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cross-posted from: https://ponder.cat/post/2796864

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 13 hours ago

Such a gigantic ego for such a loser.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 13 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 13 hours ago

There are plans to create a 9-foot-tall version in bronze in the works

Oh good, that'll make a beautiful visual as well pull that piece of shit down!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago

"What an accurate reproduction of the shit running down his leg."

[–] [email protected] 12 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago

So so close...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago

So obnoxious of him.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What happened to right wingers? I clearly remember that narcism was universally considered a bad trait especially among conservatives. How are they accepting that?

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

Only the dictator can be a narcissist

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

What ever gave you the impression conservatives didn't glorify narcissists?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They were always shitting on teens doing anything even remotely individualistic and constantly talking about being humble. That's how I viewed my parents and grandparents generations between 90s and circa 2010.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That's never actually about humility though, that's about enforcing heirarchy. Dear Leader gets to be as arrogant as he wants, the kids deserve to get slapped into "their place."

The CEOs get their gold toilets, the prosperity gospel preachers their fleets of luxury cars, and the peons are to be humble and obedient.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Are we talking about the Canadian Conservative Party? Or am I missing something?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

Now this MF is building “statues” of himself. How many red flags can they “slip” past?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

So self-involved

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (3 children)

Looks like that guy on the left is humping Trumps leg.

edit: Turns out its a woman.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago

That's the woman. Who, ironically, couldn't adequately cover Trump's body mass. 😂

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

The mark of a modern Republican/fascist

[–] And009 3 points 23 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There are plans to create a 9-foot-tall version in bronze in the works, according to the project’s website.

Good fucking lord.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

We'll just cut the head off that down theroad.

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

I look forward to seeing the video of you guys pulling the statue down.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Holy fuck that's so cringe. What a fucking narcissist.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 day ago (5 children)

This makes me more suspicious that the whole fucking thing was staged

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

I doubt it as many people hate Trump and want him to die. He definitely leaned into the whole victim thing but I'm sure the attempt was real.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Like the fact that SS knew about the shooter way before he even set up his rifle? Or the lack of investigation into the guy? I mean they went on and on and on about hunters laptop but an actual attempt on Trump's life? Never mentioned before this.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

"lack of investigation" is fairly normal when the person is dead. Anyways, it's really, really, really obvious the Secret Service decided to let the kid take his shot before they killed him.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There are plans to create a 9-foot-tall version in bronze in the works, according to the project’s website.

The site asks for contributions ranging from $10, which will earn donors a vote on the location of where the statue will be permanently installed, to $25,000 to receive a limited quarter-life-size bronze replica.

Contributors who give $4,500 will receive a 12-inch sculpture. “These sculptures are the same one’s [sic] being offered to big money donors to The Trump Campaign,” the site says.

Jesus fucking Christ...

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

Another grift. Should have known.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

BTW, Trump was never hit by a bullet. He hurt his ear when a SS guard rushed to cover him and hit him with his gun holster.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago (4 children)

The world will be a better place when he's dead.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

I disagree in the long term. He'd disappear, but the problem would persist. Someone else would eventually take his place.

That being said, he's clearly harmful and I can't come up with a better solution, so...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Every day, I wake up in hope of seeing that headline.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Here's the thing...
He's a fat useless cunt.
The end.

[–] FistingEnthusiast 132 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Monuments to oneself are a classic dictator move

He's in the shallow end of the pool, but he's going to keeping getting worse and more unhinged

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[–] [email protected] 97 points 1 day ago (3 children)

If he is gonna spend public money to worship himself, I at least expect the statue to be slightly higher quality than this piece of crap.

[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It was quite an artistic choice to make the female secret service agent look like she is cowering in fear rather than the reality that she was trying to tackle/take a bullet for the dumbass target who wouldnt stay down.

Then by comparison you have the male agent who looks like hes at the beach and not even concerned about gunfire at all. Its actually impressive how much misogyny is dripping out of this statue

Not to mention we all know Trump was not anywhere close to the tallest of the people on that stage

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

symbolizes the divine intervention as well as the man and his message of unity and resilience for which America stands

So, Jesus "giving his own life" (for 3 days) is a huge deal, and a huge sacrifice, but then God kinda "volunteers" Corey Comperatore to die for Trump, without asking?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago

It gets messy when people act like God has an active hand in every single little thing that happens. It's right up there with "everything happens for a reason". You know, rape happens for a reason. You just don't know why yet.

I like to frame it as free will & sometimes things just...happen. Accidents happen. Free will principle. Sometimes bad things happen because of bad people, sometimes bad things happen because you're stupid...it just seems to make more sense than an overly involved god.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

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