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Register to vote at Vote.gov. If you’re already registered please check you status. Some states are purging their voter rolls and a lot of valid voters have wrongly purged.
derdave11
Sums it up.
MrBobSaget
While I agree with basically all this, Britain DOES have a bit of history being the world's biggest bully for a really, REALLY long time
datguyjay
You're speaking of the upper class in 1920, not the average Briton in 2020.
lazysombrero
trumpypumpyinyourrumpy
You dont need to be smart to see what trump is. And of you still dont see it. Please try the bleach
bloodtaker3
If you don't recognize the con artist, you are the mark
itotallyagreewithwhatyousaid
He is the worst.
iliketosayBURN
A shakespeare of shit.... lol
GorillaPowers
Trump is truly a giant orange blemish on the history of our nation. I hope we can wrest control from his tiny hand this Nov.
immortalbucket
He is truly the biggest POS in the Hx of the universe
cre8majic
what is THIS from???
Calicoastin818
This was fucking spot on! trump is a despicable human being and Inuse the term human loosely!
jelladelta
I find 2 things terrifying about Trump. 1. He has managed to unite the stupid, the angry and the illiterate and 2. He keeps distracting us/1
jelladelta
All with his outrageousness, so we don't focus on his policy.
IguanasEveryday
Meanwhile,I personally know a Trump supporter who talks to me like I'm mentally disabled when I speak any bad on trump. They're brainwashed.
killbillsexwife
It’s true Trump is easily the most derided and mocked man in the world. His cult mistakenly sees this as a win for the underdog. It is not.
killbillsexwife
His derision is deserved. He abuses his slack jawed base on the daily in both policy and deed.
TheWombatStrikesAgain
I've had people argue with me, saying something like "Of course the world hates him, it's because he's unapologetically pro-american.". (1)
TheWombatStrikesAgain
Well, Hitler was unapologetically pro-german, but I don't think that what he's hated for. (2)
hotdoginathermos
soromon
SecretAgentSuperBooger
Phobos613
Fox report: "British writer calls Trump a 'Goliath' of presidents, says Americans are nicer than the British."
statelessnfaithless
Sshh, don't give them any ideas
Arcania85
Compared to great writers like shakespear and great artists like Picasso...
LookingForWorkInColorado
Too accurate.
Debiandog
Blud4BludGod
"Except reality"
Boxdoc1974
Wouldn't shock me one bit if Fox stole your comment to use it as a headline......
SpannerInTheWorx
Fucking scarily accurate
Suntok
I remember watching O'Reilly do exactly this about 5 or 6 years ago. Motivational speaker said, "try these drugs, and watch them (1/2)
Suntok
destroy your life." Then O'Reilly reported, "Motivational speaker tells kids to go ahead and try drugs!"
LookingForWorkInColorado
He was the OG Trump harbinger.
licmasack
kinggaron
Bet you made a full scale version, prior to the crop job.
TheSecretLifeOfMsSnitty
That’s good! That’s exactly what they’d say! ;-D
offbeatwes87
Sad but true
milliardo
They! They’ll betray... I’m forever there.
floofnmeeps
Hah! Selective journalism at its finest from the Fair and Balanced channel
Chakra5
and you've just demonstrated HOW 1/3 of America has been bamboozled by such a twit....or at least one aspect. Fox 'news' spent /1
spicepoet
OAN viewership has been increasing steadly this year. In itself that's horrifying. It's open lies and propaganda, but what they want to hear
Chakra5
a few decades setting us up for the next watergate, and Putin used Trump to swoop in and take-over the take-over. Fucking greed. /2
Goldensands
The fact that they can be so easily manipulated is a sign of an uneducated and poorly supported populace.
PineappleAdventure
Or as us Norwegians likento call America, a third world country
Mandarinduckmama
Getting there, for sure.
Mandarinduckmama
Realize...creationism is still being taught in the heartland of America.
Goldensands
People bleed out and die rather than call an ambulance due to the cost, no we don’t need healthcare. Kids shoot each other in schools, it’s
Goldensands
Not the guns fault! What? Vast majority of school shootings happen in the US? So what?!? ... the amount of plights and debt you guys have
TatersWhatsTatersPrecious
Well he is a perfect representation of his supporters so.... Yay democracy?
KleptoKea
Yeah the American people sure know how to produce leaders don't they
ChrisMorray
As if the US has a democracy. Hah.
Seanspeed
It's enough of one that we could get rid of him if we really wanted to.
ChrisMorray
How did that work out last time y'all tried though?
Seanspeed
It's because we didn't try. We didn't care enough.
DonalDangerMaher
Perfection. Sad amount of downvotes. Some of those will be fake accounts, but, a depressing amount will be real people, who can vote.....
CherubCow
..Some may be down-voting because this is a copy-paste that has made the social media rounds repeatedly since February of 2019...
CherubCow
Oldest link I could find: https://worldofwonder.net/quora-nate-white-hilariously-answers-the-query-why-do-british-people-not-like-trump/
DonalDangerMaher
Fair enough. No harm reminding people though. It might help people actually think about what he's like, and ease off the yehaw a touch!
MrStarkLord
Also, the blatant falsehoods! "And like all trolls is never funny" how DARE you! I've seen some brilliant, fun trolling that was hilarious.
