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Hegseth declares, 'I only speak American' to room full of foreign leaders (www.irishstar.com)

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[-] eestileib 73 points 5 months ago

Literally the Colbert Effect in action.

This guy wants to be the parody of an idiot.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 26 points 5 months ago

Colbert was the funniest conservative comedian but I stopped liking him after he switched parties.

[-] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 21 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I’m not sure if this is a joke or if you actually think he was a conservative on the Colbert show

Edit: oh wait it’s you, you got me

[-] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 months ago

This user is well known as a lighthearted troll, but I have heard others say this unironically IRL.

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

No, entire demographics were and are that dumb.

That is why we are in this creek in this canoe, with no paddle.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I admit I used to think that, mainly because I picked up on the conservative persona before realizing it was satire and immediately stopped watching.

[-] tal@lemmy.today 24 points 5 months ago

He just wants to appeal to the collection of people who do like that sort of thing being said.

I remember an incident a bit back where the White House Press Secretary said "your mom" to a journalist's question, followed up by Trump's communications director saying the same thing. Those are not people who are going to let that idly slip, much less at the same time

their full-time job is using speech to politically influence people.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/karoline-leavitt-trump-putin-meeting-budapest-b2847669.html

Trump announced Thursday that he will soon meet with Putin in Budapest, Hungary, to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine. The choice has raised questions, because Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court. However, Hungary appears unlikely to cooperate with the warrant and is in the process of leaving the court, the Associated Press reports.

When HuffPost asked the White House who chose the location for the meeting, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt replied, “Your mom did.” White House Communications Director Steven Cheung also followed up with, “Your mom,” the outlet reports.

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