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[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 222 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Ok a 50 page memo? That's pretty friggin long. Depends how many of those you get a day.

But:

I summed up this highly classified memo into Trump's sort of bombastic language because it was the only way he was gonna understand," Taylor added. "I mean, I literally said in there, 'You know, if we leave Afghanistan too fast, the terrorists will call us losers. But if we wanna be seen as winners, we need to make sure the Afghan forces have the strength to push back against these criminals.' I mean, it was that dumb and that's how you had to talk to him."

[–] Lurk99777@lemmy.world 146 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

#ExplainlikeImTrump needs to be a thing

[–] bloodfoot@programming.dev 61 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

I could take about 30 seconds of it, but nothing more.

[–] ElBarto@lzrprt.sbs 53 points 1 year ago

When /Explainlikeimfive is too complicated.

[–] JustRalph@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

#ExplainLikeImOrange

[–] Cruxifux@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Jesus fucking Christ man, what the actual fuck?

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[–] fubo@lemmy.world 75 points 1 year ago (1 children)

deep state n. 1. People in government who don't stop doing their jobs just because there was an election; e.g. police and prosecutors who continue to pursue murderers without asking the new mayor whether to let that one go. 2. (Federal) People in government capable of reading at an 8th-grade level or higher.

[–] Spacebar@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nothing new here. We heard things like this a few months into his presidency.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

and even before it began. "Official close to the matter says that transition team briefings have to be written in crayon using words with fewer than three syllables. ..."

[–] Cabrio@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

And they have to make sure they don't use any of the good tasting colours just in case Trump gets hungry while 'drafting documents'.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Trump can’t draft anything… bone spurs

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We started hearing things like this in the 1980s.

[–] KingStrafeIV@midwest.social 31 points 1 year ago

At this point it's like saying that water is wet.

[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I can't be the only one not surprised by this

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'd be surprised if it doesn't come out that he had to have people read documents to him. because he can't read.

[–] contextual_somebody@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

The ghostwriter for “Art of the Deal” said “I seriously doubt that Trump has ever read a book straight through in his adult life.”

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[–] dandelo@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If only I could be so grossly incandescent…

[–] anewbeginning@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] Weirdfish@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Can't believe I've not seen this ascii art before, that's great.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Stare directly into it's amazing grace!

[–] HeavenAndHell@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Meritocracy is an illusion

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Politics is literally a popularity contest, not a meritocracy.

[–] KalloFox34@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Maybe if they have it to him in the form of a picture book…

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