EvilMadMonk
SpasticTactician
If a shit stain had a shit stain on it.
MadMontyMN
He is a dirty dirty shizno
Datsinginguy
... and was in charge of the wealthiest most powerful nation in the world...
SpasticTactician
Well... nominally. It prefers to allow much cleverer shitstains to bend it to their will.
PaulTomblin
Trumpists don’t love him in spite of his flaws, they love him because he’s fundamentally like them - a bully, a racist, an idiot.
OlympicFail
“He’s just like me!” Is not a good sign about yourself.
MarioBoon
They love him BECAUSE he is mean to others
Rijtjeshuis
The man simply has no redeeming qualities. He's like collection of human flaws wearing a trench coat to pass for a person.
alecdshope
He has one: he's so stupidly ineffectual and fecklessly indecisive that he accomplishes far less evil than he wants to.
cearn
Indeed. Does he, as a person, have any admirable qualities at all? I've tried to think of some but always come up empty.
tacticusprime
He doesn't even seem to care about his family. I suppose it's in Barron's best interest not to be associated with him.
lnecrymm
For the sake of argument, can someone tell me one redeeming quality of his? He is potus, there must be at least one?
stormstereo
Good at creating buzz about the next unbelievable thing to deflect attention from the former?
CynicalEuropean
He will be a very useful future example. As in "well at least this president isn't as bad as Trump".
BlasphemousPigeon
We said "no one could ever be as bad as Bush (Jr)" and look what happened. Not only worse, but the worst ever. The bar keeps getting lower
imgjim
Like 911, he's exposed many flaws in the country very quickly, and with no hesitation. Knowing you have problems is the first step in fixing
Glitterfartjuice
Unfortunately, a significant minority, perhaps one third, of the American population will never admit he's made a mistake at all
AgnosticPaladin
For his supporters? His racism, his misogyny, his general hatred of liberals. For a decent human being? Umm...
UmmonPrime
No, I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire....
LetumComplexo
I mean, given he’d probably enjoy that...
imgonnahurtu
He's showing his despicable the GOP is, and how the absolute only thing they care about is maintaining power. No values, just dollars.
PerthAussieMike
Yup. I am sure I speak for most Australians when I say we quite agree. Sad that so many Americans cannot see exactly what he is
Shift137
I hate the man and hope he catches the Corona Virus and dies slowly while spreading it to other shitty politicians.
prodmerc
Totally unlike your PM :D
christiancantrell43bass3
Believe it or not, more than 2/3 of Americans cannot stand him. We are embarrassed beyond belief, and we will be correcting for this soon.
PerthAussieMike
I would like to think that is true but I think it will still be a very close call in November.
AWarningToOthers
Unfortunately the spineless GOP has been protecting him all this time.
Nalianna
Yet some of them voted for Scott. *sigh* we have our challenged people too.
PerthAussieMike
Our voting system is quite different. But yes, we have people voting for Hanson :(
Nalianna
I know, man. (I'm in Darwin). The PHoN supporters are rabid.
Datsinginguy
As an American I watch avidly every. Single. Day. For the moment his base realise what human garbage he is.
AgnosticPaladin
I hope that time will come, but i fear it won't.
noneofthemknewtheywererobots
I've been keeping a document to track when he does something terrible and/or stupid. I'm on page 57.
Datsinginguy
I would love to read that doc. When he took office I began one as well, but there was just... too much. I’m impressed you kept it going. +1
MwtsattyMartin
There are plenty down here who thinks the man walks on water too. Mostly the same nut jobs that want semi auto guns.
PerthAussieMike
They hear what they want to hear from him. That's how it works and Trump capitalises on that. He tells people what they want to hear.
IamTheNesT
"His flaws are fractal...." That was the most precise description of the guy...
inkpod
Is it referring to random growth?
setaymit
No, that the closer you look, the more flaws you see
TitoAndy
Even his flaws have flaws. Haha I loved that
Kim8them
Actually I lean towards Shakespeare of shit. But I like your one too !
krapmyself
Trump reminds me of alternate reality Biff from Back to the Future part 2.
shimmernshine
Or Daniel Clamp from Gremlins 2
PinPointSnarkuracy
Clamp was more believable and witty
shimmernshine
He also was genuinely well meaning, just ignorant.
Alkuam2
If I still had my DVD's I'd watch the commentary to see if they mention anything about that.
Vespy
And Baron Harkonnen, and Immortan Joe.
soromon
WrongUn
God yes!!! Bang on!
janeavrige7
Oh my God that is so spot on
janeavrige7
And reading the other comments, I now see why
fartharder
There’s a good reason for that.
PieAndPunch
I think that character was actually partially modeled after him
SecretAgentSuperBooger
Biff was directly based on Trump. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/back-to-the-future-writer-biff-is-donald-trump-190408/
fartulence
Ffffuuuck
6313326
https://variety.com/2015/film/news/back-to-the-future-donald-trump-biff-1201623760/ There's a reason for that.
krapmyself
krapmyself
ohicanrenamemyprofile
Biff is the same person from Back to the future 1,2&3 , oh you meant the age timeframe..
krapmyself
I meant the 1985 biff that's rich because of the almanac book from the future.
