But...he's the US President. Talking about North Korea. At a time when there's constant sabre-rattling and even greater tension. What he says is extremely important.
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Trump says he "would be honoured" to meet with Kim Jong Un
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I love the gifs from The Interview. I couldn't even finish watching the movie, but the gifs are classic.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
There's a difference between committing to diplomacy and outright praising dictators and murderers.
I don't really know, to be honest.
I know "this is a forum of discussion, etc" yeah, I know. But dunno, every single thing? is really worth it or constructive? are we using our mental energy in the right way with this?
It´s a open question in order to preserve our sanity. I'm certainly exhausted of it.
(This is a personal and probably worthless take from me, you can safely ignore me).
thefragrance
Member
I posted this yesterday, but it stills hold true.
Get ready America for your first El Presidente for life.
He fits the bill. Last night I saw this:
it basically amounts to groping and mommy issues. I can picture the donald's fascist upbringing a more fucked up version of this movie.
No, there really isn't. You can't have diplomacy while insulting the people you're trying to talk to. Diplomacy is carefully choreographed for this exact reason. It's also why people have condemned most of Trump's attempts at diplomacy
The idea that the USA is the great bestower of legitimacy and therefore can't show any respect to (some) dictators is nonsense bush-era thinking
Pai Pai Master
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That's precisely what they want. They want us to be exhausted and start letting shit slide so they can slowly start to say and do more and more heinous shit that we'll eventually give way to. That's how dictatorships get formed.
So no, we shouldn't ignore it or let anything slide.
It's the message that it sends.
You don't just casually say out of the blue that you'd be honored to meet with a brutal autocrat. It legitimizes that person and all of their actions.
Not sure what your point is. I'm not objecting to diplomacy. I'm not sure anyone here is.
That's what I was thinking.
He's going to say something stupid that sparks nuclear warfare.
Like bragging to Kim about his election results.
Pyroclastic
Banned
Has this guy ever had a considered thought in his fucking life
on top of the other stuff he's an absolute disaster for measured use of the English language.
on top of the other stuff he's an absolute disaster for measured use of the English language.
While I'm fine with that in principle as part of diplomacy, and would accept that reasoning if this statement were made by Pence or Ryan or Rubio, Donald Trump Tells It Like It Is. If he's gonna use that as an excuse for his horrible statements, I'm happy to hold him to it for his diplomatic ones.
EatinOlives
Member
He's so nice to the media, he even labels the breaking news for them!
Here's Glen Thrush asking about his love of dictators.
Spicer's answer is insanity. The Philippines, Russia, and Turkey are all going to help us move forward with North Korea?
Spicer's answer is insanity. The Philippines, Russia, and Turkey are all going to help us move forward with North Korea?
SuperDowns
Banned
Do you even begin to realize how important (whether you or I like it or not) the garbage that flows from his mouth matters to domestic and international politics. Pull your head up out of your ass and pay attention, Junior.
What civil discourse could possibly result from such a meeting? There is 0% chance of an understanding or alliance.
LordOfChaos
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theclosetfan
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Some of you are having a very hard time grasping the difference between a U.S. president saying "I would be willing to meet with brutal dictators in order to compromise on matters of war and peace" and saying "Kim Jong Un [or Putin, or Erdogan] is a smart cookie and I'd be super honored just to get to be in his presence."
One is measured and diplomatic, the other is insane, unprincipled, and makes all our allies nervous.
One is measured and diplomatic, the other is insane, unprincipled, and makes all our allies nervous.
You'd also be fine with Roosevelt saying "I'd be honoured to meet with Adolf Hitler"? " Honoured"?!
i was gonna go with two silver spoon fed man babies with nuclear weapons but i like the hotwheels take
If he had access to nuclear weapons that he might trigger cuz someone said something bad against him then yeah.
This isn't just an America problem, nukes will effect everyone. I don't wanna be stuck with a fucked up world cuz the US president decided to forget diplomatic speak
ebullientprism
Member
Wut?
Saying he's honoured or not will not change North Korea's attitude. It will only make Trump look even more like an idiot.
You want a coke?
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I'm Canadian and we're supposed to use those spellings, but taking a step out of nationalism and "I like it because I was raised on it": these spellings are bad. Americans got one thing right.
Never said it would but it's sure as shit better than trump saying "it'd be such a drag to meet him"
Vital Tundra
Member
Honored? I guess pieces of shit go great with other pieces of shit.
Let's prepare for the worst now.
Which Trump does to America's allies.
ctrl+f "hon" - 0 results.
Astral Dog
Member
I kinda agree about not having a thread for every single little stupid thing Trump says.
Everyone and their dog knows he doesn't have two brain cells to rub together.
I don't really get the purpose of everyone repeating ad infinitum, 'oh he's so stupid', 'oh how could he say that?' 'I can't believe he's the President!'.
Everyone and their dog knows he doesn't have two brain cells to rub together.
I don't really get the purpose of everyone repeating ad infinitum, 'oh he's so stupid', 'oh how could he say that?' 'I can't believe he's the President!'.
I think it hurts your point when you make a quote up.
Lord Frieza
Member
Oh, please, don't get your high horse for this. He's talking about being honored to meet a ruthless dictator who, just weeks ago, he seemed eager as hell to go to war with.
weepingangelz
Banned
Opening a line of dialogue isn't a bad thing - dat word choice tho lol.
Yoshimitsu126
Member
I think he's trying to descalate things.
Too bad no one really think its an honor to meet him but would love to make deals with him.
Too bad no one really think its an honor to meet him but would love to make deals with him.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Just according to keikaku. Trump really wants that Nobel Peace Prize. Ultimate troll.
ebullientprism
Member
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Funny cause its true. He is legit rude to his allies.
I'm going to quote myself from January.
Trump's just doing a social experiment to see if negging works on a global scale.
lol
BlastProcessing
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I actually do follow pretty much every single thing Trump does. Maybe 5% makes it to Gaf. His volume is just so high that it feels like every single thing. If anything, Gaf has shown remarkable restraint in it's threads on Trump.
theclosetfan
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He called Kim a smart cookie last week, and today said he'd be honored to meet with him. Meanwhile, he reaffirmed calling his predecessor "a bad and sick guy."
I don't think I'm exaggerating the implication of the quote too greatly.
LordOfChaos
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I'm going to quote myself from January.
lol
I think that's genuinely it. He has all these habits that may work if you're the head of a company (or maybe you could not be a dick and be successful, but that's what he thinks), and he thinks it will work for diplomacy.
Same as that ridiculous hand tug, it's all a power play. Only now he's playing with nuclear brinkmanship, not a lost deal.
More_Badass
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CNN will list it as "breaking" anyway; he must be desperate to control the headlines.
... Which means something worse is brewing, seeing how it tends to every time he says something this stupid.
andythinkpad
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perfectchaos007
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My spell check gives a red underline to British spellings so I spell in American. Get with the program, not programme