• tal@lemmy.today
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    “I don’t care about the midterms

    For someone who doesn’t care about the midterms, Trump sure does talk about them a lot.

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      If trump says he doesn’t care about something, that thing is what he is most worried about in that moment

      It’s just below the other rule:

      Any wrongdoing he accuses others of, is something he is definitely doing himself

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      It’s also weird how he thinks that everyone elsewhere in the world is doing everything in relation to an election that could adversely affect him.

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    It’s a perfectly valid strategy. If there is an outside chance that the political opposition takes control and forces an end to the war or removes Trump, it is in their interest to wait if they can.

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          The FIFA peace prize is funny bevause like, I had heard FIFA was corrupt for years, but because I don’t follow football at all, didn’t really know anything about it and to me it could’ve just been exaggeration. Then they come out and do the MOST BLATANTLY corrupt thing ever?

          Surely there are millions of people like me who previously didn’t know if FIFA was corrupt, and who now have no doubt… will that not have consequences?! Insane either way.

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          https://inside.fifa.com/organisation/media-releases/peace-prize-award-football-unites-the-world-infantino?requester=MediaHub

          FIFA has announced the introduction of the “FIFA Peace Prize – Football Unites the World” to reward individuals who have taken exceptional and extraordinary actions for peace and by doing so have united people across the world.

          “In an increasingly unsettled and divided world, it’s fundamental to recognise the outstanding contribution of those who work hard to end conflicts and bring people together in a spirit of peace,” said FIFA President Gianni Infantino.

          “FIFA Peace Prize – Football Unites the World” to be bestowed on an annual basis

          I want to know who the next awardee is, the exceptional person seen fit to join these august ranks.

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    That’s so weird because I’m almost positive the fat pedophile tweeted Hormuz was opened just a few days ago. Could he have been lying?

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    And? Trump uses fake peace talks to manipulate the market. Quite honestly, I find Iran to have much more integrity than the US in this whole affair.

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    No shit, you’re the dumbass who started a war without a reason, let alone a good one, after a series of other terrible PR events you were proud of at the time before the backlash made you realize the more your base erodes the more likely it is the Epstein Files will drop.

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      Unrelated, but thanks for properly ordering your “let alone a x” statement. People very often get it backwards.

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        I’m sure my late high school English teacher would be proud of me using the skills he taught me to roast public morons, get into arguments with strangers on the internet and write amateur pornographic material. Actually on second thought Mr P probably WOULD get a chuckle out of me spending my free time doing that.

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          I have a feeling every single one of my high school English teachers would be thrilled to learn I used the skills they taught to write amateur pornographic material. Not my middle school teachers though; they were an uptight bunch.

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    He doesn’t need Iran to make peace. He could literally just end the war at any time by bringing everyone home.

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      He could end it but not without giving a lot to Iran to get the straight open the way it was before he started the war. There is 0 chance of him getting a better deal than we already had

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        Which is why he’s gonna drag this out. There’s literally no way out of this for Trump without him looking like a loser in any scenario.

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          He will look like a looser to those who pay attention. There are lots of people with a short attention span.

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      Eh…

      Bibi needs an excuse to cancel Israels elections again, and I believe they’re in June.

      Even if the US withdrew today, Israel wouldn’t stop and wouldn’t de-escalate even untill after their cancelled elections.

      That also means nothing trump does can get Israel to end the war either.

      It’s a three (four if you count Hezbollah) sided war, and trump has zero influence over anyone else involved. He has no control and that’s why his dream result is “everything goes back to how it was before I started this”. In his ideal victory, he gets nothing and he’s unlikely to get that good of a deal.

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    As if it matters.

    Americans are so fucking brain-dead that even if the midterms aren’t outright abolished or rigged, they’d still do fuckall to change things because ‘both sides hurr durr’.

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      ah right the old “both sides are fuckin kids and threatening annexation of all countries and secretly gay and total racists”. uh huh. so clear.

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      They won’t do much to change things because the USA’s 2 party political system corrupted by Citizens United means that it does not matter who you vote for. The republicans are outright in your face evil and the democrats are the two faces do the bad stuff behind your back evil. The entire political circus is kept spinning by the corporate money that all in power in America are subservient to.

      The illusion of choice is the killer here, Americans keep voting for evil parties and are suddenly surprised where their country has ended up. America hasn’t been a real democracy for a long time. The American people over the last 30 or so years have been the most disappointing aspect of this, they absolutely let this happen to themselves while convincing themselves that they live in the greatest democracy in the world with checks and balances because the Dow keeps going up, duh!

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        Yes, both sides belong to the same corprate elite/oligarchs. But there isn’t much in terms of a third party. It would need to be some grassroots stuff, like a town of 10k people elect a socialist mayor, then 4 towns in the state, then a senator or governor, etc. There is no 3rd option right now and of course we should vote for the lesser of two evils.

        I would love to start this but I have work tomorrow :/ did u and a bunch of other people want to pitch in like $5 / month for me so I can quit my job and start a 3rd politician party? Would you trust me? There’s just no good options for the average person who is mostly just focused on survival :(

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    Iran has already won the conflict. What’s holding things up at this point is Trump wants them to give him some kind of concession so that he can declare victory and, at least in his own mind, look like a winner. But why the hell would Iran do that?

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      I can’t wait to see how he spins the outcome of his boondoggle, and more so how his base contorts themselves to call this a decisive victory.

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      They should give him some prize - get a toy ring or something, spray paint it in gold and present it to him.

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        Just do what Xi did. Make a non-binding agreement that you might possibly buy a bunch of stuff in the future with absolutely no intention of ever actually following through.

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    I have no love for the Iranian regime that has killed tens of thousands and oppressed millions. But Iran has been strategically ahead of Trump from the start.

    They view themselves as a 3000 year old civilization and they will always outwait their foes. The only leverage against an enemy like that is the threat of imminent destruction. It seems that ship has already sailed.

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      Agreed. I got love for the peace-loving Iranians. Nothing but stone-cold hatred for their violent oppressive regime.