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2d ago

Fucking moron

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I've lost the ability to detect whether this is a real quote or not.
- It's real, sadly, I watched it, my parents in law was watching the stupid statement and I joined them. It was yuck
- When I started reading the quote, I assumed it was a joke, just from the format, not the content. When I got to the part where it said, "It used to be called the Department of War and it had a stronger sound," I felt the typical disgust and contempt I usually feel when listening to Trump, and so I knew it was almost certainly a genuine quote.
- Anyone care to enlighten us? Because I honestly can't tell, either.
- You can always trust the fact Trump is a monumental moron.

- The files ARE the distraction
  
  are you going to post this every time now?

History lesson for anyone who needs it, including occupants of the White House: The Department of Defense was created in 1947 by merging the Department of War, the Department of the Navy, and the recently formed Department of the Air Force. Prior to the merger, the War Department managed only the Army. The name Department of Defense was political: it didn’t reuse any of the names of the former departments, so it couldn’t be seen as one absorbing the others, i.e. the Army absorbing the Navy and the Air Force they had just spun off from the Army Air Corps.
- Also in a way it's not made our jobs easier. It's difficult to argue cutting "defense" funds, but it's a lot easier to be against a "war" department.

He doesn't understand the negative connotations behind it and why one of the main branches of the empire needs to be obfuscated in euphemism? I kinda believe the mental decline rumours now, lol, or maybe he's just testing the waters to see if Americans still have that bloodthirst like the good ol' Bush days, idk.
- I think he just likes to dangle something controversial and shiny in his left hand so you forget he’s hiding the Epstein files behind his back with the right hand. He def knows how to rustle the left’s jimmies, unfortunately.
  
  I think he is just that simple of a man.
  Defense is not aggressive and therefore bad. War sounds aggressive so it's good.
  That's it. That is the whole thought process of this simpleton.
  
  No, stop treating him like he's some sort of brilliant conman. He's never been. Even his own sister has said that he's a moron - his entire plan consists of "I wanna". I want it to be the Department of War, I want to be the one launching wars, I want to be the guy pushing the Big Red Button. He's a narcissist, and narcissists rarely tend to think more than a step or two ahead. They assume everyone's dumber than them, and they can rarely be dissuaded from this.
- mental decline
  Are you forgetting he remembered "person, woman, man, camera, TV" that one time?

Because going to war should not be an ambition you dumb fucking fascist!

Setting aside my Trump hate for a moment: this is a good thing. “Department of Defense” was always a euphemism. “Defense spending” my ass. Let’s call it what it is and then see if Americans feel as good about spending so much on a “Department of War” versus “Defense.”
- Thinking like that its a good thing right up until the voters are actually stoked about a department of war.
  Guarantee it wont be long until youre seeing red hats going off about how cool it is they finally have a department of war as if its a whole new thing.
  "Remember how much ass we kicked with only a defense department? Look out world! MIGHTY TRUMP finally made a department of war too!"
  
  I’m sure you’re right about a certain segment of people. I don’t think the euphemistic name is holding those people back from loving the military though.
  I do think it’s hard for Congress to sell the general public on “cuts to our defense” though, and cuts to the “Department of war” will be an easier sell.
- This isn't a good thing because it's not an effort to be more honest, it's a signal of future intent.
- Do not underestimate this country's propensity to proudly engage in jingoism. Just look at our history to see how that went.
- There's a reason why after WWII the Department of War was renamed Department of Defense.
  We weren't at war. We're not currently at war, either. Chester's gotta ask Congress to rubber-stamp a war first.

Department of "Defense" is just a whitewashing cover for the fact that its a war department, to help convince Americans we need to spend all of our tax money on it... So sure go ahead and rename it, genius
- Agree. It would be a lot more honest to call it the war department.
  The Nazis also had a ministry of propaganda which was admirably candid.

"we want offense too"
The obese imbecile being alive is offensive. The fact that it breathes is offensive.
And the fact that it's not strapped to a guillotine that's got a blunt rusty blade is fucking offensive!
- That's very graphic
  
  And necessary.

Is it bad that my thought was "well at least that's more accurate"?
My mind went to how "the department of defense" was Orwellian AF. I mean his reasoning is fucked don't get me wrong.
- I absolutely agree with you and surprisingly, Trump on this.
  Broken clock and all.
  
  You can tell he's never read 1984, he'd definitely want more ironically named government departments if he had
- Yeah, in this rare instance, I agree with Uncle Donny. The US hasnt fought a war for peace or defense in over 75 years. Might as well change the name to more accurately depict its purpose. He is still a moron though....
  
  Well, technicallly it's defense of private interests...
  
  You mean revert back to it's original name.
  
  Even WW2 wasn't a war of defence for the USA. The only thing they "defended" was a military outpost in the middle of the pacific.
  
  If he's the moron, what do you call the 77 million who voted for him. Twice.
- It was the "War Department" from 1789 to 1947.
  And also the Department of the Navy was its own thing for a while, as was the Department of the Army, then Air Force, before getting folded into the War Department. Harry Truman dissolved the War Department in 1947 because 1) WWII was over and so the US was not in a declared war anymore, and 2) there was a larger consolidation of war powers under the SecDef post-war.
  If anything, name it the Department of Violence and Death and see how people react.

someone put him out of his misery. its cruel to force him to live like this. cruel to everyone else in the world at least
- I'd tell him to look at the flowers but he paved the rose garden.
  
  he rather paint it gold, of which he is obsessed with doing, not even solid or pure gold.

It's the same reason Captain America beats people up with a shield.
It's hard to think of yourselves as as a saviour otherwise.

The high cholesterol in Donny’s body needs to declare war on his heart and fail it.
- The cankles are the front line. It may take some time but I’m optimistic that gravity will win.
- dont worry he will counter it with the acid content of his diet cokes.

