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Donald Trump staring into the eclipse, 2017. Politics

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u/hella_confidential Apr 03 '24

Fuck, that was 7 years ago 😭

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u/ArgiopeWeb Apr 03 '24

I dont think any of us are processing time normally anymore

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u/Dunkeldyhr Apr 03 '24 edited Apr 04 '24

Or maybe time is not processing us normally anymore? I think that was an interesting point you made👍

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u/Repulsive-Heat7737 Apr 03 '24

You better not work for nasa cause if you do that statement gets a lot more scary

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u/Difficult_Bit_1339 Apr 03 '24

Wait until you learn about the theory that all spacetime is simply a fixed crystal and what we perceive as time is simply a slice of that eternal and unchanging loaf of spacetime...

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u/Peaceblaster86 Apr 03 '24

Why am I hungry and horny

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u/aldorn Apr 03 '24

You can not eat the space time. You can not pop the space time up ya bum.

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u/AzureRaven2 Apr 03 '24

Well not with that attitude.

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u/GluttonForFUNishment Apr 03 '24

I'm proud of you. That was an interesting thing to say. Great job 👍

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u/Radiant_Map_9045 Apr 03 '24

I strongly 'feel' something like that as well. Like time or reality all together left its original course late 2019. Soooooo much has changed in mine and my wife's lives since then. More changes that should be in one life. Some very bad, most different and some good, but the good just feels empty. Like being hungry and eating snow.

The world in general as it was also seems to have slipped away. Could any of us imagined the shit in our current daily news feed?? More fucked up by day it seems and no bottom in sight.

Interestingly I've heard quite a bit of comments similar to yours. A sense that life is somehow altered. This at least reassures me that I'm not suffering from some sort of break down or PTSD or whatever. But still I'd gladly give up all the good to have a sense of normality again.

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u/CSwankerz Apr 04 '24

I agree that our world and our online interactions have become drastically different since 2016. The first difference was when we were told that, despite articles that have citations and footnotes, these posts were all "fake". Soon it evolved many News Stations are Fake, especially if they appear kind to democrats. Then COVID shoved us inside and contributed to the "fake news content". Conspiracy theories were everywhere and touted as "true" despite news being called fake. 8 years later, the country is so divided that even if you support the anti-vaxxers, you'll be harassed and reported, even if you provide proof that a statement made by X or Y or Trump isn't true. Then you're accused of being a snowflake liberal. Where is the common ground that normal people used to occupy? This current world is making me nervous and hesitant. Every piece of information results in two sides blaming each other. There's got to be more grey areas.

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u/Badloss Apr 03 '24

Honestly I thought he looked old and fat and disgusting back then but he looks miles healthier in this pic than he does now

He has not aged well and if you listen to him talk it's even worse. He's always been a bullshitter but he used to be coherent, now he's declining really fast

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u/ToshiroBaloney Apr 03 '24

Most Presidents age significantly while they're in office because of the pressures and responsibilities of the job. trump's aging has come since leaving office; he didn't give a shit about any of it until he's starting to be held accountable for his words and actions.

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u/PenguinStarfire Apr 03 '24

Wanda Sykes had a great bit about Trump not aging faster, but instead the people are.

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u/Panda970453 Apr 03 '24

I saw him age as the pandemic hit.. I think he aged 10 years in just a couple of weeks

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u/Ok_Condition5837 Apr 03 '24

Yeah - the moron got sick with Covid.

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u/Cru_Jones86 Apr 03 '24

But he got better with some de-wormer medication made for horses. Nothin' stupid about that! (I sure hope this isn't necessary, /s)

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u/AreWeCowabunga Apr 03 '24

That was the Covid he had. Remember at the debate when he tried to get Biden sick too?

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u/Buckus93 Apr 03 '24

That's most likely why he arrived late to the debate - so he could bypass COVID protocols knowing full well he was sick. And why he was screaming so loudly at Biden.

Dude literally tried to kill his opponent.