Alfadorfox
I'd argue he isn't completely the same person, as the original timeline, "improved" timeline, and "nightmare" timeline all gave him differen
Alfadorfox
t character development over thirty years of his life.
Ragebrew
He lacks the dignity, gravitas, grace, diligence, conviction, honor, respect, or vocabulary befitting a president. Fuck him with a rake.
YangKoete
Use a Garden Weasel.
Alkuam2
(sound)
Ragebrew
Watching him speak is just like this.
PerthAussieMike
And not the handle end...
Kim8them
His lack of vocab is fascinating . Really, very , great, tremendous and so on. It's like learnt these words in 4th grade and never any more
Datsinginguy
Why, will it help improve his defects?
patrolcarbine
Typical libtard hypocrite response. You espouse all those wonderful traits and then u end your rant with a vile and despicable comment. Sick
floofnmeeps
Hmm a rake.. interesting choice
WrongUn
he dont deserve a Hoe
Ragebrew
The other options are a cactus, a wirebrush, a morning star, or a barbwire bat. Variety is the spice of life.
Zyrixion
One of those kitchen graters. Much better.
Sigge1981
Insert a tube with barb wire inside of it into the anus, remove tube
Ragebrew
Alternative: A tube made out of coarse grain sandpaper, using fiberglass lube.
floofnmeeps
That's very specific
rhysthree7
Far too articulate for the base to absorb
vernicator
Select "hillbilly" in Google translate.
JayEnfield
None of them would ever read this. Not past the first sentence.
AWarningToOthers
Most of them would not be able to comprehend the article. To many big syllable words and no emojis.
noneforgretchenwieners
In summary - trump is ewwie and bad
KindofaBadPerson
I prefer the classic: Orange man bad.
HotsauceIsLethal
They only understand 140 characters or less that's why.
stormstereo
There's definitely truth to what you're saying. Several friends on social media shared weird stuff. Upon me proving the content false 1/2
stormstereo
The reply has often been "Haha, I only read the headline". But you decided to share anyway you nimwit. 2/2
floofnmeeps
Pretty sure it was his ability to be so articulate, in addition to being black, that made them hate Obama so badly
woodchucc3211
Pretty sure a lot of people voted for both
AgnosticPaladin
Some, but not a lot. There are studies.
papertiger09
They're anti-intellectual and racist. An educated black man is their greatest fear.
JayEnfield
Pretty sure it was the D next to his name.
shimmernshine
Or the H in the middle of his name.
JayEnfield
Still pretty sure it was the D next to his name.
shimmernshine
I met many a person that would not vote for him because his middle name is Hussein.
twisteddkarma
Boxingjedi
still think this makes a good background....
immortalbucket
Still
Datsinginguy
Ahem, international embarrassment.
Ragebrew
Days in total over presidency: 0
TylerDurden85
hey now wait a second there was that one tues....err..that one day in jan...no...nope you're right. 0.
SophieClockwise
Days of actually being a president: 0.
Utouto
13andido
AngryGraphicDesigner
It's funny how true this is
raosion
He could be talking about ANYONE :D
HiMyNameIsKevinIHaveChangnesia
Politics aside, I’m so fucking stoked for Kumial in the MCU, I hope he gets to bring some of his comedic personality into it.
FocacciaIsLife
That's a cover of Carly Simon's "You're so Vain."
mcoyle
Haha. Read this in his voice and inflection as Denish love it.
infiniteflux
Some dude will read this post. Read this comment. Won't comment. But will vote in November for Turdblossom. So ...ummm go vote yall.
Shane2017
Commented under a post specifically about someone describing Trump. Kind of rigging the results for this test to see if people knew.
ColoneISanders
I mean, if anyone knows anything about rigging results, it would be Trumpsters.
BrushesofDoom
There were kids back in school that would have the answers on the board and still fuck it up. Those are trump supporters
kinggaron
powerrangerpl
The greatest movie ever made. Change my mind.
CocaineAndSelfPleasure
No. It was just a tribute.
getotterhere
I don’t believe in god, I believe in science
BuckRavers
Don't believe in either my friend. Science is a system and only needs to be applied. ?
Mickeysofine
Yeah, he's really stupid. But, if I had seen this outside of a comment section on a post on Trump, I wouldn't know exactly who he meant.
Sparru
If it wasn't for this context who do you think he'd be talking about then?
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Sparru
Everybody knows his husband or child? You'd be ignoring rest of his message.
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SavvySillybug
I first saw it in the middle of a meme dump that had no Trump content. I absolutely knew who it was referring to.
Sandyundertones
I definitely have. The first time that I saw this it was for an unrelated post. The effect was the same.
esparadrapo
Give it time. That tweet will age like fine wine.
Youhavinagiraffe
Really, the only context I'd need to work this out is that it was posted within the last 4 years
HillCountryRambler
twozerooz
Everyone else would know.
justeandj
It was the morning after the disinfectant press conference. For that moment in time, zero context was really needed.
Mickeysofine
Ah, if I had watched Trump's conferences and seen this tweet the day after that particular one, I would've made the connection.
Mickeysofine
I don't often watch foreign leader's press conferences, to be clear.
