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Trump, Under Oath, Says He Averted ‘Nuclear Holocaust’ (www.nytimes.com)

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[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 180 points 1 year ago

”I think you would have nuclear holocaust, if I didn’t deal with North Korea,” he explained, and then added: “And I think you might have a nuclear war now, if you want to know the truth.”

It is still worth remembering that Obama tried to work with North Korea, but the Republicans shamed him because they said he should only meet with them if they agreed to get rid of their nukes.

Trump did nothing to protect the world from North Korea, but gave Kim Jong-Un a nice photo op to help legitimize his power.

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 83 points 1 year ago

And saluted north Korean generals

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[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Do you know how to tell when politicians are being hypocritical? When they open thier mouth. You could do literally nothing but point out hypocrisys of poloticians all day for your entire adult life and never run out. It is the equivalent of saying "bruh".

[-] gonzo0815@sh.itjust.works 73 points 1 year ago

The both-sides-narrative only helps the far-right.

[-] Dlayknee@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

(serious) could you expound on what you mean by this?

[-] Erk@cdda.social 28 points 1 year ago

The far right is seriously outnumbered. Encouraging people to apathy helps them, because most people who get involved are their enemies.

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Personally, I think both sides have their issues, but the issues the right has are waaaay worse than the issues the left has.

So just saying “both sides have issues” makes it a binary argument when the degrees of how negative their issues are really matters.

[-] gonzo0815@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Two possibilities:

Apathy - people stop voting for parties that can be a counterweight to the far right.
Abbreviated analysis/Feelings over facts - people are more likely to fall for politicians presenting themselves as underdogs who are going to revolutionise the political landscape, which is a strategy fascists like to use. "Drain the swamp" is a perfect example for that, and if I remember correctly, there were a lot of potential Sanders supporters who voted for Trump. I know both are more or less opposites, but both provided a canvas for people's feelings that "politicians are all the same" and that fundamental change needs to happen. The latter is true, but with proper analysis shouldn't lead to voting for the far right.

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[-] double_oh_walter@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

bruh

[-] Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 year ago

Time for your meds

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 174 points 1 year ago

Thank god he negotiated a peace deal with the hurricane at the last minute.

[-] eddanja@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Why do you think Idalia ravaged Florida? It's because Trump wasn't president with his magic sharpie... Obviously.

[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 103 points 1 year ago

I averted bank robbery….by not robbing the bank.

[-] GitProphet@lemmy.sdfeu.org 12 points 1 year ago

you have my vote!

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[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 90 points 1 year ago

Hes not wrong. We almost did have nuclear war.

Because of his stupidity and assholery toward North Korea.

[-] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 58 points 1 year ago

He succesful prevented nuclear holocaust by being voted out before he could make everything even worse

[-] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 30 points 1 year ago

There are some things you read online that i just can't get out of my brain. One of those things was a random comment when trump came back from north korea, that said something like: after all these years under obama, i van finally rest easy, i can finally sleep at night, now that my family is save and we are not under constant nuclear threat anymore.

I get that people are paranoid and scared, and they hide at home with a gun under their pillow. But how the fuck does this thought crosses anyone's mind? From the guy who can barely say nuclear.

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

How does that thought cross their mind?

Because black man scary, that's why.

[-] Sarie@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

That wasn't even close to a nuclear war. The real threat was nuking the hurricanes. Just imagine what could have happened if Atlantis retaliated. /s

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

…Florida sinks into the sea? I’m good with that.

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Give it a couple more years. Climate change is going to make each and every hurricane that hits Florida a Cat 5. Hell, the water might even get so hot they will invent a new Cat 6!

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[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 9 points 1 year ago

I think, as a society, we need to admit Atlantis is owed reparations anyways.

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[-] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

No, we didn't. At no point in any of our presidents' tenures was North Korea a nuclear threat, regardless of how the US or that president was treating them.

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[-] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

North Korea is not a threat and never will be a threat unless attacked. They are just hungry and making a show. Fucking Americans man.....

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[-] viperex@lemmy.world 83 points 1 year ago

It's like watching Cartman come up with crazier and crazier stories as he takes credit for the fish sticks joke

[-] rentar42@kbin.social 83 points 1 year ago

He might actually believe that himself.

And I'd like to see him in jail as much as the next one, but is this really news? "Colossal narcissist brags about his achievements".

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[-] madnoh@monyet.cc 69 points 1 year ago

https://archive.ph/V4LY6

Paywalls suck.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

You deserve a medal.

Maybe one of those participation ribbons. Thank you :)

[-] MahatmaGandhalf@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[-] ours@lemmy.film 17 points 1 year ago

12ft has been disabled for this site

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[-] krayj@sh.itjust.works 59 points 1 year ago

And friends of mine have said, you are the most honest person in the world.

LMFAO. Does the world have recorded audio or recorded video of any other human being in the history of humanity making more provably false statements than trump? No. If there was a Guinness world record for lying, trump would be the record holder.

[-] sndmn@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 year ago

Washington couldn't tell a lie

Nixon couldn't tell the truth

Trump couldn't tell the difference

[-] Tar_alcaran@lemmy.world 58 points 1 year ago

Trump narrowly averted a nuclear holocaust... by forgetting how the Football works.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 21 points 1 year ago

They haven't given him the football. It's just a briefcase with an Arduino and some LEDs in it.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

The ~~internet~~football doesn't weigh anything, ~~Jen~~Mr. President.

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[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

I averted nuclear holocaust because I couldn't remember the codes for it

[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 33 points 1 year ago

Fun fact: that's not a defense for any of his crimes.

Trump is going to die in federal custody if he doesn't off himself first.

[-] Md1501@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

We can only hope, but I have zero trust in the justice system to sentence him to any jail time.

[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

I said custody, not jail time. An ex-president knows too much to be left in General Population.

As long as we don't fuck up & elect a Republican, Trump isn't walking away from 91 felonies. He will die alone under house arrest at a military base.

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[-] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

If the justice system fails to act, won't someone rid me of this meddlesome ex-president?

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I'm honestly surprised he hasn't gotten the Epstein treatment. Given what he knows, who he works for, amd his absolute inability to control his mouth, the people pulling strings must be concerned about the next thing he might say. I guess they think he might win reelection? I still think the moment he is more dangerous than useful, he has a controlled cardiac event.

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[-] OctopusKurwa@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

He could also try running to Russia

[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

That didn't work for Manafort. I'm not sure Trump's Secret Security detail would allow that, even if he wasn't under indictment for 91 felonies.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago

Well he's already revealed all the state secrets, so there isn't much risk I suppose.

[-] ATQ@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago

In this article: lying liar lies.

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[-] ANIMATEK@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Paywalled :(

[-] bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

https://monyet.cc/comment/1428134

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