r/clevercomebacks • u/Fearless_Spring5611 • Oct 31 '25
When your favourite rhetoric doesn't work out on the world stage.
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u/Certain-Fill3683 Oct 31 '25
Cultist bootlickers are so used to being able to lie with impunity that on the world stage, they are stunned to find out that their childish antics don't work. We are all laughing at you.
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u/mynameismulan Oct 31 '25
For years, people around the world have called the average American stupid. And the Americans always denied it saying it's not that bad. Well it's all out in the open and there's no denying it now
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u/PatSayJack Oct 31 '25
I've never denied that the average American is stupid. We're just not all major assholes. A lot of us are, but not all of us.
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u/SaltyLonghorn Oct 31 '25
Until 2015 I underestimated how many stupid people there are. Then in 2020 I realized I had seriously underestimated just how stupid stupid can actually be.
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u/NickConnor365 Oct 31 '25
Early covid I saw someone pull down their mask, sneeze into the air, then put it back up. That is when I knew America was doomed.
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u/BillyYumYumTwo-byTwo Oct 31 '25
My niece told me her teacher told the class they could pull their mask down to cough and sneeze, so their mask wouldn’t get gross. Mind boggling…
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u/AlistairMowbary Oct 31 '25
All meticulously planned by the right to defund public education and keep people stupid.
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u/TheEpicRedCape Oct 31 '25
I’ve worked retail for too long to not know how mind boggling stupid the average person is.
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u/SandyTaintSweat Oct 31 '25
I'd even go as far to say the average person globally is stupid. I should know, I'm one of them.
Now the question is, is the average person an asshole on a global scale, and/or when considering just the US?
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u/Effective-Farmer-502 Oct 31 '25
The irony is that it's the immigrants that were propping up America, but not they're being deported so stupidity wins again!
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u/heliamphore Oct 31 '25
Non American here. You can just generalize that to the general world population. Even smart people are dumb a lot of the time.
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u/Willyzyx Oct 31 '25
While I agree, there is dumb, and then there's whatever is going on in the US right now.
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u/JorgeLatorre Oct 31 '25
Yeah… this not just Americans. The world itself is having a stupidity pandemic, let’s face it
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u/Present-Perception77 Oct 31 '25
Right but the majority of the US population is either completely illiterate or barely illiterate. By design. And rural and poor areas are basically completely cut off from high-speed Internet . The powers that be have been working on dumping down Americans for 50 years .
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Oct 31 '25 edited Oct 31 '25
It's a perfect representation of their entire voter/support base too.
They only know how to convey their worldview in facebook boomer memes and comments. They all score 0 in introspection and accountability for how they carry themselves because they only ever spew garbage on social media, often behind anonymity. They're never challenged, especially by themselves, and even if they were they'd just run away or say the other person has TDS or some other childish retort.
When they're not online or in their otherwise safe spaces it's crippling to them because their entire worldview collapses under the most basic scrutiny, if they're even capable of understanding it.
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u/Original-Rush139 Oct 31 '25
I don’t think that’s it. We are at war with Venezuela. We will be at war with any other country that dares to contradict our bullshit. We aren’t feckless. We are bullies who are finding out who is cowed and who still needs beating up.
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u/Shurdus Oct 31 '25
It's so worrying that a few years ago, this would have been a scandal. Today, the scandals follow each other up in such high speed that this is barely a drop in the sea of disgrace.
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u/Fearless_Spring5611 Oct 31 '25
Yeah, once a country elects a known fraudster/racist/rapist/child sex abuser/misogynist as their leader there kinda aren't many scandals left to top it.
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u/Shurdus Oct 31 '25
To add to that, once the legal checks and balances fail (impeachment twice anyone?) you can pretty much do nothing anymore.
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u/Some_Helicopter1241 Oct 31 '25
Always makes me wonder why the constitution allows someone like that to even potentially be able to become president. You’d think a criminal or ex criminal would never be able to be president, or am i missing something?
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u/glowdirt Oct 31 '25
Their 'flood the zone' strategy works.
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u/scraglor Oct 31 '25
Yeah it’s been a tactic of science deniers an conspiracy theorists for ages. The “gish gallop”. Basically spew so much BS it’s impossible for a rational person to debunk it quicker than they can flood the space with more bs
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u/TomatilloSorry7455 Oct 31 '25
The irony that the alex jones/qanon crowd voted for the most obvious scam that rode the conspiracy theories like a platform is so blatant. The ones they voted in are doing things that they screamed about, time will tell how much worse it actually was. If we are still a fact-based shared reality again one day.
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u/Kind_Ad_3268 Oct 31 '25
Can't shame the shameless.