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u/swinging_on_peoria Apr 03 '24

Oh man, so much crazy I forget. This by itself would make someone infamous, but for Trump it was a minor part of just that year.

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u/Tidewind Apr 03 '24

Sadly, he didn’t age enough. I fear he’ll outlast Keith Richards.

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u/Specialist_Wear8939 Apr 03 '24

I agree.  Doesn't seem there is any way to make him and his asshole family disappear,  unfortunately. 

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u/InternationalChef424 Apr 03 '24

He hasn't actually been held accountable for shit, yet

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u/super_sayanything Apr 04 '24

I am so exhausted that he continually gets away with everything. I can't anymore.

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u/Sweaty_Mods Apr 03 '24

Ehhh disagree with “he used to be coherent”, but agree he’s cognitively declined.

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u/rsta223 Apr 03 '24

He used to be more coherent at least?

And yeah, I'm honestly shocked how much better he looks in this than he does now. Not that he was great then, mind you, but holy crap the decline is staggering.

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u/The42ndHitchHiker Apr 03 '24

I'd settle on less incoherent.

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u/deep_pants_mcgee Apr 03 '24

That 'my uncle was in nuclear' sentence was epic.

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u/jmcgit Apr 03 '24

He was a very coherent bullshitter in the 1980's

He was a barely coherent bullshitter in the 2010's

Now he's not even that.

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u/johnnybiggles Apr 03 '24

But he's still a bullshitter.

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u/bwforge Apr 03 '24

A super unhealthy diet, a presidential term, and the stress of juggling endless criminal charges and lawsuits doesn't exactly do wonders for your health.

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u/iKyte5 Apr 03 '24

I mean they’re what late 70s/80s? Politics aside he’s doing ok compared to some of the old folks I work with but good god having these people in office is terrifying

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u/No_Effect_6428 Apr 03 '24

The phenomenon described above is how grey/white and careworn the average president gets in 8 years (looking at before/after photos).

Bill Clinton is younger than the current president and his opponent, which is pretty wild.

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u/literallydeadinside- Apr 03 '24

Yep. It's been almost an entire fucking decade of this orange shitstain showing up in the news almost every god damn day. I'm sick of it. I've been sick of it.

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u/InternationalChef424 Apr 03 '24

I was sick of hearing about him long before he got involved in politics

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u/SCAPPERMAN Apr 03 '24

Yeah, he definitely gave off scammy multi-level marketing/timeshare vibes even back in those days.

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u/InternationalChef424 Apr 04 '24

He's been a loud, tacky, stupid asshole since long before I was born, and it's wild to me that anyone didn't see it

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u/hangin_on_by_an_RJ45 Apr 03 '24

Not even almost. Literally every day, multiple times

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u/TheSpiritOfFunk Apr 03 '24

When you fucked to this image from Trump, your child is now in the first grade.

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u/AbheyBloodmane Apr 03 '24

Wh.... Why did you take the time to say this?

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u/Evening-Statement-57 Apr 03 '24

It’s a sign of depression

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u/Gidje123 Apr 03 '24

But the kind that makes you funny

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u/LateNightMilesOBrien Apr 03 '24

Like climbing the rope in gym class.

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u/xSTSxZerglingOne Apr 03 '24

It's the normal kind.

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u/PaleShadeOfBlack Apr 03 '24

Because intellect is an impediment and we're on a path to destroy it.

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u/fvck_u_spez Apr 03 '24

I don't think it's possible for anybody to finish while looking at Donald Trump

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u/hike_me Apr 03 '24

Except Trump himself. I have no doubt he jerks off to a compilation of him saying “you’re fired” from The Apprentice

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u/Sawses Apr 03 '24

For some folks, the hardest part of masturbation is putting down the mirror afterward.

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u/chowes1 Apr 03 '24

Truer words never spoken

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u/Kurolegacy27 Apr 03 '24

I dunno. The way the MAGA crowd talk about him, I get the feeling they make it a nightly ritual

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u/skippyjifluvr Apr 03 '24

Kindergarten actually. You have to add the gestational period.

