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Posted by: Mister-Bear Score:13647
What an abusive relationship Trump has with reality.

Edit: Thanks for the gold!
- Posted by: Putrumpador Score:3589
  Wish reality would fight back.
  - Posted by: lyre_bird Score:2408
    Seriously. Ashamed of my country for allowing this child to dictate our future. Burning bridges, making us look bad... fuck him, fuck everyone who allowed this to happen. We work hard over here, we deserve leaders we can trust.
    - Posted by: Le0nard6 Score:1083
      The sad part is he’s probably just gonna fucking die instead of rotting in prison.
      - Posted by: enjoyingtheride Score:2328
        Good. I don't really care, do you?
        
        Posted by: EditorialComplex Score:676
        I care about the nationalist far right having a martyr they can rally around.
        
        Posted by: bill_sholders Score:279
        There's always Supply-Side Jesus!
        
        Posted by: elliptic_hyperboloid Score:98
        Who doesn't love Supply-Side Jesus!
        
        Posted by: privacypolicy12345 Score:306
        Jesus.
        
        Posted by: 24444user Score:172
        "Trump died for this country. How dare you take his name through the mud!" Goodness I can hear it now.
        
        Posted by: Happy_Curmudgeon Score:69
        And you just know if that happened, they will just say it was because of something Obama/Hillary said or did.
        
        *jams finger down throat until gagging noise is heard
        
        Posted by: 24444user Score:88
        Yeah I'm pretty sick of the finger pointing too. It's been two years of this guy. If he's gonna be given credit for NK and the economy, he's responsible for the 40 mil in poverty and 30 mil without healthcare in this country. Clinton and Obama had their time and now even with a majority in all three branches all they do is wine about being persecuted like they're the minority.
        
        Sorry this ended up longer than I expected.
        
        Posted by: MisterDonkey Score:60
        Dies from massive clot in the heart.
        
        He was so young! How could he have died? It's obvious Killary and the deep state conspired to have him assassinated, otherwise such a healthy (the healthiest ever) person wouldn't just die like that.
        
        Posted by: enjoyingtheride Score:92
        Not like they already don't rally around him. I'm not saying he should be a martyr. I just think I wouldn't even have one ounce of sympathy or empathy if Donald Trump died from all the stress Robert Mueller is and will put on him. Also from the sheer amount of embarrassment he will face as the Trump scam is brought to an end and exposed.
        
        I don't really care if he lives or dies as person, do U?
        
        Posted by: Iamsogeek Score:244
        If he dies, I can’t even imagine the conspiracy theories....
        
        Posted by: McRedditerFace Score:90
        Agreed, but who's going to be spouting them? Yeah, Fox News would probably have a field day... but as far as any respectable people of any real importance... who?
        
        That's one really weird thing with this administration... who else in the GOP is genuinely backing him? Maybe Jeff Sessions, but really he seems to be a shill. Paul Manifort even boasted about how loyal he was to Trump when things were going well for him, but now he's singing a different tune. There's a list of people who have a similar history with him.
        
        Is anyone in the House or Senate actually on his side? And I mean, would stand over his dead body after all this crap and still try to brownnose him with some bizarre conspiracy theory?
        
        Posted by: ew73 Score:124
        The real power -- the Senate and House -- are doing what they always do. They're putting up a distraction while they try to accomplish their true agenda.
        
        To quote Douglas Adams,
        
        The President is very much a figurehead - he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the government, but the qualities he is required to display are not those of leadership but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it.
        
        -- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy vol. 1, 1978.
        
        Note the year. This is not a new thing. This President just happens to be extraordinarily good at being insane.
        
        This is the reason it is so very important to vote, especially in midterms, and ensure that the Senate and House are populated with people that actually represent your interests. Vote in the primaries. Vote in local elections and state ballot measures.
        
        Posted by: NonaSuomi282 Score:64
        
        Note the year. This is not a new thing.
        
        The thing is, that used to be satire, not a literal description of reality.
    - Posted by: arch_nyc Score:103
      Are his supporters lost or do we feel they there’s hope.
      
      I’m not talking about switching parties. I just wish one day they can have critical thinking skills instead of constantly delivering us abysmal presidents.
      
      There are probably a lot of decent republicans out there. Can’t you guys just pick one?
      - Posted by: DillPixels Score:200
        Probably going to get downvoted to hell for this but here t goes.
        
        I feared Hillary so much that I voted for Trump. I am pretty 50/50 conservative/liberal. I honestly thought he’d be better than her. Not a good president because they’re both psychos, but slightly better than her. And I regret it. I regret my choice every fucking day. I wish I had gone with my gut and voted for Gary Johnson. Even though it wouldn’t have changed anything or mad a damn difference, I wouldn’t be plagued with guilt.
        
        I’m scrutinizing every candidate now in my state’s mid-term elections and I’m doing what I can to make up for being a part of why this dementia ridden asshat is in office. I’m sorry.
        
        Posted by: frontrangefart Score:221
        
        because they’re both psychos
        
        See, this is where you lose me. The fact that you fell for that propaganda is clear evidence that you lack critical thinking skills. Like yeah, she had her flaws, but to think she’s fucking psycho? C’mon dude. Seriously, use your god damn brain for once and ween yourself off the koolaid. Unbelievable. You’re still in it so deeply, and here you stand thinking your opinion is somehow nuanced. You still have a very long way to go.
        
        Posted by: Ideas966 Score:85
        Yeah wtf. Too bad as promised trump has been really shitty to immigrants and on global warming and net neutrality and trans troops and clearly has no fucking idea how healthcare works. BUT HILLARY EMAILS THEY'RE EQUALLY BAD!
        
