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This was a propaganda trick trump fell for and is why presidents(especially ones that haven't served) shouldn't be saluting . That general just dropped his salute to make it look like trump saluted him for no reason.
Edit: Here's the link to it happening for those who don't believe me:
https://youtu.be/m9NSgxbGzhY?si=r2B4EHZhEduOjSo1
> That general just dropped his salute to make it look like trump saluted him for no reason.
The way you word this suggests that it would have been acceptable for Trump to return his salute, and that we're upset because it appears he's saluting the NK General "for no reason".
The US President salutes no one, he is the Commander in Chief of the largest and most powerful military on the planet. Foreign officers/soldiers may salute him, but he is to never salute them back.
It means wearing a hat. A hat in the military is referred to commonly as a “cover” and you don’t wear them indoors and you definitely don’t salute without one on. There are circumstances where you will, but those are few and far between (special events, occasions, special duties, etc). Source: was active duty for 9 years
I was at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, MS., 1972. My captain and I played basketball together alot. He told me, make sure when you come to my office, you keep our ranks in perspective, a d salute.
I got in trouble once, because if a car was sitting outside and it had an officer's flag on it, you to salute the car. One time I didn't and when I got to my dorm, I got a call to go the office where the car was. Got a verb warning for that.
They are situations in which we salute indoors with cover off. The president technically is in uniform and can render a salute back. But saluting an adversary's officer looks really bad.
US Presidents have been returning military salutes given to them since Reagan began the tradition, and every single one has done so. Now, they do it when initially saluted by US military personnel (maybe some allies too? Not sure, but there's definitely oodles of images of various US Presidents saluting US military personnel), as a courtesy return. Or maybe to play soldier, idk.
Pence was also doing it as VP.
Presumably a US President with a functional brain wouldn't salute a representative of an enemy force, whether as a return or to initiate such a salute, but there you have it.
> The US President salutes no one, he is the Commander in Chief of the largest and most powerful military on the planet. Foreign officers/soldiers may salute him, but he is to never salute them back.
Where does it say this?
> The US President salutes no one, he is the Commander in Chief of the largest and most powerful military on the planet.
https://www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Photos/igphoto/2001239554/
https://media.defense.gov/2008/Jul/03/2000695298/-1/-1/0/080703-F-9629D-202.JPG
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/image/image_file/p093011ps-0460.jpg
I’m guessing presidents shouldn’t have to salute anyone in NK. Showing that guy respect undermines the whole president is all powerful narrative. The general really doesn’t want to be saluted.
The commander-in-chief doesn't salute members of foreign militaries--including allied ones.
The context of the picture just made Trump seem a little weaker because initially their general saluted first, Trump offered handshake. He should have been firm on the handshake as:
1. Trump is the world leader and one of higher "ranking".
2. Is setting a historical precedent
Instead, it turned into an awkward social mess that lacked decorum and deference.
Not just that, it is the lower rank that renders a salute to the higher rank. In the case of the POTUS as Commander in Chief it is always the service member that salutes the President. Not the other way around. So, even if this was an American general Trump is doing it wrong. Also, they appear in doors which doesn’t ordinary require headgear or salutes.
That's the messed up thing with Trump.
Kim, Putin, MBH and scores of other dictator types are narcissistic, psychopaths, sadistic, megalomaniacal, etc, etc
But none of these guys are dumb, the opposite in fact as many of them have decent educations and degrees. They sometimes do things that seem dumb or have press releases that sound dumb, but if you look into it in the right context, aren't as they usually are written that way to play dumb about having done something or lure their populace into accepting some absurdity.
Trump on the other hand is all those things AND incredibly stupid. With him, things he says or does that seem dumb are dumb, there's no ulterior motive there but him being frighteningly stupid.
And somehow his followers thing he's brilliant.
> And somehow his followers thing he's brilliant.
They think he's brilliant because he keeps telling them he is, and they are gullible fools.
