There is no Russian city called Leningrad anymore, but apparently no one bothered to tell Donald Trump.

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  • ApeNo1@lemmy.world
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    Why are we using not having dementia as the intellectual benchmark for someone to lead a country. Dude can’t read or do basic maths let alone understand more complex economics or geopolitics.

    Even when he fails the dementia test we will resort to simply checking for a pulse, and I bet once he dies it will be covered up for as long as possible.

    • Zombiepirate@lemmy.world
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      You know, I wonder how far they’ll take medical technicalities in the future. Could they keep the current SCOTUS on the bench for 200 years as a morbid ship of Theseus because it’s a lifetime appointment? Just replace their organs with machinery as they fail?

      What if Roberts’ brain-in-a-jar occasionally drifted into sentience just to mouthlessly scream about how disappointed he is that nobody respects the court anymore? It would at least make me feel a little better.

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    He… he thinks he CAN get Moscow and “Leningrad” for free? 🤔 You don’t trade cities like sports players…

    • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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      I was never concerned … I always knew he was an idiot … now, not only is he an idiot … he’s an old demented idiot

      And the best part is … the best and brightest of America decided he was the man for the top job!

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        No, “the best and brightest” just make up a much smaller percentage of the electorate than was necessary.

        At this point I’m also not convinced the convicted fraudster and his white-supremacist gang of ghouls simply flat-out rigged the election while the “both sides” folks tried hard not to notice.

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    … sparks?

    I hate it here. Fucker has been riddled with syphilis and shitting himself since the 1980s and we allowed him to take the presidency twice.

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    I’ve been reading the “Politician I Don’t Like Has Dementia” for 40 fucking years.

    Please either put up or shut up.

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    Im all for calling out Trump for his senility as much as the next guy, but this is kind of reaching to call a dementia moment…even I didnt know Leningrad wasn’t a city anymore. And im in my 30s, far from senile…Hell, I didnt know it was called Saint Petersburg before. And it was only renamed St. Petersburg in the 90s sometime. Probably something you’d only know if you are actually a Russian citizen, or live there.

    Or you know… googled it just now and read the Wikipedia article on it.

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      YOU don’t have to know. But a president not knowing is terrifying. He has to have at least some knowledge of the countries he’s dealing with. It’s his job.

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      The… the fucking president of the United States should know about St. Petersburg. I don’t care if it’s senility or not bothering to read or learn anything since the 1980s.

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      Probably something you’d only know if you are actually a Russian citizen, or live there.

      It’s generally known. It’s not an obscure fact, at least outside of the USA. I agree with you that this is weak evidence of dementia. But since this is a basic fact any politician dealing with Russia should know, it’s at least evidence (if we needed any) that Trump is not qualified for the job of President.

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      No, if you were old enough when the Berlin Wall came down and had any interest in world news, you would know about Leningrad and St. Petersburg. I guess if you’re young enough, that’s not part of the zeitgeist for you. I’m kind of surprised you’d heard of Leningrad, to be honest.

      For someone with Trump’s upbringing, not knowing this is either dementia or he’s always been an idiot. Given when he was running in 2016 he didn’t know the difference between Hezbollah and Hamas, I would lean toward idiot.

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        I’m starting to think it was a regional thing. I went to school when it was still Leningrad, and we learned about Hegel, Marx, Lenin, the Bolsheviks, the Russian Revolution, and the renaming of St. Petersburg. Maybe that’s why it stuck more when it was changed back.

        Even old New York was once New Amsterdam!

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      I don’t know, I would say after the fall of the Soviet Union its renaming was fairly common knowledge if you lived through that (even outside the former Soviet States)

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          Fair, but I mostly meant people who really experienced and remembered it. Aged around 50+ (like Trump).

          So forgetting that… Not a big deal. Remembering its old name first… OK, not remembering the current name after the old one - weird. And, finally, doing that constantly in many occasions, sign of mental problems.

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            I just asked my over 60 year old mother where Leningrad was and she had no idea. I told her it was St. Petersburg…so, just a single data point. But, it ain’t as ubiquitous as all you old farts seem to think it is :P

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    The president’s age was all the news could talk about until Biden dropped out. Suddenly it wasn’t a problem anymore.

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      Meanwhile trump is 2.5 years younger than Biden was when he dropped out, and has 3.5 years to go. So, the president’s age should be an even bigger issue then it was then, instead of disappearing altogether as an issue.

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      Also! Inflation and whether or not it was the president’s fault, and all the Palestine protests and how Democrats (only Democrats) were facing a lot of heat for their support of Israel. Almost as if our media is corrupted by partisan influences that are trying to mislead and influence people, and it works shockingly well.

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    A White House spokesperson wrote the following statement, in part: “Joe Biden started this brutal war, and President Trump is trying to stop the killing.”

    No, Dementia Donnie is standing in the nearby carwash wrapped in tissue paper trying to play checkers with a rubber chicken as one of play pieces.

    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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      Motherfucker Daughterfucker should be removed from office.

      FTFY.

      Release the Trump/Epstein Files, or just eject the Pedophile in Chief from the whitehouse.

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      It would take all 20 Republican seats to get flipped in 2026 to have any chance at all of removing Trump cuz you know not a single fucking republican will vote to remove his ass.

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        They might. It’s political suicide to turn on him one at a time. But they’re not all idiots.

        If some of them see an opportunity, they might turn. It just needs to be coordinated and effective. Because if you take that shot, you better not miss.

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          Every Republican is an idiot. 100%. They’re all the enemy. They’re a part of a self serving idiocracy but like all idiots they’re too stupid to competently serve themselves, either.

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    LoL Stupid LIBTarDs! I DIDNT care when he RAPED CHILDREN ON EPSTEIN ISLAND so WHY would I care when he HAS DIMINTIA!

    -Republicans who made fun of Biden’s Dementia!

  • marsza@lemmy.cafe
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    Was it “the Cold War never ended,” because that’s actually true 🤣