        Posted by: robotic_dreams Score:104
        It's ok to like who you like. My issue is my very calm and smart, rational republican family is now, like most other conservatives I know RABID Trump fans. Rabid. There is zero negotiation or room for improvement. I wish I could say that while I don't agree with almost anything the republican party is doing, that there are good, strong conservative republican leaders out there. They just can't admit they picked the wrong guy.
        
        Posted by: topdangle Score:55
        That's because what you usually see out of them is a facade. The reality was they absolutely adore a "ruthless" president like Trump that has it out for everyone, but they would never say that openly without someone like Trump already in the white house.
        
        I have many family members that are the same way: outwardly moderate while inwardly extremist. To be honest I think most people are this way, whether it be unrealistically idealistic or cynical, but the better of us try to avoid giving into our own biases.
        
        Posted by: redgunner57 Score:80
        50/50 conservative/liberal what does that mean? People act like presidency is the only thing that matters when voting but if you somebody was truly had liberal viewpoints then they would’ve looked at the big picture. They would’ve contemplated what the Supreme Court pick was going to be, they would’ve considered who are all the new federal judge appointees are going to be. They would’ve considered what the executive branch was going to look like Trump administration. If you hated Clinton, well you hated her and I’m not going to tell you to like her but to not foresee where how damaging Trump was going to be for progressive issues, it’s just pure idiotic at certain level.
        
        Posted by: stayintheshadows Score:73
        What is there to scrutinize?! The Republicans ARE Trump now. If you regret voting for Trump, you sure as shit shouldn't even think about voting for anyone but Democrats.
        
        Posted by: Tasty_Astronomer Score:55
        You feared Hillary Clinton? You thought a person who can barely form a coherent sentence was better? Everyone who knew anything about Trump knew he was a bullshit artist who failed way more than he succeeded.
        
        I dont want to assume you didn’t want a female president but the case sort of makes itself
  - Posted by: envatted_love Score:187
    To non-Republicans: November 6, 2018
    
    To Republicans: Remember, Wikipedia is fake. The election is on November 7.
- Posted by: TheForgetfulRedditor Score:184
  Can we get someone not in Trumps pocket book to do a real psych eval on him... Guy has to be nuts.
  - Posted by: petit_cochon Score:300
    He has Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Look up the checklist for it. He hits every single box. The American Psychological Association actually came out before the election and broke a pretty serious ethical code in order to announce that Trump is a narcissist. Naturally, the media ignored it.
    - Posted by: Interloper9000 Score:61
      Jesus. This is the first I've heard. But it matches, it all matches.
- Posted by: Iamjew-ish Score:158
  I believe it's called dementia, as unfortunate as that is.
  - Posted by: petit_cochon Score:516
    No, friend, it's called Narcisstic Personality Disorder. If you were raised by someone with it or have come into contact with someone with it, it's a complete mindfuck. Their entire being revolves around their grandiose, but extremely, fragile ego. He fits the checklist to a t. He might have dementia on top of it, but many of his actions that people are attributing to dementia are really just the actions of a narcissist, and they fit within that framework.
    
    My dad has it. He's so close to Trump that it's scary. If this presidency is anything like my childhood, this will get a lot worse before it gets better. Most people have no concept of abnormal psychology and thus have no idea how to handle a narcissist. We have handed over power to the kind of person who should never have it. There is no bar he cannot wriggle below. I said it before the election, and I'll say it again now: buckle up, because this is gonna be a fucking bumpy ride.
    - Posted by: evollie Score:251
      This is what people don’t understand about Trump. NPD is no joke, the gaslighting, triangulation and his own denial of actual visible reality is all part of it. He literally cannot bear to face reality or failure. People try to view him through the lens of normal behaviour but he’s a rotten combination of a clear narcissistic personality combined with massive wealth and power. Buckle up indeed.
      - Posted by: penfist Score:72
        He's lying about being a billionaire.
        
        Posted by: ZmeiOtPirin Score:53
        He's making so much money off of the presidency it's probably true by now.
    - Posted by: brickmack Score:93
      ¿Porque no los dos?
      
      There is almost certainly dementia involved though. If you look at his interviews from like 30 years ago, he's still a giant asshat, but he's reasonably intelligent, or at least able to maintain the appearance of intelligence for a couple minutes at a time. Now though, he can barely complete a single sentence without either contradicting something he said the very same day, or simply not conveying any coherent thought at all. Some of the shit he spews is borderline word salad.
  - Posted by: BradSiemens Score:57
    No, he doesn't get off that easily.
    - Posted by: unicornlocostacos Score:58
      You don’t get to live your whole life as a shit monster and pull a mulligan at the end.
Posted by: tungstencompton Score:7165
THE SINGAPOREAN GOVERNMENT: "That was $20,000,000 well-spent"
- Posted by: NapClub Score:2232
  i mean... it won't be long before countries just reject any suggestion by trump automatically knowing he is both unhinged and untrustworthy.
  - Posted by: IbnReddit Score:1310
    It won't be long? Jesus wept it's been two years of this madness.... How many more years will it take ffs
    - Posted by: Buttonskill Score:635
      Part of me wants to correct you that it's one and a half years, but there's the mental erosion part of me that feels that you rounded down the last decade of his term.
      - Posted by: Electroswings Score:169
        I feel more like it's been 15 to 20 years since Obama...I miss him so much...
    - Posted by: NapClub Score:209
      well the thing is, people/countries have felt the need to give trump a chance since he's the leader of the usa.
      
      they have been giving him that chance, and he's blowing it.
      - Posted by: Pavotine Score:83
        I think it's a lot to do with respecting the office and importance of Trump's position, rather than giving him a chance and respecting him as a person.
  - Posted by: shieldtwin Score:126
    I think we’re already there. Iran, Europe, etc are just disregarding anything he says
- Posted by: archerthegreat Score:216
  Not to mention all the 20 year olds who couldn't spend time home from the different military wings to keep an eye over the summit.
  - Posted by: et2boot Score:567
    I was in the USAF. We'd get TDY pay, per diem, stay in a hotel, etc.
    
