional as it is, we don't need to make it ten times worse. If this happens Elon and Trump will likely behave like they own the rights to every resource on the eastern members of CW.

Also trying to side with an openly fascist, sexist, racist president? King Edward III much?

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 8 points 1 month ago
[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Dudes got fucking dementia

[-] suite403@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I really wish removing a president wasn't so difficult. We're all staring at the train wreck being told it's completely normal for a train to be running off the tracks.

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I really wish removing a president wasn’t so difficult.

You just need someone with better aim than the last guy who tried.

[-] Zron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Last 2 guys who tried.

Remember there was that dude with an AK hiding in golf course bushes. He didn’t shoot, but you can also count that as missing his shot, as he was well within the range of the rifle.

[-] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

We thought the Cold War never ended, but it was actually the Revolutionary War all along

Britain rips off a Russian mask and gallops away laughing while sipping tea

[-] merdaverse@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

an article from British tabloid The Sun reporting that King Charles III was making a "secret offer" to the White House, and that plans are in process for the U.S. to become an associate member of the international organization.

Ah yes, the classic cuck king making deals to give more power and alliances to a fascist. What can possibly go wrong? Let's ask Vittorio Emanuele III and Michael I of Romania.

This is why monarchy has to be destroyed, every single atom of it.

[-] klu9@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Charles is making zero deals giving power to anyone; any words out of his mouth on this are coming from the UK cabinet.

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

The Sun is News Corp garbage, why are we even taking it seriously?

[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

My general rule is that people that are super upset about the monarchy don't have very many real problems in life.

The great feature of the monarchy is that it's a lightning rod for idiots. People who are subservient can be subservient to someone non-political that doesn't have any power. And pretend revolutionaries that don't have any grasp of any real issues show themselves to be the non-serious people they are.

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You don't need to go too far, King Edward III is believed to write letters of good intent to hitler, urging him to keep bombing the UK a little more and that they would cave in.

This would make a great entry point for the protests against this. And the left should be a bit opportunist and use the "proud British" rhetoric that the right used for Brexit against US "taking over leadership of CW"

[-] ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

What the fuck? I know it's Donald Dump, but despite all the insanity happening since his inauguration this is the first headline that manages to surprise even me. Dude's talking about annexing Canada and Greenland on one hand, but then bows to the former UK colonial project? What?

GG Trump, I honestly did not see this one coming.

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I am wondering if he thinks this means unrestricted access to natural resources of eastern members lol

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[-] Etterra@discuss.online 3 points 1 month ago

Hold on, let's ask George Washington and see what he says, oh right, fuck you traitor.

Benedict Arnold at least had an understandable (if stupid) reason to flip sides. Trump's just an idiot.

[-] olafurp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The commonwealth is just another club for countries like the G7 these days. A lot of countries have been joining recently.

[-] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

The USA can join the Commonwealth by becoming a Territory of Canada. Just give us a sec while we change the rules on representation in the house of Commons.

[-] PillowTalk420@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Can we dump Trump into the Boston harbor?

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

Boston T Party

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

I give my approval to do so.

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[-] seeigel@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The president shared an article from British tabloid The Sun reporting that King Charles III was making a "secret offer" to the White House, and that plans are in process for the U.S. to become an associate member of the international organization.

The idea to join the Commonwealth was first floated during that 2017-2021 term.

This is for real. Now Brexit makes sense.

[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Only if the Red Coats take back the USA as their former colony and press fucking RESET.

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

I've seen this move. This is what I do in CK3 when my economy is about to crumble

[-] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Welcome to reverse 1776. We are living in the twilight zone.

[-] tal@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Technically, I don't think that being in the Commonwealth as it exists in 2025 would actually change much. It's a pretty loose organization these days. More than a third of the world's population is in it.

Being in the Commonwealth realms, which are the Commonwealth members that have King Charles as head of state, would, I suspect, be unconstitutional.

EDIT: All that being said, I think that it's reasonably safe to put this in the "distraction" category of Trump statements, rather than the "serious proposal" category.

[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

I have no fucking idea what to make of this

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