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“Little Mike Johnson and all those Republicans have just created yet another participation trophy to give their very special boy in the White House to make sure he feels good about himself,” said Jen Psaki, former White House press secretary and the host of a show on MS Now.

“Any other adult in this country would feel completely embarrassed by the patronizing way that Trump is showered with fake awards on a near-daily basis. That’s just how Republicans have to treat this president,” Psaki added.

The “America First” award follows a series of other similar awards that have been manufactured and given to Trump.

Last month, Trump was given the “Undisputed Champion of Beautiful, Clean Coal” award by a number of mining executives at the White House. In December, Trump was given the Fifa peace prize, an award that was made up and presented to him for promoting “peace and unity” around the world. And in October, the recipient of the Nobel peace prize, María Corina Machado, the rightwing Venezuelan opposition leader, dedicated the prize to Trump.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 1 hour ago

“Any other adult in this country would feel completely embarrassed by the patronizing way that Trump is showered with fake awards on a near-daily basis. That’s just how Republicans have to treat this president,” Psaki added

When Trump made his first visit to Soviet Moscow in 1987, the Soviets were shocked at how easily manipulatable he was to the most insincere flattery. He just ate it up, and they realized they could convince him to do ANYTHING. So they gave him the code name Krasnov, and kept in touch.

What a loser.

[–] tacoplease@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

To the non-elite poor, that's just a rub and tug.

[–] GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Little Mikey needs to be lined up with the rest of the administration at Nuremberg 2.0.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago

Oh yeah, his name has already been on The List for a long time.

[–] kiwilad@forum.macaque.social 20 points 21 hours ago

Couldn't they just give him gold star stickers? It'd be cheaper.

[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 8 points 20 hours ago

ALPHA PRESIDENT Trump is a BIG BOY who sometimes POOPIES his Pants!

-Manly Republicans who are Scared of Rainbows and Participation Trophies!

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 9 points 21 hours ago

Was probably going to suck his dick before realizing conservative voters weren't quite ready for that yet.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 7 points 21 hours ago

At least his little sycophants are uncomfortable in ill-fitting shoes. :D

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/10/trump-florsheim-shoes

They need to give him a pacifier and change his diaper. Keep him happy so he doesn't temper tantrum all over the place.

I hate this timeline.

[–] mister_flibble@sh.itjust.works 6 points 22 hours ago

Maybe he finally pooped on the big boy potty

[–] Uranus_Hz@lemmy.zip 2 points 18 hours ago

A participation for a “special” little boy