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For those not appearing to get it, Trump allowed his sycophants to berate Zelenskyy for not wearing a suit in his White House meeting. Folks are treating Trump's attire faux pas accordingly.
More than that, Trump isn't in the middle of actively fighting a fucking war, and a funeral has one single, solitary wardrobe expectation: wear black.*
Even if not for that utter dumpster fire of a press conference, I also remember the fuss made about Obama's tan suit that he just happened to wear during a televised event (which was not a funeral). On every level, this clown deserves mockery.
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not universal to all kinds of funeral ceremonies, I know. this, however, was one of those funerals.
a funeral has one single, solitary wardrobe expectation: wear black.*
You're not wrong. I put special instructions (Canadian Tuxedo) in my will.
Yeah, it's the suit that's embarrassing, not the "239 lbs" of rancid garbage sloshing around inside.
No fucking way he's less than 250lbs
That's why they put it in quotes. During his first term his personal doctor listed Trump's weight at 239, which everyone with at least one functioning eyeball knows is complete horseshit. But naturally he lies about that like he lies about everything else
Both
This was not an accident. First, it gets him to stand out from the crowd, draw all the attention to himself, and make it all about him which is what he lives and breathes for. Second, it gets the media to focus on something other than him eliminating due process, having judges arrested, using the DOJ to attack perceived enemies, deporting US citizens, and completely ignoring court rulings while those who have the power to stop it sit back and either do nothing or actively support it.
gets the media to focus on something other
I didn't see the clown makeup until you mentioned it; but that's what it is, isn't it? The circus continues.
Honestly, now that we're literally sending people to concentration camps, I have zero fucks to give about this superficial bullshit. No one gives a shit about what Hitler wore at the '36 Olympics, and no one's gonna care what this asshole wore to a funeral.
It's purely to be on the attack. Republicans showed for the last fifteen years if you're performatively aggressive against the opposition eventually you get what you want.
You don't have to hate Trump or his suit color. Just love democracy and socialism and the working class. If this gets some apolitical conservative people to not vote for the Republicans then awesome.
The thing was that they resorted to the tan suit and terrorist first bump bullshit because Obama gave them so little to work with. For Trump you didn't need to waste everyone's time when his administration is ignoring court orders, arresting judges, declaring warrants and due process unnecessary, and tanking the economy.
The tan suit stuff may have helped energize the base by preaching to the choir, but everyone else found it ridiculous and made them skeptical of conservative media. When you are inundated nearly daily with real terrible stuff, no need to undermine credibility by latching into this sort of fluff.
Probably Hugo Boss if I had to guess.
We're back to suit color news. America is healing.
Thank god it wasn’t tan.
The tan suit had mustard stains on it, otherwise...
Main character syndrome.
This whole thing is stupid.
This guy is not the president of the United States.
No, he's the future King of England, and also, like Trump, not a Catholic, there's a link here.
Apparently the dress code is dark suit + black tie. So this is fine. Trump's tie was blue
Joe Biden, however, is a Catholic
This is the sort of news that does nothing but bring attention away from real problems. Blame these idiots for being a bunch of liars and criminals (including the pope) not for wearing the wrong suit color.
Just one in my lifetime I wanna see the rapists, the convicted felons, the wannabe gangsters elected to office, the people linked to Jeffrey Epstein, the presidents who put personal interest before country, the tactless lying connen grifters and the orange buffoons leave this plane before the good men with some semblance of balance, tolerance, moderation and compassion.
Just once in my lifetime.
At least kissinger finally kicked it
Remember when Obama rocked that tan suit yall?
At least he didn't eat any Grey Poupon™
They let a convicted felon travel to their country?
Not to defend him, but that's exactly what Francis didn't care about.
On the plus side, it is the sort of thing Trump cares about. Hit him in the vanity if you want him to feel it.
Don't try to shame 47, he has no shame. I can't even watch the UK office because of second hand cringe, but he would probably take notes
It's not about shaming Trump. Like you say, he has no shame. It's about exhausting his base. It takes a second to make fun of him for it.
Honestly, I don't give a fuck. He's doing genuinely despicable things that are much more deserving of the media's limited time.
..... and they had a never ending media fiasco for a president wearing a tan suit ... and it didn't have anything to do with a funeral or anything, a black president just decided one day to wear a tan suit!
Meanwhile an orange president is given directions and suggestion as to what to wear to an international funeral for a prominent figure and he ignores all protocols because he is just that dense.
He's laughing at all of us because he's thumbing his nose at the world to let everyone know he can do whatever he pleases without any regard for decency or respect ... for himself, his country, the living or even for the dead.
Because of Trump the world thinks us a fool.
