When I started reading the quote, I assumed it was a joke, just from the format, not the content. When I got to the part where it said, "It used to be called the Department of War and it had a stronger sound," I felt the typical disgust and contempt I usually feel when listening to Trump, and so I knew it was almost certainly a genuine quote.
History lesson for anyone who needs it, including occupants of the White House: The Department of Defense was created in 1947 by merging the Department of War, the Department of the Navy, and the recently formed Department of the Air Force. Prior to the merger, the War Department managed only the Army. The name Department of Defense was political: it didn’t reuse any of the names of the former departments, so it couldn’t be seen as one absorbing the others, i.e. the Army absorbing the Navy and the Air Force they had just spun off from the Army Air Corps.
He doesn't understand the negative connotations behind it and why one of the main branches of the empire needs to be obfuscated in euphemism? I kinda believe the mental decline rumours now, lol, or maybe he's just testing the waters to see if Americans still have that bloodthirst like the good ol' Bush days, idk.
I think he just likes to dangle something controversial and shiny in his left hand so you forget he’s hiding the Epstein files behind his back with the right hand. He def knows how to rustle the left’s jimmies, unfortunately.
No, stop treating him like he's some sort of brilliant conman. He's never been. Even his own sister has said that he's a moron - his entire plan consists of "I wanna". I want it to be the Department of War, I want to be the one launching wars, I want to be the guy pushing the Big Red Button. He's a narcissist, and narcissists rarely tend to think more than a step or two ahead. They assume everyone's dumber than them, and they can rarely be dissuaded from this.
Setting aside my Trump hate for a moment: this is a good thing. “Department of Defense” was always a euphemism. “Defense spending” my ass. Let’s call it what it is and then see if Americans feel as good about spending so much on a “Department of War” versus “Defense.”
Thinking like that its a good thing right up until the voters are actually stoked about a department of war.
Guarantee it wont be long until youre seeing red hats going off about how cool it is they finally have a department of war as if its a whole new thing.
"Remember how much ass we kicked with only a defense department? Look out world! MIGHTY TRUMP finally made a department of war too!"
I’m sure you’re right about a certain segment of people. I don’t think the euphemistic name is holding those people back from loving the military though.
I do think it’s hard for Congress to sell the general public on “cuts to our defense” though, and cuts to the “Department of war” will be an easier sell.
I mean that after WWII, the public sentiment was "We're done with war. Whew!" That's exactly why officially declaring war and using the war powers workaround was used in ever example you gave.
It was the Department of War for 150 years before 1947 when Truman changed the name.
Department of "Defense" is just a whitewashing cover for the fact that its a war department, to help convince Americans we need to spend all of our tax money on it... So sure go ahead and rename it, genius
Yeah, in this rare instance, I agree with Uncle Donny. The US hasnt fought a war for peace or defense in over 75 years. Might as well change the name to more accurately depict its purpose. He is still a moron though....
And also the Department of the Navy was its own thing for a while, as was the Department of the Army, then Air Force, before getting folded into the War Department. Harry Truman dissolved the War Department in 1947 because 1) WWII was over and so the US was not in a declared war anymore, and 2) there was a larger consolidation of war powers under the SecDef post-war.
If anything, name it the Department of Violence and Death and see how people react.
"we want offense too"
The obese imbecile being alive is offensive. The fact that it breathes is offensive.
And the fact that it's not strapped to a guillotine that's got a blunt rusty blade is fucking offensive!
And they STILL think this. And before Canadians get all smug, look at how popular Smith and Ford are and how Poilievre got elected by a landslide in AB. The more Doug grifts, the better he does in polls.
How are we supposed to know what he's talking about when he tweets that "The Dow is rising up after another successful meeting with Putin"? Is he talking about Dept. of War or Dow Jones?
Not relevant to trump, but: it is ironic that we (the US) haven't fought a genuinely defensive war since 1812, and we only managed a draw in that one (which included our capital being burned to the ground and our greatest victory coming after it was technically over) because our opponent was busy fighting a bunch of cheese-eating surrender monkeys (and only winning because the fucking Germans helped out).
Edit: it's hard to imagine somebody using the expression "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" and being serious about it, but I guess some people can imagine that.
