Trump: we must free Venezuela from this dictator
Also trump: sometimes you need a dictator
Americans have a long history of backing friendly dictatorships. The entire history of the Saudi Monarchy is predicated on support from the US and the UK. Same with the military dictatorships in Egypt and Turkiye, as well as the newly installed dictatorship in Syria.
We have beef with Venezuela because it’s socialist not because it’s dictatorial.
Yes, and the exact reasons Venezuela is in a bad state is because it’s dictatorial, not because it’s socialist.
It’s in a bad state because it’s under heavy sanction and periodic military attack.
Honduras, by contrast, is a dictatorship with very friendly US trade relations and little to no risk of being bombed by American jets. So their economy is outperforming.
Socialist is a weird way to spell oil
Both are true. Oil is the incentive but “socialism”=“communism”=“America’s greatest threat” is the “reason.”
The same is true about the history of Israel and U.S. relations following WWII. We needed unite against the dangers of “socialism” so we claimed to have Israel’s back when it came to Palestine, but actually just needed an alliance in the middle east to keep a grip on oil. Tale as old as time. Or at least as old as post WWII when the OSS faded out and the CIA was being established.
Who would have thought that the same men secretly sneaking Nazi war criminals into the U.S. had some kind of ulterior motive when it came to their public support of Israel?
If you look at Chavez’s regime toward the end of his life, you’re honestly going to find a lot of shit that is analogous, or identical, to what Trump is doing. Authoritarian populist demagoguery, but wrapped in North american conservatism instead of South American socialism.
“You call that guy a dictator? Pfft, does he even blatantly fuck little children, or protect paedos? Has he ever been a confirmed rapist? That guy’s a rookie!!”
Trump using force to try and quell protests while condemning Iran for doing the same
But Harris campaigned with the Cheneys so she would have been as bad or even worse.
If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I’m the dictator
~ George W. Bush
But her emails!
Buttery Males
Trump again vows to be a day-one ‘dictator’ in Iowa town hall - Jan 11, 2024
But he wouldn’t just lie like that, surely people would rise up…
Sometimes, pieces of shit need to be guillotined. Just a fact of life I guess. 🤷♂️
Well, he has the first half of “Dictator” down…
He’ll never get our potatoes though
What’s dick taters precious?
There is one thing dictators are good for and it’s dying.
Watering the tree of liberty if I recall correctly.
He’s emboldened to do this shit because he thinks he’s unstoppable, seeing as he’s gotten away with so much already. He has his judges, his soldiers, his rigged elections, and his admin lackeys. Opinions from world leaders and the American public don’t matter anymore.
lol oh god.
Me: Trump is going to try to be a dictator
Trump: I wanna be a dictator
Lemmy Libs: you’re banned for inciting violence.
It’s like listening to a crazy homeless guy wandering the streets near Port Authority, screaming at the sky.
Heil Caesar
Pronounced “Kai-zar,” of course.
I wish the Swiss would have arrested him on the spot
Sometimes you need a dictator, sometimes you need a blood clot…
He actually meant “diaper”, not dictator.
Considering how many of them he goes through in a day, you’d think he’d have the pronunciation down by now 🤷
