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A former FBI official warned Monday that President Donald Trump has been repeating quotes made by a white supremacist, neo-Nazi mass murderer — and demanded to know who has been "spoon-feeding" the president "white supremacy, white terrorist philosophy."

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[–] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 76 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Isn't there that techno feudalist with no chin who hangs with peter theil, and praises Anders frequently?

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Guess Who USA Conservative Politics edition, how fun!

Does your person wear a mustache? Has your person been convicted of voter fraud and campaign embezzlement at once? Does your person wear a hat? Has your person been caught sucking dick under a bathroom stall?

[–] meowmeowbeanz@sh.itjust.works 52 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The real shocker isn’t that Trump’s regurgitating quotes from a genocidal maniac—it’s that anyone’s still pretending this isn’t the logical endpoint of his brand of performative authoritarianism. Breivik’s playbook is now GOP canon, repackaged as late-night Truth Social fanfiction for the terminally aggrieved.

Priebus and his ilk spin this as “entertainment,” a gaslighting routine so thin it’d collapse under a toddler’s scrutiny. Enablers laundering fascist rhetoric as “political discourse” are the real architects here, greasing the wheels for a man who can’t distinguish between Sun Tzu and a mass shooter’s manifesto.

The question isn’t who’s spoon-feeding him this slop. It’s why the entire Republican apparatus still licks the bowl clean. Democracy’s autopsy will list cause of death as complacency—with a footnote about cable news turning white supremacy into a primetime sport.

[–] DogWater@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

God dammit this goes hard. Well said.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Well, there's Musk and Miller off the top of my head. Probably everyone else in the administration too.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 58 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hegseth literally has an iron crosss tattooed on his chest ..

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 month ago

🔥 G R O S S 🔥

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Nice of him to draw a bullseye.

[–] ZebulonP@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'd argue that there isn't anyone spoon-feeding him anything. They're all just like that.

[–] YoiksAndAway@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 month ago

I don't think that Trump is smart enough to come up with that by himself. He probably heard it from Miller or Musk. Maybe he thinks it's original (in the same way that he brought the word "groceries" back), but it's not.

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

Dude keeps a book of Hitler speeches by his bed. No one has to push him to be a Nazi

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)

His dad was in the KKK, I don't think you need to keep treating Trump like an impressionable toddler, he's been a racist for his entire life.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago

Trump has always been racist, but not from the pseudo-intellectual side of racist culture. He definitely is an impressionable toddler. He never seems to actually comprehend what anything he says actually means, which is why he only talks in word salad.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

who is 'spoon-feeding' Trump 'white terrorist philosophy'

After a cursory review of the current White House staff, we have determined it's: https://files.catbox.moe/2jw4wa.gif

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago

Seriously, the list of who isn't is just a blank sheet.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 33 points 1 month ago

Nobody has to spoon feed those quotes to him. The only thing Trump is known for actually reading is a book of Hitler quotes.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 month ago

Elmo is right fuckin' there, dude. Before that ultra-divorced manchild, it was C+ Santa Monica fascist Stephen Miller.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Who's that guy that owns the social media platform and always X's about Nazis again?

[–] Denalduh@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I belive you're thinking of president musk.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

America is so woke that it has two dads.

[–] ehpolitical@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Weird, I was thinking just the other day that Trump is starting to seem like someone who's been brainwashed. Like, I know Trump has always been Trump... greedy, power-hungry, a liar, etc. But they say people who are brainwashed were already predisposed to it... and Trump didn't look to be in his right mind during that press conference with Musk, sitting there like a passive, obedient, lovesick puppy.

[–] quixote84@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

It would be the most expedient route to keeping him useful if either of the folks who tried to take a shot at him were legit threats rather than stunts.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 18 points 1 month ago

Himself? He's had a book of Hitler's speeches on his nightstand as far back as the ex wife he had buried on his golf course. It's insanity that what I just typed is real life and not madlibs.

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 month ago
[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I know Vance repeats Curtis Yarvin's stuff, which is weird stuff about making a monarchy. Haven't delved deeper to see if it's racist too.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 month ago

don't worry, it is. only a racist would want to return to the good old days of autocracy

[–] Ghosthacked@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The clown king said he needed generals like Hitler had.

Why is he just asking this now?

[–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

One of the few things I will agree with Trump on is that he should have generals that are exactly as loyal as Hitler's.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Hilariously this is the endpoint of all sycophants. Loyal until the power is threatened, then you see how quick they run.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Gonna be a bit rough to narrow down actually

[–] stickly@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago
[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Is this guy a abject moron?

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

His parents

[–] SparrowHawk@feddit.it 2 points 1 month ago

Uhmmm..the FBI?