Trump posted an image depicting himself as the pope, with the Vatican's conclave to select the next leader of the Catholic Church to begin May 7.
  • endeavor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    1·
    1 hour ago

    He should take inspiration the one thing all popes have done and do it right this moment.

    • littlewonder@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      4 hours ago

      It’s the worst. Even on the state level. People in the state I’m from used to have a positive stereotype about them, so that I felt good about sharing where I grew up in conversation.

      That state turned red and they’ve been legislating against anyone who isn’t a white, straight, rich person. If people find out where I’m from, I have to do extra work to make sure people don’t assume I’m a hateful idiot.

      So that’s what it’s like, but on the international level now. I wish I had dual citizenship so I could at least travel internationally with a different passport (or relocate altogether). I know Americans have had a reputation of being rude or entitled abroad, but that’s far better than people assuming I’m a Trump-loving, delusional, fascist.

    • puddinghelmet@feddit.nlEnglish
      81·
      8 hours ago

      So cringe to be american rn eeewwww and he was elected twice HAHAHAHAAHAHA embarrassing AF

  • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.socialEnglish
    281·
    10 hours ago

    Trump, that’s not how it works.

    Just because you ordered Vance to assassinate that old man doesn’t mean you’re the Pope. Vance, as his slayer, is the Pope now, so you have to kill Vance.

  • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zoneEnglish
    16·
    12 hours ago

    What did it say that the president of the USA is non-stop pulling attention seeking stunts like your crazy aunt on Facebook? Guess it must be lonely being surrounded by sycophants.

    • lenuup@reddthat.comEnglish
      15·
      8 hours ago

      Nah, he is just gaslighting overwhelming everyone. Tons of insane and insulting shit to occupy the media and people, so that he can pull all the stunts he he wants. Drowning everything in noise so that no one knows what to focus on anymore.

      Don’t get me wrong, he is batshit insane bud there is a certain method to his madness.

      Edit: Looks like I was using ‘gaslighting’ incorrectly.

      • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        10 hours ago

        It’s a terrifying mix of a Gish gallop (a stampede of lies and half truths, delivered so fast they can’t be countered) and razzle dazzle (camouflage via a swarm of irrelevant or counter intuitive points).

        It’s terrifyingly effective, and very difficult to counter.

        • Pelicanen@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          4·
          8 hours ago

          Would be much easier to counter if there was a functional system of checks and balances or a well-educated population that’d hold their leaders accountable, but here we are.

  • GoldenQuetzal@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    15 hours ago

    He’s distracting from the fact that he called for all Democrats to be removed from Congress. It’s a smokescreen bc of how ludicrous it is.

    • seeigel@feddit.orgEnglish
      3·
      14 hours ago

      Why should the call for removal not be a smokescreen?

      What is the thing that the upper class does that doesn’t receive any attention but should make us worried?

  • dryfter@lemm.eeEnglish
    301·
    14 hours ago

    Trump has said that although he was “confirmed at a Presbyterian church as a child, I now consider myself to be a non-denominational Christian.”

    Uhhhh…he’s not even Catholic? That’s kinda a prerequisite for THE LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH!

    He’s completely trolling, right? I mean it’s gotta be cover for something happening that he wants to distract people from. He can’t be that stupid that to think he can actually be Pope…can he?