Share this bullshit with your families.

  • archonet@lemy.lol
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    The president was asked by a reporter on Wednesday if he had spoken with Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, about the tariffs that have sparked a potentially costly trade war between the countries, and have led to predictions of empty shelves before the end of the year as imports dry up.

    Trump said he had not, and offered his own prediction as to how Christmas might look for American families.

    “Somebody said, ‘Oh, the shelves are gonna be open.’ Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls,” he said.

    “So maybe the two dolls will cost a couple bucks more than they would normally.”

    Some real “let them eat cake”/“it’s one banana, Michael” vibes. Like the average American family has been buying “30 dolls” for their kids for Christmas for years. And people thought Biden and Kamala were out of touch with the economy?

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      two dolls instead of 30 dolls

      so stuff is gonna cost 15x more by december? i can hardly wait. better go reserve my new home site down by the river now–so i can get a good spot under some cover.

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    if it walks like a duckcult…
    talks like a duckcult…
    acts like a duckcult…
    dresses like a duckcult…
    oppresses minorities like a duckcult…
    suppresses the vote like a duckcult…
    squashes free speech like a duckcult…
    censors the press like a duckcult…
    detains and arrests the opposition like a duckcult…
    denies science and facts like a duckcult…
    defies the law like a duckcult…
    rewrites history like a duckcult…

    guess what… it’s a fucking cult.

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    Every single time I listen to these meetings as they all jerk off their Dear Leader I can’t help but cringe. Like when he has a speech and they need to give a standing ovation every 15 seconds for saying literally anything. It’s so forced and fake that you can clearly tell that some those on board are sick of the act. Half of them look dead on the inside when it’s not their turn to speak and they are so over the top with addressing him it’s obvious they are terrified of stepping out of line.

    And if I had a chance to ask them anything I’d ask if the power and privilege they get by selling their soul really worth being so terrified that you can’t even speak your own thoughts anymore? Is putting yourself in a state of perpetual self censorship for fear of committing a thought crime and to lose what makes you a human anymore really worth it?

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    This has a lot of “Saddam Hussein is raking power” vibes. People are terrified and can’t clap hard enot dor their dear leader lest they get taken outside behind the shed.

    I’m seriously waiting for a similar event, the way things are going there