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White House Refers To Trump As King In Photo With King Charles (www.forbes.com)

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[-] Dragomus@lemmy.world 123 points 1 month ago

trump just about is king in all but name:
He stands above the law.
Holds his court with his chosen sycophants.
Writes edicts and decrees for those below him to live by.
Hands out pardons only to those who please him.
Takes "gifts" and makes them his personal property.
Claims his status to be divine and scolds religious leaders.
Demands to have a ballroom, and most likely wants another palace after that.
Erects monuments and renames buildings in his name.
Is normalizing that he does not have to leave his position.

So, yeah, when will he just claim the title of King to get it solidified?

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 45 points 1 month ago

when will he just claim the title of King to get it solidified

That's why I appreciated the renaming of Department of War. It's pretty much the only honest thing this admin has ever said. When's the last time the US "defended" something?

[-] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Probably when they defended Halliburton in Gulf War 2?

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Trump doesn’t lie about what he wants to do. Wants to call it the Department of War because that’s what he wants to do. He absolutely wants to: bomb the shit out of Iran, cancel elections, deport citizens/cancel citizenship, etc.

However, he always lies about his accomplishments. He hasn’t won any wars. He isn’t negotiating great deals with Iran. He isn’t keeping gas prices low. He hasn’t made a great economy. Etc.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

i'm sure statesia fired a missile at someone after thatcher's husband's monocle popped at the races one lazy fake saturday.

real defending? like, the panama canal from pirates? never. also, in unrelated news who wants to go in together on an ocean worthy sailing vessel?

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

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[-] brynden_rivers_esq@lemmy.ca 72 points 1 month ago

Kings have one appropriate role in civilized society and it is to be guillotined.

[-] J92@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

As a brit, that doesn't always work...

But it has been a while.

[-] brynden_rivers_esq@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

well here's my theory: if the reason it didn't work is because you have a new king...well...what's the new king's role in civilized society?

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[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

i will accept a king if they can play hockey. also if when they knight someone they turn to gold. otherwise, back to the soup line, chuck.

[-] glasratz@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago

To be frank, beheading kings never lead to a good outcome. There are still some other methods to be tried, though. I think nobody has broken a king on the wheel yet.

[-] brynden_rivers_esq@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Dead kings are themselves a good outcome! I'm interested to hear the results of your experiments though!

[-] Soulphite@reddthat.com 53 points 1 month ago

TDS indeed, trump devotion syndrome. Makes zero fucking sense the allure these few morons have for this fat dumb pedophile piece of shit.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

It actually makes a lot of sense if you consider that the Nationalist Christians are a very core support demographic of the regime. Dogmatic adherence to absolute nonsense and radical prejudice is kind of their bread and butter.

[-] Soulphite@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago

For sure.. Nat-C's gonna nazi.. er Nat-C... err same difference, I guess.

[-] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 7 points 1 month ago

What are you talking about? It makes perfect sense. The wheels of every corporation haven't been this greased since Nixon. Trump is absolutely glazing the oil, technology, and his own industries. Everyone is in bed together, they make all the money, and we all lose.

[-] Soulphite@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago

What good is money if they destroy Earth with their idiotic deregulations and everyone dies? Is it just achievement clout and nothing more?

There really is no purpose to one individual having so much wealth that they literally could not spend it all no matter how hard they'd try in their or their next 5 generations lifetimes. Ridiculous.

Some of these assholes could theoretically spend a few million a day for decades and never lose principal balance, would even net positive.

[-] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 4 points 1 month ago

Money is power. They dont actually care about the money. They are drinking from an overflowing cup of absolute power.

[-] whaleross@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The Republicans need to look up the basic definition of what republicanism actually is.

Tip: it is not being in favour of a monarch, i.e. a king

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 month ago

They view themselves as a new Rome, a republic on the verge of becoming an empire, and trump is their Caeser. They don't care if he dies as soon as he's done being useful to them, because they know the damage is done and Rome ain't never gonna be a republic again.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Conservatism absolutely is, though.

