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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
The media does seem to love running with the narrative that the Democratic Party are toothless and ineffectual and "caving" in to Trump. They always seem so shocked when the Democratic candidates win elections, as if they thought that wasn't possible anymore.
edited 8th Apr '18 6:09:39 AM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprisedWe have a trope for trump.
He's the living embodyment of Eagleland Type Two
edited 8th Apr '18 7:56:49 AM by megaeliz
I mean it is possible that Trump has became a Fountain of Expies before his presidency, its just that its more likely that villains based off him are a subtle internal subtrope of the Corrupt Corporate Executive or general cartoon supervillans.
edited 8th Apr '18 6:46:41 AM by MorningStar1337
Trump was already a villain template back in the 80s (Biff Tannon anyone?), which tells you how much of a piece of shit he is. His infamy, at least in the US/the West didn't really widen when he became the worst POTUS in living memory, though it definitely intensified.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.Trump Warns of 'Big Price to Pay' in Syria After Reports of Syrian Chemical Attack
"Many dead, including women and children, in mindless CHEMICAL attack in Syria," Trump tweeted. "Area of atrocity is in lockdown and encircled by Syrian Army, making it completely inaccessible to outside world. President Putin, Russia and Iran are responsible for backing Animal Assad. Big price..."
He continued, "....to pay. Open area immediately for medical help and verification. Another humanitarian disaster for no reason whatsoever. SICK!"
In a string of tweets, Trump blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran for backing Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and also pointed blame at his predecessor, former US President Barack Obama, over Syria.
"If President Obama had crossed his stated Red Line In The Sand, the Syrian disaster would have ended long ago! Animal Assad would have been history!" Trump tweeted.
Trump tweets 'big price' after reports of Syrian chemical attack
By Eli Watkins, CNN
Updated 9:45 AM ET, Sun April 8, 2018 Video shows Syrians affected by chemical attack
Video shows Syrians affected by chemical attack 02:46
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump on Sunday warned of a "big price" after reports of a chemical weapons attack in Syria almost a year to the day since the US struck a Syrian air field. "Many dead, including women and children, in mindless CHEMICAL attack in Syria," Trump tweeted. "Area of atrocity is in lockdown and encircled by Syrian Army, making it completely inaccessible to outside world. President Putin, Russia and Iran are responsible for backing Animal Assad. Big price..." He continued, "....to pay. Open area immediately for medical help and verification. Another humanitarian disaster for no reason whatsoever. SICK!" In a string of tweets, Trump blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran for backing Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and also pointed blame at his predecessor, former US President Barack Obama, over Syria.
"If President Obama had crossed his stated Red Line In The Sand, the Syrian disaster would have ended long ago! Animal Assad would have been history!" Trump tweeted.
Syrian activist groups on Saturday said toxic gas inside barrel bombs dropped from helicopters over a rebel-held city in Syria killed dozens of civilians and wounded scores more. Syrian state news said an "official source" denied the allegations.
In April of last year, the US launched tomahawk missiles at a Syrian air base as the US and others accused Assad's forces of perpetrating a deadly chemical weapons attack, which the Syrian military denied.
Speaking on ABC's "This Week" in an interview taped prior to the President's tweets, White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert said he was struck by the "timing" of the reported attack, around the anniversary of last year's missile strike. He said the President and his advisers had been discussing the strike and would not rule out another one.
"I wouldn't take anything off the table," he said.
Big daddy Putin is going to be mad that Trumpie-poo criticized him.
Hmm, how you do construct Japanese honorifics to show that one is the seme and the other is the uke?
edited 8th Apr '18 7:18:05 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"About the Trump Tower fire someone posted earlier. Turns out that one person died and six firefighters got hurt
. Both Trump and his son tweeted congratulatory messages to the FDNY before news of the civilian death was announced. Naturally, the two didn't respond to the death.
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He did. But it appears Assad is a larger idiot then Trump; every time Trump is on the verge of leaving Syria, Assad decides at that moment to Gas his own people, which 'makes' Trump decide he needs to stay to fight Assad, until he wants to leave again. Rinse and Repeat.
edited 8th Apr '18 8:04:48 AM by DingoWalley1
He has always been at war with Eastsyria?
edited 8th Apr '18 10:19:42 AM by BlueNinja0
That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - SilaswAnyone have any ideas for how we should interpret this, in light of Trump's statements today?
Russia says U.S. plans to strike Damascus, pledges military response
Valery Gerasimov, head of Russia's General Staff, said Moscow had information that rebels in the enclave of eastern Ghouta were planning to fake a chemical weapons attack against civilians and blame it on the Syrian army.
He said the United States intended to use the fake attack as a pretext to bomb the government quarter in nearby Damascus where he said Russian military advisers, Russian military police and Russian ceasefire monitors were based.
"In the event of a threat to the lives of our servicemen, Russia's armed forces will take retaliatory measures against the missiles and launchers used," Gerasimov said in a statement.
He did not say when the alleged attack would take place or provide detailed evidence to back his assertions.
Russia has previously accused rebels in Syria of preparing to use toxic agents in eastern Ghouta so they could later accuse Damascus of employing chemical weapons.
Damascus denies Western allegations that government forces have used chemical weapons.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley warned on Monday that Washington "remains prepared to act if we must," if the U.N. Security Council failed to act on Syria, as the Syrian army's onslaught in eastern Ghouta continued unabated.
edited 8th Apr '18 9:13:15 AM by megaeliz

Spending years and years making hateful, stereotypical remarks about entire groups of people based solely on their ethnicity/nationality, and refusing to accept the existence of any person that goes against the negative stereotypes in their head?
Huh. Sounds familiar for some reason. Can't figure out why though.
edited 8th Apr '18 4:35:41 AM by Alycus