• bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    In January 1973, flags were at half-mast during Richard Nixon’s second inauguration following the death of former President Harry S Truman. Trump is officially more of a cry baby than Nixon was.

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      7 hours ago

      Roger Stone must be considering having his Nixon back tattoo updated to Trump.

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      In 10 years time they will change Nixon’s head with Trump’s head in Futurama.

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        Nixon had the decency to resign, therefore with time passed, he can be seen as the loveable monster. drumpf has never been, and will never be loved.

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          Nixon was given the choice of resigning or being prosecuted. Decency didn’t enter into it, only his rat-like self-preservation instinct.

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          The only reason that Nixon resigned was because he was informed, in no uncertain terms, that he would be impeached and formally removed from office. The House and Senate had secured the votes. He was prepared to be impeached if he could’ve stayed in office.

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    22 hours ago

    The guy who shoved his way through a group at a summit to make sure he was in front for a photo-op.

    The guy who bragged about walking in on a women’s dressing room.

    The guy who gassed protesters so he could pose awkwardly with a Bible in front of a church.

    That guy? Huh.

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    This is the best real life analogy of a dick measuring contest I think I’ve ever seen. It’s just blatantly disrespectful so Trump can feel like a big man to his fanboys. And I’m sure most of them will be at full mast too as they jerk each other off about how awesome they are.

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    Disrespectful but OK. Little baby man has to have flag up for his big day.

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    If the flag were at half mast to mourn Trump’s passing and a Democratic president were being inaugurated I’m sure we’d be having a different conversation.