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“Shut up, piggy”.

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EddyF · 18/11/2025 19:48

Trump told a female reporter this. How come this behaviour is accepted but if it was former president Obama, people would have lost their mind. Obama had to practically be ‘perfect’. When Obama wore a tan suit, it was such a huge deal.

Racism is a sick illness.

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cardibach · 20/11/2025 00:06

Livelovebehappy · 19/11/2025 17:09

But you do get the point that Trump being voted in was largely down to the Democrats? I mean, they were so dumb that they really thought they could sell the idea to the voters that Biden was competent and healthy, when it became apparent pretty early on inthe run up to the election that he really wasn’t. Aren’t you a tiny bit pissed off that the Democrats acted with such stupidity? I’d be pretty sceptical myself about a party who tried to sell this to the masses, that they’d be any better than Trump. At least with Trump the Americans pretty much knew what they were getting. The poor democrat voters had no idea who they were getting….

This has got abuser vibes…look what you made me do!
People who voted for Trump need to take responsibility for that. Staying home and not voting would have been better.

BeeWitchy · 19/11/2025 22:51

DdraigGoch · 19/11/2025 17:59

It had a lot to do with Elon Musk:

[Elon] "knows those computers better than anybody, all those computers, those vote counting computers, and we ended up winning Pennsylvania, like, in a landslide." - Trump

And on the subject of cognitive decline, Biden started out as a decent man and unfortunately slowed down towards the end of his term. Trump never was a decent man, he was always a stupid, greedy nonce. And now Trump is losing whatever marbles he once possessed. Anyone who's had a relative with dementia can see the signs.

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I agree.

Edwinstarrihavefaithinyou · 19/11/2025 19:58

He's an ignorant bastard !!
How the fuck can he be a world statesman.

Themagicfarawaytreeismyfav · 19/11/2025 19:33

thepariscrimefiles · 19/11/2025 18:00

Like Fox News and GB News?

Absolutely all of them

thepariscrimefiles · 19/11/2025 18:11

Fevre · 19/11/2025 13:01

As imperfect as Labour is right now, they are trying to turn around an economy that has been annihilated by 15 years of the Tories, Brexit and COVID.

They inherited a catastrophic, chaotic fiscal nightmare and anyone thinking that it would be sorted out by now is delusional.

Anyway. That's all within the realms of normal politics. Trump and his administration are not. The two are not remotely comparable, imo.

That poster is on the Irish passport thread still declaring herself very happy that she voted for Brexit, despite it causing a huge black hole in the UK's finances. Brexit has cost the UK approximately £140 billion, thanks to Cameron, Gove, Boris Johnson, Farage, Aaron Banks and Russian interference.

thepariscrimefiles · 19/11/2025 18:00

Themagicfarawaytreeismyfav · 19/11/2025 10:29

The mainstream media…shit stirring trouble makers who cause division!

Like Fox News and GB News?

DdraigGoch · 19/11/2025 17:59

Livelovebehappy · 19/11/2025 17:09

But you do get the point that Trump being voted in was largely down to the Democrats? I mean, they were so dumb that they really thought they could sell the idea to the voters that Biden was competent and healthy, when it became apparent pretty early on inthe run up to the election that he really wasn’t. Aren’t you a tiny bit pissed off that the Democrats acted with such stupidity? I’d be pretty sceptical myself about a party who tried to sell this to the masses, that they’d be any better than Trump. At least with Trump the Americans pretty much knew what they were getting. The poor democrat voters had no idea who they were getting….

It had a lot to do with Elon Musk:

[Elon] "knows those computers better than anybody, all those computers, those vote counting computers, and we ended up winning Pennsylvania, like, in a landslide." - Trump

And on the subject of cognitive decline, Biden started out as a decent man and unfortunately slowed down towards the end of his term. Trump never was a decent man, he was always a stupid, greedy nonce. And now Trump is losing whatever marbles he once possessed. Anyone who's had a relative with dementia can see the signs.

JHound · 19/11/2025 17:41

DuncinToffee · 19/11/2025 16:40

Trump has a track record when it comes to insulting female reporters

Montage video here
https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3m5ydgwzuvc2x

I mean he is unashamedly misogynist.

CurlewKate · 19/11/2025 17:41

ticktockitsNCtime · 18/11/2025 20:22

What does “I like fish” and then hissing mean?

I was going to do an explainer about “fish” being at one time a derogatory term for women, but then I googled and it turns out he was talking about how he liked McDonald’s fish and how he would like them to put more tartare sauce on it……

DuncinToffee · 19/11/2025 17:23

If I was an American, I would be massively pissed off at the people who voted for Trump.

Livelovebehappy · 19/11/2025 17:16

TheSwarm · 19/11/2025 13:02

No, they were offered a highly competent and intelligent woman.

And she didn't stand a chance, because that kind of person is threatening to so many in the US.

But she wasn’t. She’d already been touted to the Americans previously and they made it clear they didn’t want her. But some clown decided to take the huge risk to push her out there again. Nearly 350million population and all they had on their pad was Biden and Harris….if I was an American I’d be massively pissed at the Democrats.

Livelovebehappy · 19/11/2025 17:09

cardibach · 19/11/2025 13:51

Yeah. My cat would have been a better option and she’s brainless. There literally couldn’t have been a much worse option and pretending there was is simply an excuse made by people who voted Trump.

