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Afatwa, or religious decree, issued by senior Iranian clerics calling for the assassination of U.S. President Donald Trump has attracted online funding worth tens of millions of dollars, reports say.

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[–] lmmarsano 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is it illegal for US citizens to donate?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It will certainly land you on some interesting lists

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

We’re likely on those lists already for using lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What kind of casserole do you bring to a fatwa fundraiser?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (4 children)

nah, I don't want him to become a martyr. better if he dies from a heart attack on the toilet. 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

When this nearly 80 year old fat guy, who loves burgers and hates exercise, eventually has a stroke, the right will still come up with crazy conspiracy theories about his death.

Idiots will find a way to make him a martyr. Hell, idiots thought he was secretly trying to stop Epstein.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

That's the stretch goal, making it look like an accident is at 80 million.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There’s nothing saying such an appropriate demise can’t be surreptitiously expedited.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I have some McDonald's coupons left over. Can I send them to him?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Crowdsourcing your assassination is an interesting plan.

[–] [email protected] 84 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

interestingly, $35 millions came from a single donation in $MELANIA memecoins

[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Your comment made me actually open the article. Sadly your comment seems to be fake. I want to believe!!

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The comment is real. I see it too.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It's right there!

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

The problem is that Trump isn't actually in charge. He's just the figurehead who holds everyone's attention.

You'd have to remove half the supreme court, Congress, the electoral college, and the entire Heritage Foundation if you wanted a chance at fixing the US.

Trump on his own is a bumbling toddler who couldn't even make his own executive order to sign. I'd rather see him in a nursing home while the people who put him in power get tried for their crimes.

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

Yes, but since all the bumbling toddlers in the US vote for Trump, he's a powerful figurehead. I mean, I'm all for killing the rest on your list too, but he'd be a fantastic start.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

I realize theyre now all in office now, so you may be right. But did anyone notice how the bumbling idiot orange puppet was a critical part of gaining that power?

He is certainly a puppet, but maybe without that puppet, it'll be like trying to play He-Man when the kid next door took your He-Man figure.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

You’d have to remove half the supreme court

Make that two thirds of the Supreme Court. Most of the worst decisions have been 6-3.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The Nike ad campaign I could get behind

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Did Iran just create KillStarter?

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[–] [email protected] 286 points 4 days ago (5 children)

That’s it. We found the most 21st century thing ever:

A GoFundMe for a political assassination.

[–] [email protected] 92 points 4 days ago (6 children)

I saw a billboard (in California) for a gofundme for Texas disaster relief. That feels peak 2025 to me.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Anyone got the gofundme link?

[–] [email protected] 101 points 3 days ago (23 children)

Did you know that it's illegal to say, "I wish someone would kill the president of the united states"?

Im not saying it, im just letting you know that it's illegal. Like a public service announcement.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

If some Iranians want to hunt down and put an end to some vile child molester’s wretched existence, who am I to stand in their way?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 62 points 3 days ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 days ago (9 children)

Bad idea if you live in a country with extradition treaty with the US.

You could end up in gitmo for "providing material support to terrorist activity", because that is technically what you are doing, money is material support.

I can't tell you what to do, but like if Iran actually manage to do it, it would be the best excuse to get Iran obliterated from the map, and most NATO countries will probably help with the invasion of Iran under Article 5, since that's effectively like a 9/11 v2 (not in number of deaths, but in terms of being able to justify a foreign war).

Iran performing the assassination is 100x worse than, say that nutjob in 2024 doing it. If trump die from that kid's gunshot, there wouldn't be much happening, but if Iran did it? In this tense political climate where 1/3 of the US population are in a cult? Can you even imagine all the lynchings against Muslims, Arabs, and anyone who "looks middle eastern"?

Any soldiers or national guard that was bordering on "hmm, is this actually legal", will now not even question their orders. Being anti-trump in the aftermath of this hypothetical assassination would be treated as almost as bad as supporting al-qaeda.

Its not a good idea, IMO.

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[–] [email protected] 128 points 4 days ago (7 children)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago

Where do I donate?

[–] [email protected] 103 points 4 days ago

Where do I donate?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

where can we donate to this fund asking for a friend 🙏

[–] [email protected] 70 points 4 days ago (5 children)

What are the stretch goals? I mean, we have a whole slew of shitbags the world would be better off without.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago

Oh man, new hope. Thx Iran, I wish you luck.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Alright, i am a very vocal opponent to Cryptocurrency, but i do see that there might be some cases where they are useful.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 days ago (11 children)

I don't think making him a martyr would be a good idea. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't shed a tear if he passed with the worst agony I can imagine. But making him a martyr would make his agenda immortal.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Martyrs tend to be symbols to a cause. Trump and maga don't have much ideology it's more a cult of personality. Those tend to go away when the central figure dies.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago

I'm unconvinced they can find a replacement for him that touches the nerve of all those hateful loons at once. Who are they going to have? JD Vance and his eyeliner?

The next election they'd play the "Do it for Him" card, but I can't see them queuing round the block to vote for anyone else. They voted for Donald because even in their politically sheltered lives, they'd heard of him and seen him on TV. As somebody who watched Boris Johnson rise to power, it really is as fucking dumb as that.

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