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[–] [email protected] 79 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Holy dementia, wtf is he even talking about?

HOW IS THIS MAN PRESIDENT?!

Edit: He’s also lying (surprise).

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That post was the official ceasefire proposal. In Trumps mind at least.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

From the Michael Scott school of legally binding declarations.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah seems like the Iranian state media is saying that it’s a lie too. What a fucking idiot man. What the fuck was the plan here? To just lie a ceasefire into existence?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Its about manifesting peace. It's an advanced form of America's "Vibe Diplomacy".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I wish I could find a source for it, but Giuliani actually said something like guys like him and Trump manifest what they want their reality to be and it just happens.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I’m sure what his life is right now is exactly what he wanted.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

If you repeat a lie enough times, eventually you start to believe it. Others might also start believing it. Get enough people fully wrapped up in your lies and now you have a cult. Your cult followers will happily swallow any lie you tell them and defend it, often to the point of torture and death. This is pretty much where we are with MAGA, it's a cult of personality and it's followers will happily slurp up anything which dribbles out of Trump.

I'm curious to see if the cult outlives its original prophet. Once Trump kicks it, does the cult undergo a transition to a full blown religion? Or, does it fizzle out without it's original charismatic leader?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I mean we can. But will anyone?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago

This is one of the dumbest things I've ever read.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We're living in a post-truth world. We really haven't begun to process what that actually means. The president is so confident in his abilities to lie to and propagandize his base, that he feels he can invent entire cease fire agreements from whole cloth. Just claim that an agreement has been reached. Then, when Iran proceeds to ignore the imaginary agreement, accuse them of breaking the cease fire, and use that to justify further attacks against Iran.

It really is striking how different the lie campaign is with Iran vs the lead up to Iraq. With Iraq, the traditional media was still powerful and legitimate enough that the Bush administration felt an elaborate prewar propaganda campaign was needed. They held numerous hearings in front of Congress, speeches in front of the UN, etc. It took months of propaganda before the Bush admin thought they were ready to launch the war. It was all ultimately a lie campaign, but the fact that they felt the need to do it is telling.

Now? No such campaign needed. Just launch a war, lie through your teeth, and rely on individual social media bubbles to convince the rubes. The effectiveness of propaganda has increased manyfold over the last two decades. They don't even feel the need to concoct convincing lies anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I've been saying this for a while. It's deeply upsetting to the point of causing me to fall into almost complete nihilism. It's true. The truth no longer matters.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

Leaving aside the terms of "you have to stop shooting now but we only have to stop shooting 12 hours from now", how many times has Israel kept a ceasefire?

And how many times has the United States kept a formal deal in geopolitics?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

I’m glad they get to finish off their missions. It must be incredibly frustrating to have a bombing mission and be told to come home because there’s a ceasefire now.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

Turn based combat

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

I guess when something is completely made up the timing doesn’t really matter.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Walls of text can be posted the xhitter now?

Edit: Oh, I missed the 'ReTruths' so that must be his xhittier knock off.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

I feel like if his dick worked he would give himself a boner every time he signs his name with the title PotUS underneath.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Feels like he's itching to get back on the golf course and has to wrap this up somehow.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I feel like having a stroke, reading that

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Are they taking turns? In 6 hours, Israel will stop for 12 hours, and then Iran will stop for 12 hours? And everyone is allowed to just continue their in-progress missions?

Dudes fighting hard to slap his nicknames on shit. Fuckin little 4th grader acting like he's in charge of the playground. Go back to striving for control of failed businesses.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

2 weeks! 🫲🍊🫱

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Honestly doesn't matter at this point.