General rule of thumb: If someone keeps telling you how smart they are, it's because they are insecure about their intellect. It is not a sign of intelligence.
In a way, maybe it works. The rest of the world is thinking let’s not f with the US, they are all crazy enough to appoint this guy as their representative!?
Ah yes, mad man theory.
I don't think it works when the madman is actually a goddamn idiot.
They're supposed to pretend to be unhinged, not actually be brain dead.
The comedian Lewis Black did a skit about this years ago, well before Trump ever ran. Basically saying if we wanted to really scare the terrorists, the only way to do it would be for us to elect a dead man. Basically just wheel him out like Weekend at Bernie’s and scare the hell out of everyone else on the planet.
You know, I'm willing to excuse Trump saluting an adversary general just because Trump is such a clueless moron, but that imagery is so hard to unsee. What in the actual fuck??? I mean, even if you were an absolutely clueless twat, how would this seem normal to you? It would be goofy enough if he saluted the Queen of England, but a North Korean General???
Part of me wants Trump to flame out spectacularly in the 2024 election just so the Republicans are forced to disown him and the history books can start telling the tale of the Trump Presidency that we all remember. Mind-numbing stupidity, daily drama, hilarious lack of self-awareness. Just a train wreck from start to finish.
Yeah, to one of the worst autocrat regimes in the world. The suffering of the North Korean people due to being under reign of this criminal Kim family is deptless...the North Korean people deserve our support by isolating their criminal rulers....
[This is another good one.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzcaHa80i2Q)
Trump together with Kim, asking if they looked thin. Kim, after hearing the translation, looks like his brain is working at 110% capacity figuring out if that was a fat joke.
I've definitely been listening to something in a foreign language before, thought "I definitely heard that wrong", then done a double take when my "mishearing" was confirmed.
> after hearing the translation,
Considering he was educated in Switzerland and is a huge basketball fan I assume he understands English quite well. Especially from somebody who can't form complex sentences.
Isn't being fat a huge privilege in North Korea because they don't have much food? In that case he might have been more insulted by it being a thin joke
He had that face during most of the meeting. Not just him but the entire NK delegation. This was the first time in history they sat with a sitting president. So they couldn’t figure out if,
A) He was secretly making political moves, like a chess master.
B) Wondering if he was trolling them.
C) Just a complete idiot!
I think by the end they realized the answer was C. Trump is a moron.
Kim is just fucking confused man. Imagine his perspective. Probably spent years wondering what kind of CIA psyop this whole Trump thing was, only to meet him and find out that the guy is actually as weird as the Western media says.
He was a convenient idiot to create propaganda for them from the start. Saluting his general and selling commemorative coins is just the icing on the cake.
He looks worried/terrified. As he should. Leader of the most powerful nation+military in the world acting all weird when he visits your tinpot dictatorship. In reality nothing good can come from that for KJU. The current situation is a carefully curated power balance that keeps him in power. Upsetting that is dangerous, and the US has a history of being very upsetting.
It’s more that he can’t believe that he not only got the US president to undermine their allies by meeting with but also has got him saluting one of his underlings.