BishlamekGurpgork
I mean, I wouldn't be certain, but I'd bet $20 on it.
werrywerry
I saw it on it's own. I knew exactly who he meant and admired the genius of it.
werrywerry
For instance, you could put this in a camment section about someone else who is stupid, and everyone will say "that's about Trump, stupid"
Mickeysofine
I could probably guess, since Trump would've been in my top three. But, I don't know this guy, he could've been talking about his toddler.
Sparru
Every person reading that knows his toddler?
Thugnificient
Trump is our toddler
OnlyPositiveFavourites
I have just one problem with this: if he was so stupid, how did he con so many Americans into voting for him? Stupidity isn't the word for
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thatmangodude
Right place, right time. There were similar extreme-conservative wins in elections globally, not just U.S.
davidrzr
Brexit being a good example.
prodmerc
They're just as stupid and they like someone who will step up and shout "We are not stupid!"
DorianBlack
U need to understand. Trump doesnt "connect" with them. THEY connect their sensibilities to him.
DorianBlack
He embodies the distilled delusional aspirations a swath of Americans have always vicariously lived and fed on.
mop82
48 states have a "winner take all" system
adamantos
You do know that election strategy is not made by a single person, but by a very well paid team of experts, right..?
OnlyPositiveFavourites
He hired them, etc. He can't be stupid, he is insanely rich, swindled his way into keeping it, got several women to marry him etc etc
Nedster64
Populism connects with many people, even educated ones. But esp with the lower educated since it's just talking down on others without 1/2
Nedster64
having to do positive things yourself. We see it in the Netherlands too. You don't have to be educated to cheer when someone says it's 2/2a
Nedster64
someone others' fault.
OnlyPositiveFavourites
him, its something more sly and malingering.
theresgarlicinthatnebula
He's a useful idiot, the people using him are sly and malingering.
Cryolith
Those people are also stupid, so to them, Trump sounds smart.
dasklaus
He did not con people into voting him. Bad people see themselves in him, and think that's a good thing. "I'd have a beer with him" etc.
NimbleStampcrab
Yes, but he did con those that were foolish enough to believe his empty promises. Like Mexico paying for the wall, & bringing back the jobs.
NimbleStampcrab
Unfortunately those people would rather live in denial & keep supporting him, rather than admit they were fooled.
dasklaus
Also he has people conning for him. Fox news and the rich.
FocacciaIsLife
He’ll always score high among those who want to hear “America-first” rhetoric, “traditional values”, merit over hand-outs, and restoration
FocacciaIsLife
2/ of “our” proper place on top. Also, he won because his opponent was seen as hopelessly corrupt and unfit because of her husband and
FocacciaIsLife
3/ that she was a woman. (Source: I live in a rural town that is mostly Trump country and I’ve spent q few years trying to understand your
FocacciaIsLife
4/ question exactly.) Also, many people won’t vote for a democrat because they think voting democrat kills unborn babies.
SisterMidnight
I don’t think he has low IQ, I think he has terrible judgment. He appeals to the basest nature of society, and knows how to manipulate
Michaels365
He is a (stable) genius at one thing: getting attention. Unfortunately he can fool some of the people all the time.
QuantumBits
He's mentally ill, everything else arises from that. Everything is about him in some way and he never sees anything he does as a mistake.
Mandarinduckmama
Quintessential Narcissist.
SnakuPlisskin
Is there a stronger word than quintessential? I feel like he needs a stronger word. Like Decassential narcissist. Or dodecassential.
QuantumBits
Narcissist mixed with sociopath/psychopath. Anything that ever goes wrong from his decisions was someone else's fault.
OnlyPositiveFavourites
Exactly. Calling him stupid is like calling Hitler a monster, it boxes him up and others him and makes it too easy to dismiss the impact
SisterMidnight
You are spot on.
mimomisu
I kind of do agree with all that but how do you explain the way he talks? he cannot put a coherent sentence together even when written.
OnlyPositiveFavourites
Oh i'm not advocating for 'trump is an eloquent genius', just don't dismiss his entirety as 'stupid'
Mandarinduckmama
I attribute his simplistic speech to having foreign born wives. English was their second language, his mother's too, I think.
SisterMidnight
His core supporters, the rabid ones, see intelligence as a form of elitism. If you use big words they don’t use, you aren’t in touch w/ them
punkininstigator
The fact that this has 18 downvotes means that 18 people recognised that ‘breathtakingly stupid’ referred to their president.
GQPisadeathcult
They are to snowflakey to defend their leader and opinion.
VeryOk
That’s exactly what I was thinking, any downvote is further reassurance that the statement is true
witheredspoon
but then again, ... so is any upvote!
punkininstigator
Now 26
Mandarinduckmama
Hahahahaha!!!!
mollymook
We've had vicious kings and we've had idiot kings, but I don't know if we've ever been cursed with a vicious idiot for a king.
IAmAngry
Don't wary it will be over by 2024
ScrapyardCosmonaut
https://i.imgur.com/fobVwTS
licmasack
As was said - we don’t have a King in Trumptwat. That’s why the Founding Fathers commited treason against the Crown in 1775 to begin with.
HeroThatWasNeeded
I'd take Joffrey over Trump, at least Joffrey let competent people do his job.
kroveone
To soon
geneparmesan07
We don’t have a king. We live in an anarcho-syndicate commune where we rotate having sort of an executive officer for the week
Leithoa
*syndaclist
isitmyturn
*syndicalist
ChaosSound
trump is a joffery.
