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[–] 100 points 1 year ago (16 children)
  • [–] 99 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    Real tweet, fake text... no way any NATO leader would say "Europe is going to pay BIG" it's just too Trump. Same with the incessant comma splices.

    But big congrats to Trump for ruining the information space so completely that I genuinely cannot tell what's real anymore.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    I would love and hate to see proof that Mark Rutte really texted this to Trump.

    The "Truth" post is 100% real, inarguably, but I haven't seen anyone reporting the picture is of a real message from Rutte to Trump.

    E: never mind that is... apparently Rutte's office has confirmed the message is really from Rutte????

    ?????

    I need to go lie down.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It's entirely expected, not sure why you're in disbelief.

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    [–] 50 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    This is so poorly written I have no idea if it's sarcasm or not.

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  • [–] 49 points 1 year ago*

    World leaders have figured out he's functionally a toddler. Starmer and Trudeau took the same approach.

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    obviously, I doubt Rutte was expecting this message to be shared. If he wasn't a complete moron and actually doing this just to stroke his own ego, I'd actually give Donald props for leaking it, as Rutte kissing Donald's ass makes him look terrible, and more broadly makes the European parts of NATO look terrible.

    I imagine Rutte's intent is to stroke Trump's ego to try and keep him interested in NATO, but I feel like that's a fool's errand. Trump doesn't give a shit about anyone else but himself. This new agreement, with NATO signatories needing to commit 5% of their GDP, feels like a grift for the benefit of U.S. defense contractors. The U.S. cannot be trusted to actually honor their agreements anymore, so why pay more into their alliance? Is Europe really that scared of further Russian aggression?

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Well Rutte's job is basically to keep NATO together, can't blame him for trying. Personally I would not be sad if NATO chucked the US and told them to pack their bases all around Europe and go home. But I understand Rutte's position.

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    [–] 35 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Anyone else remember when libs were fearmongering that Trump will leave NATO and leftists said "don't threaten me with a good time"?

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago

    Communication is most effective in the language of receiver. Rutte emulates Trump like ChatGPT.

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  • [–] [S] 32 points 1 year ago

    By the way Rutte changed the wording in the agreement to be more vague as to what 'allies' means because Spain refused to agree to 5%.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Does Trump not realize that this message makes himself look bad?

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    [–] 20 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Well ... it's good to see there aren't just idiots in the US

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idIxeAYnLGk

    NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says he has 'no problem' with US President sharing private message

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    [–] 19 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Well i just found out some of these NATO leaders were Nazis so NATO might just be a white supremacist group technically.

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    [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    I’ve have said this before but WW3 will start because of a meme or ChatGPT.

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    [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    “How are you traveling to His Majesty’s dinner? Mind if I get a ride swingin from your nuts?”

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    Oh my God I can just text the president while pretending to be anyone and shape world politics

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    My sense at this point is that grotesque flattery works on Trump, but only to a point. Trump doesn't really like anyone, the best you can do is a slightly-better-than-neutral relationship. (And at the other end he's willing to coexist with anyone who hasn't personally slighted him, like Kim Jong Un)

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