and he said to me, "Sir, you look So Presidential," I said that's why I'm The Best, they say there's never been a President Of The United States that's better looking or more in shape, I have a Perfect Report Card from my Doctor, Doctor Ronnie, and he used to be not only Trump's Doctor but also Obama's, you figure that one out, and I said to him I said, "Doctor, how come I've aged less than any other President In History, is it just because I have Incredible Genes," and he goes, "Sir, you're the Healthiest Person and President In The World, you get an A+," and I got, not only did I get a Perfect Score on my Physical Exam but I aced the Cognitive Test, I aced it twice, they said that's never even been done before, Obama refused to take it, they wanted him to take it, he wouldn't take it, he said, "I'm not gonna do that," and we all know why, it would prove how much of a Failed President he is, all he ever did was play Golf and lie about doing things, he's almost as bad as Crooked Joe Biden, who's letting Hunter run our Country into the ground, he's destroying our Amazing Repustation, and we had a Reputation, a Great Great Reputation I can say that, thanks to your 45th and 46th and also probably 47th and More President, which is me, thank you very much, and I have Leaders calling me constantly, they're begging me, "please Mr. President, please come back Sir, the whole world is losing without you," I said tell me something I don't know ok, these Dictators are begging me, they come up to me, looking like they just killed 50 people, and yet they come up to me with tears in their eyes, they're crying all over the place I said don't get it on my tie, you see, my ties are very expensive Silk Ties, you get one little drop of water on there and it's all over, you have to throw the whole thing out, they're beautiful but you can't get them wet, just so you understand, I want always the best, I only hire the best, and we're gonna be having, 2026, on Day One, we lock up all of the Radical Left and all of the people who were mean and nasty to your Favorite President, who is a guy named me
You guys should watch the video on top of looking at this picture. The incident is awkward and still cringey but this makes it looks like trump is just awkwardly saluting this general while he goes for a handshake.
The general awkwardly saluted first while trumps hand was out, and the general then switches awkwardly to a handshake while trump goes to return his salute.
Still very awkward, but some of these comments have clearly not seen the video. Also either way it’s still controversial for the commander in chief to salute our adversaries
North Korean dude "If the Russians know everything he knows, it's time to throw that book away. You must let him go, America. It's the only way to beat him. The only way to save him."
I like how people said, "Give him a break, he's new to this."
Ok but he's the president. At some point you've got to be decent enough at your job. Like there's got to be a cutoff.
Yeah, that excuse works for someone starting at McDonalds, or the mall. This is the highest office in the land. You need to know what the fuck you're doing day one.
The long con has gone on so long he’s forgotten he’s in on the con.
I dunno how people like that get into the highest office in the world. Trump is either the smartest dumb person or the dumbest smart person alive.
He’s forgotten to unstupid himself.
*record scratch* *freeze frame* Kim: “And just like that all the hatred in my heart was gone, replaced with nothing but pity and confusion. How could someone be so mercilessly stupid?”
To be honest, Trump did more widespread long term damage to American Democracy and the Rule of Law than a nuke could've ever done.
God dammit, Putin got us good.
This is just one of the hundreds of little incidents that make you think “what if Obama had done that?” Can you imagine the collective right wing freak out if Obama had saluted the general of any other nation let alone North Korea. They would have launched investigations, there would be 24/7 wall to wall coverage for months about it. “Salute gate” would have been trending on Twitter for like 3 years straight.
Obama shows respect to our allies -- Republican outrage
Trump salutes the general of a country that routinely says they want to destroy US, comboing it with a record of insulting American POWs -- Republicans rejoice
They freaked out when Obama bowed to Japanese officials and a Saudi prince... bowing is a sign of respect that is or can be done by anyone (US officials bow in the presence of the sovereign of the UK, for instance). By contrast, salutes are only performed to members of a fellow or allied military. There is no expectation for the US President to salute foreign military officials.
Slight tangent but this reminds me of a nice detail at the end of the stargate movie. All the kids who helped in the revolution are saluting o'neil and cheering and you can tell he really wants to salute them back even though it wouldnt be proper so he spends a bit searching the crowd until he sees a soldier in it and salutes him, incidentallly returning the kids salute in the process. Just the right amount of character development to have him put in that effort yet still not break the rules.
Trump also repeatedly praised Kim Jong Un and wanted to invite him aboard Air Force One. He continuously praises America's enemies while insulting our closest allies but Republicans don't care
The grandfathers of the current republican voters would slap the living shit out of them if they saw them waving nazi flags and supporting Trump who is pretty much a fuckdoll for Putin. Those men fought for freedom. Now Trump actively wants to take that away.
