▲ 316 ▼ Trump Says ‘CALL IN THE TROOPS’ to Protect Non-existent Mall (www.mediaite.com) submitted 9 months ago by Redditsux@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 53 comments fedilink hide all child comments Dementia is really taking hold on poor old pervert.
[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 child) What mall is he trying to talk about? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (1 child) According to the article, he's talking about Magnificent Mile (which is apparently more of a street with stores on it than a classic shopping mall, just to add to the weirdness of him offering to deploy the military to defend it) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) So not a real mall. Got it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago* It is a mall, being a broad street lined with shops and a promenade (though not wholly closed to traffic), but it's not a classic "shopping mall" as the term is most commonly used in the US (that being a massive temple complex built to honor consumerism and featuring some very bad food). Which makes it even more patently absurd for trump to want to send troops to defend what is essentially just... a street. (note that trump never actually calls it a mall, he describes it as a "Shopping Center", adding to my annoyance over this headline...) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (1 child) According to the article, he's talking about Magnificent Mile (which is apparently more of a street with stores on it than a classic shopping mall, just to add to the weirdness of him offering to deploy the military to defend it) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) So not a real mall. Got it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago* It is a mall, being a broad street lined with shops and a promenade (though not wholly closed to traffic), but it's not a classic "shopping mall" as the term is most commonly used in the US (that being a massive temple complex built to honor consumerism and featuring some very bad food). Which makes it even more patently absurd for trump to want to send troops to defend what is essentially just... a street. (note that trump never actually calls it a mall, he describes it as a "Shopping Center", adding to my annoyance over this headline...) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) So not a real mall. Got it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago* It is a mall, being a broad street lined with shops and a promenade (though not wholly closed to traffic), but it's not a classic "shopping mall" as the term is most commonly used in the US (that being a massive temple complex built to honor consumerism and featuring some very bad food). Which makes it even more patently absurd for trump to want to send troops to defend what is essentially just... a street. (note that trump never actually calls it a mall, he describes it as a "Shopping Center", adding to my annoyance over this headline...) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago* It is a mall, being a broad street lined with shops and a promenade (though not wholly closed to traffic), but it's not a classic "shopping mall" as the term is most commonly used in the US (that being a massive temple complex built to honor consumerism and featuring some very bad food). Which makes it even more patently absurd for trump to want to send troops to defend what is essentially just... a street. (note that trump never actually calls it a mall, he describes it as a "Shopping Center", adding to my annoyance over this headline...) permalink fedilink source parent