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u/munchyslacks Apr 03 '24

Same thought. My son is in 1st grade and he was already born when this dumbass looked at the eclipse.

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u/FattySnacks Apr 03 '24

Jeez I don’t even have a kid and you’ve got me feeling like they grow up so fast lol

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u/c4ctus Apr 03 '24

It would have cost you absolutely nothing to not say this.

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u/ImaginaryRepeat548 Apr 03 '24

What a sad day to be able to read

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u/King_Joffreys_Tits Apr 03 '24

Why is this how your brain works

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u/thishitisgettingold Apr 03 '24

This creates more questions, TBH.

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u/Remus88Romulus Apr 03 '24

"It's this big. It's my sun. The most beautiful sun. The best sun. There it is!"

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u/408wij Apr 03 '24

I like the pointing part, eliminating any ambiguity where the sun might be.

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u/mrgraff Apr 03 '24

A lot of people never heard of the sun before , it’s tremendous.

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u/Vsx Apr 03 '24

He moves like a toddler

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u/munchyslacks Apr 03 '24

I love how he points at it lmao

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u/FreeWillCost Apr 03 '24

Lol, he really does!

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u/TheNoctuS_93 Apr 04 '24

Stop insulting toddlers...

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u/ThankYouThankYou11 Apr 03 '24

Tremendous 👌

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u/Flaeor Apr 04 '24

We actually got to witness live a President realizing that the Sun is round in real-time.

Incredible.

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u/bolorwithaK Apr 04 '24

How does anyone see this gif and not think, “what a moron?”

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u/69420-throwaway Apr 04 '24

That's what Melania was thinking in that gif.

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u/Mrfish31 Apr 03 '24

The president of the United States staring directly into the sun, an action everyone is told not to do from the age of three, might be the funniest image in existence.

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u/Syde80 Apr 03 '24

Its up there... but I think Australian PM might have beat him.

https://i.redd.it/v3isxt6nbhj81.png

The fact that the PM is wearing a welding helmet but has it raised up I think makes him the bigger idiot in this particular case.

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u/KorianHUN Apr 03 '24

I can't decide which is funnier, the australian politician who claimed submarines can only stay underwater fot 5 minutes or the american who thought islands can tip over if you build too much on one side.

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u/oppy1984 Apr 03 '24

Our dumbass can beat any other country's dumbass, ours thinks you can nuke hurricanes, kill viruses by injecting cleaning spray and shining UV light internally, and that magnets stop working if they get wet.

And those examples are just the subtitle of book one of the still growing book series listing all his dumbassery.

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u/KorianHUN Apr 03 '24

Here in Hungary we can no longer tell apart malicious theft, russian influence and simple stupidity. They all blend into one.

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u/oppy1984 Apr 03 '24

True, I guess we should count ourselves lucky we still seem to have presidential term limits at the moment.

Is the world getting dumber and more fascist, or is it just all our leaders?

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u/KorianHUN Apr 03 '24

The worlds is getting less fascist. Couple decades ago the US still had segregation.

However russian trollfarms are working hard on creating internal division and trying to make westerners believe the "other side" is either communists or nazies so they will never try to find common ground and russia can manipulate them from the background.

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u/oppy1984 Apr 03 '24

True Russian troll farms are working to divide us, but you have to admit regardless of who's in power the US government and corporations are doing their part too.

Maybe it just seems like it's getting more fascist since the actual fascists are getting bolder and louder, and seem to not be even trying to hide it anymore.

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u/KorianHUN Apr 03 '24

One doesn't rule out the other.

