• redlemace@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    he just might have started a path where it becomes normal for real leaders to openly laugh at trump

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      Trump has been openly laughed at to his face by rooms full of world leaders at multiple UN speeches, so we’re on our way. But I’m all for more.

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        Yeah they’ve laughed at him since 2018 at least, at a UN General Assembly – but here’s the thing: I think that’s the entire point of Trump. To make the world laugh. Long-term US Allies know Trump is a kompromised asset, and they keep hoping to get through this and bury this time under the rug and get back to normalcy. But well, normalcy never comes and these leaders are starting to be pressured into acting out of self-preservation.

        Unfortunately, this is a win for autocrats like Putin and Xi.