Donald Trump seemingly had a meltdown during a press briefing at the White House on Wednesday after a “nasty” reporter asked whether he was familiar with Wall Street analysts’ new term, “TACO trade,” an acronym suggesting “Trump always chickens out” under tariff threats.

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        They’re all selfish fucks. Don’t want to take responsibility for anything. Doesn’t matter if it’s the environment, masking to save lives, or the laws they break.

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          In town halls hosted by Republicans (the very few of them who is hosting or did since Trump has been inaugurated) when people ask about issues being caused by Trump they either say agree or try to grease their words around it to sound less important without denouncing it, its the party of gaslighting and manipulation because thats the thing they are most competent at

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    These stories exist to distract from the active degradation of our rights

    These stories exist to distract the american people from organizing and mobbing him

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      Nah - stories like this serve to both destabilize him, and make resistance feel more achievable.

      It’s intimidating to think about trying to oppose a government that can and will disappear people at will, and is stronger than any government in human history. But a chicken TACO? That you can resist.

      Also, if he’s focused on people name-calling him, it gets a bit harder for his handlers to keep him focused on their goals.

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    This I what AI should be used for and nothing else, and making Vance memes, and musk memes, and Putin memes, and…

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    ROFL I love it. It’s a technique that t uses to control people - to make them always be on edge. It creates survival mode. He’s not doing it intentionally, it is a narcissistic trait.

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      Sometimes I feel like the people who say ai is always bad for everything, no matter what, kinda remind me of horse buggy salesmen putting down automobiles at the turn of the century. There are many instances in which ai would actually be a benefit, and many jobs are pretty much obsolete and ai is gonna give them that last push to die. Those jobs were always gonna go. You can’t stop the future.

      Artists and other jobs people worry ai will steal are safe, so long as you’re good enough to be better than shitty ai artists, you shouldn’t worry. If ai is funnier and better than you, that’s kinda on you.

      Most companies are realizing ai can’t match a human employee for quality. If ai can obsolete you, you were likely on your way out

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      What poor artist should have to live through doing such a cruel job of drawing Donald’s face. Have some humanity.

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        I wouldn’t blame artists for wanting to avoid drawing Trump, he looks like he is mid way through melting Raiders of the Lost Ark style.

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        Are you suggesting that some Americans take Donald Trump seriously because their ancestors who came from Europe (big assumption there already) were the ones who didn’t have job prospects there?

        Just want to make sure I understood your point correctly…

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      Because apparently 77million other dumb twats give or take, plus a few million other dumb twat sitouts seated him in the most powerful office in the world. Like it or not, he’s affecting your life.

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      Because he’s the president of the United States. And he is hurting slot of people and can hurt s lot more.

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    I haven’t listen to this baffoon for a long time, now I did and it’s mind blowing that anybody can take anything he says serious. You really get stupider listening to him.

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        Yeah cuz Dems came up with Sleepy Joe, Laughing Kamala, Brandon, Crazy Nancy and all the rest of the childish bullshit names drumpf came up with in his tiny little brain…

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    I feel like this kind of crap is put out there so opposition to this regime can feel like they are having a victory, while the world order is being overturned.

    Don’t celebrate this junior-high level mockery. It accomplished nothing. It changes nothing.

    Grind, grind, grind, until these evil bastards are overturned or we’re all dead.

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      It doesn’t accomplish nothing. It chips away at the image of him as a strongman, which is one of the things his supporters care about the most. It’s obviously not going to solve the problem, but those small victories do matter and help keep morale up when things feel otherwise hopeless. The key is to keep pushing and pushing in any and every way possible.

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    I’ve never wanted street tacos less. They’re so good. I don’t think I want that cheap of meat in my taco, though.