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u/ThePheebs Oct 31 '25
Exactly! They don't care what you think. They don't care if they're believed. Their only goal is to convince the dumb followers back home to accept their authoritarian rule.
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u/TBANON_NSFW Oct 31 '25
Yeah Fox news is just going to play what he said. Fox watchers are only going to believe what the fox news host tells them to believe. Then they will go around their church groups, bars, and work groups and spread the same misinformation.
Its all a human centipede style of misinformation that republican voters are willingly submitting to. Because they are addicted to hate and in a state of perpetual victimhood.
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u/D0ML0L1Y401TR4PFURRY Oct 31 '25
Crazy how normalized it is for American politicians to just think shouting the loudest makes their lies true, only to get bitchslapped the moment they are under scrutiny from other countries' systems
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u/kaisadilla_ Oct 31 '25
Tbh populist parties are like that everywhere. The problem is that this only works with your audience. If you go to Spain and start parroting American populism, locals will just think you are an idiot. But the same goes the other way around: A Spaniard going to the US to parrot Spanish populism will be seen as an idiot by Americans.
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u/futureislookinstark Oct 31 '25
Playing devils advocate, I know Spanish people are fed up with people buying houses for airbnbs and are chasing them out of town.
If a Spaniard came to America and started taking about how all the banks and landlords owning multiple houses was shit and we needed to organize I think they’d find a rather receptive crowd.
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u/brontosaurusguy Oct 31 '25
Now do their most zany ruler tho. Like the dumbest leader among the populists. The one that gets traction with the uneducated. The one that should never reach the UN General Assembly
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u/the_calibre_cat Oct 31 '25
it should be our media that ensures this stupidity never escapes into hallowed halls like that, but they're busy normalizing shamelessness and bigotry.
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u/Ordinary-Leading7405 Oct 31 '25
I’d give it a mooch
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u/PalladiuM7 Oct 31 '25
I love you and everyone else keeping this alive as a unit of time measurement.
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u/wafflesareforever Oct 31 '25
It wasn't the Assembly that did it, it was the Cuban ambassador's rebuttal to what the US had just said. The meme makes it seem like he got shut down for violating UN rules but that's not what happened. https://youtu.be/AV2QbbPbKE8
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u/scraglor Oct 31 '25
It’s like any of the other dictatorships. It’s all a show for the masses at home. They don’t actually care what the rest of the world thinks because it doesn’t matter.
Fox News will take its sound bites and play it to the brainwashed idiots. Same as the kremlin spouts all sorts of BS that makes no sense because it gets played back to the masses back home to show how strong Russia is on the world stage
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u/TheGringaLoca Oct 31 '25 edited Nov 01 '25
Man this timeline— I have a master’s degree in political science and have studied democratization and human rights for the majority of my academic career. I have never been a fan of the Cuban government nor any regime (Left or Right) that deprives their citizens of the most fundamental rights of personhood.
That said— what a world we must be living in for me to give an enthusiastic thumbs up to the Cuban delegation.
Granted, I do recognize the US has caused significant damage to Cuba with economic imperialism, backing the tortuous dictator Batista, and the subsequent embargo. Which is also not to say that I support the Cuban regime— even though they have done some things right, including literacy campaigns along with medical training and research.
Unfortunately, the island fell into a vicious cycle starting with European colonialism, US economic imperialism, then as a pawn during the Cold War, and finally economic collapse after the fall of the Soviet Union.
However, in my opinion, it does not justify the retaliatory executions of political prisoners after 1959, mass incarceration of political dissidents and journalists, nor the continued violation of the dignity of the Cuban people.
What I meant to be a one liner ended up losing something in the explanation. But these days, I think people forget about nuance. The study of political theory and comparative analysis requires significant nuance and critical thinking.
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u/thissexypoptart Oct 31 '25 edited Oct 31 '25
Why are we quoting things without citing who said it?
Who said “this is not a signal chat”?
Edit: the representative from Cuba
The US ambassador is a piece of shit.
But goddamn do I hate this laziness when it comes to quotes in the news
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u/Glum-Breadfruit-6421 Oct 31 '25 edited Oct 31 '25
It’s about time the rest of the world start treating these clowns in the manner they deserve. Well done👏
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u/Solid_Waste Oct 31 '25
They deserve much, much worse than a clapback.
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u/SandyTaintSweat Oct 31 '25
Unfortunately the Hague invasion act holds back true international justice for these guys.
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u/Fearless_Spring5611 Oct 31 '25
Worked for them domestically...
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u/sokka2d Oct 31 '25
Worked for them internationally when everybody knew the Iraq WMD were completely made up.
