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Is Trump turning into Governor William J. Le Petomane from Blazing Saddles?


Posted - July 10
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  • 4682
    To be honest, I didn't know that English was the national language in Liberia. However, complimenting a Black man on his ability to speak it well is rude at best and racist at worst.  This president is beyond an embarassment.
      July 10, 2025 9:52 AM MDT
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  • 11820

    I didn't know that English was the national language in Liberia either.

    But I would if I was going to represent my country in an important meeting. I would do a bit of homework so that I would know a bit about the people I’m sitting down with and a bit about the country they represent. I think Trump showed the Liberia president that he does speak English well. Trump used the word “good” a few times instead of the word “well”. 

    I think it was a rude comment with a racist core.


    Cheers!

     

    This post was edited by Nanoose at July 11, 2025 5:37 AM MDT
      July 10, 2025 10:53 AM MDT
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  • 288
    Yep! Every time he opens his mouth, I can't help but be amazed by the near 215 million votes over 3 elections. Is the xenophobic pull really that blind to the dumbness? 
      July 10, 2025 1:37 PM MDT
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  • 4682
    Those people vote for him because they are just like him and having him in office gives them permission to say the quiet part out loud.  
      July 11, 2025 5:41 AM MDT
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  • 288
    You mean the half basket of deplorables? 
      July 12, 2025 2:35 AM MDT
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  • 4682
    Yes, those.
      July 12, 2025 5:50 AM MDT
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  • 35482
    Biden:  "I mean, you got the first sort of mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. That is a storybook, man."
      July 13, 2025 6:19 AM MDT
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  • 11863
    If I recall my history and geography correctly, Liberia was founded as an American colony for freed slaves and later declared its Independence from the US. I wouldn't expect Trump to know that, but with all the world leaders he deals with in English, many of whom do not have English as a first language, he only found it remarkable that this Black leader was fluent in English.
      July 10, 2025 11:55 AM MDT
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  • 288
    Didn't know that, at all. Probably explains the Liberian flag. 
      July 10, 2025 1:38 PM MDT
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  • 17303
    No, because that was funny. This is somewhere between tragic and embarrassing. 
      July 12, 2025 5:22 AM MDT
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  • 288
    It is like watching a Ricky Gervais sitcom character, constantly making me squirm and thinking, 'should I really be laughing at this'.  Car crash politics! 
      July 12, 2025 9:21 AM MDT
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  • 35482
    Not turning into anyone.  Just remaining the President of the United States.  
      July 13, 2025 6:22 AM MDT
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