Department of Death might sound even stronget
- Good, this would preserve the acronym too!
- Department of torture and murder
  
  thats the ministry of interrogation, aka homeland security/
- Probably coined by Netanyahu.

Remember: 77,284,118 people in this country thought this fucking spray-tanned baboon was fit to lead.
- I think we are all well aware that we are surrounded by idiots. We live here.
  
  Some of us more than others.
  God I fucking hate Louisiana.
- And they STILL think this. And before Canadians get all smug, look at how popular Smith and Ford are and how Poilievre got elected by a landslide in AB. The more Doug grifts, the better he does in polls.
  
  King Charles called and said stfu AB. true story. First Nations were there too and I think they were filling in the eviction notices
  Also AB conservatives won that same riding in the main election too. they are still short the riding pp lost in the first place.

president of peace, everyone /s

How are we supposed to know what he's talking about when he tweets that "The Dow is rising up after another successful meeting with Putin"? Is he talking about Dept. of War or Dow Jones?
- They are the same picture

And on the other side of his mouth he's saying he thinks he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.

Not relevant to trump, but: it is ironic that we (the US) haven't fought a genuinely defensive war since 1812, and we only managed a draw in that one (which included our capital being burned to the ground and our greatest victory coming after it was technically over) because our opponent was busy fighting a bunch of cheese-eating surrender monkeys (and only winning because the fucking Germans helped out).
Edit: it's hard to imagine somebody using the expression "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" and being serious about it, but I guess some people can imagine that.
- WW2 was a defensive war?
  
  In the sense of genuinely defending our own country from invasion or destruction? Definitely not. Hawaii wasn't a state at the time and the Japanese never had plans to invade it anyway.
- I feel offended and lauded at the same time
- I assume you mean the French?
  You do know they're the most successful military in human history right?
  
  That's the joke
  
  You do know they’re the most successful military in human history right?
  Tell that to Alexander the Second Best!

What are we defense
- Here comes the department of grammar. Can I enroll?
  
  Who are we defense?

Dumbass pedophile rapist.
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
- department of epistein victims.

No wonder he's so offensive to all 5 senses.
- 6th senses.

He's already offensive. Now he wants a whole government department to do it too

Defense product >> WAR MACHINE
Military Contractor >> MERCENARY
Ambassador >> SPY MASTER

Ministry of Peace sounded too gay
- I doubt anybody suggested "Ministry of Peace" to him. He would have heard "Ministry of Piss" and green-lighted the change.

How does one still support a man child like this?
- The answer is so simple, they're all fucking morons.
- Be a wo/manchild
- I guess if you look UP to something like this, it says a LOT about you. Trump supporters are a special kind of special.
- Mostly fear, all the way down.

Anytime this fool says anything, it sounds like I'm listening to a fucking toddler.

taking us all the way back to the 40s with the War Department eh?

So mad that twat missed him and only grazed his ear
- You’re talking as it that was not staged at all.

You know, I always thought America’s first authoritarian leader would be more badass, more intimidating, sweats red white and blue and would be an evil genius. Instead, we’ve got this dumbass dying of cankles while he’s being propped up by a bunch of religious cowards.
- You drank too much Kool aid then. This is exactly what I expected it to be. America personified.
- trump trying to be like acturus mengsk, but less competent. one of the famous speech of mengks, was hes never going leave power and would rather see everything burn to ashes.
- Well, he is bad, and an ass...
- And yet literally hundreds of thousands of people find him charismatic and attractive enough they would line up to lick his orange taint. Being in a cult is bonkers

America going back to its jingoistic roots I see.

Who gives a shit? It’s a more apt name for it so go ahead. Now where are those Epstein files?
- it is just a distraction from that, hes trying everything and anything to use the firehose of falsehood against MSM to flood it instead of him being president of epstein island.

Department of big boom.
- The BIGGEST

Anyone wanna place bets on him introducing a Department of Truth and a Department of Love next?
- Better bet is if he lives for another full month. The idiot is circling death bed.

Damn bag of rotten oranges. To all yall told me I was overreacting to this piece of shit: I fucking told you!
- rotten oranges still smells pleasant, compared to decomposing poop.

It'll sound a lot better to the average voter to defund the department of war than to defund the department of defense.

This is brilliant! His knowledge, eloquence and persuasiveness are remarkable.

Come on Lucifer!! Take your fucking trash back, already!!

Literally exactly what a child would say.

He's so big on getting names accurate, Trump's title should be The Rapist in Chief.
- I have to say his wall is more of a fence.
  
  We must defense it then!

Departement of distraction from other serious business.
- Department of distracting the public from wanting the Epstein files.

Department of Offense: King's Imperial Escort
- "...and you have a big penis."

"I don't want to be defense only"
This is revealing; Orange Baby's artlessness-of-the-deal mentality, turned into his version of leading a country:
"We want defense but we want offense too"
So what name change would he suggest? I really want to know.
Also note how easily the "I" slips into the ~~royal~~ madman's "we"
- The Department of Defense but also of Offense.

If he wants offense who are we to deny it. Offend the bastard!

We must stop spreading everything he says

You are WAY too fat and old to be a Khorne worshiper Trump, get real

I agree, call it what it is. The Department of World Domination. It's super unpopular to cut defense, will it be equally unpopular to cut the world domination budget?

Department of pedophiles

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WOOOAH

A rare Trump win
Edit: right, I forgot we're on shitlib.world, where murderous government organizations are fine, but it's a problem calling them what they are instead of using a euphemistic name

Holy shit I agree with trump on something. What is even happening.
- Congrats on having your brain melted
  
  You prefer the bullshit euphemism “department of Defense”? Even though it doesn’t do any defending?

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