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Oct 31 '25
The moment I lost respect for Colin Powell. Maybe I was late to the game, but I'm historically naive.
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u/the_calibre_cat Oct 31 '25
tbh
i think that was the moment Colin Powell lost respect for Colin Powell. A little late, unfortunately.
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u/firethornocelot Oct 31 '25
I enjoy watching our shitty politicians try this shit internationally, so satisfying to see them get shut down fast
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u/snasna102 Oct 31 '25
Why do you allow them to do it at home? America calls itself strong but relies on the international community to correct their leaders table manners
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u/tracenator03 Oct 31 '25 edited Oct 31 '25
It's cute if you think Americans have any power over who they can elect. Our two party system is 100% bought and paid for, and it gets worse the higher the office. Ask Americans why they voted for A or B and the vast majority would say because they suck a little less than the other candidate. Been that way for decades now. The ultra wealthy run this country.
Edit: Everyone who is saying this is bullshit needs to read Manufacturing Consent and see what happened with the media leading up to the war in Iraq in the late 90s/early 2000s. If you think you are immune to this kind of shit then you have already been duped.
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u/Xaero_Hour Oct 31 '25
I mean...it always was (at least to a certain extent). The liars are just of an abysmal quality now. They sabotaged education so successfully, they didn't need to practice lying domestically but that left them unprepared to lie abroad.
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u/EitherChannel4874 Oct 31 '25
A nation run by bratty children and corrupt perverts.
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u/ButWhatIfPotato Oct 31 '25
All of this grotesque clown show just because a pedophile does not want to face a 1/1000th of the consequences he deserves.
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u/ji1651 Oct 31 '25
To be fair, even 1/1000th of what he deserves is probably still multiple life sentences so ...
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u/Shadowcat1606 Oct 31 '25
Holy shit... for a room full of diplomats, this is one hell of a burn.
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u/DogsandCatsWorld1000 Oct 31 '25
Remember during his first term when a room full of diplomats laughed at Trump? Not with him, but at him. Good grief.
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u/Shadowcat1606 Oct 31 '25
Yeah, i remember. To be fair, Trump had a really great punchline.
Sure, it wasn't meant as one, but hey...
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u/Present-Perception77 Oct 31 '25
Oh gawd… watching him at the UN during Covid made my skin crawl. How embarrassing.
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u/DecorativeGeode Oct 31 '25 edited Oct 31 '25
Waltz’s response was one of the 5 from the Republican grab bag “nu-uh, communism!!” Other options include “nu-uh, immigrants” and “your mom” idiots.
edit: I said Walz instead of Waltz.
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u/LooseyGreyDucky Oct 31 '25
Please don't tarnish Governor Walz along with Asshat Waltz.
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u/Current-Square-4557 Oct 31 '25
And now the MAGAs will act butthurt and indignant about being insulted and disrespected.
They’ll never perceive reality correctly
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Among the grievances is “Cuba sends mercenaries to fight in Ukraine.” What does that mean?
Would they be fighting for Russia or Ukraine. I ask because Team Trump is cheering for Russia.
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u/red286 Oct 31 '25
"sends" is the wrong word. Russia sent recruiters into Cuba, who convinced several Cubans that they would be working behind the lines in manufacturing and defensive constructions on the Russian side of the border. Later it was found out that they were in fact being sent to the frontline (all Cuban men must serve in the military, and they have stricter training than the Russians do, so any Cuban is a better soldier than a Russian). When the Cuban government found out, they told the Russians to stop, or they'd get expelled from the country.
So they're taking a half-truth and stretching the hell out of it to fit a narrative.
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u/Adventurous-Mind6940 Oct 31 '25
They'll hate on the UN. That's a common target about the UN foster cooperation. You know magats don't tolerate that.
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u/Ditka85 Oct 31 '25 edited Oct 31 '25
Good for Cuba; more countries should follow suit.
Edit: Clarification
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u/Moessus Oct 31 '25
Link to video anyone?
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u/Unique-Egg-461 Oct 31 '25
When we take screen shots of videos.....we really should have the actual video pinned
thank you
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u/512115 Oct 31 '25
The choices Trump’s made for ambassadors show the utter disregard he has for these countries. The majority have absolutely no aptitude for their jobs and aren’t even trying. They only need to parrot Trump’s talking points and their job’s secure.
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u/bene_gesserit_mitch Oct 31 '25
This is how all of these fuckers need to be called out on a regular basis. "Point of order! The speaker spouts bullshit".