    Better than staying 'home' and policing up trash or something. Got literally nothing better to do.
    
    Worry more about the 20 year olds who might have to FIGHT A WAR AND DIE, because of this president's ineptitude in Korea and Iran and elsewhere.
    
    "Oh, I just found out North Korea is bad! Maybe I should have stayed awake through all of those Intel briefings before I went and shook hands with a literal devil!"
    
    Well, in Trump's case, being a literal devil himself, it's not like shaking the hands and hugging a brutal, criminal, family imprisoning piece of trash is any different than looking in the mirror.
    - Posted by: spacegirlmcmillan Score:103
      What happened to Trump's "I neutralized the threat guys don't worry." I'm used to him spinning the situation with nonsense, but if he's going to say "I have it taken care of" then say "these guys are way worse than I thought," that doesn't sound like he has the situation in hand.
    - Posted by: Totallynotatheif Score:89
      Singapore's defence force is conscripted, I don't think they're getting tdy pay...
- Posted by: helzinki Score:204
  "Well at least now white people know that we are not in China.........right?" - Singapore
  - Posted by: tungstencompton Score:110
    John Bolton thought it was in Malaysia so I wouldn't hold my breath
- Posted by: Aggrokid Score:71
  In Singlish: "CB kia Trump kee siao liao"
  - Posted by: TotenSieWisp Score:80
    CB : acronym for vagina (dirty slang)
    
    kia : son
    
    kee siao : crazy
    
    liao : already
    
    Roughly translate to Son of bitch Trump have gone mad already
Posted by: T438 Score:6273
Choose every position and people will pick the one they like.
- Posted by: FarawayFairways Score:3052
  This is something I genuinely don't understand, as this most certainly never used to be the case, and quite recently too (Kerry 2004).
  
  John Kerry was slaughtered for alleged flip flopping and yet nothing remotely close to the scale and frequency as Trump. This used to be a disqualifying trait and the electorate were pretty severe on it. What changed?
  
  Also for context, Marco Rubio got bombed out of the primaries because he said "and let's dispel once and for all this fiction that Barrack Obama doesn't know what he's doing, he knows exactly what he's doing" (four times)
  - Posted by: ApollosCrow Score:1768
    Nothing changed, you’re just talking about dramatically different audiences.
    
    Trumpists are not concerned with anything except trolling and winning. You think Trump would have any position in politics if his supporters were driven by integrity? They love all the chaos and spectacle and fist-pumping zealotry, and they easily compartmentalize any information that doesn’t feed their high.
    - Posted by: jerkstorefranchisee Score:633
      "High" really is the best word for it. There's a specific feeling they like and get out of this, and everything else matters less than that feeling.
      - Posted by: piranha4D Score:220
        Yup, "high" is a good word. There is a portion of his base that seem almost drunk on sticking it to the "libtards", regardless what it's actually about, whether it violates something they were previously in favor of, whether a new policy will actually hurt them (trade wars will do Trump supporters no favors). Doesn't matter, as long as liberal tears are flowing and liberal heads are exploding (even if that only happens in their imaginations). The comment sections on The Hill are really instructive in that regard. It's never about policy or anything that matters, just TRUMP SMASH, YAY.
      - Posted by: andrejevas Score:174
        They learn that high and addiction in church. Not that there's anything wrong with getting high. Or religion or drugs.
        
        It's a matter with having a healthy relationship with those things.
        
        But evangelicals like baptists are insane organizations of people who may as well be abusing amphetamines.
        
        Posted by: Jp1094 Score:207
        Wow I feel bad for the drug users being compared to evangelicals.
    - Posted by: LeodFitz Score:383
      Well, the thing is that there are several Trump audiences, and each one gets its news on him from a different source. There's far right wing, far-far right wing, criminally uninformed right wing, and the 'watch it burn' crowd.
      
      Believe me, I live in Texas and I have a couple of relatives who voted for him. Criminally uninformed, cite radio programs they half-way remember... hell, most of what they hear isn't even supporting Trump, it's just counterarguments against 'the left wing medias portrayal.' Try and correct them and they just look at you like, 'why would the radio folk like to me?' God it's depressing.
      - Posted by: BadMinotaur Score:231
        This is exactly how my dad is. He's the reason I'm left-leaning in the first place, but he voted for Trump. He no longer watches any news network but Fox News. It's kind of odd how he's transformed from "hippie" in his early years to what he is now.
        
        He honest-to-God thinks Trump is trying to fix America. He thinks the government has been overreaching and that the systematic dismantling of government agencies like the EPA is a necessity, because in the past they have made mistakes that have harmed honest Americans. He does admit that some of Trump's administration is making bad moves -- he is in support of Net Neutrality, for instance, and does not approve of Ajit Pai.
        
        A lot of people on Reddit will talk about how Trump supporters ignore the evidence they're given, but that's not entirely true -- they just have it spun. My dad thinks that when someone leaves Trump's administration (as they so often do), it's Trump firing someone who wasn't getting the job done.
        
        It all started when Obama took office. I don't know how, but he bought into the whole "Obama is a Muslim trying to undermine America!" narrative. He's not a birther though! So at least there's that.
        
