• Jay@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I know this has been said many times, but the fact that this clown was actually President of the USA makes me doubt the sanity of humanity.

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      1 year ago

      It was a huge shock to us all, all around the world, watching him go from attempting to run for president of the U.S., to actually attaining it. The best thing I can say for it, is that it shows that Americans have a genuine hunger for change. If it could just be directed in a productive way…

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      1 year ago

      As a non-American, I concede that reading his Twitter meltdowns and hearing is asinine takes was extremely funny for the first 3 weeks. Then it just got sad.

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        1 year ago

        Nah, when I see what’s going on here in Europe… These may not be such obvious jokes, but this stupid and dangerous right-wing propaganda, which seems to be gaining momentum everywhere, is frightening.

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    1 year ago

    So stupid… the thing that really gets me is it isn’t a new thing, he was always this stupid. Which means they’re are way too many people dumber than him which is fucking scary.

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    1 year ago

    Is there no contempt of court for lying?
    What happened after this?
    (I know the answer is probably ‘nothing’)

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      1 year ago

      Lying in court is perjury, which is a criminal offense.

      That being said, making a mistake on something like a date is a valid defense. Trump immediately recanting gives him a good way to claim mistake.

      There’s more value to prosecution to make him seem deceptive and stupid than wasting more time with something like a super weak case for perjury. You also don’t want to give them more ways to draw out and delay the process.

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      1 year ago

      Even if this were true, I’d vote for a banana peel over Trump because at least the banana peel won’t do anything to dismantle election integrity.

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      1 year ago

      I think I am developing dementia from how much stupid bullshit has been involuntarily implanted in my brain over the last 8-ish years of politics in the United States. I honestly think I am dumber and more apathetic than I was before 2016, and that is scary because I actually do give a shit about the progression of our species.

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    1 year ago

    It’s amazing what happens to this guy’s whole shtick when he’s not surrounded by a room full of pandering buffoons.