In a speech carried by C-SPAN, Trump claimed to have stopped a war between Armenia and Cambodia, two small countries on different sides of Asia that have never been at war with each other.
I remember when Gary Johnson got absolutely crucified for not knowing what Aleppo was; a name I hadn’t heard before or since that interview.
I think the average person could maybe be forgiven not knowing Aleppo
But for anyone who was paying attention to world/middle east news at the time, which I think is reasonable to expect of someone running for president, the Syrian Civil War, and specifically the battle of Aleppo was in full swing at the time, it was a fairly big news story .
And so a lot of people were paying attention to Syria at the time this was around the same time that ISIS was pretty big in the news, the last “S” standing, of course, for Syria. If you were on Reddit at the time you might remember a whole lot of people seemed to think it was really important to call them “Daesh” instead of “ISIS.” So while maybe not quite a household name, but probably something that would have rang some bells for a lot of people to at least be able to say “oh yeah, that’s a city in Syria where something is happening right now”
Now with that said, I am actually willing to give him a little leeway on that, I’m pretty sure I remember that question being a little out of left-field, like immediately before the “and what would you do about Aleppo?” question they were talking about something completely different and there wasn’t really anything to segue from that to the topic of Syria, and I can understand that, we all have brain-farts now and then, and it can take a second for your brain to switch gears, I think we’ve all experienced that once or twice.
Who’s Gary Johnson?
A man who thinks the government should issue drivers licenses
And got chastised for being the only one on stage saying so.
Most “freedom-loving” people I’ve met will still make concessions regarding driving because they can already see that even people with licenses are dangerously incompetent, so imagine what it looks like without restriction. I don’t know a single person who, when asked, was against refresher driving tests every 5 or 10 years. Many supported annual tests after some arbitrary “old” age.
“appeared to confuse”? His brain is mush; there’s no “appearing” about it. Tell it like it is.
The corporate media have been sanewashing him since day one. Don’t expect them to stop, no matter how much worse he gets. They’ll still be doing it when he literally just mumbles incomprehensibly.
He’s confused? Wow, how unusual…
I heard he also ended the war between Turks and Caicos.
I thought it was Turks and CousCous
He also settled the war between “Aberbijian” and “Albania”.
Aberbijian has never invaded Albania, so he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.
(Americans and geography…)
Many people don’t know this, but I also settled the horrific conflict between Zootopia and Californistan that left trillions dead, just in case there are peace prize nominations being thrown around.
The daily show skit on this was fucking hilarious.
“Bababiba and Albania” would be more correct.
Honestly I have IRL morons claiming Trump ended these wars in Azerbijan and Armenia and also in Kongo or some other African country.
Me telling them this was just Trump doing nothing and being there for the photo in the white house was not accepted.
Also apparently whataboutism by me when I ask about these wars in Ukraine and Gaza that were supposed to be ended.
Good that some people somewhere put down their rusty AKs and pitchforks for some amount of time don’t get me wrong. But next level cope to say he ends wars.
Wasn’t it aberbaijan and Albania?
This week it’s “Armenia and Cambodia” while just last week:
Trump touts his peace deal between ‘Aberbaijan and Albania’ – getting both countries’ names wrong
25th Amendment. It’s time, no, it’s overdue.
Only downside of this is JD Vance.
Downside is his middle name. That’s the D in JD.
First name: Just. He’s Just Downside.
The theory I hear is to nuke Trump after 2 years, then JD can rule for 10 years.
I don’t buy it though. I think by the time mid terms comes around Trump will have started a war of some sort, rolled troops to large cities, and shut down voting forever.
Lemmy shill for Big Sofa.
They’ll never do it. It basically requires a mini coup to overthrow their cult leader.
I honestly don’t know which I’d prefer. On the one hand, Trump’s obviously compromised mental condition makes him much easier to control as puppets go, but it also significantly hampers his effectiveness. On the other hand, JD Vance is likely more dangerous with the reigns of power than Trump on account of being not completely stupid, but he lacks the “charisma” (air quotes and a heavy eye roll on that one) and allegiance of the MAGA crowd that Trump has.
Though, after saying all that, it’s not like things are going to get better as they are, and it’s not like the MAGA crowd is ever going to acknowledge Trump’s declining mental state, no matter how loudly they screamed about Biden’s, so I figure it’s probably worth it to roll the dice to see if we can splinter the right. Unfortunately, that risk of splinter is probably precisely why the 25th won’t be invoked by Vance and the cabinet - the MAGA crowd would see it as a betrayal, I should think.
Yeah, but bIdEnSoOlD!
Jake Tapper where you at??!
- US and Afghanistan
- North Korea and South Korea
- Russia and Ukraine
- Israel and Gaza
- Israel and Iran
- India and Pakistan
- US and Venezuela
- Aberbaijan and Albania
- Armenia and Cambodia
I’m sure I missed some. He’s like the King Midas of making peace.
Ah yes, the great Armenian-Cambodian war. Nearly sparked WW3 when they brought in Bolivia and Liberia into the mix, who as we all know, have beef with one another.
/s for those who think these are baltic states or something.
No Greenland, Panama or the Gulf of Mexico in it. 2/5 there was so much potential.
He did solve that dispute between Aberbajan and Albania.
I heard it was Angelina Jolie and a Banana.
You forgot Poland!
Death has wishlisted this mf. He is just waiting for the good steam sale for the time to strike. Figured he is good at doing his job so death can take a vacation to the beach. The ladies are nice this time of year.