[-] Furbag@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago

More testing of the waters for 2028 when he inevitably refuses to leave office.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago

Do people think this will work? The white house is a small building. The military is run from the pentagon

[-] YeahToast@aussie.zone 17 points 1 month ago

Seems like the military has already followed illegal orders (e.g. bombing the Venezuelan boats) . Don't think they're really interested in following the law.

[-] innermachine@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

While there are certainly some scum in military to follow the oligarchies wishes- I would like to think there's at least a handful of good souls that will make the right call when the time comes. We'll see, the general populace should have already revolted but as long as we can watch our insta chat reels we'll never rise up so maybe not

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[-] Butterphinger@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The pedopublicans don't leave unless it's bleeding out like a shot cartoon character.

Whoever wins will be overturned in their favor, if a Democrat wasn't mutually agreed upon to start with.

It isn't bad enough for people to rise up by design.

And by the time it is, you won't be able to also, by design.

[-] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

You're funny

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[-] sns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 1 month ago

Man will never be truly free until the last Burger King is strangled with the entrails of the last Burger Priest.

[-] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

I thought the emoji was a burger initially, rather than a crown, so this tracks.

[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago

Just in case anyone was still confused as to whether or not Republicans are fascists.

[-] mimavox@piefed.social 32 points 1 month ago

They're trying so hard to troll, it's pathetic.

[-] flandish@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

when it comes from a head of state or the office, it’s not to be treated as if it’s a troll, because it’s not. it’s a threat from a dictator.

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[-] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Really? I thought they were just trying to normalize this shit.

[-] ShadowRam@fedia.io 26 points 1 month ago

Midterms are coming up,

And instead of working out why 1/2 of their country hates them, the admin is actively mocking/pissing people off?

Bold strategy.

It is like they want to lose, and go back to their crying/fake/stolen/rigged talk again.

[-] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

I really hope it ends up mattering but apathy between the two parties is extreme and I'm worried about voter turnout

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah,

Tankies on lemmy: "The democrats never do anything for the working class!!1!!1!"

Progressive Dems: Propose bill to increase minimum wage

Tankies: "THAT DOESN'T COUNT!"

It's always the same story...

[-] BygoneNeutrino@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

...it doesn't count. They appear to propose bills with the intention of voting them out. Even popular bills lose with a 49-51 vote. They draw straws on who will join the Republicans to vote down popular initiatives.

"Rats, that one rogue Democrat foiled our plans."

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

It's consistently been a few key individuals each time. If you're too lazy to research congressional voting records, that's on you.

Booting Manchin, Sinema, and Fetterman from office would go a long way. Even further if you boot Schumer and Jeffries. Some of them have primaries this year.

But since you don't want to focus on the actual problem, and instead generalize it to the entire democratic party, then I guess we're just fucked and there's nothing anyone can do about it, and progressive dems should stop trying because they have an uphill battle and some butthurt lemmings think it's all performative anyway, right?

Or maybe you could support the initiatives that matter and do something to oppose the spoiler voters, instead of obfuscating for them by saying it's all by design and how the system is intended to work.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

They know they have the system rigged and they're flaunting their power.

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[-] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

The incompetence of the day is the administration placing Australian flags instead of the UK ones

[-] jdr@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

He's king of Australia too

[-] ajoebyanyothername@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

You might be giving them a little too much credit there.

[-] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 20 points 1 month ago

He is the king of Pedos.

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 month ago

King and rat king.

[-] Trex202@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Trump and rat king

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[-] heliotrope@retrofed.com 7 points 1 month ago

React.

[-] desiccated_event@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

I left reedit when they made the god emporer trump subreddit, so 10 years? Wtf humanity, he isn't your friend....

[-] rayyy@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

King Pedophile Clown.

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