Trump posted an image depicting himself as the pope, with the Vatican's conclave to select the next leader of the Catholic Church to begin May 7.
  • console@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 hour ago

    I feel like it’s extreme ragebaiting/trolling. Either way had a massive laugh despite him being an ass

  • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.socialEnglish
    151·
    4 hours ago

    Trump, that’s not how it works.

    Just because you ordered Vance to assassinate that old man doesn’t mean you’re the Pope. Vance, as his slayer, is the Pope now, so you have to kill Vance.

  • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zoneEnglish
    7·
    5 hours ago

    What did it say that the president of the USA is non-stop pulling attention seeking stunts like your crazy aunt on Facebook? Guess it must be lonely being surrounded by sycophants.

    • lenuup@reddthat.comEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      Nah, he is just gaslighting overwhelming everyone. Tons of insane and insulting shit to occupy the media and people, so that he can pull all the stunts he he wants. Drowning everything in noise so that no one knows what to focus on anymore.

      Don’t get me wrong, he is batshit insane bud there is a certain method to his madness.

      Edit: Looks like I was using ‘gaslighting’ incorrectly.

      • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        3 hours ago

        It’s a terrifying mix of a Gish gallop (a stampede of lies and half truths, delivered so fast they can’t be countered) and razzle dazzle (camouflage via a swarm of irrelevant or counter intuitive points).

        It’s terrifyingly effective, and very difficult to counter.

        • Pelicanen@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          3·
          2 hours ago

          Would be much easier to counter if there was a functional system of checks and balances or a well-educated population that’d hold their leaders accountable, but here we are.

  • dryfter@lemm.eeEnglish
    22·
    8 hours ago

    Trump has said that although he was “confirmed at a Presbyterian church as a child, I now consider myself to be a non-denominational Christian.”

    Uhhhh…he’s not even Catholic? That’s kinda a prerequisite for THE LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH!

    He’s completely trolling, right? I mean it’s gotta be cover for something happening that he wants to distract people from. He can’t be that stupid that to think he can actually be Pope…can he?

  • GoldenQuetzal@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    9 hours ago

    He’s distracting from the fact that he called for all Democrats to be removed from Congress. It’s a smokescreen bc of how ludicrous it is.

    • seeigel@feddit.orgEnglish
      1·
      7 hours ago

      Why should the call for removal not be a smokescreen?

      What is the thing that the upper class does that doesn’t receive any attention but should make us worried?

    • quetzaldilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      8 hours ago

      Exactly.

      It’s all meant to make people outraged and distracted, and we all keep falling for it.

      Please let’s not entertain completely absurd shit like that.

      Imagine every time your boomer aunt posted that same shit Trump does on her Facebook it ended up in the news-- it’s clearly delusional and giving it attention gives it validity even if it is only criticisms.

      • Teppichbrand@feddit.orgEnglish
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        6 hours ago

        This is so frustrating, right? The king of the baboons is insane and addicted to attention, so he throws shit around and spits at everyone who comes to close. And all the other baboons circle around him, watching every move he makes so they can jump and scream as soon as he does.
        Stop reporting, stop reacting, it doesn’t accomplish anything, it’s a waste of time.

  • AidsKitty@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    5 hours ago

    I think he wants to put the idea out there that he could “step in” as pope if needed.