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[-] DigitalTraveler42@lemm.ee 108 points 1 year ago

It's funny how whenever Trump goes on one of these tangents it's always reminiscing about some woefully outdated way of handling whatever he's complaining about, just like the old man he is struggling with understanding the modern world, too bad his voters are every bit as lost in modern life.

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

He sounds like a bad stand up comedian.

[-] DigitalTraveler42@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Which is funny too considering how many of Trump's friends were stand-ups or in comedy in general, like how Trump was a good friend to Howard Stern, whom is mostly friends with comedy or music legends, Howard even talks about Trump being one of the last people to leave Howard and Beth's wedding. Although now Stern thinks Trump is a huge un-american piece of shit after Trump's election and presidency.

So Trump has been around enough comedians to know a thing or two about stand-up, but his material just isn't good at all.

[-] Endorkend@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

That's the difference between someone like him and Biden.

Biden is old as fuck and has some old fuck ideas, but he also realizes he's an old fuck and his old as fuck ideas are outdated, so he relies on experts and not quite as old fucks to advise him.

Someone like Trump (and pretty much everyone on the right these days) will only take advise from anyone that simply re-enforces his own old fuck ideas.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 93 points 1 year ago

This shit ain't even funny anymore.

I didn’t know you had flies in Iowa. I hate flies! Now they’ll. I’ll get in trouble for saying that. Cruelty to animals. No it’s true.

(laughter)

You know, I said the other day I was at a place and it was a beautiful place, but they had like, flies. And I said, get flypaper! They said, “Sir, they’re not allowed to sell it anymore because of cruelty to animals.”.

They actually said that! I don’t know. Can you get fly pa-? Used to be great, right? But they said, “You can’t do that anymore, sir, it’s cruelty.”.

What the hell is going on with this country?

The GOP frontrunner for the Presidency of the United States is clearly falling deeper and deeper into dementia.

[-] alekwithak@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago

I don't know, he sounds like he always does.

[-] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 49 points 1 year ago

Yea, I feel like people are always trying to find some medical reason to explain Trump and why he is the way he is. But I think we don't need one, the man is dumb, he is cruel, he is selfish, and he was given enough money to get away with being like this for his whole life. We don't need a diagnostic tool to figure this guy out, he is exactly how he seems.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

No. Hard no. I'm old enough to remember when Trump was the laughing stock of the entire country in the 90's. He has not been like this his whole life.

He's been eat up with Narcissistic Personality Disorder his whole life, but now he's straight senile. This is not the same bullshit.

[-] paintbucketholder@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Nah, he's just a narcissist who's getting old.

Ascribing it to some medical condition feels just like making excuses for his bullshit, when really he's always been spreading this kind of bullshit.

And it's always some insane claim like "flypaper has been banned" or "wind turbines cause cancer" or "you have to flush a toilet twelve times today," when really he's just upset that flies are buzzing around him or that Scotland decided to put a wind farm near his golf course or that his fat turds haven't been flushing.

But he always makes it into some hare brained conspiracy theory, some concocted "they're out to get you, you should all be upset" crusade so he can have thousands of people cheer and holler and validate his narcissistic belief that he's the eternal victim in this world.

None of this is new. Don't make excuses for him.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Again, hard no. See the recent examples you brought up?

FFS, no one can say anything about Trump's mindset without this kinda argument. I'm not saying he was formerly smart, or sane, or bereft of narcissism.

I'm simply saying he wasn't some old man yelling at clouds. Which is where we're at today. He wasn't nearly this unhinged in 2015, eight years ago, when he won the GOP nomination. Think a man in his 70's somehow remained the same mentally? Don't know about you, but I've paid close attention to the President of my country. Pointing out that he's getting worse is not some sort of apology.

And of course you're right in noticing, "validate his narcissistic belief that he's the eternal victim in this world". LOL, he's pulled this bullshit since he was rejected by the New York liberals. LOL, they saw him for what he was, kicked him to the dirt, and he never forgave them.

