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[–] [email protected] 200 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Trump, picking a Fox news host to run the military

"How could this be any worse?"

That motherfucker: takes off shirt

Narrator: "It got worse."

[–] [email protected] 81 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wait until he opens his mouth and starts talking

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

Wait until he uses the military to do something even more nefarious than what they usually do around the world

[–] [email protected] 103 points 4 months ago (11 children)

I'm a gun nut. I have an AR-15 and love it. Finest multi-purpose rifle on Earth.

Forget the rest of the tats. Having a tattoo of an AR-15 is so goddamned toxic I want to puke. FWIW, I'd punch him for the Iron Cross tats before I noticed the others.

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The entire cabinet is something from a comic book. These guys are all cartoonishly evil.

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Of course he does. These are all complete garbage human beings. Can't wait to hear the moronic defense of this is somehow not racist.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 months ago (1 children)

“It’s all just a joke.”

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Who doesn't tattoo jokes onto their body?

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

When does Russia invade to de-nazify the US?

(They already have, comrade. And your citizens voted it in)

Here's another question:

If Russia launched a nuke at the US, would puppet trump use the launch codes?

[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Probably not because he would probably tell Putin to target a major Democratic city center

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

Dearborn, MI would probably be high on the list.

High Muslim population. Heavy Democratic leaning (except this year. Lol)

One obvious one NYC, but he wouldn't want to hurt his property value.

So, pretty much the entire pacific coast.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The launch codes are 00000 anyway, so...

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago

I had to check if this was a bad freeze frame or what and nope she fires that hand out straight as a goddamn arrow and leaves it like that. She wasn’t caught mid-wave, just straight up doing the ol’ nazi salute.

It’s wild that these people are using the same imagery as the nazis. You’d think that they’d have their own brand as most people aren’t knowingly the bad guys and the ones that are are generally smarter than that but they just can’t fuckin’ help larp as the poster children for worst thing the modern world has dealt with(though more recent times are making it look kinda normal).

[–] [email protected] 50 points 4 months ago (4 children)

If this person gets clearance and is not open about the hate group ties, that can be grounds for prosecution. The big question will be whether or not anyone cares.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The big question will be whether or not anyone cares who has the ability to do anything about it.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago

Yeah, I'm sure AG Gaetz will get right on that

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, the news-media is salivating on all the clicks it's receiving right now.

Almost if it's benefiting them that Trump was elected. Hmm.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

Couldn't possibly be gaslighting the country about a mentally incapacitated incumbent until 2 months from the election

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 months ago

Trump nominating a Literal Nazi to lead our Military is PROOF that DEMOCRATS were Overreacting!

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Some of those that work forces...

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 months ago (9 children)

"Trump Accountability War Room". Because suddenly presidential accountability is VERY important.

.....wait, what?

Also, using the term "war room" for everything. Peak USA.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago (2 children)

People shouldn’t fear governments. Governments should fear their people.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago

You know what, I'm starting to think you guys really should start building that wall around you.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Allies kill Nazis, Allies have babies, babies become assholes, assholes have baby Nazis.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago

Probably why trump picked him

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

Might be an unpopular comment, but I googled the Jerusalem cross and it appears to be more of a religious symbol than anything.

Saying he has tattoos linked with white nationalists is just sensationalism. And it has gotten the exact response in this thread that it wanted.

Edit:

For the pitchfork wielding lemmings, if you search for “Jerusalem cross” on ADL Hate Symbol Searcg, it returns ZERO results.

Hating on this guy because you misinterpreted a tattoo that he has only makes you and people like you look ridiculous. And when the next guy stands up and says actual hateful things, WE won’t have a voice because YOU wasted it on garbage news stories like this one.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Might be an unpopular comment, but I googled the Swastika and it appears to be more of a religious symbol than anything.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (2 children)

They might mean other tattoos, he seems to have a collection.

It still makes him a religious weirdo, possibly with a bizarre crusade fetish. Not a great look.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (16 children)

Yes and the swastika is the symbol of well-being

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

I am looking at other photos. I can also see "Ne Desit Virtus" (Let Valor Not Fail) with a sword. That's a symbol from the 187th Infantry Regiment. I also see the Chi Rho symbol, a Greek symbol for the name of Christ. Another tattoo is "MDCCLXXV" for 1775. Above that tattoo is an American Flag with a gun superimposed on it. I am not sure if these mean a recalling of the US War for Independence. The gun looks modern but could also serve as a bridge to the modern military of the US. On his other arm is "Deus Vult."

Broadly speaking, these tattoos suggest both military service and Christian identity.

Not found are any symbols I've seen identified with White Nationalism. No Valknot, swastika, black sun, 88 symbol, Confederate symbolism, etc.

Edit: The photo I was looking at is here: [https://i.imgur.com/kkroDES.png].

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dude is definitely a nut, but when we start throwing around terms like “white nationalists” for things that are absolutely not white nationalism, it dilutes the impact of claims about people who legitimately are white nationalists.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Deus Vult has indeed been co-opted by white supremacists along with a lot of crusader/christian symbolism.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Almost like its coded so as to not blatantly say "I'm a white supremist" while also clearly signaling to people he is.

Are people just learning about plausible deniability?

Now that said, sure this could be a nothing burger, but when coupled to be right wing....

What's that saying?

You find me a nazi I can sure bet they'd be voting Republican.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

So, Nazi Germany has returned.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

Reminds me of Putin and his buddy Dmitry Utkin, initial founder of the Wagner mercenary group with multiple tattoos that show the symbol of the Waffen-SS, as well as other Nazi symbols.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/28/who-was-dmitry-utkin-a-key-wagner-mercenary-who-died-alongside-prigozhin

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

he also doesn't believe in germ theory

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is what USA actually is.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago

Miller and this guy. Two confirmed Nazis... this is going to end up great. /s

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I found the documentary "Bad Faith" to be quite enlightening. Highly recommend it:

https://www.badfaithdocumentary.com/

Edit: For understanding more of the context of white christian nationalism, white supremacy, etc

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So just like a lot of the military

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Actually the military aggressively weeds out and removes "out right" racist and those with extreme ideologies. Turns out having racist in your military units doesn't lead to a effective fighting force. Yes there are racist people in the military and it has always been a white male dominated institution. Do to the mixing of all walks of life (kind of like college.) I honestly believe if push comes to shove the military would back the people over Trump. That's been the true goal of the whole woke military hearings to Congress.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

Same goes for gang related tats. My sister had to explain that she was not in fact part of the Latin Kings for the crown on her shoulder, just a maid in a Mardi Gras crew.

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