French President Emmanuel Macron arrived at the White House ready to present a strong and unified case for Europe, especially regarding support for Ukraine.
  • njm1314@lemmy.world
    135·
    10 hours ago

    I’m curious if this is going to be the way leaders treat Trump going forward. And by curious I mean hopeful. Because that debacle in the Oval Office when Elon Musk completely owned him I think has made it clear that powerful people can dominate this man fairly easily. The guy who used to terrorize people in 2016 on the debate stage is gone. He’s a dotering old man who doesn’t even know where he is half the time. Interviews like this with other world leaders should be able to dominate the conversation fairly easily.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
    35·
    10 hours ago

    Trump is 78 years old, has diaper plumbing problems and gets bored easily. Why doesn’t he retire? He would be surrounded by his adoring fans and he could live off of all of his money for the rest of his days.

    • pulsewidth@lemmy.world
      44·
      9 hours ago

      https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20366662

      "Symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder and how severe they are can vary. People with the disorder can:

      • Have an unreasonably high sense of self-importance and require constant, excessive admiration.
      • Feel that they deserve privileges and special treatment.
      • Expect to be recognized as superior even without achievements.
      • Make achievements and talents seem bigger than they are.
      • Be preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate.
      • Believe they are superior to others and can only spend time with or be understood by equally special people.
      • Be critical of and look down on people they feel are not important.
      • Expect special favors and expect other people to do what they want without questioning them.
      • Take advantage of others to get what they want.
      • Have an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others.
      • Be envious of others and believe others envy them.
      • Behave in an arrogant way, brag a lot and come across as conceited.
      • Insist on having the best of everything — for instance, the best car or office.
      • At the same time, people with narcissistic personality disorder have trouble handling anything they view as criticism. They can:
      • Become impatient or angry when they don’t receive special recognition or treatment.
      • Have major problems interacting with others and easily feel slighted.
      • React with rage or contempt and try to belittle other people to make themselves appear superior.
      • Have difficulty managing their emotions and behavior.
      • Experience major problems dealing with stress and adapting to change.
      • Withdraw from or avoid situations in which they might fail.
      • Feel depressed and moody because they fall short of perfection.
      • Have secret feelings of insecurity, shame, humiliation and fear of being exposed as a failure."

      I wish I’d never even heard the name ‘Trump’ but I feel like I know him well enough now that ‘all of the above’ feels accurate.

      • osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org
        21·
        8 hours ago

        Don’t forget he was on trial for federal crimes, some of which carried lengthy prison sentences, at the time of his second election win. Literally, his only options were ‘become president of the united states’ and ‘spend the rest of his life in prison’.

  • ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml
    162·
    12 hours ago

    This is how everyone should handle trump and his ilk at every opportunity. Talk over him, call him out on obvious lies, chuckle at him when he says idiotic things. Just generally treat him with disdain and derision. He has this hero status with his followers that could be chipped away at if he’s the subject of serious, casual ridicule. Not the stupid, desperate, “mango mussolini” “lord cheeto” junk, but the stuff that makes him feel self-conscious and lash out like a stupid, bumbling old man. This has been the most successful rhetorical/propaganda strategy whenever people have employed it.

    • njm1314@lemmy.world
      50·
      10 hours ago

      He’s also not fast enough or coherent enough to respond to it anymore. I think you can cow him. Because I imagine that’s what his handlers do every day. He’s used to submitting.

        • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
          17·
          9 hours ago

          Yup. Trump was a master of the Gish-Gallop debate strategy. Basically, the goal is to overwhelm your opponents with arguments. Even if they’re not accurate or well constructed. The goal is simply to preoccupy your opponent’s speaking time with debunking your claims, rather than making their own arguments. Because claims are easy to make, but comparatively take a lot of time to debunk.

    • JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.ee
      31·
      9 hours ago

      Not saying you’re right or wrong, but these types of events only happen occasionally, mais non?

  • Tedesche@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    11 hours ago

    I don’t think that Cheeto is capable of stringing together a coherent sentence that has any substance to it. It’s like he’s just trying to get through the interview with little meaningless fluff sentences.

    Makes me wonder if he has some yet-to-be-properly-diagnosed aphasia.

    • peoplebeproblems@midwest.socialEnglish
      21·
      11 hours ago

      It’s clear that he’s just a pawn of Musk’s at this point. And Musk read Project 2025 and his Nazi brain went “fuck yeah let’s do that, get that really dumb guy in office again so we can really do shit”

  • A_A@lemmy.world
    62·
    13 hours ago

    Macron interrupts to say to the face of the orange thug that Europe provided 60% of the money and clearly he is there for negotiations. As he puts it, it is russia who should pay back : first pay compensations to Ukraine, then other countries.
    Next a journalist asks the orrange nazi if russia will pay since they are the aggressor … no answer + diversion + end of press meeting

  • Jolly Platypus@lemm.eeEnglish
    45·
    13 hours ago

    Time for the EU to break free of the US. The US is now aligned with Russia, North Korea, and Hungary among others.

  • Embargo@lemm.ee
    482·
    14 hours ago

    What does that fucking moron mean when he says “We’ll get some land back”? It seems to me that he thinks his allies land actually belongs to him. I know America likes to portray itself as the big boss of the west but that’s just make-believe, man… Like movies and shit.

  • DaddleDew@lemmy.world
    15·
    12 hours ago

    The annoying orange sure does look like a weak dipshit whenever he tries to spew out his bullshit in an environment where he can’t control the narrative.