Kinda off topic, but this is an important history lesson. Ever seen Obama savage Trump at the White House Correspondent's Dinner?

[-] paintbucketholder@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

He wasn't nearly this unhinged in 2015, eight years ago, when he won the GOP nomination.

Trump has been making insane claims about "windmills" - as he calls them - since he realized that he wouldn't be able to bully the Scottish government into stopping a wind farm project that could be seen from his golf course.

That was in 2011.

Take a look at the Trump Twitter Archive and see for yourself.

So no, this didn't only start at some point after 2015. Trump has always been a crybully and a narcissist.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago

absolutely nonsense.

you can watch Flypaper (2011) on prime on demand for three bucks. And it was certified "no animals harmed during the making of this production".

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

This sounds like some "how much is a banana".. he's so disconnected from reality.

[-] paintbucketholder@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Always has been.

[-] Limit@lemm.ee -5 points 1 year ago

OK, the guy is crazy and I don't like him or his politics, but really do you think Biden isn't going senile? The guy can't even finish a sentence half the time. Can we not get someone that isn't over the age of 70 in the whitehouse!? Seriously even 60 is getting to a "retirement" age and should be slowing down, not taking on the most important role there is in the country's government...

[-] Chais@sh.itjust.works 81 points 1 year ago
[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

When you're rotten to the core

[-] MisterBigFart@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago

I bought fly paper last week to get rid of some gnats. It was from amazon, not the black market. The guy lies with every breath.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

You mean I didn't need to give a guy a blowjob in a back alley to get some flypaper? I'm definitely going to keep that in mind next time I give someone a blowjob in a back alley.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Need to? No. But you got to.

If you're doing back alley blowjobs, at least make sure you keep getting something useful out of it.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Are you saying they aren't inherently useful? Because I'll have you know I've given many back alley blowjobs and... I forgot where I was going with this. Other than a back alley.

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Also got a can of Kitchen and Bathroom Raid pesticide spray.

[-] CherenkovBlue@iusearchlinux.fyi 16 points 1 year ago

Walmart sells Raid flypaper. Got a strip hanging up right now because I had a party over the weekend and of course got a bunch of houseflies. The guy is off his rocker.

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Home Depot has entire aisles of pesticide and pest control products.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 56 points 1 year ago

Flies are attracted to piles of shit.

[-] Transcendant@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

They could probably smell his poopy diaper.

[-] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago

His diaper was probably full.

[-] sndmn@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

So when his diaper is full the shit comes out via his mouth? That explains a lot.

[-] Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

This has to be one of the funniest Trump moments. He's a horrible person but sometimes he's hilarious.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

I'm just sayin'... He represents gluttony and envy and he's Lord of the Flies...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beelzebub

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

I was going to make the same gag... "I just got a major endorsement from Beelzebub... great guy, fantastic guy. Lord of Hell, you know I do real well with the Lords of Hell, and the lesser demons, the cacodemons, you know, the whole pantheon. Huge supporters. Very good people."

[-] FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago

"I love the poorly ethical!"

[-] blivet@artemis.camp 4 points 1 year ago

Not to be That Guy, but it’s “pandemonium”.

[-] thorbot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

"He said he loves me, so I love him. I love him. I love him."

[-] Plibbert@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

The flessssh ssssuit issss rotting.

[-] HWK_290@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Guess they finished their business with flesh suit-wearing android Mike "I call my wife Mommy" Pence

[-] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I’m sure all the dihydroxyacetone on his face didn’t help at all.

[-] girltwink@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Not seeing this as charismatic is a lack of imagination. He didn't win elections by being senile or whatever. I wish i could command a room like this. This kind of media attention is exactly why he won the first time.

[-] arin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

You've gotta be a dumbass to find dumb talk charismatic. He's just lucky the gop base has lead poisoning and no education

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