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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

O shoot! We can do that? We can just do that? Alright. I call Ohio a mechoman444 territory!

[–] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

According to United States law, any children born in United States territory is considered an US citizen and regardless of the claim being legitimate or not according to the US it is their territory, therefore any child born there would be considered US citizen, basically allowing in free immigration from Iran.

[–] MisterLister@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Republicans already seem intent on nullifying birthright citizenship, not that it would stop them from simply ignoring laws they don't like anyway...

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 hours ago
[–] Bwaz@lemmy.world 24 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Iran should declare Florida an Iranian territory.

[–] CorporalCookie@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 1 points 12 hours ago

Right. No resistance from me. Of course, they’ll piss of their new landlords, and they’d try to return it.

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Please take it. We don't need it any more. Plus you get all the scientologists.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I’ll declare myself President of the United States.

Difference is I’d actually show up and do a better job.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 19 points 23 hours ago

There is a far greater senility problem, than anyone could ever accuse Biden of having. The problem is greater because he has no handlers around him to filter the stupid.

Trump also announced a few weeks ago that the US would collect 20% tarrifs/tolls on all shipments in the SoH. He had to walk back the stupid 2 days later. The only path towards the stupidity becoming reality is if Iran or Oman becomes a US territory, although planting a US flag on a small rock near the SoH, and setting a precedent of whoever controls that rock has territorial control over the SoH (pure stupid), would legitimize Iran's full claim, after they kill all US troops on the rock.

This would justify immediate impeachment, or to at least force another cognitive test at congress's request for review by congress.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 40 points 1 day ago
[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 8 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

I think at this point he is just jealous that he doesn't have a 10 year war like Vietnam to his name and this is why he is a acting like a spoiled little child regarding this.

[–] bfg9k@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can declare whatever the fuck I want but it doesn't make it real you fuckass

I have just now declared that the USA is my territory.

See, nobody cares.

[–] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 1 points 12 hours ago

I mean, you’ve got to convince someone…usually at gunpoint (or worse).

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 235 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)
[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 75 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] Anivia@feddit.org 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That game should really be called 4d chess with multiverse time travel. They "only" added two dimensions to regular chess, but in regular chess the pieces don't move in all 3 dimensions, only 2.

That being said I have almost 20 hours in this game and am still too stupid for it, even if it's "only" 4D 😭

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[–] rem26_art@fedia.io 184 points 1 day ago (2 children)

“Pretty soon, I will be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States,” Trump said during an address highlighting his administration’s efforts to combat crime in the U.S.

That'll do it. That'll stop crime in the US for sure. I can follow the logic

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 56 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Only losers stick to a single topic. This guy multitasks like no other.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nope. Not really. All this random multitasking, all the constant never ending bullshit. It's all actually 1 task.

That 1 task is called "Distract everybody from the epstein files"

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 68 points 1 day ago (3 children)

How does this dumbfuck manage to get STUPIDER with each passing day? It's like he's studying to get a PhD in Imbecility.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (2 children)

His brain is atrophying as his dementia continues to worsen.

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Sure, but also, he was always a fucking idiot. He's never been smart,even by average idiot American standards.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

Yes, but he is getting noticeably worse.

[–] valkyre09@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I guess there’s still hope then that one of these days a piece of the brain will die where he loses the ability to speak & move. I’ll sleep well tonight to the thought that this vile piece of shit could die slowly, alone and afraid 🤗🛏️

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 12 points 1 day ago

It will be hilarious if Biden out lives him

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[–] MML@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

Literally syphilis

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[–] Eryn6844@piefed.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

and i declare i am the empress of MARS. woop de dooo. the emperor has no clothes

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wouldn't recommend the no clothes thing on Mars.

I wouldn't recommend the no clothes thing on Trump.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 106 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Absolutely brilliant Trump. And now that you are at it, why not declare China a US territory too?
I wonder why nobody thought of that before? I guess it's because they don't have big brains. 🤡 🤢 🤣

[–] YouTalkinToMe@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why not Taiwan? Then TSMC doesn’t have to build factories in the US.

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

Too late, China called dibs.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 17 points 1 day ago

Yeah I'm sure that will work.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 85 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 51 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 17 points 1 day ago

until the markets open up on monday.

[–] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 61 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

To trumpy: The trump/epstein mp4's you degenerate pervert. Remember those? No matter what outrageous shit you do as a bona fide degenerate pervert the trump/epstein mp4 files will always be there. Deal with it motherfucker and hate us even more for it. Please clock, tick, tick, tick (embolism go BOOM!).

[–] Abyssian@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Why not just follow Israel's lead and declare all other countries and the buildings and homes in them property of the United States?

Then everyone else becomes a criminal tresspasser terrorist and they have to do what we say because they're bad and we're right and it's normal and reasonable for us to zip tie a man's peener and parade him naked in front of his family, and shoot the kids if they so much as look at the rocks that are everywhere because we smashed their neighbors house into rubble the day before.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 6 points 1 day ago

Basically Same energy

[–] UnLocoPoco@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Damn...I thought I was the emperor of the universe 😞

[–] craftrabbit@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 day ago

And I declare that trump's rectum is a Putin territory.

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