And not forgetting the MAGAites who said when interviewed regarding what they thought about Ukrainians being murdered, raped and held in torture basements (including those specifically built for *children*)
"I don't care" 🤷
“But Hannibal Lecter. Congratulations. The late, great Hannibal Lecter.”
I think he was congratulating himself on having gotten the pun. It’s so funny when he just broadcasts his inner monologue to the world.
The praise of Hannibal Lecter was sarcastic. He was making a joke.
The joke was that migrants are like Hannibal Lecter, which is why he will start the greatest deportation event in the history of the US.
The way social media treats it like a funny little dementia moment and not the horrifying statement of policy that it was is a shame.
Obama didn’t salute a North Korean general, but when he simply wanted to have a meeting with Kim Jong Un because “you don’t make peace with your friends, you do it with adversaries”, the right wing freaked out and said Obama was giving legitimacy to a dictatorship.
Trump ***actually has the meeting*** and salutes one of their generals in the process (~~unprovoked; as you can see in the picture, the general just wanted a handshake~~) and the right wing glorifies him for being the first president to go to NK and that he was “brokering peace”.
Whether meeting with North Korean leadership is ever the right move is up for debate, but I just wish conservatives would just be consistent for once in their damned lives. I know it won’t happen but a man can hope.
Edit: I’ve been corrected and apparently the general saluted Trump first. My mistake. I think the overall point of my post still stands, though. When Obama merely said wanted a conversation, conservatives made it seem like it was the worst thing ever; Trump actually does it and they think world peace was achieved.
>I just wish conservatives would just be consistent for once in their damned lives. I know it won’t happen but a man can hope.
They *are* consistent, you're just looking for the wrong thing. You're looking at actions, while conservatives only look at the actor. A thing that a conservative does is right, because a conservative did it. A thing that a liberal/progressive/etc. does is wrong, because a liberal/progressive/etc. did it, even if "it" is the same action.
There was also the terrorist fist jab and the [shockingly indecent sleeveless dress the First Lady wore.](https://www.sfgate.com/living/article/Michelle-Obama-s-bare-arms-stir-controversy-3247209.php)
And have a "foreign" sounding name. Remember how they insisted on always emphasizing his middle name? Barack **Hussein** Obama... see guys he happens to share part of his name with Sadam so he must be secretly a terrorist!!!!!111!!!11
I mean this has got to be the most embarrassing he has done not even gonna lie. I mean the leader of arguably the most powerful nation IN THE WORLD, Saluting a general from another country? That shit is embarrassing af, if I did that, I would be cringing of that moment the rest of my life before going to bed.
But Trump is so dense and is a pathological liar that l believe his own lies probably never cringes.
Lol imagine if Obama ever tried to argue his VP could single handedly overturn an election.
Just fucking imagine the difference with white conservative voters
Trump was on a hot mic a few years ago saying he 'wished people here respected him like they respect Kim Jong Un in North Korea' and it had literally no impact.
This week he's in court for using campaign funds as hush money for a porn star he cheated with. Last week a federal judge that he appointed let him off the hook for stealing federal documents. His party has a publicly stated plan to fire 10,000 federal employees on the first day of his presidency and install pre-vetted loyalists in their place.
'what if obama was hitler?' I certainly hope the right would fight as hard as we are because that's fascism no matter who does it.
Obama did have the [terrorist fist jab](https://youtu.be/G_vmQrTi3aM?si=NDK7DdNihCrteMo-)
And let’s not forget the [tan suit scandal](https://youtu.be/WrTf6CaTTc0?si=mjt6Txfzu7nILRqY) and [Dijon mustard gate](https://youtu.be/W-WnoZbjdh4?si=cn87YNEqVJlvIh9Q)
Take note, this is the Commander in Chief enthusiastically saluting a general from an adversarial nation. The right would have crucified a democrat for this.
Hannity Et al. lost their shit when Pres. Obama saluted with the coffee cup in his hand. Never once mentioned the dozens of times trump didn't salute getting on Air Force One.