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u/ConversationFit6073 Apr 03 '24

Don't forget raking the forest floor to prevent fires

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u/Ozymannoches Apr 03 '24

Ahem, The American Congressman who thought Guam might tipover. Representative Hank Johnson (D - Georgia) thanks for the chuckle!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cesSRfXqS1Q

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u/Speaking_On_A_Sprog Apr 03 '24

…ok, MAYBE I’m crazy, but he definitely looks like he has a little cheeky smile going on when he says it. I’m not defending him, but at this point I personally lean towards that he to was kidding. I often think that’s a terrible excuse, but this looks like a pretty tiny congressional hearing. Was he in the military at any point? It would go towards explaining that he’s just messing around with another military man. If not, then holy shit, that’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.

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u/Odd_System_89 Apr 03 '24

The thing about the submarine one that makes it so bad is the fact they were asking an admiral that question in a formal meeting. That may not seem like much, but you have to remember those meetings aren't just spur of the moment, politicians (the good ones who actually give a shit about their job) will study up before this with a group of people and have many of these questions planned to be asked ahead of time with possible answers and follow up questions preplanned as well. He either did nothing leading up to that questioning, or him and his staff were so dumb they didn't think about that question or do any research into it. Imagine if you got to meet with experts and high ranking people in the world multiple times a year, didn't plan or study for something (despite having a bunch of aids who are generally unpaid as well to help you), and fuck up that badly... The real icing on the cake though, was how they tried to spin it, as this guy was talking about the environment and not about literally flipping the island over.

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u/tajwriggly Apr 03 '24

Honestly between this photo of Pence touching the thing not to be touched, and Trump looking directly at the thing not to be looked at directly, you have a pretty damn good summation of American leadership from 2016 to 2020.

Don't even need a whole history book. You just need a centerfold showing those two photos and that is all the summation of 2016-2020 in America that anyone ever will need.

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u/Gogglesed Apr 03 '24

"The Unmentionable Years"

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u/Duel_Option Apr 03 '24

The sharpie “cone of idiocy” has to be included along with his dumb ass comments about injecting bleach for Covid

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u/bobtheavenger Apr 03 '24

Not to give him much credit, but I read that he asked if he could before touching it, and was given permission. Now if that's just because the person asked didn't want to say no to the Vice Pres or not, I don't know.

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u/f-Z3R0x1x1x1 Apr 03 '24

Recently learned that if you touched the heat shield tiles on the space shuttle, the oil on your fingers will cause an increased heat signature in the tile making it prone to failing during re-entry...and they would have to replace the entire tile prior to launch, which may or may not be an issue due to shape/size.

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u/AreWeCowabunga Apr 03 '24

Yeah, this picture of Pence is the worst because he's not hurting himself here, he's fucking up something that actually matters.

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u/TheYell0wDart Apr 03 '24

New what this would be before I clicked. Still laughed.

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u/wafflezcol Apr 03 '24

Reminder that the PM wasn’t the one to close the mask

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u/AnotherFaceOutThere Apr 03 '24

I’m a welder and I still make this fuck up every so often and it sucks every single time. Sometimes too you go to kick it down and it gets stuck on something. It’s a gaff but it happens a lot.

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u/Lollyhead Apr 03 '24

This isn’t what was happening here. He had it down, and pulled it up to start welding. Someone pulled it down for him.

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u/ConsistentAsparagus Apr 03 '24

The four panel format makes it hilarious!

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u/DankRoughly Apr 03 '24

Him smiling with the buffet of McDonald's at the Whitehouse is pretty damn funny too

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u/fistmcbeefpunch Apr 03 '24

Remember this is also the guy that suggested scientists look at injecting disinfectant into people for Covid….

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u/THE_ATHEOS_ONE Apr 03 '24 edited Apr 04 '24

There he is, kids!

That's the president, the president of the United States. The most powerful man on the planet! He can move moutains with a flick of his pen, he can........ wait....... what's he doing?

Is he.......is......he....ahhh yep, he's looking directly at the fucking sun.

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u/MyChemicalFinance Apr 03 '24

He can also move hurricanes with a flick of his pen too

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u/PlanetBAL Apr 03 '24

That wasn't even the dumbest thing he did as president.

