Social media users mercilessly mocked President Donald Trump over the weekend after a Fox News interview in which he referred to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba as “Mr. Japan.”

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[–] [S] 157 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Modern News: "Let's talk about Biden's dementia."

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  • [–] 40 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    I mean.....Biden does likely have dementia, and it is kind of scary that for a couple years there we had a president who may not have known where he was at times.

    That being said, we traded in the guy with a good heart and dementia, for a racist hateful asshole with dementia.

    And of the two, it's FAR scarrier that the current dementia president has authorization for nukes.

    Biden was never going to nuke. Trump might. And forget the next day that he did.

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

    kind of scary that for a couple years there we had a president who may not have known where he was

    Is this a repeat comment from 1989?

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Based on... What? Biden has cancer. The convenient narrative that he was diagnosed after he left the White House holds about as much water as no one ever having died at a Disney theme park.

    Cancer-fighting drugs do all sorts of whacky shit to bodies and minds. The conspiracy to keep the truth from the public was, I speculate, to avoid the inevitable pressure to have Biden step down and Harris assume the Presidency. Based on Biden's comments I have little doubt this was a selfish decision based on hubris that was championed and enabled by the establishment et al. Not that Harris would've been the People's President but at least she'd have been capable of actually leading.

    I don't disagree with you. Neither Biden nor Trump were / are fit for the roles they assumed. The dementia angle was weak Republican propaganda though and repeating it just keeps us further from the truth the public deserves.

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

    He is the embodiment of the fat stupid American stereotype. I truly feel sorry for the decent, intelligent people that live in the USA.

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  • [–] 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    The biggest takeaway for me with all this ... whenever there is another level of stupidity in American government or the president ... is not how dumb he looks .... but instead about how the entire country just passively accepts it. How the media just rolls over it like it's normal now.

    This country is fucked

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

    The media is explicitly complicit in the rise of authoritarianism. I'd highly recommend the book "manufacturing consent", it should be required reading for all Americans at this point.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    The privately controlled media that manipulated the image of this presidency, downplayed / ignored its failings, exaggerated the contempt for opponents and generally just passively accepted all this insanity as normal is not just complicit but an active participant in the rise and installation of authoritarianism in the US.

    It's not an independent media any more ... it's a direct arm of corporate America ... the same corporate America that wants to usher in authoritarianism

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  • [–] 45 points 1 year ago

    Sir, Tim Apple on line 2

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

    Once you're done fucking with trump remember to keep going down the line. It doesn't end with him.

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    [–] 28 points 1 year ago

    “Peanut butter TACO time”

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    All you LIbtRads have TDS because you KNOW Biden Biden BIDEN BIDEN has Dementia!

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago

    You fucking leave Peanut Butter out of this!

    it's the only thing I have left

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago

    at least he didn't call him "Mr. Roboto". still embarrassing as fuck though.

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

    Tbf, there's a lot of world leaders. I couldn't remember all of their names. Just say the fucking title. "Mr. Prime Minister". That's it. Not the country. Frankly, he should know the prime minister of Japan well enough to remember his name.

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

    That would require knowing/remembering that Japan has a prime minister

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

    I mean, most countries have a prime minister and/or a president in power. Even that's a bit to remember. Just for the love of god, fucking google it before you might have to talk about it.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    What a dumb piece of shit

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Peanut allergies notwithstanding, peanut butter kills far fewer people by comparison.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Notice how nobody's taking about how it's Americans paying the tarrif though, not Japan?

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

    not even chunky, but buttery smooth

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Tim Japan, brother to Tim Apple

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Oh, my god... Fox News has to keep switching the caption to translate "Weave" into English.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    He still talks about tariffs as if the company in the non U.S. country pays them.

    Maybe before rolling out these tariffs, he should understand how the damned things actually work.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    “But I’d rather just send them a letter, a very fair letter, saying, congratulations, whether it will allow you to trade in the United States of America,” Trump told Bartiromo, per RawStory. “You’re going to pay a 25% tariff, or 20% or 40% or 50%. I would rather do that.”

    He doesn't understand tariffs, which we already knew, but he keeps proving it. His supporters are dumbass idiots.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I say shit like that to be funny, but now I feel gross about it.

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  • More like garbage

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Helaas, pindakaas.

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