        It just baffles me. Obviously I still love him, we enjoy a healthy relationship, but I'm very reluctant to talk politics with him. I have toed the middle of the political line before (I voted McCain in 2008), so it's not like I can't cope with different viewpoints, but the amount of explaining I have to do when we talk is just tiring.
        
        Posted by: nomenclature87 Score:77
        Sounds similar to my dad. Hes a long time republican, but it used to be from a reasoning that fame from his own thoughts on issues. But then he started falling in with the narritive spun to him by the only sources of news he went to; rush limbaugh and fox news. My sisters and i could tell because he started directly quoting rush as if it was his own opinion. He was always blaming everything on obama just as fox news led him to believe was the case, anything and everything could be just be spun to be obamas fault. He however did not vote for trump. He and my mom actually abstained from the presidential vote for the first time in nearly 40 years because they were against both candidates having office. I was actually proud that even as staunch a republican he still seemed to have sense to see the danger of trump. But now... im getting worried. He has started nearly complimenting the job trump is doing. Having bought into the whole “obama is satan” narrative spoon fed to him all those years by conservative media, any time trump goes and just executive orders something from the obama administration away, regardless of what it was or what in entailed, he thinks its a move in the right direction because its undoing “the worst presidency ever”. Now even more scarily he seems to be buying into the whole racist agenda of the conservative media, blaming everything on mexicans and blacks and whatever. Now, ive actually heard him make some straight up racist comments for the first time in my life. Im worried because in him i can see just how much things like fox news and such can take people who were completely rational people whose views just happened to aligned with the republican party and turn them into completely closed minded bigots who dont think for themselves, but are led to think they are acting on their own beliefs. Its straight up propaganda. I see it increasingly in my dad and a few other people ive known for a long time. These are not the views they held before but you feed them propaganda in such a way that they essentially become indoctrinated then they will just blindly go with the flow wherever they are led.
      - Posted by: AgAero Score:168
        As a fellow Texan, that's pretty spot on. You've just described every Republican in my family except my one uncle who absolutely loved the way Trump bullied everyone in the primaries.
        
        Posted by: coredumperror Score:128
        My dad's a Republican. Has been for his whole life, despite everyone else in our extended family being Dems. We don't give him shit for it, though he does really like to throw monkey wrenches into the conversation when politics comes up at family gatherings.
        
        I don't think he's EVER voted for anyone except the Republican candidate for president in his 40+ years of voting... except Trump. I was so proud of him for that.
        
        Posted by: TheBadGuyFromDieHard Score:62
        To be fair, the first few Republican debates where there were like 20 candidates were amazing and hilarious. It was such a free for all it was hard not to watch. Once Trump started gaining momentum it started becoming a lot less funny, though.
    - Posted by: NoAstronomer Score:274
      
      Trumpists are not concerned with anything except trolling and winning.
      
      I don't think they even care about winning; so long as someone else loses they're happy.
      - Posted by: dawagha Score:231
        They think life is a zero sum game and if some they don't like is losing then they must be winning.
        
        Posted by: Randolpho Score:88
        Zero sum pretty much describes the fundamental plank of conservative thought.
    - Posted by: smailskid Score:93
      I also think his supporters love being told what they want to hear. Lie to them, rob them, beat them, just tell them they're right.
  - Posted by: warm_sweater Score:1008
    Yup, “flip-flopping” back then meant a politician held one position when they were a senator in the 80s, and now hold a different position in the 2000s as a presidential candidate- as if opinions can’t evolve over time.
    
    Trump can’t even keep his shit straight for a week.
    - Posted by: townhouserondo Score:206
      We have a dumb president who caters to the dumbest segment of the populace. This segment of the populace has never been catered to before, so it’s a trailblazing thing. Flip flopping is okay. Lying is okay. Total hypocrisy is okay. His base cares about nothing. There’s no other way to describe them other than racist and dumb.
    - Posted by: thyme_of_my_life Score:112
      Pssshaw...more like 48 hours.
  - Posted by: SpartanLB50 Score:198
    Don't even have to go back that far, they criticized Obama and Hilary for changing their views on some social issues once public opinion was well beyond 50% support. I never understood the insult that they were nothing more than opportunists because isn't an ability to put personal beliefs aside and choose the direction the majority of their electorate wants a quality everyone should want in their leader?
    - Posted by: hrpufnsting Score:136
      I think they have this odd belief that if you give ground, modify your opinions/beliefs or admit you were wrong it makes you weak and stupid.
      - Posted by: Chem1st Score:150
        It's scary how ingrained this idea is too. My dad is a scientist by trade and one time around the election he brought up how one of Hillary's positions was different from what Bill championed during his presidency (think it was something related to drug enforcement). I was like yeah well, she (and Bill) got to see the policy in action for two decades, and saw that it didn't work out as expected. He was like how can you trust that, I was like it's literally your job to hypothesize and then make changes in response to observed data, wtf. He got really pissed.
  - Posted by: Neoncow Score:167
    Trump supporters and most of the GOP are not arguing in good faith. You assume a good faith argument and they're using that against you.
    
    It's like the guy who says something offensive and then says you can't take a joke when you call him out on it.
    
    On bad faith tactics:
    
    Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.
    
    Jean Paul-Sartre
  - Posted by: amdds Score:142
    Just because it seems like everybody has kind of decided to forget, remember this is the guy who
    
    led the charge that Obama was born in Kenya, said his investigators found proof in Hawaii, never produced this proof (obviously), now when asked, simply says "I don't talk about that anymore" and shuts down until the subject changes. Literally.
    