WoodyGoodman
Donald Joffery Trump
ThePastmaster
Joffrey at least had some class to him and could be somewhat eloquent when he had to.
Warutteri
Don't insult Joffery like that, he was not only smarter but he wasn't half as petty or evil as Trump is, if Trump had absolute power like 1/
Warutteri
Joffery did he would be a million times more horrid than Joffery was even at his worst. 2/2
TogepiOmelette
Cersei and Jamie are...?
Leithoa
Trump thinks he's jamie & hopes his daughter thinks shes cersei
CptJohnYossarian
Joffrey could speak in complete, fluent sentences.
DuckyofDeath123
I rather liked Joffrey. He didn't let his uncle outwit him, he took zero shit from anyone and he made his mother cry in fear and in anguish.
DevilDolly
Joffrey may have been the devil but he was quite cunning and you gotta admire that. Trump.. is embarrassing.
RickyTickyB
I agree 100%. I think he will become far more wealthy due to his time in office. And I also believe that’s all he really cares about.
SomeCrazyNerd
Not very cunning. He is not the stupidest person but he was persistently ignorant, lazy, hypocritical, stubborn, petty and overconfident.
MyRespectableAlterEgo
A couple of the Charles-es were rather nasty, and Henry VIII had some very Trumpian tendencies... but we always hated them.
SomeCrazyNerd
Which Charles?
MyRespectableAlterEgo
The first one springs to mind most readily, though Charles III probably pursued his perceived birthright the most rabidly.
SomeCrazyNerd
Charles III? There is no Charles III of England? Are you talking France or Spain?
MyRespectableAlterEgo
AKA Bonnie Prince Charlie - whilst Regent I think he went by Charles III... or am I wrong?
Hutchy01
Charles the First has to be our idiot king, they made 72 overtures of peace to him before he got the extreme haircut
SomeCrazyNerd
Charles was in some actually a nerd. He was however also likely insecure and he seems to have overcompensated
MyRespectableAlterEgo
Fragile masculinity and absolute power rarely mix well. Frail, bookish, "weak" kings often overcorrected with bloody consequences.
MyRespectableAlterEgo
He demonstrates the problem with royalty: people born into power can't conceive of a world where it's compromised, so to try and take any (1
MyRespectableAlterEgo
is - to them - as unthinkable as taking it all. This leads to extreme measures when reasonable concessions were all that were needed. (2)
SomeCrazyNerd
I mean, I don't want to stan here, but his James I was an enthusiast for compromise so he might have been different
MyRespectableAlterEgo
Parallels are obvious today - embodied most egregiously in Rees Mogg: power & wealth are existential traits, not situational phenomena.
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
He truly is a despicable person.
Prattville
So is Trump
TheWombatStrikesAgain
To paraphrase from an infamous review: "Saying he should be burned is an insult to fire."
ButtblasterMcAssmaster
Trump is the embodiment of human evil. He lacks any positive quality, while possessing almost every single negative trait imaginable.
DevilDolly
My grandmother lectured me on Sunday about how trump's leadership was foretold in the bible and ppl like me would soon see the light ?
TheOneAndOnlyButtStabber
Good lord. Hitler existed and other horrible leaders outside the US also exist and were far worse then Dipshit
DevilDolly
Lmao love your name. I know there are worse out there than Trump, but hid worshippers are making him bigger than he should be. He's a 1/2
DevilDolly
Man being treated like an infallible being, his followers blindly ignoring how he continues to break laws in plain sight. Its weird
ButtblasterMcAssmaster
His support among religious fundamentalists is bizarre, considering he is pretty much the physical manifestation of Christian sin.
Goldensands
It’s not. Cult follows cult. Stupid follows stupid.
Goldensands
You merely give far 2 much unwarranted respect for said cults
DevilDolly
I dont understand how he has won over so many, but it feels fkn unnatural. I think he might actually be evil personified
BuffBadwell
I agree. That writer has no idea what he's talking about and seems hateful
Gosuamakenatek
Not to be a grammar nazi, but you misspelled "Trump" as "That writer". Other than that, you're totally right.
Jokerthehulk
jaboiLD
........he seems hateful? Commander in chief treats pretty much everyone like human garbage
FistsWithPassion
Well.. one point he brings up that I concur with - Trump is humorless. I’ve not seen him make a joke that wasn’t at someone’s expense.
JayEnfield
He accidentally did a pretty good stand up routine at the UN general assembly the one time. ;)
SecretAgentSuperBooger
Gosuamakenatek
Comedians who worked with him on the comedy central roast confirmed this. Dude literally has no idea how humor works.
BuffBadwell
I don't know. By many accounts he is rather funny
WilliamElse
Tell me one joke he's made.
FistsWithPassion
Looking? Absolutely... but humorless never the less.
CulturallyEmbiggened
I've never seen him adequately pull off a joke. Sometimes he says things in a funny voice or gives someone a silly nickname, thats about it.
BuffBadwell
I was just reading an article that was saying part of his success with his humor is that his opponents take it as face value, whereas his >
Jokerthehulk
SecretAgentSuperBooger
hungrybookworm
The word you are looking for is ridiculous.
highfiveskittens
TigerThong
the guy takes money from childrens charity, didn't rent to blacks, makes fun of vets/the disabled. how do people find a way to defend that
b0bbafet
SubtleOrc
5uperu5er
The writer hit the nail on the head lol
TitoAndy
Haha I thought the left were supposed to be the snowflakes. A little sand in your vagina? ?
kinggaron
Well placed sarcasm is also a skill highly esteemed by the Brits...
