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riversedge

(70,182 posts)
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 06:10 PM Sep 2017

German press WARN: "Trump has transformed the United States into a laughing stock and he is a dange

And his rally last night in Alabama was disgusting!



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Duty To Warn? @duty2warn 2h2 hours ago

German press WARN: "Trump has transformed the United States into a laughing stock and he is a danger to the world."







One paper, a German paper called Der Spiegel, has perfectly put into words how most sane Americans, nay, the world, feels about Trump. The author is Klaus Brinkbäumer, and the man is a damn genius.

The article is titled “It’s Time to Get Rid of Donald Trump” — “A Danger to the World.” Saying:

“Donald Trump has transformed the United States into a laughing stock and he is a danger to the world. He must be removed from the White House before things get even worse.”

Something the majority of Americans, seeing as Trump overwhelmingly lost the popular vote, agree with.

The article begins by saying:



“Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States. He does not possess the requisite intellect and does not understand the significance of the office he holds nor the tasks associated with it. He doesn’t read. He doesn’t bother to peruse important files and intelligence reports and knows little about the issues that he has identified as his priorities. His decisions are capricious and they are delivered in the form of tyrannical decrees.”


But hold onto your underoos, that’s just the beginning. Brinkbäumer continues:.................................

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German press WARN: "Trump has transformed the United States into a laughing stock and he is a dange (Original Post) riversedge Sep 2017 OP
Off to the greatest page for thee malaise Sep 2017 #1
k for visibility riversedge Sep 2017 #29
Here's a link to the whole article: The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #2
KILLER Article! Mountain Mule Sep 2017 #14
Thanks.Maybe the UN could impose sanctions if he blows the Iran deal.Symbolic, but WTF up, USA! Alice11111 Sep 2017 #42
The winds of World War III are getting stronger. roamer65 Sep 2017 #3
Direct link to bypass twitter: unblock Sep 2017 #4
I think Trumpers should have it tattooed across their foreheads. VigilantG Sep 2017 #5
I've wondered if I'd be willing rainin Sep 2017 #16
Here's how I do it... MLAA Sep 2017 #25
Well at least some members of the press are catching on. smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #6
When it comes to things like this Turbineguy Sep 2017 #7
Yes. As I've noted before, currently reading Erik Larson's... Laffy Kat Sep 2017 #9
The article is from May 19th ProudLib72 Sep 2017 #8
I agree word for word. BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #10
Germany bdamomma Sep 2017 #11
Der Spiegel is a great magazine,... GetRidOfThem Sep 2017 #12
It's also on-line: WinkyDink Sep 2017 #15
online is good... GetRidOfThem Sep 2017 #32
And their trump covers are outstanding! calimary Sep 2017 #31
"As has been demonstrated hundreds of times, he is a liar, a racist and a cheat." dalton99a Sep 2017 #13
Here comes... zentrum Sep 2017 #17
Many of us know and agree Va Lefty Sep 2017 #18
The one thing the article seems to pass over pangaia Sep 2017 #19
We know, WE KNOW ailsagirl Sep 2017 #20
We need regime change cagefreesoylentgreen Sep 2017 #21
It's time for the EU to become a federal republic. roamer65 Sep 2017 #22
Correct They_Live Sep 2017 #23
I couldn't agree more with the German press spanone Sep 2017 #24
Even after he is gone Sucha NastyWoman Sep 2017 #26
he must be removed handmade34 Sep 2017 #27
That whole damn party needs to go! Initech Sep 2017 #43
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2017 #28
This dotard may get us all killed jambo101 Sep 2017 #30
Yep, the Orange Dotard is a national embarrassment and horror. nt SunSeeker Sep 2017 #33
K&R UCmeNdc Sep 2017 #34
K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Sep 2017 #35
the article was published in May gristy Sep 2017 #36
K&R defacto7 Sep 2017 #37
wonder how many GOP leaders are paying attention given this is coming from another super power onetexan Sep 2017 #38
I have to point out there is a substantial disconnect between being a laughingstock Nitram Sep 2017 #39
Maybe you're right, maybe he can only be one of those. JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2017 #40
That's right. I hope we don't figure it out too late. Nitram Sep 2017 #41
"He is a man free of morals" NastyRiffraff Sep 2017 #44

VigilantG

(374 posts)
5. I think Trumpers should have it tattooed across their foreheads.
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 06:22 PM
Sep 2017

To separate us from them. I'm ashamed of what is happening to US.

rainin

(3,010 posts)
16. I've wondered if I'd be willing
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 07:17 PM
Sep 2017

to wear a wrist band identifying myself as a supporter of BLM, an opponent of the Muslim Ban, a supporter of immigrants...
We can't tatoo the trumpers, but what if we all stood together and branded ourselves so we could see who they are on sight.

