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Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have sat down for a face-to-face talk in the opulent halls of a Vatican basilica to discuss a possible ceasefire, after which the US president accused his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, of not wanting to “stop the war”.

The White House described Trump’s meeting with the Ukrainian leader before Pope Francis’s funeral as “very productive”, while Zelenskyy said on X that the talk with the US president was symbolic and had the “potential to become historic, if we achieve joint results”.

It was the first time that Zelenskyy and Trump had met face to face after a frosty February encounter in the White House where Trump and the US vice-president, JD Vance, berated the Ukrainian leader and accused him of ingratitude for US aid.

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[–] ef9357@lemmy.world 9 points 2 hours ago

Everybody plays him, but he’s not smart enough to see it.

[–] BigRigButters@lemm.ee 16 points 19 hours ago

lol this dood is such an idiot

[–] Franklin@lemmy.ca 41 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

Something odd is happening with the right, seems like they're trying to hedge their bets for blowback.

Trump definitely knew this all along, to say this now seems like damage control.

Then earlier this week Rogan calling out the deportations to El Salvador without a trial, saying it was an overcorrection to the left that has gone too far.

I wonder if the American people will buy it.

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Overcorrection to the LEFT???

[–] Franklin@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

his words not mine but yeah that's what he said

meaning he's over correcting as a response to what the left was doing

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Its weirder than that, had someone on lemmy try to convince me that deportations, purity tests and fascism are all far left policies. Its like they're trying to shift all their own shit onto some imaginary other.

[–] BigRigButters@lemm.ee 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Those are all bidens/obama polices tho

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 hours ago

And that's why they're not left

[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s a common take that the left are fascists because we …want LGBTQ+ etc to be accepted. Fucking bizarre.

[–] NotBillMurray@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

Hey hey, we also want people not to starve or go into horrific debt because of medical issues. Super clear indicators of fascism or something.

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 18 hours ago

They are all fascist policies that the US "left" (a.k.a. liberals/Democrats) support

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 102 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's amazing how this man's brain is so feeble that he just fully believes what the last person he met with him tells him.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 12 points 18 hours ago

I believe that in the medical community this is called Joe Rogan's Disease

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I need to see this play out like a heist movie. Two opposing advisors are battling each other to get their idea in his head for the big speech. They get into some zany hijinks trying to be the last to speak to him. Some real spy vs spy stuff.

[–] SGforce@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago

Inception of the stupid. Written, Directed and Produced by the Coen Brothers.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 87 points 1 day ago (39 children)

Is he seriously just realizing Vlad doesn't want to end the war? I really can’t tell when he’s an idiot or colluding these days

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 53 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (10 children)

Vlad wants to end the war. On his terms though, cause he knows he can get it.

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

If you can't tell whether Trump is an idiot, then sorry I can't help you.

[–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 3 points 5 hours ago

The issue is figuring out whether any given statement is due to stupidity or maliciousness.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 4 points 19 hours ago

No no he is an idiot but not everything he does is because he’s an idiot.

[–] raltoid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

In his mind he's ~6' 3", ~230 lbs with an IQ of 150.

He truly thinks that world leaders look up to him and that he's playing everyone else.

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 39 points 1 day ago (4 children)

tapping me along

Anyone got a trump-to-english conversion for this one?

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

When you get tapped along, it'll make your covfefe hamberders yippy.

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 3 points 5 hours ago
[–] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

I love tesler

“Tapping me along” made me imagine someone tapping a golf ball. Nudging it, but not making a big swing, it could be indicative of a subtle influence.

Trump may not know a lot about a lot, but he spends enough time golfing to potentially use a metaphor from it. On the other hand, I’ve never golfed (except the mini kind), so I could be way off.

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[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago

Scene: DJT standing awkwardly at a table. Beside him, sitting on the floor is Vladimir Putin with his Entire Arm shoved up DJT's ass.

DJT: I'm starting to think Putin might be manipulating me.

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