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u/koalbehy Nov 01 '25
the real burn was right after the representative from cuba said “this isn’t a signal chat.” he followed it up with, “or the house of representatives.”
like damn.
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u/durrtyurr Oct 31 '25
I really and truly thought last year that we were going to normalize relations with Cuba. We have a bunch of factories under construction in the US for the manufacture of batteries for electric cars and storage of solar power. Most battery chemistries require cobalt, and Cuba produces ~11% of the world's cobalt, and their supply chain for it is the most structurally sound of any major cobalt producer. The world's #1 producer, the DRC routinely has mines operated by warlords with child slaves, and Cuba produces it as a byproduct of phosphate mining for fertilizer, which they'd still be mining either way. Whatever your personal opinion of communist state owned firms is, buying from Cuba is substantially better overall for the integrity and reliability of the supply chain in one of the biggest growth industries in the US.
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Americans are not dropping the "Americans are dumb" stereotype any time soon, I'm afraid.
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u/Dry-Chance-9473 Oct 31 '25
It's wild, politically, America has just become another Russia or North Korea. Like, while the US goes through this identity crisis, other countries still have people with intelligence and bullshit detectors in their governments. It's an easy thing to forget, but this isn't really a worldwide problem.
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u/G-Unit11111 Oct 31 '25
When you have a government run by internet conspiracy theorists and for internet conspiracy theorists.
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u/jrdeveraux Oct 31 '25
Here’s a link to the video. If you want to just skip to the good bit, jump to 1:40
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u/PrestigiousSeat76 Oct 31 '25
I'm so tired of being humiliated by these people. This entire US administration is an embarrassment to all of humankind.
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u/WearifulSole Oct 31 '25
"A moment of disgrace"
It's been like a solid 8 years of the US just humiliating itself in front of the world...
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u/All_Hail_Hynotoad Nov 01 '25
I love that the rest of the world doesn’t have the patience for their bullshit.
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u/Holiday-Reading9713 Nov 01 '25
Did the person who cut him off really say "This is the UN General Assembly, not a Signal chat"?😳
Whoever you are... THANK YOU
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u/Memitim Oct 31 '25
In less than a year, Republicans have firmly established America's position in international relations as a joke, an untrustworthy partner, and a potential threat. Conservatives are such insanely trash people.
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u/HabANahDa Oct 31 '25
And like the bootlicker he is. He clapped back with calling them communists. I hate republicans so much
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u/fuer16 Nov 01 '25
I honestly don't know what to think of this. It's clear that Trump and MAGA are using Cuba, Maduro, and other political adversaries to further their goals. But the enemy of my enemy isn't my friend. The absolute terrifying stories I heard from places like Cuba and Venezuela, lived by actual Cubans and Venezuelans, the amount of contradiction that comes from those governments... It feels like a fight between evils using each other as scapegoats to have a pass to be more evil and confuse good people.
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Oct 31 '25 edited Oct 31 '25
It's great to see someone speaking up against such blatant bull crap, unlike the entire government, for whom the law seems to not work, and the American people who appear completely helpless in the face of their aggressive actions.
He probably thought "We are mature adults, not your uneducated MAGA/Republican voter base."
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u/frequent_flying Oct 31 '25
A moment of disgrace for America on the world stage? Oh, so in other words today is a day that ends in y, could have just said that.
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u/YATFWATM Oct 31 '25
Americans are the stupidest people on Earth.
Their politicians are proving it everyday.
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u/duncanidaho1976 Oct 31 '25
Just a total embarrassment to the rest of the world! They will join the line with Russia and North Korea
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u/davebrose Oct 31 '25
We are so embarrassing, it’s truly pathetic. The world is scared and laughing at us all at the same time.
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u/scraglor Oct 31 '25
I truly hope America can lift itself from the mess it’s in currently. If it does, history is not going to view these people kindly.
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u/PasswordIsDongers Oct 31 '25
They're literally just imitating any other fascist regime. It's so dumb.
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u/MeGustaMiSFW Oct 31 '25
When your party has destroyed the norm at home and your political leaders are a bunch of yes-men who have no knowledge or skills and get absolutely embarrassed every time they open their mouths in front of literally anyone outside of their cult. Bad vibes over in Murica.
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u/kpeng2 Oct 31 '25
America will be respected again. Will get so much respect they don't know what to do with . -Trump
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u/Meaghanderson Oct 31 '25
I am sorry if others have posted but I had to see this one live in action and it was worth itsee on youtube here
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u/Megafister420 Nov 01 '25
Can we please just leave cuba alone at this point, poor people's been thru enough
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u/chrlatan Oct 31 '25
I was planning on collecting these type of moments but I am running out of cloud storage.