BuffBadwell
Jokerthehulk
Edgekrsher
Lots of sand
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
In many ways this is why Johnson has such support in England (not the rest of the UK, mind) because he is seen as a loveable oaf, even.. /2
MaxximumB
Why do people either forget or forgive Boris' racist behaviour? He's a bully and a liar too, but a lot of Brits gloss over it. I despise him
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
If it's any consolation there are a lot of us who do not forget it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPmY2aPj9kY
MaxximumB
The one thing I hope, is that during his first hand experience of the NHS whilst he was ill, he realised how good the NHS is and could be.
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
Nah, it'll be standard tory stuff. Cameron claimed the NHS saved the life of his daughter, yet oversaw some of the strictest cuts.
JPBStory
Which makes it all the more terrifying that his positions and goals align so closely with Trump's.
BloodyStupidJohnson
His own parents would, and have disagreed with you on that.
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
His brother famously put the knife into him, although his family are rallying round now he is PM.
SnackMyBitchUp
Man I fucking hate Boris. I don't even know anyone that likes him which makes me even sadder we have to put up with that embarrassment.
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
As a Scot, I'm torn in disliking him for being a dick but also thanking him for now putting independence support well above 50%
Steveisalreadytaken
Don't know where this came from. Johnson is a shaved orangutan, biologically incapable of telling the truth. Also, he's a racist 1/2
Steveisalreadytaken
a bully, a wife-beater, a serial adulterer, a cokehead, a hypocrit, a homophobe and an alcoholic. In short, a complete cunt.
MaxximumB
Can't really argue with that.
SpaceGK
He certainly looks like Trump. I think it's mostly the hair
quinnshon
I can't stand the posh twat. Utterly dismayed that his party managed to sway a few too many northerners to his cause :/
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
I'm not entirely surprised, Corbyn was desperate not to piss off the Northern English because that is Labour heartland, but the vast.. /2
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
2/ ..majority of them swallowed the bullshit lies about Brexit and Corbyn (and Labour) had a very weak message on it.
WrongUn
a few? this election was a disaster.
MaxximumB
Corbyn doesn't understand the average Brit. He was too far left for most of them. Although dumping Trident would solve a lot of our /2
MaxximumB
financial problems. Boris is too keen to jump into bed with Trump and sell off the UK to any buyer.
DiabolicalStench
Johnson is a very clever man masquerading as a buffoon. Trump is a buffoon trying to masquerade as a clever man.
cogphn
Truth
UndeadLahmacun
Very well put!
Narwhilian
Exactly. Last Week Tonight actually did a whole piece on Johnson and how the buffoon thing is all just an act https://youtu.be/dXyO_MC9g3k
l8lurker
Really? Well that „I have no Brexit plan“ is on point then.
MatthewJohnsona
How dare you sum up British politics so accurately in two lines!
Chocolatecoveredmoose
“I’m not a doctor but I’ve got a very good... you know what”
punkininstigator
And he’s not even doing the masquerading well. Literally saying the words ‘I am smart’ is not good improv
CPTNNemo
exactly and thats why I think Johnson is far more dangerous than Trump and cant understand why people vote for people like these two
atrayyou
Idk about more dangerous. And people voted for Boris because they only saw Labour as an alternative, who are unelectably inept at economics
Mandarinduckmama
Because, in truth, the public is tired of career polititions. But at least they don't light fire to everything accomplished like Trump has.
daguq
Seeing how he handles being PM, I'm not so sure he's all that clever. Witty, perhaps, but not clever.
BoneyBob
He definitely should have listened to different scientists and doctors when this whole mess started.
daguq
Unless "herd immunity" is still the policy they are following. Which seems to be the case.
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
It's certainly telling that Johnson would never describe himself as "a genius" stable or otherwise even though he is clearly considerably /2
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
2/ more intelligent than Trump. Not so intelligent as not to get Covid after boasting about shaking hands with everyone, or not so .. /3
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
3/ ..intelligent as to not say black people have "watermelon smiles" but certainly more intelligent.
DiabolicalStench
Certainly intelligent enough to shelve the bumbling idiot persona during the COVID-19 pandemic.
bogpot
Is Johnson really that clever. Did you see his speech on Sunday. Which had to be pre-recorded so he could do it without fucking up again.
Mandarinduckmama
Better than Trump's third grade reading level he uses to cold read his speeches.
Youhavinagiraffe
Johnson does put on his bumbling persona but he isn't clever. His record as foreign sec and mayor of London contain many stupid failures
sandmannet
The comparison is Trump here. Boris looks like fucking Einstein next to Trump.
DiabolicalStench
In an interview before his rise to PM, Johnson admitted that he puts on the bumbling fool persona after learning in Uni that it allowed him
404GravitassNotFound
He's also clever enough to disappear a lot so he can't make as many mistakes. Trump disappears to golf courses but is still vocal on Twitter
Gobjin
“It’s better to keep your mouth shut, and be thought stupid, than open your mouth and confirm it”
Mandarinduckmama
I like it.