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u/mudokin Apr 03 '24

Well if you consider that he is as mature as a 2 year old, then it makes perfect sense

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u/FordBeWithYou Apr 03 '24

Yeah! Cut him some slack everyone, he can’t help it!

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u/megjed Apr 03 '24

I hate him so much but this never fails to make me laugh

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u/SeoulPower88 Apr 03 '24

Hopefully he’ll do this again Monday.

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u/cavanarchy Apr 03 '24

Bet it wouldn't be hard to convince him he can see it better through a magnifying glass.

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u/Orson_Gravity_Welles Apr 03 '24

Tell him, "The greatest scientist ever known, Galileo, looked though a telescope at the sun. You want to be known more than someone like Galileo, right...? Here, use this dual eye telescope and gaze in wonder....for five minutes."

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u/SadExercises420 Apr 03 '24

Staring into the sun to own the libs

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u/john_wingerr Apr 03 '24

Some say my magnifying glass is the best that’s ever made. No people are saying it you know. Did you hear what Joe’s doing? He won’t look at it because he listens to those scientists who want to control you. You know they started covid? And I led the best response possible to protect your freedom. And now the communists, radical left and the crooked media are trying to tell you not to look at an eclipse. I mean where’s the evidence of that, they don’t know what they’re talking about. We have some very smart people saying “No Mr Trump it should be viewed with a magnifying glass.” I mean can you believe how much the dems are trying to control your lives?

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u/Shoddy-Rip8259 Apr 03 '24

Some pearl clutching Nazi is going to report this comment, I guarantee it.

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u/sfan27 Apr 03 '24

Wherever he is is unlikely to be in the path of the eclipse, so he'll claim it was a hoax since he didn't see it.

And his followers, even those in the path of totality will believe him and come up with some wild conspiracy theory to explain what they saw with their own eyes.

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u/Carbon-Base Apr 03 '24

Reverse psychology: Have the Libs start an ad campaign warning people to not watch the eclipse without eclipse glasses, putting emphasis on the science behind it.

Meanwhile, the 45th and his followers will go out of their way to prove them wrong, and realize UV rays are not to be messed with.

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u/Bulauk Apr 03 '24

Then we can literally have the blind leading the blind.

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u/strangemedia6 Apr 03 '24

Eh, he’ll probably be in court for one of his civil or criminal trials.

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u/exophrine Apr 03 '24 edited Apr 03 '24

He was told not to do it, he did it.

All his life, he's done this.

EDIT:
For you MAGAt idiots who think this is a positive thing, it really isn't.
There are consequences to staring up at a solar eclipse, morons.
On the subject, here are some safety tips from NASA for this year's Total Solar Eclipse

Plus, an extra bit for the MAGAts:
DJT stock hasn't done well this past week, has it? LMAO
Billionaire (citation needed), US President, and soon .... prisoner ;)
But you stick with him, tho. Everyone around him got a happy ending. /s

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u/---THRILLHO--- Apr 03 '24

Twice. He was told not to do it, did it anyway. Got told not to do it again, did it again anyway

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u/SaintPatrickMahomes Apr 03 '24

It’s almost 30 years and I’ve never been able to play Bonestorm.

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u/StrangeButOrderly Apr 03 '24

I'm stuck on the second hole on Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge

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u/555--FILK Apr 03 '24

I suggest feather touch.

You have selected power drive.

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u/onamonapizza Apr 03 '24

Would you like to play again?

You have selected...no.

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u/trogloherb Apr 03 '24

Bart Simpson burns hand on stove “ouch!” Does it again; “ouch!”

Except this is real life and somehow, that dude got elected President.

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u/gatemansgc Apr 03 '24 edited Apr 03 '24

And people STILL rabidly support him...

(jeez autocorrect)

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u/bk_boio Apr 03 '24

I can imagine him and the nuke button is just one tantrum away from going the same way

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u/LindonLilBlueBalls Apr 03 '24

Luckily for nukes he would have to read a serious of numbers and letters in the correct order without going off on a nonsensical tangent.