In the sense of genuinely defending our own country from invasion or destruction? Definitely not. Hawaii wasn't a state at the time and the Japanese never had plans to invade it anyway.
The term gained political traction in the US, especially in right-wing circles, when Jonah Goldberg, a columnist for the National Review magazine, used it in the title of an April 1999 column on the "Top Ten Reasons to Hate the French".[11] In the run up to and during the Iraq War, Goldberg reprised it to criticize European nations and France in particular for not joining the Coalition of the Willing, the United States-led invasion and occupation of Iraq.[2]
You should read what you link, it's right wing adjacent because right wingers ruin everything fun with a disturbing lack of nuance.
Of course others have taken it to express hatred. But it wasn't originally meant to be used in that way by the writer, and that's the point I intended to make. I'm not arguing whether it's right or wrong, I just noticed that its origin hadn't been mentioned yet and figured it was worth mentioning.
Of course others have taken it to express hatred. But it wasn't originally meant to be used in that way by the writer, and that's the point I intended to make.
The entire point of the joke is that we're both rude and ignorant and rude out of ignorance.
I dunno why, but I absolutely love it when someone comments "no it isn't" without a comma and the person comes back with "yes, it is" with comma. Commas do a lot of work in creating tone in text and that example is probably one of the most obvious to notice/cite and one of my favorites. So I guess I have an idea of why after all lmao
Huh, normally I would have omitted that comma myself. I'm not sure why I included it there. I guess it was, as you say, to be even more of a dick to the OP. :)
You know, I always thought America’s first authoritarian leader would be more badass, more intimidating, sweats red white and blue and would be an evil genius. Instead, we’ve got this dumbass dying of cankles while he’s being propped up by a bunch of religious cowards.
trump trying to be like acturus mengsk, but less competent. one of the famous speech of mengks, was hes never going leave power and would rather see everything burn to ashes.
And yet literally hundreds of thousands of people find him charismatic and attractive enough they would line up to lick his orange taint. Being in a cult is bonkers
it is just a distraction from that, hes trying everything and anything to use the firehose of falsehood against MSM to flood it instead of him being president of epstein island.
Judaic heaven might actually be hell for him. Sparsely populated grassy knolls, have to walk everywhere, nothing to do but watch sheep and talk to people, and a bigger tyrant that would get pissed off if he starts trying to regain a following.
I agree, call it what it is. The Department of World Domination. It's super unpopular to cut defense, will it be equally unpopular to cut the world domination budget?
Edit: right, I forgot we're on shitlib.world, where murderous government organizations are fine, but it's a problem calling them what they are instead of using a euphemistic name
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bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 218 pts · 356d
I've lost the ability to detect whether this is a real quote or not.
Harvey656@lemmy.world · 115 pts · 356d
It's real, sadly, I watched it, my parents in law was watching the stupid statement and I joined them. It was yuck
logicbomb@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 356d
When I started reading the quote, I assumed it was a joke, just from the format, not the content. When I got to the part where it said, "It used to be called the Department of War and it had a stronger sound," I felt the typical disgust and contempt I usually feel when listening to Trump, and so I knew it was almost certainly a genuine quote.
cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de · 16 pts · 356d
Anyone care to enlighten us? Because I honestly can't tell, either.
RejZoR@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 356d
You can always trust the fact Trump is a monumental moron.
Stillwater@sh.itjust.works · 161 pts · 356d
IzzyJ@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 355d
The files ARE the distraction
kingofras@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 354d
are you going to post this every time now?
mercano@lemmy.world · 83 pts · 356d
History lesson for anyone who needs it, including occupants of the White House: The Department of Defense was created in 1947 by merging the Department of War, the Department of the Navy, and the recently formed Department of the Air Force. Prior to the merger, the War Department managed only the Army. The name Department of Defense was political: it didn’t reuse any of the names of the former departments, so it couldn’t be seen as one absorbing the others, i.e. the Army absorbing the Navy and the Air Force they had just spun off from the Army Air Corps.
Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 355d
Also in a way it's not made our jobs easier. It's difficult to argue cutting "defense" funds, but it's a lot easier to be against a "war" department.
