One question directly invokes Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s demand that allies stay “strong, clear, and quiet” in alignment with U.S. interests.

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    I hope all our former allies realize that there’s NOTHING they can do to restore that protection during the reign of Clown King. No amount of licking his orange balls will work. They must turn away from us and move on as quickly as possible.

    Why? Because he spoke in front of the UN general assembly on September 25 2018 and they laughed at him. If you think that’s just too stupid an explanation, if you think he can’t possibly be that insecure and petty, finish your nap before you reply.

    A normal person would feel that humiliation and go through a cycle of emotion, maybe including an initial anger, but would ultimately self-reflect, conclude those world leaders can’t all be wrong, and strive to improve. He’s not capable.

    But why does he keep making up with the dictators of the world after very public spats? Because they’ve never publicly laughed at him.

    His insecurity is paired with a deep feeling of inferiority to all the worlds’ leaders. When Kim, Putin, Xi, etc. fight with him, they lower themselves to his level, so even though they’re fighting, he feels like they think of him as a peer. When someone laughs at him, he knows that they don’t respect him. He knows they can see through his preposterous facade. He can’t pretend they don’t, like he can with the dictators.

    No imminent geopolitical reality exists that will snap him out of it. No amount of his rivals debasing themselves will unring that bell. No protection “deal” will ever be honored because the sting of humiliation can’t be salved with signatures.

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    What the fuck is going on here? The next Democratic administration isn’t going to be able to do anything that they’re campaigning on because they’ll have their hands full fixing the mess this one is leaving.

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    They should assume they already lost US protection. What’s happening in the Strait of Hormuz shows how much it actually is worth. This is a geopolitical tactic as old as time, they don’t have the capacity and are losing ground so they have to see who grovels so they can find their next mark, but NATO is already losing US protection given how much they’ve signaled it - although it’s not like right now it’s anything but symbolic.

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    Starting to doubt if America can even defend itself after depleting missiles against Iraq and attacking fishermen in the gulf. Someone just go for it already! Trump will have to live with the shame of being one of the few presidents that had a foreign power attack the US.

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    he and his family won’t have immunity when they’re out of the epstein house ad it becomes the White House again

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    braise him. to an internal temperature of at least 165°f to ensure no bacteria survives

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        Fun fact: you need specially designed cremation ovens for, uh, ‘plus sized’ folks. Fat burns pretty hot, so using a regular sized oven is a great way to catch the funeral home on fire.

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      He’ll even bring his own mega Dutch oven to do it in. The white house

      Oh shit, wrong kind of Dutch oven

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    Hey so, I serve in a NATO military. Here is my statement:

    Fuck Trump, fuck anyone that supports him and fuck those that allowed the USA to get this shite. Any American that opposes him, I will buy you a drink.

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      Huzzah!! 🍻

      Not even a big drinker, but if we could, it would mean our borders weren’t so terrifying, and maybe we were a free people.

      Here’s to the dream, brother.

      And thank you for your service…in opposition to petty, worthless mobster tyrants like ours.

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    so he’s just openly running a racketeering ring now and nato has its thumbs up its butt?

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    Everyone can see what works best for healthcare, work/life balance and quality of life. It’s not what russia, argentina and maga is doing. More restrictions and harshness is the opposite of what successful countries do and it’s obvious in data, but all these people keep going for the right wing propaganda and ignore the data on how to make a healthy civilization. More of the controlling, just obey us, keep people in scarcity and stress so they don’t realize how much the system screws them over and reject it for what’s healthier for humanity,

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    This is a perfect example of conservative MAGA values. They want a heirarchy system where the chosen people at the top are given special privileges and are effectively above the law. This is what .makes MAGA so foreign and hard to understand for so many people.

    Know your enemy.

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    My lord Trump, you wear the biggest of diapers and your shits are the smelliest in the whole entire world!

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    Is there a source outside of rawstory? Because rawstory is clickbait trash.

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    did he just quiet piggy our allies? I mean they were are allies anyway before he started calling them piggy.

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    You mean the country that has pissed away all of its weaponry and is currently losing a war of choice against an enemy that is, generously speaking, a 10th of its strength?

    Yeah, NATO’s gonna be sad to lose it.