    Claimed he saw thousands of New Jersey Muslims "dancing in streets" celebrating 9/11. Note there's no wiggle room for him being an old man confusing some footage he may have seen somewhere of in the Middle East on TV - he (repeatedly) claimed to have witnessed it personally, in New Jersey.
    
    Implied Ted Cruz's father participated in assassinating JFK.
    
    If anyone tells you they support Trump because they think he's honest or has integrity, you can be sure the real reason is something they don't feel comfortable saying out loud.
  - Posted by: T438 Score:122
    Conservative media has created a cult.
- Posted by: Wazula42 Score:60
  Its worked so far. He has his cult well trained.
Posted by: harlottesometimes Score:3450

“the existence and risk of proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material” and the actions and policies of the North Korean government “continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States”.

I would buy pay-per-view just to watch President Trump attempt to say these words himself.
- Posted by: ChuckleKnuckles Score:971
  Someone could throw a sentence of similar complexity his way and he would simply respond with "WRONG!".
  
  It won him a fucking election. People ate it up. Apparently words don't fucking matter anymore.
  - Posted by: username9187 Score:364
    "He told me he has money, so how could he possibly be retarded?"
    - Posted by: Elliott88 Score:171
      Haha I always frown when I hear people say "he's not that great of a president but he runs the country like a business, because he is a good business man". Sure.
      - Posted by: Aggressivecleaning Score:152
        And just like his businesses the country will be bankrupt when he's done.
      - Posted by: Apoplectic1 Score:60
        I mean, he found out how to run casinos into the ground. Those places almost literally print money, "the house always wins," and he still drove them bankrupt.
- Posted by: Britoz Score:114
  Shall we do a Kickstarter? Just name it "bribes" and Trump will take it, guaranteed.
- Posted by: gimpwiz Score:80
  And I’m the one that understands the exis-- risk and existence, and the enemy took the risk and I’m the one, we're the one true Democracy. They’re not sending us proof, folks. The actions and policies - the right of every single American dream was dead but I was elected president. Obama have treated Israel very, very badly. Terrible deal. Did you know that? Not everybody knows that.
  
  The Obama administration in Washington. The Obama administration never never allowed change, the policies of the North Korean government - I shouldn't call him little Rocket Man. He respects me. His people - his people, they cheer! They have to. Maybe we should do that, folks? How would you like that?
  
  So I’ve received absolutely, totally unbreakable promises about the pro - the weapons grade material. They continue - continue! They continue to pose -- a threat. They pose a threat. To the national security. The problem is you need somebody has to repeal and replace Obamacare. This plan is just a basic disaster. Nobody knows. As bad as NAFTA signed by Bill Clinton. And the national security, our economy, these problems, they're huge! They're huge. It’s coming from more than Mexico. It’s coming. We’re dying. It’s not going to happen anymore, folks, believe me.
Posted by: lasthopel Score:2434
Anyone else remember Iran telling north Korea "he could literally cancel the deal on the plane home"?

Edit: sauce https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-iran/iran-tells-north-korea-trump-could-cancel-deal-before-getting-home-idUSKBN1J813Y
- Posted by: ArchetypicalDegen Score:602
  Iran and North Korea criticizing the US President and being correct is weird and terrifying.
  - Posted by: ThatOneComrade Score:78
    What a time to be alive...
  - Posted by: MakerMuperMaster Score:62
    Meh, their criticism has often been correct, it's just often been hypocritical too.
- Posted by: Eggmont Score:383
  This is the huge downside to the strategy of being unpredictable, if people can't be sure you'll stick to something they're better off just assuming you wont and planning for the worst
  - Posted by: jesjimher Score:148
    It's worse. What's the point of seating in a table and negotiating a deal when it could be broken in weeks? If I was a foreign country I'm not sure I would even try.
    
    US may be the first economy in the world, but I'm not sure this position can be kept for long when everybody would rather make business with anybody else than with you.
- Posted by: Tyrantt_47 Score:183
  Oh yeah, forgot about that. Lol
  - Posted by: cfryant Score:89
    Found Trump.
Posted by: Donger69 Score:1437
What in the actual fuck is this man smoking because I’m clearly not high enough.
- Posted by: 10260110756 Score:820
  Narcissistic Personality Disorder with a possible hint of dementia. The man is clearly not fit for office.
  - Posted by: Jaerivus Score:229
    This reminded me of "advanced delusionary schizophrenia with involuntary narcissistic rage."
    - Posted by: botchlingwhisperer Score:76
      Up vote for the Me, Myself and Irene reference.
  - Posted by: Therandomfox Score:82
    Possible? He definitely has dementia.
Posted by: massiveboner911 Score:1405
Holy shit, this guy is fucking crazy. CAN WE PLEASE GET RID OF HIM ALREADY.
- Posted by: AIexSuvorov Score:1040
  As a Russian, I'm really sorry if it's our fault that he got elected
  - Posted by: DNthecorner Score:556
    I mean, to be fair, America has been subverting governments for decades.... It was only a matter of time before the tables turned.
    
    I think the thing we all need to realize is that we are all floating on this rock together, and that the rich & powerful don't speak for all of us.
    
    We are all one species and personally, I have no ill intent towards anyone who has none towards me.
    - Posted by: Botryllus Score:289
      As an American citizen, I never wanted our government to subvert anyone else's democratic process. We don't really find out until long after the fact.
      - Posted by: qOJOb Score:171
        Yeah they definitely indoctrine us over here. It's beat into you from childhood that soldiers are heroes and patriotism is just grand so if you question a war or are anti gun you hate america.
        
