Anyone wanna place bets on him introducing a Department of Truth and a Department of Love next?
Remember: 77,284,118 people in this country thought this fucking spray-tanned baboon was fit to lead.
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.
I think we are all well aware that we are surrounded by idiots. We live here.
Some of us more than others.
God I fucking hate Louisiana.
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.”
This isn’t a good thing because it’s not an effort to be more honest, it’s a signal of future intent.
Do not underestimate this country’s propensity to proudly engage in jingoism. Just look at our history to see how that went.
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.
So mad that twat missed him and only grazed his ear
Come on Lucifer!! Take your fucking trash back, already!!
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.
We must stop spreading everything he says
How does one still support a man child like this?
The answer is so simple, they’re all fucking morons.
Be a wo/manchild
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.
I absolutely agree with you and surprisingly, Trump on this.
Broken clock and all.
You can tell he’s never read 1984, he’d definitely want more ironically named government departments if he had
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.
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…
If he’s the moron, what do you call the 77 million who voted for him. Twice.
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.
Well, technicallly it’s defense of private interests…
You mean revert back to it’s original name.
Literally exactly what a child would say.
president of peace, everyone /s
Defense product >> WAR MACHINE
Military Contractor >> MERCENARY
Ambassador >> SPY MASTER
Anytime this fool says anything, it sounds like I’m listening to a fucking toddler.
“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!That’s very graphic
And necessary.
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.
WW2 was a defensive war?
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.
I feel offended and lauded at the same time
I assume you mean the French?
You do know they’re the most successful military in human history right?
That’s the joke
I don’t think it is but sure, hilarious.
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.
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.
No it isn’t
Speaking as the person who made the joke: yes, it is.
You do know they’re the most successful military in human history right?
Tell that to Alexander the Second Best!
