• CouldntCareBear@sh.itjust.works
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    20 hours ago

    This is what diplomacy with a narcissist looks like, and everyone is doing it. Trump whisperers are in hot demand.

    The bit I find funny is trump is so dense he doesn’t even realise he’s being spoken to and manipulated like you would a child. In this case for a good cause, so well done Rutte.

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    Trump, for his part, likened the conflict between Israel and Iran to “two kids in a school yard” fighting. “They fight like hell. You can’t stop them. Let them fight for about two, three minutes. Then it’s easier to stop them,” he said.

    Rutte added, “Then daddy has to sometimes use strong language.”

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      Oh, it’s just technically correct, Rutte was trying to be condescending haha

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        18 hours ago

        He’s still a cocksucker tho, he praised trump for attacking Iran

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    1 day ago

    The headline is so much better than the real thing, but it also totally covers how Trump was treated by Rutte today.

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    Although the display was grating, Trump fell for it hook, line and sinker. Having seen Rutte in his previous role as prime-minister before this was all an act just to butter him up.

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      Unrelated…maybe you should try gaming. I suggest tetris. See, these little blocks fall, and you need to place them in lines, to get them to disappear. But if you can’t, and the block of blocks gets too high, it’s game over.

      It’s a pretty good analogy for life. Your responsibilities pile up, and then one day it all gets overwhelming and you lose control of your life.

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    1 day ago

    Given the massive sum of free money that Trump just unknowingly gave them; flattering seems like the logical choice. As they could use it for funding their own military manufacturers in the EU.

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      22 hours ago

      Was thinking “Daddy Warbucks.”

      It’s kind of gross and very disingenuous the way the article ran cover for Rutte, though. He sounds like a call girl, which by way of analogy, he is.