Maybe, in this alternate universe, trumpers could walk around being nervous.

File this in the cabinet of ideas that will never happen.

MLAA

(17,274 posts)
25. Here's how I do it...
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 09:10 PM
Sep 2017

I have worn either a large Hillary or Obama button every day since election. I've ruined a lot of tops with little holes from the cheap buttons....but it's worth it because it makes me feel just a tiny bit better.

Turbineguy

(37,313 posts)
7. When it comes to things like this
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 06:32 PM
Sep 2017

the Germans certainly know what they are talking about.

If the U.S. pays the same price percentage wise for Trump that Germany paid for Hitler, we are talking about 29 million dead.

Laffy Kat

(16,376 posts)
9. Yes. As I've noted before, currently reading Erik Larson's...
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 06:45 PM
Sep 2017
In the Garden of Beasts written in 2011, about the rise of Hitler. The parallels are so striking I have literally gasped aloud a couple of times while reading. Other times I just shake my head. It is terrifying.

BigmanPigman

(51,583 posts)
10. I agree word for word.
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 06:51 PM
Sep 2017

"He must be removed, quickly. He is a danger to the world and is not fit to hold the office." I wish Russia felt this way...they would know how to remove him quickly and quietly. The Mafia it too loud and messy.

bdamomma

(63,836 posts)
11. Germany
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 06:57 PM
Sep 2017

and Germans know what they talking about they had a POS who committed murder and killed millions of people.

Let us please get this fucking man out and FUCK HIS BASE!!!!!!!!

GetRidOfThem

(869 posts)
12. Der Spiegel is a great magazine,...
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 07:06 PM
Sep 2017

...and I spend hundreds a year getting it delivered here in Washington, D.C. (I am natively German)

It features real journalism and some aggressive research, and therefore had its own blowback in Germany. One chancellor who did not like the coverage of him called it "das Scheissblatt" (the Shitpaper) .

How do I know? Because in a recent anniversary edition this citation was on its cover!

GetRidOfThem

(869 posts)
32. online is good...
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 08:44 AM
Sep 2017

...but nothing beats the print editions.

And alas, booksellers are getting rarer and rarer, even in D.C.

calimary

(81,194 posts)
31. And their trump covers are outstanding!
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 12:39 AM
Sep 2017

I used one for a protest poster for the March for Science. It was this image of trump's head as a flaming meteor, hurtling toward earth.


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dalton99a

(81,432 posts)
13. "As has been demonstrated hundreds of times, he is a liar, a racist and a cheat."
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 07:11 PM
Sep 2017

That is now an indisputable fact

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
17. Here comes...
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 07:19 PM
Sep 2017

....President Pence, whom the world will be much more comfortable with, recognizing him as just another American Neo-con. A well known quantity.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
19. The one thing the article seems to pass over
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 08:00 PM
Sep 2017

is that all this chaos is intentional, perhaps not by trump himself. He is too stupid.
But by bannon , putin and his russian cohorts...

destroy democracy in the us, western europe and particularly the relationship between the two.

among other things think latvia, ukraine, estonia, belarus, and on and on...

Sucha NastyWoman

(2,745 posts)
26. Even after he is gone
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 09:12 PM
Sep 2017

it will be decades before the world will be able to trust us and respect us again.

If we elected him once, we are capable of making such a bad choice again.

Response to riversedge (Original post)

Nitram

(22,781 posts)
39. I have to point out there is a substantial disconnect between being a laughingstock
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 02:39 PM
Sep 2017

and a danger to the world. Make up your mind guys, he can 't be both...

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
44. "He is a man free of morals"
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 05:50 PM
Sep 2017

From the article:

He is a man free of morals. As has been demonstrated hundreds of times, he is a liar, a racist and a cheat. I feel ashamed to use these words, as sharp and loud as they are. But if they apply to anyone, they apply to Trump. And one of the media's tasks is to continue telling things as they are: Trump has to be removed from the White House. Quickly. He is a danger to the world.


That pretty well sums him up. An excellent article!
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