404GravitassNotFound
"Speech is silver, silence is golden"
DiabolicalStench
Get away with mistakes he'd make, or controversial decisions/actions that he would otherwise be held accountable for.
DiabolicalStench
John Oliver did a good segment on it: https://youtu.be/dXyO_MC9g3k
Sarcgasm
He's not stupid, but he's not smart bay any means. He's certainly a nasty peace of work tho. His former boss Max Hastings said “Boris is a
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
I'm not sure if it's quite as targetted, although Oliver of all the political commentators that the US is exposed to would have a legacy /2
cptmaj
Boris became Prime Minister for the same reason Donald became president . The 'powers that be' gave choices of Kang or Kodos.
HeCalledMeCheifPiggum
It's a two party system. You have to vote for one of us!
Xdeddc
I dont know. Jeremy Corbyn seemed like a good alternative that got slandered by bogus allegations of anti semitism.
HeCalledMeCheifPiggum
As much as he has faults, I'd much prefer him in charge than what we have. Situations like this require empathy, a trait 0 Tories have.
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
Corbyn is a liar and coward though, and while I'd rather have him in power than Johnson, the establishment would have hammered him.
HeCalledMeCheifPiggum
As is Johnson. He lied throughout the Leave campaign and he's still lying through the pandemic but I agree. Corbyn would have faced vitriol.
Secsletariat
I'm gonna be honest - I think we would be worse off under Corbyn. He would have made better decisions on the whole, but people in general >>
Secsletariat
>> would react awfully if he's the one telling them to lock down, and the papers would be eviscerating him for every move. Lockdown would >>
SinisterBillMurray
I expected it to be a shit show when he became PM. However, so far, he's actually doing ok. Especially given the he current climate.
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
He's done a stellar job in boosting the case for Scottish independence.
nordicKitten
In all fairness, the SNP have been driving any and all cases to claim independence, and it worries me as a border brit 1/-
nordicKitten
because how are we just supposed to deal with the fact that there’s now suddenly a whole different political system over our neighbours.. 2/
nordicKitten
..and friends who live a skip and a hop away and it’s always been tight knit across the border
Ontheloobrowsing
I agree, but I imagine a fair few choice decisions may have flown under the radar.
bogpot
Ok? Seriously. Wow.
HeCalledMeCheifPiggum
Yeah only 30k dead. What a triumph...
SinisterBillMurray
I didn't say he's great, but I personally think May would be doing worse as I always felt she couldn't make decisions. Also there's debates
SinisterBillMurray
As to whether we're reporting our deaths differently to other countries. So if say a cancer patient gets covid, are other countries classing
SinisterBillMurray
That as a cancer related death, where we'd class it as covid? Although all info on this is vague, it'd explain a lot.
Crowlands
"I think May would be doing worse." Hardly a compliment. "Yes this lion is mauling me to death, but I think a bear would hurt more."
SinisterBillMurray
A great analogy mind. I just expected him to be doing far worse!
DuckyofDeath123
Johnson, despite getting you into the shit w/ Brexit and initial COVID response, is at least learning. He's a shit show, but he's not Trump.
SinisterBillMurray
Yeah, I mean I think Theresa May would be doing far worse. Just my opinion.
Crowlands
"Not Trump" is... Not the highest hurdle to cross. But it's one I'd be willing to give him.
Mandarinduckmama
Hehehehe...
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
2/ ..though he is fond of hate speech and will happily contradict and lie in the same way (although not to the extent) Trump does. Many.. /3
satanslittleposter
Maybe not to the same extent, but his career from the very beginning has been based on lies. Care for a regulation bent banana?
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
3/ ..people from outside the UK have seen Johnson looking like an absolute mess - whether stuck on a high wire or wearing mismatched and /4
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
4/ ..ill fitting clothes - but he does it with no vanity. Admittedly he has the brains to back up his shit, and he is, to me, an anathema /5
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WilliamElse
Not a Boris fan (for the same reasons as listed in the comments above) but when you read his writing, even if you disagree with him, it's...
bookthief
John Oliver did a really interesting piece on Boris that explains it really well. Boris is smart but uses it to take the easy way out.
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
His academic qualifications for one.
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
5/ ..of what a good leader should be, but it's his flaws that make him (for some, certainly not all and not me) popular.
Seethreepeeoh
Good thesis, but don't fall for the Professor Quirrell act. Fucker's got dark shit going on behind the scenes.
R3mmy
He's a cheap bozo backed by the Sun
PhilippeFalloppe
As odious as he is, you could never call him stupid or humourless at least
Boltagon58
Johnson might look smart compared to Trump, but he isn't. He's the lowest commom denominator of UKs nationalists.
DontFilmVerticallyAsshole
For me Johnson is a Mini Trump. He may use more complicated words but is just the same kind of Untermensch.
Thalesine
As a very progressive person, Johnson is a liberal dream politician. He's a well spoken, likeable, adherent to the status quo.
SaphirasSexDoll
He's basically British Trump, but with a huge level of craftiness, and the ability to poke fun at himself.
hoefty
I don't like Boris as a leader but I'd probably have a blast hanging out with him. Trump seems like the worst kind of "friend" imaginable
HerrBisch
Agreed.
