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[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 11 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

We needed EXPERTS to tell us THIS?

Universe help us, how stunned are people that this wasn't IMMEDIATELY obvious.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

USAID being destroyed will kill millions. His bbb is going to kill kick millions off healthcare and invalids will literally be dumped on the streets to die(millions will die),People are being kidnapped and disappeared in what is obviously a federal agency made of white supremisist gang members in the beginnings of a state sanctioned genocide, he unconditionally supports a state that is clearly committing genocide, he is dismantling American democracy and starting an authoritarian technofacist dictatorship under the heritage foundation and PayPal mafia…millions will die, he’s murdering Venezuelan civilians……I’m just not sure what is peaceful here

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 3 points 7 hours ago

But he pointed at a lot of countries and said "no, don't you do it"

Truly a peacemaker like no other

[–] opus86@lemmy.today 9 points 16 hours ago

Blowing up Venezuelans isn't going to help his case.

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 59 points 22 hours ago

Is it because he's a dumpy idiot who hasn't done anything to further the goals of world peace for a single person, let alone a country or the world?

[–] antifa_ceo@lemmy.ml 45 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

Who is asking experts about Trump getting a Nobel Peace Prize? PBS are you ok?

PBS is going to be gutted and shut down at some point most likely. So PBS is not, in fact, okay.

[–] hypna@lemmy.world 24 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Last I heard Trump was cold calling world leaders to beg for Nobel peace prize nominations.

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

And kept saying how many wars he "ended" in his UN speech

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 19 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It's more because he wants one, and is desperately seeking one. Obama got one, so he thinks he deserves one. He just can't seem to find the right people to threaten to get one.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 12 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Obama will live inside that man's tiny brain until the final neuron flickers out. He's so mad a black man got elected president before he did.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 hours ago

Wasn't just president first, but he publicly made fun of him. At a comedy event. Where people make jokes about people in power. He can never get that out of his mind.

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago

Hey now, documenting why stupidity is stupid is a valid endeavor. If you don't document it, people the future can deny it ever was an issue.

[–] molten@lemmy.world 19 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Lol. Probably because he's a warmonger. And a cunt.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Henry Kissinger (aka "MC Warcrimes") won the peace prize, it's 100% feasible for trump to get it. Fucking joke of an honor.

[–] molten@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago
[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 8 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Nah, they have given plenty of cunts the Nobel peace prize… 🤷‍♂️

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Nobel_Peace_Prize

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 26 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Is this a fucking joke? Why would "experts" or anyone other than imbeciles need to contemplate this for any amount of time, ever?

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

It's all part of the corporate media machine that is trying everything they can to normalise Trump.

[–] Sparkles@fedia.io 13 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ech@lemmy.ca 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

"Sparkles figured it out? Sparkles?! ...this is a real low point...yeah...this one hurts." (no shade, I just love that show XD)

[–] Sparkles@fedia.io 2 points 20 hours ago

Haha. None taken, and same here. :)

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 20 points 21 hours ago

Nobel Peace Prize? The fucker is doing his best to start civil war in the US. The fucker has been doing his best to help Russia in their war of aggression. The fucker has been gleefully helping Israel with their genocide.

[–] skhayfa@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago

Maybe should have renamed the defense dept the secretary of Peace instead of war

[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 13 points 22 hours ago

Is it because they generally don't give an award for kid fucking?

[–] echo 11 points 21 hours ago

Maybe because he's a warmongering fascist?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 15 points 22 hours ago

I'm surprised they got an explanation and not just raucous laughter at the absurdity of the question.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 18 hours ago

why trump needs a distraction from the epstein files, heres why.

[–] Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 4 points 20 hours ago

I think the American people are more likely to win the Darwin award for electing him twice.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think you need experts to figure out why...

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 2 points 20 hours ago

Oh come on now they know a lot more than you or I

[–] melodious_thunk@lemmy.ml 2 points 21 hours ago

OMG that fucking headline.

Journalism has failed us.

[–] Corelli_III@midwest.social 2 points 22 hours ago

longtime pbs watchers say PBS's prospects remain remote despite a flurry of bootlicking entertainment of fascist nonsense and some notable bullshit polls which they have published 8 times under different headlines

[–] fossman2112@lemmy.ml 0 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Because he’s the removed of at least three countries (Russia, Israel-not a real country, Saudi Arabia)

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Israel and Palestine are both countries, I don’t understand your comment?

[–] fossman2112@lemmy.ml 0 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I don’t recognize Israel as a country where they want to eradicate the people that were there before them. I agree with Palestine.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

I assure you 99.9% of Palestinians want the fighting to end.

Israel’s civilian murder rate of Palestinians in this war is the highest of anything in recent history

Something like 80% of the people killed have been civilians. This is according to the Israeli government figures.

These civilian casualties rates by far surpass the war in Ukraine being waged by russia, on both sides, like double or triple the rate. Russia’s civilian casualties are way less and so are Ukraine’s.

Edit: these figures are mortifying morbid dark, I don’t have the words, but if we accept that these countries are at war, one metric that can be recorded is soldiers lost versus civilians lost. If we accept this to be a data metric… Israel is currently committing genocide and ethnic cleansing of a Semitic people.

[–] fossman2112@lemmy.ml 0 points 19 hours ago

I’m sure they do and don’t dispute that.

[–] fossman2112@lemmy.ml -1 points 21 hours ago

Removed means bee-yotch

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 0 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

I really can't see it. Both Ukraine and Gaza may come to an end soon but it's just because wars tend to time out. They can't sustain themselves forever. The role of the US and Trump is minor in these cases.

Plus can't see it when he's bombing Iran.