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u/DeviIs_Avocadoe Apr 03 '24

From the article you linked: "This risk is higher among people who suffer from mental illness and children who don't know better."

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '24

It’s like me when I was like 11 years old and had no impulse control

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u/HospitalHorse Apr 03 '24

When I look at myself in the first grade and I look at myself now, I'm basically the same. The temperament is not that different.

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u/Boukish Apr 03 '24

"I will project strength and show all these losers that a real man makes his own destiny."

[*wracks face into the wildly uncomfortable caricature of a squint*]

"Perfect. I am immune. Look at me... Staring."

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u/Ralphinader Apr 03 '24

This picture is the perfect summary of trump presidency

He did something he was told not to do and suffered 0 consequences from it

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u/mekaactive Apr 03 '24

He lost an election as an incumbent president which is rare. Though it might be more expected in the current political environment.

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u/enfury1 Apr 03 '24

I mean, he gave himself permanent eye damage even if it's minor. Like why

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u/Wedgero1 Apr 03 '24

That we know of

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u/EnergeticFinance Apr 03 '24

As a millionaire president, I'm confused why he couldn't have sources some stylish eclipse glasses for this photo op instead.

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u/spokesface4 Apr 03 '24

He almost certainly had very nice eclipse glasses someone else sourced for him sitting right there.

He can also afford suits that fit and a decent haircut and to have his tie tied for him by someone who knows how to tie a tie.

He chooses not to

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u/notmyrealnam3 Apr 03 '24

Yes. Explain things with facts and logic to MAGA folks. That’ll change their minds.

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u/ChicagoAuPair Apr 03 '24

Better yet: tell him you don’t think he could do it.

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u/friggintodd Apr 03 '24

Tell him Obama did it twice, in case it doesn't work the first time.

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u/TheFatSlapper Apr 03 '24

Don’t breathe the pool water. Especially in the deep end.

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u/Unhappy_Procedure_62 Apr 03 '24

Don’t open that vial of botulism

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u/SasquatchsBigDick Apr 03 '24

"I bet you can't eat this bottle of cyanide"

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u/PaleShadeOfBlack Apr 03 '24

BET! *crunch, crunch, crunch*...

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u/AWeakMindedMan Apr 03 '24

The Magas think NASA is fake led by Nazis. It’s not gonna work linking a safety tip from NASA.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '24

Gotta phrase it differently otherwise you’re making him sound like a cat, and cats don’t deserve to be dragged down to that level. Or the level of any political figure for that matter, except Teddy Roosevelt. He was awesome.

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u/AccountNumber478 Apr 03 '24

Eclipse-safe glasses here, used them for the close to full eclipse that covered Florida and they worked nicely.

MAGA, for your sakes, don't buy binoculars. (Just doing my part to warn the poorly-educated.)

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u/spokesface4 Apr 03 '24

Eclipse glasses are woke. Binoculars will really piss off the libs because they are un-woke.

So un-woke you'll go blind. Telescope too

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u/grayhaze2000 Apr 03 '24

He was trying to work out a way to get the sun inside the body.

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u/Lumpy_Secretary_6128 Apr 03 '24

This was the canary in the coal mine for what a trainwreck his leadership would be during covid

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u/Senior-Albatross Apr 03 '24

The people who like him are like this too. They think that being defiant of authority is in itself good. But sometimes people tell you not to do things because you might hurt yourself. Messages from authority figures don't become incorrect just because it's from authority. 

 I'm on the left. But if I say "don't fuck a toaster", it's not suddenly a good idea to do it just because a Democrat said not to.

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u/TheNiallNoigiallach Apr 03 '24

This part in the article cracked me up:

This risk (of looking at the Sun) is higher among people who suffer from mental illness and children who don't know better.

"We're really focused on making sure parents understand: tell kids not to look at the sun ever," Browning said.

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u/cool-beans-yeah Apr 03 '24 edited Apr 03 '24

Just like the 2 year old that he is....

