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[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 129 points 9 months ago (2 children)

So he would trigger an article 5 incident to apease his ego? I hope one of is multiple cases gets him locked up. And I don't care where, as long as it means he isn't in office.

[–] omgarm@feddit.nl 49 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He just wants a little bit of war. Nothing crazy.

[–] HowRu68@lemmy.world 23 points 9 months ago

Nothing crazy.

Whatever marbles he had left, he lost them all...

It’s worse and more specific than that. He’s basically saying “Russia is welcome to trigger an Article 5 incident, because I won’t respond to it”.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 118 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why do I have a feeling that Putin told him to say that. It's just too convenient for Trump to say that after that Tucker interview.

Like, am I imagining things? It's pretty clear they have communication, right?

[–] gardylou@lemmy.world 82 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh no, they've been communicating since before 2016. Just look at the changes to party platform for the GOP that year regarding funding to Ukraine. The new policies, which came directly from Trumps people, reversed course on Ukraine and basically adopted pro-Kremlin positions. And it was out of left field...on alot of policy positions, they didn't comment on shit or even have fully developed positions....but on Ukraine they have a very strong and very pro-Kremlin stance.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely. For anyone who's not familiar with Seth Abramson, he's written three enormous books sourced from major news media piecing all of it together in excruciating detail. Here's an interview about one of them for some flava.

TL;DR Donald Trump is 100% colluding with russia and has been for well over a decade. There's not a question about it. It's a tower of concrete facts.

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[–] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 112 points 9 months ago (4 children)

This is the best summary I could come up with: Trump is an idiot.

[–] jas0n@lemmy.world 46 points 9 months ago
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[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 98 points 9 months ago
[–] spriteblood@kbin.social 67 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Trust him, he's an expert on not paying bills.

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[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 60 points 9 months ago

That's funny coming from a guy who is infamous for not paying his bills.

[–] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 51 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Well. At this point it feels like I'm just watching it happen. I can vote against fascism, but what the fuck else can I do?

[–] astreus@lemmy.ml 37 points 9 months ago (6 children)

We have to learn from Germany's mistakes: armed resistance is legitimate in the face of fascism.

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It's this not the kind of scenario the founding fathers foresaw when drafting the second amendment?

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 51 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

"If I were president I'd encourage Russia to start a world war by telling them to attack a country in a very large military alliance that we're part of"

Just when you think the MAGAzis and their sprayed clown couldn't get any dumber, here comes a public statement.

He is desperate to stay in the headlines recently, wonder what (specifically )he's trying to hide this time?

[–] flathead@lemm.ee 49 points 9 months ago

“No, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You got to pay. You got to pay your bills.”

Meet the (Many) Small Business Owners Stiffed by Donald Trump - inc.com

[–] ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 48 points 9 months ago (2 children)

So basically he wants WW3 to happen?

[–] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml 47 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He probably thinks that will keep him out of jail

[–] radix@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (4 children)

The last guy to be president during a world war was elected four times, therefore....

Yeah but he was also a decidedly competent leader for most of that time. Trump wouldn’t be. He’d just try to cement himself as a dictator.

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[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

And sell weapons to both sides

[–] fidodo@lemmy.world 46 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Every now and then trump says something where I think surely that had to have been taken at least slightly out of context, but nope, it's practically verbatim. Every single time.

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[–] knatsch@feddit.de 42 points 9 months ago (2 children)

quick reminder that only a single NATO member has called for help of their allies with article 5 so far

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[–] Azzk1kr@feddit.nl 39 points 9 months ago

"No, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You got to pay. You got to pay your bills.”

This is a level of hypocrisy... I just cannot

[–] avater@lemmy.world 34 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

for fucks sake even the dumbest plot in any call of duty was more intelligent than everything this stupid republican wants to happen...

[–] Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Americans really need to bash their elected representatives to invest in public schools and free/affordable higher education. This muppet already happened, but maybe it's not too late to save the upcoming generations from another one.

[–] okamiueru@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Hitler only succeeded on the second attempt.

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[–] arc@lemm.ee 28 points 9 months ago

He's really gunning for that Hero of Russia medal

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 28 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

“No, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You got to pay. You got to pay your bills.”

Not exactly the Christian way. Yet, evangelicals apparently just love a president who will throw their friends under the bus.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 16 points 9 months ago

As someone currently on trial for fraud you'd think he'd not be framing himself as the person in the wrong.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago (2 children)

He just does what Putin made him do. Blackmail is a wonderful thing...

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

"Made" him? Haha. Dipshit Don thinks he's impressing him.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago

And the stupidest thing is, he could have extorted billions from Putin on Inauguration Day.

"Drop any pictures you want, Vlad. I got the CIA in my pocket, and they'll prove it's fake news. Now wire the money, or Ukraine is getting a dozen nuclear submarines tomorrow."

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 25 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Attack NATO with what? 😂

[–] Tetra@kbin.social 24 points 9 months ago

US weapons Trump would provide, most likely.

[–] Hupf@feddit.de 9 points 9 months ago

!noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago (3 children)

The republicans I have talked with would fully be in board with this. They think NATO is an archaic organization that only existed because of the Cold War and should be disbanded…

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[–] Kushia@lemmy.ml 21 points 9 months ago
[–] Coach@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago

He's like a walking hypocrisy. The biggest deadbeat in the history of deadbeats thinks our allies should pay up or be executed by Russia.

Riiiight, Diaper Donnie. Why don't we get you back to the old-age home. I hear it's almost time for pudding.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Wouldn’t that (by his reasoning) make the other NATO countries smart?

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 8 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Seeking a second presidency as the Republicans’ presumptive 2024 White House nominee, Donald Trump has said he would “encourage” Russia to attack any of the US’s Nato allies whom he considers to have not met their financial obligations.

Trump made the remarks on Saturday during a campaign rally in Conway, South Carolina, ahead of the state’s Republican presidential preference primary on 24 February.

On Saturday, Trump claimed that during an unspecified Nato meeting he told a fellow head of state that the US under his leadership would not defend any countries who were “delinquent”.

“Sounds as if Trump is kind of encouraging Russia to attack our Nato allies,” David Corn – an MSNBC analyst and the Washington DC bureau chief of Mother Jones – said on X.

The legislation was supported by Democratic incumbent Joe Biden, and Trump vowed that – if elected again – he would carry out “a massive deporation operation” on his first day back in the Oval Office.

The charges contained in four separate indictments across various jurisdictions allege that he tried to subvert the result of the election he lost, illegally retained government secrets after his presidency, and made illicit hush-money payments to a porn actor who claims to have had a sexual encounter with Trump.


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