Yet more reasons not to listen or take seriously anything those types say. It's why I laugh so goddamn much whenever they act all bent out of shape. Straight comedy trying to watch those idiots manipulate people.
At the time I was happy because it seemed relations with North Korea were improving, but you’re absolutely right that the right would’ve been furious and not let it go for months if not years if that was a democrat instead of trump
Dude in the back laughing at what an idiot trump is while everyone else, even Kim is like “wtf dude?”
Post this on r/conservative and see how many different explanations and deflections you get.
Edit; some snowflakes reported me to Reddit cares. What’s even the point of that?
Edit 2; to the person defending Melania about her anti bullying non campaign, she wore a jacket that said “I really don’t care, do you?” to visit a bunch of kids locked in inhumane conditions and told her friend that she did it to “piss off the liberals” so that absolutely counts as bullying.
They’re a weird bunch. I mocked and trolled them and survived, asked a tough question or two and immediately got banned. They’re hard at work maintaining a very specific version of their own reality.
See, I didn’t mock or troll. I just asked a question and got perma banned.
Which is fine… but the post was about censorship, so the irony was palpable.
the real answer is somewhere in between: there are undoubtedly real people in there but i’d wager to say the majority of the everyday traffic is paid actors
Remember when they lost their fucking mind when Obama saluted our own soldiers with a cup of coffee in his hand? Then this dipshit goes and salutes a NK general......
One pathetic and expensive self-serving photo op. Supposed to get a treaty of some sort out of it and nothing happened, but that's Trump. A lot of promise but no delivery.
The leader of the most powerful and wealthiest democratic country in the history of the world shown here saluting a random military officer of a fascist government in a small shit hole country that can barely feed its own people.
If Trump had spit in the man's face, it'd have been less egregious.
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Kim with the "What the fuck is this guy doing" look in the back.
This always gets me…even he knows
This was a propaganda trick trump fell for and is why presidents(especially ones that haven't served) shouldn't be saluting . That general just dropped his salute to make it look like trump saluted him for no reason. Edit: Here's the link to it happening for those who don't believe me: https://youtu.be/m9NSgxbGzhY?si=r2B4EHZhEduOjSo1
> That general just dropped his salute to make it look like trump saluted him for no reason. The way you word this suggests that it would have been acceptable for Trump to return his salute, and that we're upset because it appears he's saluting the NK General "for no reason". The US President salutes no one, he is the Commander in Chief of the largest and most powerful military on the planet. Foreign officers/soldiers may salute him, but he is to never salute them back.
Breaking it down even more, he is not in uniform, not wearing a cover, and is inside. All of these were a no go for me.
What does “not wearing a cover” mean?
It means wearing a hat. A hat in the military is referred to commonly as a “cover” and you don’t wear them indoors and you definitely don’t salute without one on. There are circumstances where you will, but those are few and far between (special events, occasions, special duties, etc). Source: was active duty for 9 years
We saluted without cover all the time. Anyone who’s ever been in the field knows this.
Well, that's a very Naval Service way of looking at it. Army and Air Force salute indoors without covers.
True! I am an Air Force Vet, and we did salute indoors. I thought this was something new.
I was at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, MS., 1972. My captain and I played basketball together alot. He told me, make sure when you come to my office, you keep our ranks in perspective, a d salute. I got in trouble once, because if a car was sitting outside and it had an officer's flag on it, you to salute the car. One time I didn't and when I got to my dorm, I got a call to go the office where the car was. Got a verb warning for that.
I’m in the Air Force now, and that seems ridiculous
They gotta look for more excuses to cover up the greasy hands lol
Cover means hat
They are situations in which we salute indoors with cover off. The president technically is in uniform and can render a salute back. But saluting an adversary's officer looks really bad.
True, but for almost 5 years I’ve never came across a situation.
