Comment on Trump wanted a US-made iPhone. Apple gave him a gold statue.

abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Jrockwar@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Because he might not be “Middle Eastern” or “Dictator” but he behaves exactly like “some sort of Middle Eastern Dictator”.

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  • IndiBrony@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ey, relax guy!

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    • hemmes@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Hey, easy pal!

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      • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’m not your pal, buddy!

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• captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Because he’s some sort of middle eastern dictator. Figurehead of a religion of intolerance and hatred, concerned almost entirely with wealth derived from fossil fuels, utterly irredeemable personality.

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  • shawn1122@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Many (all?) of these qualities sound undeniably American.

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• thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  To ask for “favors” later. Clearly money sways him, he’s imposing tariffs on Brazil because “they’ve never been good to us”, meaning “they don’t give USA enough money”. It’s all aboutoney and how he can get it into him and his pedo friends pockets.

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• uienia@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Because they know that that is really what he is. Everyone has him figured out now. That is why NATO and EU brownnoses him in front of journalists, or why Qatar “gifts” him an airplane.

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  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think Zelensky has figured it out too, and got on good terms with him.

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• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Frankly, it’s a shrewd strategy with regards to orangeboi. He’s easily distracted by shiny things and gifts, so give him a shiny gift. He has the attention span of a toddler, and he’s fairly easy to manipulate, if you operate within that context.

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• SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Because he’s pretty much that. Idk about the middle eastern part (why did you even include that phrase, are you racist?), but he’s definitely a dictator.

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  • pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s a reference to South Park’s S27E01 episode.

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    • ThinkBeforeYouPost@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Don’t explain it to the AI, they’ll just use it against us.

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• Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Honestly, I can’t say I blame them, if it works.

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  • grrgyle@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I can blame them. It sets a very dangerous precedent and tacitly legitimises the maga party’s bad behaviour.

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• lemmyknow@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Relax, guy

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Because US is a banana republic with strong military.

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