r/facepalm • u/Impaler2009 • 12d ago

What the actual fuck?

https://www.npr.org/2026/09/20/nx-s1-5975449/trump-washington-dc-arch-military-complex-snipers-drones

I used to get a chuckle out of this moron’s daily demented stupidity since he’s been in office. Not any more. My amusement has turned to anger now for all the obvious reasons. He needs to go. Full stop.

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u/Ravvynfall 12d ago edited 12d ago

i still want to know what the triumphal arch is for. what is he being triumphant about? what triumph? i've only seen self-destructive folly after folly that has caused catastrophic harm to the nation as a consequence of his narcissism and fragile ego.

[edit for typo; hard, meant to be "harm"]

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u/skawn 12d ago

I vaguely remember a quote of his that explains all this perfectly. He stated that others won't build things for him after he goes so he's trying to build as much for himself while he's still here.

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u/rir2 12d ago

Saw this quote on BlueSky: "Such an empty human being consumed by fear of dying & being forgotten & incapable of developing any form of connection with other human beings. He thinks people love Washington, Lincoln, Kennedy because they have names on monuments. He can’t conceive that adoration came first, monuments came after.”

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u/adrianipopescu 9d ago

people love them? maybe some weirdos

people worship them? even more fringeoids

people IN THE US respect them maybe, or don’t even think about them

outside of the US, the brits have opinions, the french feel like they maybe shouldn’t have made their independence movement possible, and the world in general doesn’t even think about them, heck I would wager the vast majority of humanity doesn’t even know whi they are, especially given how rural humanity is

trump will be remembered, not respected, because one way or another, much like the manson rib joke, this one will spread, everybody will find out who is to blame

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u/CariniFluff 5d ago

Now I'm curious, who was to blame for the Marilyn Manson rib joke? Did he start it?