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · 67 pts · 356d
He doesn't understand the negative connotations behind it and why one of the main branches of the empire needs to be obfuscated in euphemism? I kinda believe the mental decline rumours now, lol, or maybe he's just testing the waters to see if Americans still have that bloodthirst like the good ol' Bush days, idk.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 45 pts · 356d
I think he just likes to dangle something controversial and shiny in his left hand so you forget he’s hiding the Epstein files behind his back with the right hand. He def knows how to rustle the left’s jimmies, unfortunately.
dontbelievethis@sh.itjust.works · 33 pts · 356d
I think he is just that simple of a man.
Defense is not aggressive and therefore bad. War sounds aggressive so it's good.
That's it. That is the whole thought process of this simpleton.
BremboTheFourth@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 356d
Honestly, even turning the thought into a sentence, putting letters to the words, is more work than his brain did to get there
Mirshe@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 356d
No, stop treating him like he's some sort of brilliant conman. He's never been. Even his own sister has said that he's a moron - his entire plan consists of "I wanna". I want it to be the Department of War, I want to be the one launching wars, I want to be the guy pushing the Big Red Button. He's a narcissist, and narcissists rarely tend to think more than a step or two ahead. They assume everyone's dumber than them, and they can rarely be dissuaded from this.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 356d
I agree he’s far from brilliant, and I really mean his admin more than him alone. There are some real insidious people with his ear
0x0@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 355d
Unfortunately not in a Tarantino fashion.
cabillaud@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 355d
Hey, what's going on?
PDFuego@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 356d
Are you forgetting he remembered "person, woman, man, camera, TV" that one time?
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world · 56 pts · 356d
Because going to war should not be an ambition you dumb fucking fascist!
scarabic@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 355d
Setting aside my Trump hate for a moment: this is a good thing. “Department of Defense” was always a euphemism. “Defense spending” my ass. Let’s call it what it is and then see if Americans feel as good about spending so much on a “Department of War” versus “Defense.”
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 355d
Thinking like that its a good thing right up until the voters are actually stoked about a department of war.
Guarantee it wont be long until youre seeing red hats going off about how cool it is they finally have a department of war as if its a whole new thing.
"Remember how much ass we kicked with only a defense department? Look out world! MIGHTY TRUMP finally made a department of war too!"
scarabic@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 355d
I’m sure you’re right about a certain segment of people. I don’t think the euphemistic name is holding those people back from loving the military though.
I do think it’s hard for Congress to sell the general public on “cuts to our defense” though, and cuts to the “Department of war” will be an easier sell.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 355d
This isn't a good thing because it's not an effort to be more honest, it's a signal of future intent.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 354d
How does this future intent differ from current reality?
scarabic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 354d
The future intent is a bad thing. Signaling it clearly instead of euphemistically is arguably a good thing.
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 355d
Do not underestimate this country's propensity to proudly engage in jingoism. Just look at our history to see how that went.
GreenShimada@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 354d
There's a reason why after WWII the Department of War was renamed Department of Defense.
We weren't at war. We're not currently at war, either. Chester's gotta ask Congress to rubber-stamp a war first.
scarabic@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 354d
That’s some very antiquated and naive logic. NONE of these conflicts involved a formal declaration of war:
Korean War
Vietnam War
Persian Gulf
Afghanistan
Iraq War
So you’re going to tell me we weren’t at war for any of those? Bullshit. There’s been plenty of work for a Department of War in the US since WW2.
GreenShimada@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 352d
I mean that after WWII, the public sentiment was "We're done with war. Whew!" That's exactly why officially declaring war and using the war powers workaround was used in ever example you gave.
It was the Department of War for 150 years before 1947 when Truman changed the name.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 354d
lol ok.
GreenShimada@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 352d
Officially, as declared by Congress.
Stillwater@sh.itjust.works · 38 pts · 356d
Department of "Defense" is just a whitewashing cover for the fact that its a war department, to help convince Americans we need to spend all of our tax money on it... So sure go ahead and rename it, genius
Mrkawfee@feddit.uk · 20 pts · 356d
Agree. It would be a lot more honest to call it the war department.
The Nazis also had a ministry of propaganda which was admirably candid.
meep_launcher@sh.itjust.works · 37 pts · 356d
Is it bad that my thought was "well at least that's more accurate"?
My mind went to how "the department of defense" was Orwellian AF. I mean his reasoning is fucked don't get me wrong.
bytesonbike@discuss.online · 20 pts · 356d
I absolutely agree with you and surprisingly, Trump on this.
