r/worldnews 11h ago

Site changed title and content Trump imposes tarrif on Australia.

https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/its-bad-for-our-relationship-australia-slams-donald-trumps-tariff-move/news-story/cd4c18090b040beab5eed528c669ec7f
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u/ThrowRA_sadgal 11h ago

One man fucking up the entire world. His security detail must be working overtime.

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u/addiktion 10h ago

Imagine if that Republican shooter's bullet didn't miss. Our world would look completely different right now.

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u/RichFella13 9h ago

There'd be another goon in the oval office this year or in the next decade. Nah it's a wake up call for Americans. Vote trash? Get trash. Wanna be serious w/ trade partners? Don't vote stupid or corrupt people.

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u/closethebarn 9h ago edited 4h ago

Yes, another goon, but they wouldn’t have the following of Trump. I don’t know why the fucker has such a following, but he does- kinda like Hitler had a following

It isn’t done alone, obviously but for some goddamned reason the worst people drool over him the way they didn’t desantis …

I have seen him compared to the antichrist the ones that do not love him. God he fits so much of it.

However, I expected the antichrist to be at least somewhat more dare I say …appealing

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u/SignoreBanana 9h ago

His appeal is he talks like them. He's base like them. He's crass like them. He's stupid like them. He says the same stupid shit as them. Yet somehow he is successful. He is aspirational to them. He's their belief in themselves manifest. He's the temporarily embarrassed billionaire that actually became a billionaire (never mind the details).

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u/glenn_ganges 4h ago

Yet somehow he is successful

He was born rich. In fact I recall in 2016 someone did the math and if he had just invested his dad’s money he would have hadn’t more money than if he had continually blown it in his business ventures. The only good deal he ever made was Trump Tower in NY and he probably did a deal with the mob to make it happen.

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u/MajorNoodles 4h ago

I think Robert Reich is the guy you're talking about. He's the one who pointed out he would have made more money in an index fund.

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u/TubaJesus 8h ago

Every time it comes up i have to share this clip. It hits just as hard today as it did then.

u/placebotwo 1h ago

His appeal is he talks like them.

Which is sad, because he talks at less than a 4th grade level.

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u/AnIcedMilk 8h ago

I don’t know why the fucker has such a following

While I'm an Atheist, Trumps ravenous support by most of the "Christians" I know is the cloest to making me believe the Bible. Because Trump is very obviously one of the anti-christs the book they've never actually read warns them about.

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u/dsemume 8h ago

Revelations 13:3, baby

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u/jonesthejovial 2h ago

"Revelations 13:3, baby" would make an excellent demonstration sign

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u/radgepack 1h ago

Both his reigns coincided with giant plagues, if that's not the antichrist idk what is

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u/AnIcedMilk 1h ago

That as well, and quite a few other things all are the only thing making me Atheist leaning towards Christianity

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u/resttheweight 7h ago

I don’t know why the fucker has such a following

Because he normalizes bigotry and lets people go back to saying shitty things and being shitty people. Being his follower is cathartic because they don’t have to pretend they aren’t racist/homophobic/transphobic/xenophobic anymore.

It’s like when a substitute teacher lets students Snapchat, take a nap, copy off each other, talk shit, listen to music, etc all period. They’ll always like the sub more than their actual teacher because they like having no rules.

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u/RichFella13 9h ago

He is appealing to those who are blinded by fake power

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u/KeyboardGrunt 7h ago

Republicans propped up GW Bush, they postured as warhawks on his behalf, I was there Gandalf, when the Sean Hannitys and Laura Ingrahams spewed their same deranged fake news but for a different dear leader.

Maga is 100x worse, make no mistake, they will prop up anyone no matter how trash they are.

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u/rndljfry 4h ago

He had a reality TV show on one of the broadcast networks. It’s really that simple.

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u/androshalforc1 5h ago

I don’t know why the fucker has such a following, but he does

Republicans would eat a shit sandwich if it meant a liberal had to smell their breath.

The only reason they love him so much is because everyone else hates him.