Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

Watching that kind of stuff is like having something annoying stuck between your teeth and having your tongue constantly touching it to see if it is still there. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Still there. Yup.

if the "something" in that metaphor is birdshit

https://i.imgur.com/L1rzYGA.png

this person, a turning point usa staffer, is currently delivering the message that all lives matter. she thinks it is interesting that black lives matter only shows up during election years. if they really believed that black lives matter, they would defund planned parenthood. now she is thanking the president for his work with african americans, for example, his funding of HBCUs and creation of Opportunity Zones, and "all without pandering"

"that's where you're at, you're at a crossroads", trump says, standing in front of Turning Point USA's branding

now he says "this moment will be remembered as a Turning Point" in the history of our country

btw, brad parscale just gave trump a big pat on the back as he stepped off the stage to the stones' "you can't always get what you want"

my bad, that was jerry falwell jr, not parscale

i didn't see any shots of the crowd, except at the very end as everyone was standing up and facing away from the camera. but i'd guess that around 30-40% of people were wearing masks, if that. here's a little yellow dot on all the people who clearly aren't. (i'm being very conservative here)

https://i.imgur.com/fmD6Ph8.jpg

i mean if a bunch of hitler youth get covid in the midst of shouting out praise for their fascist leader, i guess it's at least a partial win. too bad they'll go back to their shitty friends and family and get them sick too, because eventually one of their shitty friends or family will interact with the rest of the world and get them sick as well.

openly describe his fascist plans while everyone cheers him on

but they are fascist plans on behalf of keeping those cheering people comfortably in power and well-served ahead of everyone else. ofc they cheer that.

my bad, that was jerry falwell jr, not parscale

yikes

Business, politics, religion - it all gets mixed up together

I never really thought about it before, but there must be a couple generations now of conservatives that have cursed their daughters with the name "Reagan".

Like "Nancy" wasn't good enough or too deferential.

it's a great excuse to change your name, tbh. many times i have wanted to change my name. but it's such a pain in the ass, and i wouldn't want to have to answer any questions about why i did it.

but people named reagan? life circumstances are practically _begging_ them to take this opportunity to change their name to whatever they want, anything at all

a friend from HS has a girl named Reagan

I never really thought about it before, but there must be a couple generations now of conservatives that have cursed their daughters with the name "Reagan".

was gonna say

OMG, how did I never realize that movie was a political allegory

“Aunt Jemima was canceled… She was the picture of the American dream. She was a freed slave who went on to be the face of the pancake syrup." -- A student at Trump’s event on Tuesday pic.twitter.com/jgONhiXiza

— Peter Wade 🤦‍♂️ (@brooklynmutt) June 24, 2020

People thinking Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben were both real people and founders of their respective brands is really weird.

if you watch the clip, you'll hear that she does refer to the original basis for the character/logo. but it's no less weird to think that being emancipated from slavery is part of 'the american dream'.

I actually haven't looked at the clip yet, but I have seen some poorly researched social media posts by conservatives harping on how disrespectful this is to the real Jemima & Ben.

Gosh she seems so innocently happy back in the day, just hanging with the Frito Bandito and Injun Orange Funny Face
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ipamH6EEwI

I await a passionate young person's defense of the Kool-Aid man forthwith.

well it starts with a dialectical inversion of adorno

The President uses the term “Kung Flu” again and says “COVID, COVID-19, COVID, I said what’s the 19. COVID-19, some people can’t explain the 19.” pic.twitter.com/9tD6dC8aGB

— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) June 23, 2020

I actually haven't looked at the clip yet, but I have seen some poorly researched social media posts by conservatives harping on how disrespectful this is to the real Jemima & Ben.

You don't need to go to social media, you can find these right here on ILX.

“COVID, COVID-19, COVID, I said what’s the 19. COVID-19, some people can’t explain the 19.”

Adolf 'Itler.

Trump claims he's personally "changed designs" of Navy ships, instructing officials that "this is not a good looking ship. Let's change the design of it, & I got people in, & we looked at different designs."

"I said, 'that's a terrible looking ship. Let's make it beautiful.'" pic.twitter.com/FpI5GxeYAG

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 25, 2020

^ fits well with the anecdote some underling circulated a few years ago, about how in his casino-building era he spent almost all his time looking at fabric swatches.

If only someone had told him at a young age that interior design was a profession he could have entered.

Even his doctor doesn't want to enter that interior.

i don't think the doctor will fit, but two raccoons will

https://i.ibb.co/wYx1MKd/106098202-564936704414053-2468858543960596891-o.jpg

fits well with the anecdote some underling circulated a few years ago, about how in his casino-building era he spent almost all his time looking at fabric swatches.

related story, the Dilbert guy (who as you probably know is a huge MAGA idiot these days) once opened up a restaurant that quickly went under and some of the employees said the only detail he really paid attention to was the curtains for some reason. like, he didn't give a shit about the food, just the lighting

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/business/11dilbert.html

He believes proper light is the primary factor in a restaurant’s success — not food, price, location, location or location. “With the right light, you look better and your date looks better,” he said. “That influences your impression of everything else.”

But when they designed their space, Mr. Adams and Ms. Belkin blundered by creating multiple, large floor-to-ceiling storefront windows that are now proving impossibly expensive to cover.

He always despised the light in the restaurant. So, skeptical employees in tow, he embarked on a surreal hunt for window coverings. One interior decorator after another suggested translucent curtains, or curtains that gather on the sides, or curtains designed to stay rolled up.

“Every meeting was the same conversation,” he said. “They couldn’t understand that the point was to have less light.” Roman shades would have done the trick, but they cost $50,000.

The project was temporarily shelved this fall, but not before it had become a source of comedy among the wait staff. “At this point, I’m sure he wouldn’t care if we put cardboard on windows,” said Kristina Jernigan, the bar manager.

rich guy has no skills whatsoever and gets obsessed with interior design in his shitty shop is a major plot point in the (very bad) michael winterbottom/steve coogan vehicle, "greed"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3ZJB1zUY7g

"A friend of mine said, 'you have to be the most perfect person.' Isn't that true?" -- Trump pic.twitter.com/9OWptMZngV

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 26, 2020

Everyone who applauded that should be put to sleep.

sure, but both sides. remember when obama was always mentioning how everyone called him perfect, and we all applauded without hesitation?

A friend of mine, by the name of John Barron.

Also I love that there is a wiki page for Trump pseudonyms

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonyms_of_Donald_Trump

Slow morning at work so I spent an hour filling my cart with merch at the Trump/Pence store. Sorted by best selling and bought 10 of everything in every size available. Currently have 1000 items in my cart for a total $37,267.50. Apparently, if I abandon my cart before checking out it causes all sorts of costly problems on their end. It’s the least I can do.

Can anyone confirm that's effective?

yeah, I've been trying to find out what exactly it does other than temporarily make items look sold out

jfc you guys

1 out of 100 times, you accidentally purchase everything, which effectively gives you tons of new merch

we weren't supposed to complete the transaction?

shit

Sorry, the “jfc you guys” was meant for the Homegrown thread

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