Broken clock and all.
bampop@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 356d
You can tell he's never read 1984, he'd definitely want more ironically named government departments if he had
MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 355d
I mean, "Truth Social" has all the irony of the Ministry of Truth, though I assume if it was named for that reason it wasn't thought up by him.
Poojabber@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 356d
Yeah, in this rare instance, I agree with Uncle Donny. The US hasnt fought a war for peace or defense in over 75 years. Might as well change the name to more accurately depict its purpose. He is still a moron though....
UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 356d
Well, technicallly it's defense of private interests...
squaresinger@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 355d
Even WW2 wasn't a war of defence for the USA. The only thing they "defended" was a military outpost in the middle of the pacific.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 356d
You mean revert back to it's original name.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 355d
If he's the moron, what do you call the 77 million who voted for him. Twice.
Poojabber@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 355d
Cultists.
GreenShimada@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 354d
It was the "War Department" from 1789 to 1947.
And also the Department of the Navy was its own thing for a while, as was the Department of the Army, then Air Force, before getting folded into the War Department. Harry Truman dissolved the War Department in 1947 because 1) WWII was over and so the US was not in a declared war anymore, and 2) there was a larger consolidation of war powers under the SecDef post-war.
If anything, name it the Department of Violence and Death and see how people react.
D_C@sh.itjust.works · 37 pts · 356d
"we want offense too"
The obese imbecile being alive is offensive. The fact that it breathes is offensive.
And the fact that it's not strapped to a guillotine that's got a blunt rusty blade is fucking offensive!
bluecat_OwO@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 356d
That's very graphic
0x0@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 355d
And necessary.
Grass@sh.itjust.works · 34 pts · 356d
someone put him out of his misery. its cruel to force him to live like this. cruel to everyone else in the world at least
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 356d
I'd tell him to look at the flowers but he paved the rose garden.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 356d
he rather paint it gold, of which he is obsessed with doing, not even solid or pure gold.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 355d
Give him the Crassus
sunbytes@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 356d
It's the same reason Captain America beats people up with a shield.
It's hard to think of yourselves as as a saviour otherwise.
kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 29 pts · 355d
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 355d
And they STILL think this. And before Canadians get all smug, look at how popular Smith and Ford are and how Poilievre got elected by a landslide in AB. The more Doug grifts, the better he does in polls.
Smoogs@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 354d
King Charles called and said stfu AB. true story. First Nations were there too and I think they were filling in the eviction notices
Also AB conservatives won that same riding in the main election too. they are still short the riding pp lost in the first place.
By the by he’s not regained the lead of the party…yet.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 354d
Before libs get all smug... They still think kamalacaust and genocide joe were real alternatives.
sturmblast@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 355d
I think we are all well aware that we are surrounded by idiots. We live here.
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 355d
Some of us more than others.
God I fucking hate Louisiana.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 354d
Ok, now do the numbers for the other fascist.
WanderWisley@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 356d
The high cholesterol in Donny’s body needs to declare war on his heart and fail it.
wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io · 11 pts · 356d
The cankles are the front line. It may take some time but I’m optimistic that gravity will win.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 356d
dont worry he will counter it with the acid content of his diet cokes.
griff@lemmings.world · 24 pts · 356d
Department of Death might sound even stronget
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 356d
Good, this would preserve the acronym too!
affenlehrer@feddit.org · 5 pts · 356d
Department of torture and murder
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 356d
thats the ministry of interrogation, aka homeland security/
bitchkat@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 356d
They are reserving that for RFK.
0x0@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 355d
Probably coined by Netanyahu.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de · 21 pts · 356d
president of peace, everyone /s
GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 356d
How are we supposed to know what he's talking about when he tweets that "The Dow is rising up after another successful meeting with Putin"? Is he talking about Dept. of War or Dow Jones?
j5906@feddit.org · 7 pts · 356d
They are the same picture
Almacca@aussie.zone · 19 pts · 356d
And on the other side of his mouth he's saying he thinks he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 356d
Not relevant to trump, but: it is ironic that we (the US) haven't fought a genuinely defensive war since 1812, and we only managed a draw in that one (which included our capital being burned to the ground and our greatest victory coming after it was technically over) because our opponent was busy fighting a bunch of cheese-eating surrender monkeys (and only winning because the fucking Germans helped out).
