Philosofatrice📯

Die monumentale Tiefsinnigkeit herabstürzender Interaktionen gehörte schon immer zu den Kapazitäten, mit denen ich mir tunlichst NICHT das Gesicht eincreme.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

*BRITISH WRITER PENS THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF TRUMP*
Someone asked "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?" Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response:
A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed.
So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump's limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.
Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever.
I don't say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman.
But with Trump, it's a fact. He doesn't even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers.
And scarily, he doesn't just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It's all surface.
Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don't. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He's not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He's more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.
And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead.
There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless or female – and he kicks them when they are down. So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think 'Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy' is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:
• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and most are.
• You don't need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.
This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss.
After all, it's impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

[E L H O T Z O @elhotzo]

auf eine Person schießen ist ein Attentat, auf 1 Million Personen schießen ist wertewestliche Außenpolitik

[The Resonance @Partisan_12]

A blue whale's poo can weigh as much as 4 tonnes making it the second largest piece of shit in the world just behind Donald Trump.

[Philosofatrice📯 @ftatatete]

@tynovaine That’s quite a disturbing metaphor for the way many parents raise their children.

[Murphy and his Law📯 @SchwanderMurphy]

Das Schwierigste an Dreitagekriegen sind die ersten beiden Jahre.

[Philosofatrice📯 @ftatatete]

@lu_eder @ambrosianuss Der Kommentar übertrifft alle Ihre Butterbrote. Ich bin verliebt.

[Der Postillon 📯 @Der_Postillon]

Trump überlegt, welches Land er als Nächstes angreifen soll, um von Irankrieg abzulenken
https://t.co/JAUmcNnbr1
https://t.co/JAUmcNnbr1

[E L H O T Z O @elhotzo]

Wolfram Weimer ist so heftig, stell dir vor du bist in der gleichen Regierung wie Jens Spahn und schaffst es negativ aufzufallen

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

I can’t think of a better analogy for America than the Epstein files.
Mountains of evidence about powerful men raping children.
And the only person in prison is a woman.

[Rumpelstilzken @stay_wokeness]

@RealFruitts Falls ihr AfD-Wählern aus dem Weg gehen wollt, geht einfach in eine Bibliothek. 😇

[Joe G @EastEndJoe]

Now this is a quality joke!

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

In a major step forward in the process of ending the war in Ukraine, President Zelenskyy has finally agreed to meet directly with a representative of The Kremlin.

[Canada Hates Trump @AntiTrumpCanada]

FUN FACT:
In nearly every science fiction time-travel scenario, the first proposed solution is to go back and kill Adolf Hitler. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

[The Resonance @Partisan_12]

This is Epic 😃

[Philosofatrice📯 @ftatatete]

@SSeifert7 @betterme sie wollen auf ziemlich durchsichtige Weise das Boomer-Problem lösen, könnte ich mir vorstellen.

[Littlewisehen @littlewisehen]

Allein für diese Überschrift sollte der Verfasser geadelt werden… 😎

[Dennis Goris | Cartoons @DennisGoris]

Giving credit where credit is due #FIFAPeacePrize

[SnoVette TM ❄️🍁❄️👎 No DM's Baron333 BlueSky @Snowball1776]

The best 👌 description bar none

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

It's a good thing President Obama killed Osama Bin Laden because otherwise Trump would be inviting him to the White House for some goddamn hors d'oeuvres