        They don't teach us any of the nasty shit we've done, people act like we're just this shining bastion of peace and democracy. I hate the Trump administration but at least now this country isn't hypocritical. Clearly hate has to be there for this fucker to pull it out for everyone to see and I've seen a lot of hateful positions lately. I've had conversations with people who defend the family separation policy while claiming it was a law from '97. Now I read his executive order (btw remember "you can't do it by executive order.)" allows for families to be detained together indefinitely which was already decided by Flores to be against the law so his order is unconstitutional.
        
        Holy shit. /endrant
        
        Oh and this https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/06/what-does-the-british-government-know-about-trump-and-russia/
        
        Posted by: Delicate-Flower Score:60
        
        It's beat into you from childhood that soldiers are heroes and patriotism is just grand so if you question a war or are anti gun you hate america.
        
        To add to this the mental gymnastics people have to pull off to declare themselves "Christian" while completely ignoring the whole "Thou shall not kill" commandment. Same people who can't follow clear biblical instructions yet somehow find cryptic passages to interpret and push bigoted agendas from.
  - Posted by: Phalex Score:261
    It's probably more Rupert Murdoch's fault than Russia.
    - Posted by: gibubby Score:180
      Fuck that old cunt, can’t wait for the day he no longer exerts his influence. As an Australian I’m so sorry for inflicting his brand of caustic conservatism on the world.
      - Posted by: aDuckk Score:77
        As a Canadian I'm sorry too.
  - Posted by: aeter777 Score:146
    While I think Russia definitely played a role in Trump's election, it was the US system and people that let it happen. It is the pay off of decades of jingoistic nationalism and growing rightwing propaganda. The US has been on this path for a long time the culmination has just been spectacularly pathetic.
    - Posted by: Farmer771122 Score:95
      russia put their thumb on the scales, but the scales are really fucking heavy and it's fucking mortifying that a thumb was enough.
Posted by: xncrn99 Score:1105
Trump brown noses people when he is around them. When safely away he talks shit about them. He IS a coward.
- Posted by: Stevangelist Score:147
  But... Canada...
  - Posted by: Pezents Score:334
    Us Canadians are your true enemy. All the oil, water and electricity we provide you with was just a ploy to lull you into a false sense of security. We even pretended not to have a decent military and that our government was entirely incompetent for not building one when we hold a huge amount of North Americas resources. Our super human death squads are marching across the borders as we speak. Fear Canada.
    - Posted by: 1SaBy Score:136
      Also the Weapon X program.
Posted by: StonerMeditation Score:973
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” President Theodore Roosevelt
- Posted by: The_kaolinite_kid Score:246
  Ohh Teddy, we don't agree on everything but damnit if you're not my favourite president for your statesmanship and moral backbone.
  
  Also relevant to today "speak softly and carry a big stick" not "yell petulantly that you have the bigliest stick, really yuge, believe me"
Posted by: Scrib_ Score:772
What happened, Biff? I thought you had this in the bag?
- Posted by: squishysquishh Score:108
  I thought my father was to only one to use that phrase.
  - Posted by: Pikapika1 Score:62
    Heres the twist, he is your dad
- Posted by: CatJongUn Score:68
  Biff lol
Posted by: Orakai Score:466
"Listen, Kim Jong-Un - I call him "Kim", we world leaders can do that, call each other by our first names - I called up Kim on my cellphone the other day and said to him "Kim, listen, I need you to do me a personal favor: I need you to stop being a threat to the United States. We need to make a deal here Kim". Now, I'm good at making deals. Some people even say I'm the best at making deals - it's true, very true, many people say that. I'm a dealmaker. It's all about the deal. I wrote a book about it - The Art of the Deal. But this guy, Kim, I call him "Lyin' Kim" now, suddenly he doesn't show any interest in making a deal. Suddenly he's repeating his last name over and over again, "Jong-Un! Jong-Un!" and yelling about some person named "Juche" who...I don't even know who that is, and he's calling me an "imperialist". Me? An imperialist? No imperialist, believe me. No one is less of an imperialist than Donald J. Trump, let me tell you. Nobody. I'm tremendously upset with Lyin' Kim right now. Tremendously."
- Posted by: Matt8348 Score:313
  Even that is too coherent for Trump
- Posted by: SovietMacguyver Score:201
  For everyone's reference - Kim is his last name.
  - Posted by: malevshh Score:54
    That's the joke I think.
Posted by: dgfjhryrt Score:381
Ive lived with a few compulsive liars (and its not dementia) and, sadly for them, after a while you just tune out and dont bother listening to them, because whats the point? their words have no value, they are just time wasters
- Posted by: Olivares_ Score:155
  yeah, but unfortunately this one is our pres
Posted by: RobKei Score:341
“Oh my god, I am so surprised!”, said no one. Ever.
Posted by: wr0ng1 Score:319
Ever wonder what Congress is up to while everyone's paying attention to the dickhead?
- Posted by: TicoTicoNoFuba Score:302
  Trying to kill my parents' retirement insurance, Medicare.
  - Posted by: JoJoWiCo Score:129
    #justgopthings
Posted by: mastertheillusion Score:277
The true threat to "national security" is Trump and his enablers.

These tariffs are going to squeeze the life out of the poor and means layoffs for possibly millions.
Posted by: MilkyAfro Score:253
Trump Season 2 Episode 153: Trump flips on North Korea! AGAINN!!! ba dum chhh
- Posted by: MrTheFinn Score:120
  The writers are really starting to run out of good story lines, it's just the same shit over and over again....
Posted by: TheNoidedAndroid Score:233
American Liberals were telling the international community not to get their hopes up. This was not just anti-trump rhetoric, it was justifiable skepticism, Trump has continuously used any low-level scheme to garner international headlines, it's nothing new.

