Analysis: World leaders have a huge new problem: Trump’s Oval Office smackdowns

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/21/politics/trump-ramaphosa-south-africa-meeting-analysis

Just don't go to the White House cause he's gonna ambush you.

Ukraine, Canada, South Africa... Who's next?

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MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world · 64 pts · 1y (1 reply)

There's no problem.

Decline all oval office invites.

The man is unfit for office.

null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y

Yeah I don't really understand the problem TBH.

It's pretty obvious you're just there as a prop. So what if you hurt his feelings by declining. Sucking up by throwing yourself under the bus won't avoid tariffs or invasion or whatever else he decides to do.

HexesofVexes@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Uno reverse: Invite him to your country and play videos about the horrific human rights violations in the USA.

Nollij@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 1y

He'd probably brag about them, even (or especially) if he had nothing to do with them.

BMW_stick@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Everyone's going to start saying, "No, thank you, I have book club that day."

Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de · 18 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I'm washing my hair that day, it takes hours due to these low flow heads we have.

ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org · 13 pts · 1y (2 replies)

"I have to return some video tapes."

Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I hope you didn't forget to rewind them!

AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

I've got a bunch of DVDs to rewind before I return them, sorry I can't make it.

gruvn@lemm.ee · 21 pts · 1y

He's didn't smack down Canada. He just rambled like an old man.

WatDabney@fedia.io · 13 pts · 1y

I actually expect most world leaders to start treating Trump as a pariah. He's just a gross, creepy manbaby who looks and notoriously smells like a drain clog and who can't be trusted for anything ever, so there's nothing to be gained from interacting with him at sll.

HK65@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Well, the CNN just keeps sucking Trump off. Who would have thought.

oyo@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y

Seriously, these aren't smackdowns in any sense, just embarrassing rambling lies.

1984@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 1y

https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/c-ap25141604614139.jpg?q=w_680%2Cc_fill%2Ff_webp

Elon Musk having an erotic moment due to race tensions in the room.