Edit: it's hard to imagine somebody using the expression "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" and being serious about it, but I guess some people can imagine that.
massi1008@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 356d
WW2 was a defensive war?
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 355d
In the sense of genuinely defending our own country from invasion or destruction? Definitely not. Hawaii wasn't a state at the time and the Japanese never had plans to invade it anyway.
Hadriscus@jlai.lu · 1 pts · 356d
I feel offended and lauded at the same time
Madison420@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 356d
I assume you mean the French?
You do know they're the most successful military in human history right?
NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 356d
That's the joke
Madison420@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 356d
I don't think it is but sure, hilarious.
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 356d
It’s an old Simpsons quote. It was never meant to be any more than a one-off line, as far as I can tell.
Madison420@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 356d
The term gained political traction in the US, especially in right-wing circles, when Jonah Goldberg, a columnist for the National Review magazine, used it in the title of an April 1999 column on the "Top Ten Reasons to Hate the French".[11] In the run up to and during the Iraq War, Goldberg reprised it to criticize European nations and France in particular for not joining the Coalition of the Willing, the United States-led invasion and occupation of Iraq.[2]
You should read what you link, it's right wing adjacent because right wingers ruin everything fun with a disturbing lack of nuance.
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 355d
Of course others have taken it to express hatred. But it wasn't originally meant to be used in that way by the writer, and that's the point I intended to make. I'm not arguing whether it's right or wrong, I just noticed that its origin hadn't been mentioned yet and figured it was worth mentioning.
Madison420@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 355d
The entire point of the joke is that we're both rude and ignorant and rude out of ignorance.
Denjin@feddit.uk · -1 pts · 356d
No it isn't
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 356d
Speaking as the person who made the joke: yes, it is.
cheloxin@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 354d
I dunno why, but I absolutely love it when someone comments "no it isn't" without a comma and the person comes back with "yes, it is" with comma. Commas do a lot of work in creating tone in text and that example is probably one of the most obvious to notice/cite and one of my favorites. So I guess I have an idea of why after all lmao
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 354d
Huh, normally I would have omitted that comma myself. I'm not sure why I included it there. I guess it was, as you say, to be even more of a dick to the OP. :)
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 356d
Tell that to Alexander the Second Best!
selkiesidhe@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 356d
Dumbass pedophile rapist.
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 356d
department of epistein victims.
fox2263@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 356d
What are we defense
bluecat_OwO@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 356d
Here comes the department of grammar. Can I enroll?
fox2263@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 356d
Who are we defense?
bytesonbike@discuss.online · 2 pts · 356d
"Why" are we defense?
bluecat_OwO@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 356d
when are we defense?
0x0@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 355d
Where are we defense?
I mean we want to defense the border and wall it, right? Won't someone please defenestrate this fucker?
El_guapazo@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 356d
He's already offensive. Now he wants a whole government department to do it too
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 15 pts · 356d
No wonder he's so offensive to all 5 senses.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 356d
6th senses.
apftwb@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 356d
Defense product >> WAR MACHINE
Military Contractor >> MERCENARY
Ambassador >> SPY MASTER
thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 356d
Ministry of Peace sounded too gay
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 356d
I doubt anybody suggested "Ministry of Peace" to him. He would have heard "Ministry of Piss" and green-lighted the change.
LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 355d
How does one still support a man child like this?
fishy@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 355d
The answer is so simple, they're all fucking morons.
IzzyJ@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 355d
Be a wo/manchild
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 355d
Mostly fear, all the way down.
TuffNutzes@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 354d
I guess if you look UP to something like this, it says a LOT about you. Trump supporters are a special kind of special.
TuffNutzes@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 356d
Anytime this fool says anything, it sounds like I'm listening to a fucking toddler.
shiroininja@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 356d
You know, I always thought America’s first authoritarian leader would be more badass, more intimidating, sweats red white and blue and would be an evil genius. Instead, we’ve got this dumbass dying of cankles while he’s being propped up by a bunch of religious cowards.
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 356d
You drank too much Kool aid then. This is exactly what I expected it to be. America personified.
Almacca@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 356d
Well, he is bad, and an ass...