But you do get the point that Trump being voted in was largely down to the Democrats? I mean, they were so dumb that they really thought they could sell the idea to the voters that Biden was competent and healthy, when it became apparent pretty early on inthe run up to the election that he really wasn’t. Aren’t you a tiny bit pissed off that the Democrats acted with such stupidity? I’d be pretty sceptical myself about a party who tried to sell this to the masses, that they’d be any better than Trump. At least with Trump the Americans pretty much knew what they were getting. The poor democrat voters had no idea who they were getting….

Widower2014 · 19/11/2025 17:04

When did it happen ??
Calling someone piggy isn't racist, just moronic

Livelovebehappy · 19/11/2025 16:59

DdraigGoch · 19/11/2025 14:20

Even if the Democrats had fielded Mr Blobby as a candidate, he would still have done less damage to the country than Trump.

Well we’ll never know will we….

DuncinToffee · 19/11/2025 16:40

Trump has a track record when it comes to insulting female reporters

Montage video here
https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3m5ydgwzuvc2x

JHound · 19/11/2025 16:33

StandFirm · 19/11/2025 14:45

A lot of people want crass. A lot of people have no respect for anything and love to see a leader in their own image. Sad but true.

It’s so depressing. Also a world where intelligence and an ability to analyse and comprehend information is derided.

StandFirm · 19/11/2025 15:32

TheSwarm · 19/11/2025 15:28

Nah, it's not. At some point, if a man has behaved like a stupid cunt his whole life you just have to accept that maybe he is just a stupid cunt.

Ha! Maybe that part's not an act - but I meant the bit about being 'men of the people', that bit is an act.

TheSwarm · 19/11/2025 15:28

StandFirm · 19/11/2025 14:46

Yet it is ALL. AN. ACT.
They should get that into their heads once and for all.

Nah, it's not. At some point, if a man has behaved like a stupid cunt his whole life you just have to accept that maybe he is just a stupid cunt.

RedTagAlan · 19/11/2025 14:56

StandFirm · 19/11/2025 14:46

Yet it is ALL. AN. ACT.
They should get that into their heads once and for all.

I don't think Trump is acting.

I have watched a lot of his campaign rallies, speeches etc, and I think he is really just not too bright.

StandFirm · 19/11/2025 14:46

Sartre · 19/11/2025 12:41

JD Vance was pretty sensible 10 years ago when he wrote Hillbilly Elegy. In it he said people didn’t like Obama because he wasn’t like them but that wasn’t to do with race, it was because he was middle class, educated and articulate.

Basically, they like Trump because, despite being a billionaire who was born into considerable wealth, he talks and acts more like they do. He says the sort of things lots of working class folk say down the pub. Same for Farage.

Yet it is ALL. AN. ACT.
They should get that into their heads once and for all.

StandFirm · 19/11/2025 14:45

JHound · 19/11/2025 10:01

It always amazes me how fat, ugly men like Trump still feel qualified to attack a woman’s physical appearance. Like they believe they, as men, are allowed to be unattractive but not women.

The hypocritical misogyny.

And he is the most unpresidential, unprofessional president the USA has ever had. I don’t see how he has fans here in the UK. He’s so crass.

A lot of people want crass. A lot of people have no respect for anything and love to see a leader in their own image. Sad but true.

DdraigGoch · 19/11/2025 14:28

Livelovebehappy · 19/11/2025 12:56

‘A bit useless’. Come on….you're joking right? This government is beyond useless on every level. And we have a chancellor scarily out of her depth, who we’re depending on to turn the chaos round, who keeps u turning on everything because she is clueless, and who in less than a week is going to be delivering a budget that is probably going to bring us to our knees. ‘A lot useless’ would be closer to the truth.

Yes, they're useless (and no, I didn't actually vote for them).

In the US meanwhile there are masked thugs abducting anyone with brown skin from the streets, regardless of whether they are a legal resident or not. The President has had the East Wing of the White House demolished in order to build a gilded ballroom (paid for with "donations" [i.e. bribes] from corporations who need a favour in return). Elon Musk was allowed to harvest vast amounts of confidential data about US citizens from government computers. They are blowing up Venezuelan fishermen for sport. They are trying to crash the global economy (just as they did in 1929). Serious criminals have been pardoned by the thousand. The red carpet was rolled out for Vladimir Putin.

Not similar at all.

LingeringDogFart · 19/11/2025 14:27

CrystalMighty · 18/11/2025 21:16

I would love for someone now to say that publicly to Melania. Just to see his reaction. Depressingly though, I think i can imagine.

Yeah, I’m guessing anywhere between $1b and $5b eh? 🙄

Dweetfidilove · 19/11/2025 14:22

Trump told you all he could shoot a man in the middle of NY and his people would still love him, so this barely registers.

Fasten your seatbelt for when he takes over the UK too. I can see him a Nigel sharing a twin chair in No. 10.

DdraigGoch · 19/11/2025 14:20

Livelovebehappy · 19/11/2025 12:50

And what was the alternative they were offered? Someone rushed through at the last minute because the incompetent Democrats couldn't get their shit together…

Even if the Democrats had fielded Mr Blobby as a candidate, he would still have done less damage to the country than Trump.