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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 209 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

I literally can't tell if this is parody or reality at this point.

[–] Z745812939054@lemmy.zip 97 points 2 weeks ago

when a country votes for the "grab'em by the pussy" candidate TWICE, then reality is a parody of itself now . we've come full circle.

it doesn't make anything better if you consider the "they obviously cheated" angle, because literally no one did literally anything to stop it

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago

Homie looks like he’s spent time at Arkham.

[–] cute_noker@feddit.dk 36 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It is the penguin from the batman universe

[–] ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I was more thinking Gomez Addams, but lacking in class.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

dude i'm a gomez fan. those were fighting words without "lacking in class" gomez is the epitome of class. now dance with me

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 20 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Oh it's real. I just wonder if they did it this way with the sole purpose of confusing people or just general corruption.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I am just having a hard time accepting this. Like if you read this was fiction we would reject it as so cliche and exaggerated as to be unrealistic. Especially that photo. It's almost cartoonish villainy.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Comedians all over the world have been complaining that Trump and his posse are stealing their jobs.

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[–] Bohne93@feddit.org 9 points 2 weeks ago

Fiction has this stupid flaw where it needs to adhere to rules, reality does not.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Trump has been doing this fraud-in-plain-sight thing forever.

I've read comments that say it works because the defense is that it's so obvious it can't be deceitful. As in: if you wanted to hand $15m to a donor you'd find a secretive way to do it.

I personally believe it's just learned ineptitude. He's just deceitful at every turn and he's never encountered any consequences so why would he change?

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[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 130 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

"pictured here with a young woman who agreed to accompany him after he twirled his moustache and threatened to tie her to the railroad tracks"

[–] Pinkie_Toe@lemmy.world 58 points 2 weeks ago

Dude definitely has a cartoon villain vibe.

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[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 55 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

It’s really astonishing that this particular scam is the one stirring up US citizens, even though the matter is absolutely negligible compared to all the unbelievable corruption of this regime. Well, apparently they need something concrete—symbols, in other words—that offend their national pride in order to grasp just how criminal their government is.

[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 52 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I think the media latches onto simple corruption cases like this because they're easy for people to grasp.

"Trump overpays donor to do subpar job on major national monument, ruining it" is a simple quid pro quo with visible (and ironically metaphorical) results.

It's a little harder to talk about all his insider trading schemes, Melania movie $40M kickback, crypto rugpulls, campaign finance violations, etc. Because those have more plausible deniability and the results don't have immediate and observable effects - often just pay for play schemes between him & corporations which are less concrete.

People can either delude themselves into thinking it's legitimate because they don't understand financial stuff/how things typically worked before being massively corrupt, or because it's initially just Trump making money (usually illegally) which is something they expect him to do and the illegality is difficult to explain or not very hard-hitting.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think the media latches onto simple corruption cases like this because they’re easy for people to grasp.

Or because they don't matter. It's millions while the war is costing billions.

[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

Well that's a bit of a false equivalency. Yes the war is costing billions in tax payer money and innocent lives, which is bad, but that isn't corruption. That's just a warmongering administration getting into and losing unnecessary wars.

All these random, relatively small, examples of corruption are sometimes uses of taxpayer money like in this case, but that isn't the problem - if the pool needed to be resurfaced then that is a legitimate government expense. It wasn't necessary, but that'd just be waste if we stopped there. The actual problem is the corruption - the facilitation of funding to the Trump campaign and Trump family, illegally, through pay for play schemes.

Both things matter, and obviously the war matters more as it has cost innocent lives, they are not the same type of thing though.

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[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

100% right… which do you think average people will latch onto?

this one:

or this one:

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

Is it stirring us up?

Or just making better memes than the war crimes, fascism and child rape?

It's a nice change to mock him for something that is only a huge waste of time and money but doesn't destroy all America's credibility and world standing, hasn't even irreparably harmed a natural habitat, and hasn't killed anyone.

You can even listen to the Trump supporters on this topic because although they sound stupid they don't horrify you.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 42 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

These people even look like real life villains.

Dude looks like fucking Paul Bearer

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

We are a country ran by and profited off of by used car salesmen.

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[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 34 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That's a mail order bride if I ever saw one.

[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 52 points 2 weeks ago

The guy looks like a 1950's comic book depiction of a greasy corporate crook.

[–] naught@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

She is literally a Real Housewife of Orange County 😅

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Just Googled the guy. Yup, he does in fact look like a Gotham city villain.

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Wait, is that really the guy? My fucking god he couldn't be more cartoonishly villainous even if he tried...

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[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

He looks like his role models are Hitler and Penguin

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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

Hey old men, when your freaking eyebrows are "salt and pepper" lay off the shoe polish hair job, it looks fucking ridiculous.

And what in the fuck is that part?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

i just want to justify my beard because like, this is how i am going, like my hair is turning white from the tip of my chin on up to the top of my head. if i had any hair on my head, like grumpa did i'm so jealous i look like him except bald i'm gonna be a silver fox in five years, it would be dark dark brown on top and silver on the beard. the last time i dyed was in high school and we all dyed our hair gold and our bodies blue and i called my doubles partner princess and he called me muffin and we wore short shorts, shorter than the running team, because we were going to win the tennis match by weirding out the other team, not being good at tennis. it worked on one opponent in four years. not winning a match, not winning a set, winning a game. we were sooooo bad but we had so much fun.

this fat shit needs to get the rudy out of his skull.

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[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Does he run car engines backwards before selling them at inflated prices?

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[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

I’m pretty sure if I looked up the word “sleezball” in the dictionary it would be this exact picture. Just spot on “gross untrustworthy business guy”

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 15 points 2 weeks ago

He may look sleazy as fuck, but he makes the greenest water. He's the best in the business.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Dude looks like a ghost you'd see in an episode of The Real Ghostbusters.

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[–] Prior_Industry@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Wtf is this Michael Keaton's batman?

[–] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 weeks ago

Sleezist used rug salesman ever

[–] db2@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
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[–] Danarchy@lemmy.nz 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is Nathan Lane with a fake cigar and mustache you can’t fool me

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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

[double take on picture]

Oh this guy was a regular on the island. No doubt.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago

Trump is a NY real estate dude from at least the 70s, owned a casino, and trafficked/raped young children. This guy looks more mob than trump even does. Check his hard drives pronto.

[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Why do they always look the same?

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Well, can't accuse him of false advertising.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 7 points 2 weeks ago

Is that even a real face? wtf

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

When did Paul Bearer get into politics

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[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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Homie looks like an IRL penguin from batman

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