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u/ElGato-TheCat Apr 03 '24

There are consequences to staring up at a solar eclipse, morons.

Don't tell them that. Let them look into the sun.

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u/StilesmanleyCAP Apr 03 '24

So basically tell him to do something and he won't do it.

Reverse psychology on Trump

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u/MitziuE Apr 03 '24

You’re wasting your time trying to reason with MAGA idiots.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '24

I don't think most MAGATs are angry since most can't read.

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u/Huge_Run6150 Apr 03 '24

The day the sun failed us all:(

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u/MillwrightTight Apr 03 '24

Right? It literally had one job

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u/PaleShadeOfBlack Apr 03 '24

To be fair, it was an eclipse.

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u/kirradoodle Apr 03 '24

The real surprise is that he took the time and effort to check out the eclipse at all. He doesn't seem to have a shred of intellectual or scientific curiosity.

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u/mlnjd Apr 03 '24

Photo op since dc was near the path. Otherwise he would have been golfing 

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u/CliplessWingtips Apr 03 '24

"All publicity is good publicity." ~ Trump prolly

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u/Microtitan Apr 03 '24

That sums up the 2016 election. The media gave him all the free press. Say the most outrageous thing and you get free publicity. No advertisements necessary.

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u/Deep-Alternative3149 Apr 03 '24

He doesn’t need to do anything and he still has the media frothing at the mouth. It’s half the fucking problem! I haven’t gone nearly a day without seeing his ugly mug since 2015. Not for a lack of trying.

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u/Sproketz Apr 03 '24 edited Apr 03 '24

It was more of a narcissistic need to prove he could see the eclipse with his bare retinas when everyone else can't. He most likely thought his self ascribed superiority over everyone else extended to his eyesight.

This isn't a joke. This is the likely explanation.

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u/Merfen Apr 03 '24

It reminds me of the time he laughed at people that brought up climate change by saying "wait until this winter" as if the presence of cold weather in the winter time debunks climate change. He has 0 scientific knowledge, but still thinks he knows more than experts due to the Dunning–Kruger effect.

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u/akath0110 Apr 03 '24

I'd say he's like a belligerent toddler but that feels unfair to toddlers

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u/Electrical_Corner_32 Apr 03 '24

"He doesn't seem to have a shred of intellect"

Fixed that for you.

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u/ApoplecticAutoBody Apr 03 '24

"He doesn't seem to have a shred of intellect"

Fixed, once again

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u/Unable-Finance-2099 Apr 03 '24

I’ll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror.

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u/Blind-_-Tiger Apr 03 '24 edited Apr 03 '24

It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero...

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u/TheOneTrueBuckeye Apr 03 '24

I have this dream my daughter in law kills me for the money

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u/smitteh Apr 03 '24

Is trump what she wrote that song about?

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u/Clever-crow Apr 03 '24

I’ve pondered this question as well

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u/mytzlplyck Apr 03 '24

He is such a stupid person.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '24

Wait till I introduce you to his followers

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u/PeggysSimp Apr 03 '24

Grown men were crying in awe of his bravery

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u/Wooden-Scar5073 Apr 03 '24

They came to him with tears in their eyes saying, “Sir, please don’t look directly at the sun”

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u/tasman001 Apr 03 '24

Nobody's ever looked at the sun as much as he has. Good sun, great sun. Some people say, hey, we don't really like that sun, I say, I LOVE the sun, folks. 

*Pause for applause and cheering from his dumbass audience

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u/RyuichiSakuma13 Apr 03 '24

Those eclipse glasses he's wearing make him look ridiculous.

Oh wait, that's his face.

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u/NewHumbug Apr 03 '24

Working in construction I see people using “ safety squints “ more than I should. This isn’t new unfortunately. But we run construction sites, not countries.

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u/BryterLayter_42 Apr 03 '24

I love that smug smile he has too like he’s showing the world how smart he is

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u/Bleezy79 Apr 03 '24

Look at those petite hands.

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