NK is still a problem, please don't blame Americans, we (most of us) truly want peace as much as the rest of the world.
- Posted by: qOJOb Score:120
  I'm pro peace and prosperity universal healthcare and education, but our country wants us unhealthy and uneducated it seems.
  - Posted by: iJakeoi Score:72
    “I love the poorly educated” - trump
Posted by: murphstar Score:213
Dementia is a hell of a disease.
Posted by: PeggableBundy Score:197
He flipped on NK faster than I expected Cohen to flip on him.
Posted by: Apollo416 Score:181
God he’s so beyond hopelessly retarded

He doesn’t realize we have memories, that we’re not as stupid as he is, nor apparently how video and audio recording works

Fuck trump
Posted by: 60614 Score:136
Now we all saw this coming didn't we folks!?
Posted by: NextChamp Score:98
NO SHIT.

North Korea has done NOTHING to prove that they are going to denuclearize at all. They might be playing a little nice with South Korea but how long is that realistically gonna last?

But it doesn't matter. All of that PR bullshit from a few weeks ago was just that. And enough T_Ders and other supporters made sure a stupid narrative was set the moment these idiotic meetings happened.

All that meeting did was give North Korea A TON of propaganda ammo for the end of days. That's it. Nothing else.
Posted by: MuadD1b Score:85
Trump got honey dicked.
Posted by: flyboy3B2 Score:90
America is at war with North Korea. America has always been at war with North Korea.
Posted by: BriSy33 Score:77

I brokered the largest peace deal in history in Korea

They're still an extraordinary threat

Pick one
Posted by: mrchris69 Score:63
Holy shit dude. Can you make up your mind for one damn day? Just one
Posted by: apex8888 Score:69
First thoughts after reading title, "wtf man."
Posted by: Sabrowsky Score:67
This motherfucker's mood swings are more unstable than mine when I was an angsty teenager
Posted by: hardrock302 Score:65
What do you mean? He said he solved it, on Twitter no less.
Posted by: Liitke Score:59
It's amazing that a large part of america actually believes this sociopath is fit to be in a position of power.
Posted by: matthank Score:53
He doesn't even remember last week.

Posted by: SirBCollins Score:6954
Well to say that’s inconvenient seems like an understatement.
- Posted by: Maddjonesy Score:1978
  ^that’s ^inconvenient
Posted by: 666dankmemes666 Score:5642
But the U.K. can use memes freely. Who is the real winner here?
- Posted by: rhubarbrhubarb78 Score:2711
  The trade-off is that we can't watch porn, if Theresa May gets her way.
Posted by: alukeonlife Score:2960
Brexit has just been one giant cluster fuck of mob stupidity. It's frankly embarrassing. (Sorry European neighbours, some of us tried to stop it happening)

Spear headed by Mr "common man" Nigel Farage (who is really a hedge fund thunder cunt) aided by bumble bollocks Boris and cheered by thinly and not so thinly veiled racist twat munchers... oh and possibly funded by Trump fucker Putin.

Jesus Christ it's one huge Eton turd mess that we're all being forced to swallow while we watch our country burn.

Anyone that voted for it is a giant cock womble.

So I'm quite on the fence about it really...

EDIT: obligatory "great now my top rated comment is" a sweary frustrated rant about Brexit.

For the record I'm genuinely curious to know from people that did vote leave why they think it is a good idea.
Posted by: 49orth Score:2439
Did anyone vote for Brexit because they thought the U.K. was going to benefit financially?

Wasn't there something about £350 million/week?
- Posted by: magnakai Score:1861
  I know at least two NHS nurses and their families who voted purely on the promise of extra millions for the NHS. They work in reasonably traumatic services that are drastically underfunded and are all horribly overworked. To say they feel betrayed is an understatement.
  
  Edit: I’m seeing lots of responses saying that these people brought it on themselves, or that they were stupid/naive for believing the promises. I’m personally a very anti-Brexit person, but I try to have empathy and understand other people’s perspective. Please offer the people I’m talking about that generosity too.
  
  For the record, one of them works in prenatal and postnatal care. She frequently works utterly ridiculous hours because there have been staffing shortages for literally years. A tired nurse who has worked for 16 hours straight still needs to make sure that she is dispensing a very accurate amount of medicine, still needs to remember everything that their patients need, and still needs to pay full attention to anything and everything that a patient says.
  
  She literally has to deal with dead babies as a standard part of her work. She has to comfort completely distraught parents. From her perspective, children literally die because they don’t have enough money to offer the level of care that should exist.
  
  Bear that in mind. She didn’t want to leave the EU, but could she gamble with (as she saw it) the literal lives of children? I think she voted with hope, and with a desperate desire that something had to improve.
  
  FWIW, whenever I feel grumpy about my job, her work is what I think about to remind myself how lucky I am.

Posted by: LaronX Score:2214
Yeah the focus on the U.S. is key here. The whole us Vs them dynamic of their political system creates an extremely hostile ground for debate resulting in distrust against any corrections towards the others side I would assume.

Edit: a word

Posted by: Rhodiego Score:5683
"That's right boss, a rat ate $20,000. No need to investigate further. Trust me. "
- Posted by: 8_800_555_35_35 Score:1664
  How does a rat even eat $17,000?
  - Posted by: kataris Score:1174
    Why was there even $15,000 sitting in a machine in storage in the first place?
    - Posted by: grantbwilson Score:876
      Don’t worry, I’m sure that $12,000 is covered by insurance.
      - Posted by: DiabolicSpartan Score:737
        I hope they get that $9,000 back.
        
        Posted by: synergyschnitzel Score:686
        Why are people so upset over a rat eating $900?
        