CulturallyEmbiggened
Well put!
EuclidianCoitus
You know he wears his clothes like that and acts dumb on purpose right? It's an act to disarm his hate politics
Blethigg
I agree, except Boris doesn't have brains, he has bluster and a smattering of Latin.
paulhollywood9
Obviously Johnson wasn't that clever. He messed up the Corona crisis in UK really bad.
kitamuramiike
I see clever as using intelligence to serve or save oneself, and smart as using it to accomplish other tasks. Johnson is clever, not smart
Crowlands
While I usually use Hanlon's razer... Nah, it's not a matter of intelligence, it's a matter of utter disregard for human life.
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
* England, he is only responsible for health advice and legislation in one of the four nations in the UK.
DamascusFire
Wales is doing alright in terms of Corona as far as I can tell, my town in particular seems to be almost entirely void of it
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
Tough one is going to be stopping the English from coming across the border. As a Scot our leadership have been quite clear. Enter.. /2
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
2/ ..Scotland and you are under Scottish law. This means non-essential travel is banned and you'll be huckled back down South with a fine.
paulhollywood9
True, but whatever policy enacted for England will affect the whole of UK one way or the other.
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
To an extent, it's a difficult one to detail in 140 chars but I'm guessing you will be aware of the extent (or not) of the devolved.. /2
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
2/ ..powers and the Barnett Formula.
scroobiusgav
Sturgeon was on TV here in Scotland before he announced the lockdown changes telling the whole country not to listen to him.
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
Yeah, Sturgeon whether you are a fan of hers or not (and I'll admit I am) has been pretty clear and consistent. At the same time she's.. /2
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
2/ ..not been using this for a political agenda, unlike the tories up here who have been trying to play the game which is to be expected /3
Crowlands
Was anyone able to shut down the borders to Scotland and Wales?
JustAFlamingoInDisguise
No. I'm Welsh and there have already been people caught travelling here from England.
DamascusFire
I don't believe you. I have great cause to believe you're actually a Flamingo, not a Welshie
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
Interestingly there has already been the message, come to Scotland and you are under Scottish jurisdiction, which means if you are.. /2
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
2/ ..travelling about without it being essential you will be fined, and sent back across the border. There have been reports of police.. /3
CaptainMisanthropy
Watching people defend the tories handling of the Covid genuinely makes me sick to my stomach.
WilliamElse
I'm absolutely not a Tory supporter but I don't think their handling of the COVID has been terrible. Could have been better in many...
WilliamElse
...areas but I don't think any party's response would have been perfect (Labour have been changing their suggested responses pretty...
WilliamElse
...regularly, for example, but have the luxury of not being held to account for anything). They are at least following the guidance of...
WilliamElse
...health experts, which is the most important thing.
Raveyard2407
If you assess the handling within the UK it's very poor. But comparing the response to the trump adminstration he looks good by comparison -
Raveyard2407
Which isn't to say he is any good, just the trump adminstration response is so catastrophic, it's difficult to do any worse..
Illand
I don't know, 32K deaths for the UK against 83K for the USA, Johnson actually let a bigger proportion of his population die from it.
Illand
Not saying Trump managed well, because fuck no he didn't, but I don't think Johnson did better there.
Crowlands
Yeah, I mean, if you compare getting stabbed 100 times, a bullet to the head isn't that bad!
HappyOuroboros
whst is so bad about the tory response? we all have 80% of our salaries covered, and have an enforced lockdown. i aint saying its perfect 1/
MaxximumB
33,000 dead people. Everything they did was late or half arsed.
TrapsAreIllegal
I mean, they tried to get herd immunity when everyone knew that wasn't an option...
HeCalledMeCheifPiggum
Taking a holiday instead of attending Cobra meetings, telling people how to not catch the virus, ignoring his own rules and catching it...
HappyOuroboros
but far far off being sick to your stomach. /2
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
As someone who is certainly no tory sympathiser, I have to admit to being surprised by the level of support across the board. Albeit they /2
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
2/ painted themselves into a corner a bit by winning in traditional Labour heartlands like the North of England so they couldn't really.. /3
CaptainMisanthropy
Timeline of why we're the 2nd worst hit country in the world. https://appeasement.org
drugieuk5772
Second worst hit on what scale? If you're looking at deaths per capita we've done very well compared to the rest of Europe.
turbogVillain
Deaths per capita? How many times a person dies in uk?
CaptainMisanthropy
Italy, Spain and Belgium the only countries worse per capita and were very quickly catching them. And we had weeks more warning.
HappyOuroboros
that is not true, you cant go off of total deaths, we have a much higher population that most European countries. if you go off of cases 1/
HappyOuroboros
per 1 million then you places like ireland, italy, and switzerland being ranked worse. and i dont really trust most stats outside 2/
mytapeworm
Late to lockdown, early to leave, confused messaging and directives, second highest death toll in the world, lack of PPE for NHS and care...
dpflug
A better comparison might be deaths per million: https://covid19dashboards.com/covid-compare-permillion/ Puts you third, though.
mytapeworm
Sector causing unnecessary deaths of frontline staff, no quarantine of international arrivals and the most damning of all a lack of testing.
mytapeworm
Which is widely regarded as key to controlling epidemics and pandemics by every qualified epidemiologist and wider organisation in the field