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[–] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 205 points 4 months ago (5 children)

This:

“When you feed a baby, Bobby, a vaccination, there’s like 38 different vaccines. And it looks like it’s meant for a horse, not a, you know, 10 pound or 20 pound baby,” Trump said to Kennedy, echoing a claim he’s made in the past. “And then you see the baby all of a sudden starting to change radically—I’ve seen it too many times. And then you hear that it doesn’t have an impact.”

Really puts this:

Donald Trump was the dumbest goddam student I ever had.

Into the right perspective.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 105 points 4 months ago (6 children)

“20 pound baby”

He really is just fucking stupid.

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 82 points 4 months ago
[–] FanciestPants@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

I mean he has to pick from the few numbers that he knows...

[–] Delusional@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah he's always been a god damned braindead moron. He never finished grade school because his father paid for him to pass. If he wasn't born into wealth, that his father got from also being a piece of shit just like his shitty son, he'd be homeless or working as a Walmart greeter because he is too dumb to do anything else.

[–] InternetUser2012@lemmy.today 18 points 4 months ago

And his cult eats this shit up. How dumb are you to support a clown like that. It's sad.

[–] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 months ago

Well obviously all you lightweights were just stunted by vaccines, REAL babies come out of the womb with all their teeth and a craving for beef jerky

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

There was a wrong perspective?!?

[–] kralk@lemm.ee -1 points 4 months ago

He's trying to convince Kennedy to drop out, he's not sharing his actual views

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 45 points 4 months ago (3 children)

So the son, Bobby, who leaked the video, did so because he was upset that Trump and Vance are not antivax enough for him?

I'm confused by the motive

[–] whyalone@lemm.ee 37 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Trump knows that rfk is eating his qanon base and wants rfk to concede in order to get those votes, in return if Trump wins, will probably appoint rfk to a high position in his cabinet. That's all folks.

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He'll be the head of the CDC

[–] whyalone@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago
[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that tweet definitely makes it seem like Tré is an idiot too.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 points 4 months ago
[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 months ago

That's been RFK's whole campaign. He's a dilettante playing around, not someone actually trying to do politics.

[–] verdantbanana@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

maybe Bobby Kennedy III should run for president

Two parties, indivisible, under Pfizer, with liberty and justice for sum.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Oh boy, I mean I'm glad the kid leaked it but what I shit kid and shit reasons he had.