        Posted by: Heniboy Score:595
        I mean $90 could pay for groceries! Nothing to scoff at.
        
        Posted by: Rithe Score:554
        The damn rat owes me $25!
        
        Posted by: JakubSwitalski Score:514
        Will the police even care if $5 goes missing?
        
        Posted by: Ryan-the-lion Score:484
        What do you mean? We just found a dead rat in the storage unit, nothing else but a rat, why are we even talking about this.
Posted by: gt24 Score:1589
It's amusing how the amount eaten is reported differently.

This submission title - Rat ate $20,000

Article title (visiting the link) - Rat ate $19,000

Cited Twitter source in the article - Rat ate $18,000
- Posted by: jjdmol Score:1033
  Inflation.
Posted by: anonymousforever Score:997
Heck, I'm glad I didn't have to be the one to give the customer the bad news! The article said the atm was in storage for about a month.. why they left cash in it with it in storage, who knows?
- Posted by: WantDebianThanks Score:511
  
  why they left cash in it with it in storage, who knows?
  
  The ATM tech was planning on stealing it?

Posted by: who-tells-you-why Score:3671
I really thought that marriage below 18 was a lot rarer than it is. You would figure it would be a few couples both under 18 that wanted to get married before 18 because she was pregnant or something. It needs to be banned at the Federal level, but good on NJ for taking a necessary step.
- Posted by: Hastor1587 Score:3017
  I knew a girl who got married our senior year. She was 17 and he was 19 and going to be deployed. She wasn't pregnant at the time, but he wanted to make sure she would be cared for with military benefits if something happened to him.
  - Posted by: TemporaryLVGuy Score:1708
    Had someone in my unit marry his best friend. Strictly for a financial decision. After deployment they stayed "married" for a year than got the divorce. She took 25% of the BAH and they are friends to this day.
    
    Edit: I get notifications of your replies but can't see them?
    
    This is a lot more common than you think. It is illegal but since when did that stop anybody?
    - Posted by: TheOnlyBongo Score:461
      Huh...a divorce that ended on agreeable and happy terms. That is something.
    - Posted by: no-mames Score:435
      my friend married her best friend in high school to get financial aid for college lmao. she’s a strange human though
      - Posted by: GwenDylan Score:314
        That's actually genius. It's the only way to get labeled an independent student unless you have a kid.
      - Posted by: shaun17 Score:198
        Married in college, can confirm. I get a shit ton of financial aid.
        
        But I didn't marry my wife for that...
- Posted by: Tyler_Zoro Score:214
  The reason that it exists (and almost always with the caveat that it requires the permission of someone appointed by the court) is manyfold, but most commonly it's because of two reasons (keeping in mind that these are about marriage as a social institution, not about sex):
  1. Emancipated minors are in a strange state where in many ways they are treated like adults and in many other ways they are treated like children by the law. To tell them that they are now free of their parents, and can set about running their own lives, but to simultaneously tell them that they cannot establish their own families can be quite hobbling.
  2. In states where abortion is effectively not legal, the state is forcing minors to become parents, and again, under the care of judges who almost never approve such marriages, it can be a benefit in some edge cases.
Posted by: wotuwantm8 Score:1631
Oh my gosh, I read this as marriage under 18 now being LEGAL. I was shocked everyone was so supportive of this lol, I was freaking out. I went up and read the article and was so relieved.
- Posted by: graaahh Score:237
  Me too. I was super confused.
Posted by: aliceinredditworld Score:819
Good. I cringe writing this but I definitely would have married my bf when I was 16 if I could have. Because I was stupid. He may or may not have cheated on me and be currently incarcerated :s.
- Posted by: RefrigamatorSoMessy Score:216
  Even with parental consent...parents are stupid too. This is one of those situations where the state should be intervening. Particularly since marriage isn’t even a true right. It’s sort of just a contract. Your personal liberty isn’t under attack.
  
  Edit: sorry for stirring things up. This is a semantics thing...I don’t believe anything man made is a true right. That’s all. But i do believe adults in America all deserve the same protection from discrimination and are entitled to all government issued rights. As for teenagers...I am not against some light age discrimination.
Posted by: IlludiumQXXXVI Score:530
Good for you NJ! They tried to pass this in Tennessee this year and weren't able to bring it to vote. Something about wanting an exemption for 17 year olds whose 18 year old partners were going to be deployed. I'd think a better solution to that would be to not deploy 18 year olds to fight wars overseas, but I guess not. I'm sure a lot of the anti-choice folks were grabbing onto that reason as well, as they'd rather force children into marriage than see them possibly terminate a pregnancy.
Posted by: gayhipstercop Score:323
This is like saying I'm proud of myself for not pooping on the floor today.

But you gotta start somewhere, NJ.
- Posted by: All_Fallible Score:210
  I’m proud of you for not pooping on the floor today.
Posted by: improbable_humanoid Score:241
I don't see why this is necessarily a good or bad thing. 16-17 would be a reasonable age with parental consent.

Of course, the whole concept of adulthood is so nebulous in this country when you can't even buy alcohol or a handgun until you're 21, so really you're not an adult until 21.

If anything 20 is about the right age for the age of majority.
- Posted by: AkaYoDz Score:265
  I mention this all the time. Here in America at 18 you can buy a car, buy a shotgun, get married, join the military, pay taxes and be in porn if you wanted to. But god forbid you have some alcohol. Oh but if you commit a crime at 18 you are considered a adult
  - Posted by: blueeyedbeauty123 Score:276
    If you are arrested for underage drinking at 18 it goes on your adult record. You get tried as an adult for being underage. That fucking ridiculous.