That's why he was a comedian before becoming president....
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LOL! Kudos to President Zelensky. I do not know how he can hold his composure while sitting near a fucking Russian asset.
He's literally an actor
A better actor than the reality TV star, and a better president too.
That moment you're reminded that, oh yeah, this guy was a comedian back in simpler times.
Its not even his comedic acting background.
Zelenskyy has charisma. Contrast that with a senile lunatic who almost definitely had shit his pants by this point in the interview and...
Trump is crazy charismatic; thatβs a big part of the problem. I donβt get it, but clearly tens of millions of people do, a whole fucking lot.
He REALLY isn't. He can barely speak a coherent sentence and somehow the party of homophobia is cool with a guy who can only dance by miming a blowbang.
There are two big keys to his success and they are true of many populist leaders:
- His support base know they are as dumb as he is, if not dumber, and are glad they have a leader who won't use big words like "because".
- The vast majority of people never see him. They see a highly edited clip on tiktok or just hear that he said they should beat a trans person on Facebook and so forth.
Contrast that with someone like Big Daddy Z. "I would love to visit but we are too busy destroying it" really isn't anything new and there are countless quotes along those lines from WW2 and the like. But he has basic people skills, a great smile, and knows how to sound like a human being where "I might not always agree with you but I would totally share a drink". And it works. It belittles the opposition, reminds people of Ukraine's current accomplishments, and makes you like the guy.
That is charisma.
Theyβre both charismatic and if you canβt see that you arenβt equipped to confront reality and the problems we face.
Youβre getting downvoted, but youβre absolutely right. For a certain type of American, he is magnetic. Itβs the same type who goes to megachurches. Those preachers are obvious charlatans to you and me, but in white trash culture, they are top-of-the-heap alpha male leaders with all the answers.
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Trump had charisma, but it's lost in a sea of dementia now.
Other people are disagreeing, since he's not really smooth the way the term implies. But, maybe he has a different kind. Charisma is hard to define.
Trumpism predated Trump, though. He was just the first rich guy willing to openly say horrible things in the primary.
It isn't charisma, it is convenience. The convenience to be an asshole without repercussion, is what Trump promises. His backers want to become Trump.
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He had some side splitters in his interview with Letterman as well, you know someone's witty as fuck when they can make jokes not in their native language
His face says "why do I have to sit here and listen to this raving lunatic"
he sat like this in 2019, when he was threatening him if he dint "make up an investigation" into the bidens.
Damn that feels like so long ago.
I imagine he had to unlearn the Biden years when he was dealing with actual world leaders. He clearly went in that mode to the first Trump meetings which didn't quite work.
Fucking legend. More proof of my theory that comedians should govern.
Also treating every talk with Trump like it was a standup show is a great way to deal with the dumbass.
No. Reagan.
I think you are confusing comedians with clowns.
He wasn't a comedian though, he was an actor in cowboy movies
The USA should resurect John Belushi.
This quote is going to be in all the texts regarding the Russian invasion
Once again I would like to apologize to President Zelenskyy on behalf of the 49% of my fellow voters who decided a corrupt, incompetent, demented rapist was a great idea.
Thank you for being able to roll with it while we get our #%@ s**t together.
Progressives, can you meet me on camera 3?
The rest of the world is not "rolling with it", it is laughing at you, boycotting US goods and travel, and distancing themselves as best they can.
Not the rest of the world, Just Zelenskyy / Ukraine.
β of eligible US voters chose their current federal representation.
β actively. β passively.
It was an indisputable majority who chose this outcome. If the US wants to argue this is not who they are, then its citizenry needs to prove it.
using the U.S. Census Bureauβs 2024 Current Population Survey estimates, about 65.3% of the voting-age population voted and 73.6% were registered β which implies roughly 88.7% of registered voters cast a ballot in 2024 (65.3 Γ· 73.6 β 0.887) [1]
https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/percentage-registered-voters-who-voted-2024-17c512
Although, history has shown every nation isn't that far from signing up from fascism.
Thatβs just the population revealing who they truly are.
Weak communities are required for authoritarianism.
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That's a great joke.
I'm not even sure it was a joke. Didn't look like he was kidding at all.
In the words of Jeff Foxworthy, "true stuff is the funniest stuff."
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When did he say this? Is this real?
edit: Damn you're quick, 26 minutes ago
Donald Trump says he has pushed back on requests from Vladimir Putin to hold potential peace talks in Moscow.
"One of the things that I talked to [Putin] about was, where would you want to meet? And he said, ideally in Moscow," Trump said, adding that he rejected the idea as it "just doesn't work".
"But he'll meet and Zelenskyy is going to meet and something's going to happen," says Trump. "It's going to be positive."
The US president adds that he hopes a meeting with the two sides will happen "soon".
He then turns to Zelenskyy and asks: "Would you go to Moscow?"
"It's difficult, there's a lot of Ukrainian drones there," Zelenskyy jokes, to laughter from those in the room.
Ooooh, thanks. I thought going to Moscow meant trying to invade it... But this makes more sense.
Lol, what a great line!
I don't see why not, once the tanks roll in to reclaim Muscovy for the new Kievan Rus'
The cool thing about drones is they only hit enemies. Usually.
Unlike certain air defense systems.
[Kuwaiti national anthem plays]
Well Ukrainian drones at least.
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