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[–] consumptionone@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

April 30th 2011 is the turning point. Obama roasted Trump so hard at the White House Correspondent's dinner that night that Trump locked in on running for president out of nothing more than pure spite.

Donald Trump is here tonight! Now, I know that he's taken some flak lately, but no one is happier, no one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than the Donald. And that's because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter—like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?

But all kidding aside, obviously, we all know about your credentials and breadth of experience. For example—no, seriously, just recently, in an episode of Celebrity Apprentice—at the steakhouse, the men's cooking team cooking did not impress the judges from Omaha Steaks. And there was a lot of blame to go around. But you, Mr. Trump, recognized that the real problem was a lack of leadership. And so ultimately, you didn't blame Lil Jon or Meatloaf. You fired Gary Busey. And these are the kind of decisions that would keep me up at night.

[–] sportsjorts@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago

At least Obama didn’t rape children.

[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Title: Trump Calls Obama a “Son of a Bitch” (…)

Trump said: “(…)They laughed at Obama, and said he’s a stupid son of a bitch.“


Why are journalists doing this? This is just abuse of English. Things like that should be sanctioned. And it does not matter what the topic is or if you like the person in question or not.

I hate this.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, but this is just Donvict using his "many people are saying" thing in order to say a thing.

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 33 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Obama: unfreezes $1.7B of Iranian assets

Trump: gives $300B of American taxpayer $ to Iran

The only way i can see Obama being considered a son of a bitch in this case is along the lines of "that son of a bitch managed a stellar peace deal compared to that fucking moron Trump"

[–] Bwaz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

But how DARE he do a much better deal without a war, years before Trump punted his.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 28 points 10 hours ago

Poor little Donvict is so jealous of Obama.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 66 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Imagine a country so stupid they elect Trump for president. 😱

[–] 0tan0d@lemmy.world 48 points 12 hours ago
[–] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago (11 children)

Ignoring the fact that there’s also both external and internal US voter manipulation and election fraud, but sure.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Ignoring the fact that Americans elected Trump TWICE! 🤣🤣🤣

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 29 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

And the second time, after 34 felony convictions.

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (23 children)

What's stupid is that land and even the most idiotic of voters get to vote here.

Donvict would not have won if it wasn't for the EC, and likely would not have had a second term after that first loss.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Donvict would not have won if it wasn’t for the EC

The truth is that so many eligible voters chose NOT TO VOTE (almost 110 million people). The presumption here is that most of those people would not have voted for the child rapist but either hated Kamala more or did not mind the child rapist as president enough to mail a envelop

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

Oh, he won the popular vote with Kamala; I was talking about the first time around in 2016.

If it wasn't for the EC, Hillary would have won and we might have avoided this decade+ of awfulness that having the EC choose him for us has wrought.

We have a terrible system where land counts more than people in many cases.

And I of course was being a bit hyperbolic about being annoyed that stupid people can outvote smarter people.

But yes, if a whole lot of people just don't even bother to vote that's obviously problematic. Of course, the conservatives want to make it even harder for people to vote, so only the most motivated people are going to show up, especially in places where the conservatives intentionally make voting difficult.

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

He won the popular vote for his second term. Abolishing the EC after his first term wouldn't have stopped this.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That's correct. What I am trying to say that if the EC didn't install him instead of who the people voted for in 2016 (Hillary), his political career may have ended in 2016.

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Ah, so you maybe intended to say he wouldn't had a second run after an initial loss.

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[–] jabeez@lemmy.today 20 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I heard that Obama is also responsible for the shit in his diaper, too.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

And all the times that we see Donnie dozing off, that was Obama using AI to alter the footage...

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 5 points 10 hours ago

FAKE NEWS!

We all know Biden shat Donald’s pants.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 27 points 13 hours ago

Obama's deal makes Trump's look bad by comparison so the whole thing is basically his fault.

[–] erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works 37 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

If Wikipedia had an article called "Son of a B*tch", this would be the photo used.

[–] MrKoyun@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitch_(slang)#Son_of_a_bitch

If anyone is up to some online wikipedia vandalism...

(mandatory note: dont vandalise on wikipedia)

[–] errer@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

It’s not vandalism if it’s the truth

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago

Obama did an Iran right after he put algae in that pool.

Many such cases

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 hours ago

I call Obama a son of a bitch too, but more like, "goddamn that son of a bitch is looking fly".

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 hours ago

Man trips up, yells OBAMA! at clouds.

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