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 356d
trump trying to be like acturus mengsk, but less competent. one of the famous speech of mengks, was hes never going leave power and would rather see everything burn to ashes.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 356d
And yet literally hundreds of thousands of people find him charismatic and attractive enough they would line up to lick his orange taint. Being in a cult is bonkers
HaveMeOnYourPodcast@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 356d
taking us all the way back to the 40s with the War Department eh?
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net · 11 pts · 356d
America going back to its jingoistic roots I see.
buddascrayon@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 355d
Anyone wanna place bets on him introducing a Department of Truth and a Department of Love next?
Smoogs@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 355d
Better bet is if he lives for another full month. The idiot is circling death bed.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 354d
Terrible 1984 reference. Maybe if this dude was asking for a department of peace.
If you think the state supports truth and love like it supports offensive wars, I have bad news for you.
F_OFF_Reddit@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 355d
So mad that twat missed him and only grazed his ear
Smoogs@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 354d
You’re talking as it that was not staged at all.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 356d
Department of big boom.
Opisek@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 356d
The BIGGEST
SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 355d
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 354d
Department of distracting the public from wanting the Epstein files.
Mongostein@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 356d
Who gives a shit? It’s a more apt name for it so go ahead. Now where are those Epstein files?
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 356d
it is just a distraction from that, hes trying everything and anything to use the firehose of falsehood against MSM to flood it instead of him being president of epstein island.
Pulsar@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 356d
This is brilliant! His knowledge, eloquence and persuasiveness are remarkable.
PedroMaldonado@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 356d
Damn bag of rotten oranges. To all yall told me I was overreacting to this piece of shit: I fucking told you!
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 356d
rotten oranges still smells pleasant, compared to decomposing poop.
drhodl@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 355d
Come on Lucifer!! Take your fucking trash back, already!!
L7HM77@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 354d
Judaic heaven might actually be hell for him. Sparsely populated grassy knolls, have to walk everywhere, nothing to do but watch sheep and talk to people, and a bigger tyrant that would get pissed off if he starts trying to regain a following.
Dogyote@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 356d
It'll sound a lot better to the average voter to defund the department of war than to defund the department of defense.
DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 355d
Literally exactly what a child would say.
DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 356d
He's so big on getting names accurate, Trump's title should be The Rapist in Chief.
tazeycrazy@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 356d
I have to say his wall is more of a fence.
0x0@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 355d
We must defense it then!
Rentlar@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 356d
Department of Offense: King's Imperial Escort
eddanja@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 356d
"...and you have a big penis."
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 5 pts · 356d
"I don't want to be defense only"
This is revealing; Orange Baby's artlessness-of-the-deal mentality, turned into his version of leading a country:
"We want defense but we want offense too"
So what name change would he suggest? I really want to know.
Also note how easily the "I" slips into the
royalmadman's "we"Kolanaki@pawb.social · 3 pts · 356d
The Department of Defense but also of Offense.
elbiter@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 355d
We must stop spreading everything he says
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 355d
If he wants offense who are we to deny it. Offend the bastard!
PhAzE@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 354d
Department of pedophiles
OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 356d
I agree, call it what it is. The Department of World Domination. It's super unpopular to cut defense, will it be equally unpopular to cut the world domination budget?
nectar45@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 355d
You are WAY too fat and old to be a Khorne worshiper Trump, get real
rumba@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 354d
Error 451 Ray ID: 9765383f7a538cba • 2025-08-28 16:35:04 UTC Unavailable For Legal Reasons
WOOOAH
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 354d
Imperialists/colonizers being real for once. It's not like genocide joe "defended" anybody either...
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · -7 pts · 355d
Holy shit I agree with trump on something. What is even happening.
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 355d
Congrats on having your brain melted
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 355d
You prefer the bullshit euphemism “department of Defense”? Even though it doesn’t do any defending?
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip · -1 pts · 355d
Words have power. This will have consequences
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 355d
I agree, it will be much easier to campaign on “defund the Department of War”. Don’t interrupt your enemy when they’re making a mistake and all that.
Revan343@lemmy.ca · -7 pts · 356d
A rare Trump win
Edit: right, I forgot we're on shitlib.world, where murderous government organizations are fine, but it's a problem calling them what they are instead of using a euphemistic name