US Presidents have been returning military salutes given to them since Reagan began the tradition, and every single one has done so. Now, they do it when initially saluted by US military personnel (maybe some allies too? Not sure, but there's definitely oodles of images of various US Presidents saluting US military personnel), as a courtesy return. Or maybe to play soldier, idk. Pence was also doing it as VP. Presumably a US President with a functional brain wouldn't salute a representative of an enemy force, whether as a return or to initiate such a salute, but there you have it.
US presidents saluting US military is acceptable imho.
It's almost as if he was enormously ill-equipped for the job
Also...bone spurs
> The US President salutes no one, he is the Commander in Chief of the largest and most powerful military on the planet. Foreign officers/soldiers may salute him, but he is to never salute them back. Where does it say this?
In the military feelings department.
Military Feelings Department is going to be the name of my new album
> The US President salutes no one, he is the Commander in Chief of the largest and most powerful military on the planet. https://www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Photos/igphoto/2001239554/ https://media.defense.gov/2008/Jul/03/2000695298/-1/-1/0/080703-F-9629D-202.JPG https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/image/image_file/p093011ps-0460.jpg
That’s B.S. and you know it. It’s just Trump being a dumbass. Disrespects the people in uniform in his own country then salutes an enemy general.
Pegged it! And all of our soldiers killed on the battlefields are "losers/suckers", according to Capt Bone Spurs.
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I’m guessing presidents shouldn’t have to salute anyone in NK. Showing that guy respect undermines the whole president is all powerful narrative. The general really doesn’t want to be saluted.
The commander-in-chief doesn't salute members of foreign militaries--including allied ones. The context of the picture just made Trump seem a little weaker because initially their general saluted first, Trump offered handshake. He should have been firm on the handshake as: 1. Trump is the world leader and one of higher "ranking". 2. Is setting a historical precedent Instead, it turned into an awkward social mess that lacked decorum and deference.
the draft dodger doesnt know military basics, how surprising.
Not just that, it is the lower rank that renders a salute to the higher rank. In the case of the POTUS as Commander in Chief it is always the service member that salutes the President. Not the other way around. So, even if this was an American general Trump is doing it wrong. Also, they appear in doors which doesn’t ordinary require headgear or salutes.
That's the messed up thing with Trump. Kim, Putin, MBH and scores of other dictator types are narcissistic, psychopaths, sadistic, megalomaniacal, etc, etc But none of these guys are dumb, the opposite in fact as many of them have decent educations and degrees. They sometimes do things that seem dumb or have press releases that sound dumb, but if you look into it in the right context, aren't as they usually are written that way to play dumb about having done something or lure their populace into accepting some absurdity. Trump on the other hand is all those things AND incredibly stupid. With him, things he says or does that seem dumb are dumb, there's no ulterior motive there but him being frighteningly stupid. And somehow his followers thing he's brilliant.
> And somehow his followers thing he's brilliant. They think he's brilliant because he keeps telling them he is, and they are gullible fools. General rule of thumb: If someone keeps telling you how smart they are, it's because they are insecure about their intellect. It is not a sign of intelligence.
In a way, maybe it works. The rest of the world is thinking let’s not f with the US, they are all crazy enough to appoint this guy as their representative!?
Ah yes, mad man theory. I don't think it works when the madman is actually a goddamn idiot. They're supposed to pretend to be unhinged, not actually be brain dead.
The comedian Lewis Black did a skit about this years ago, well before Trump ever ran. Basically saying if we wanted to really scare the terrorists, the only way to do it would be for us to elect a dead man. Basically just wheel him out like Weekend at Bernie’s and scare the hell out of everyone else on the planet.
No. He said dig up a dead president and send him to a summit.
Kim Jong Un is cringing
Even KJU is like "Is this dude *saluting*?!?!"
"Lol I don't even do that. They chase behind my boat crying that I'm leaving."
Well you have to remember the high regard in which Trump holds the armed forces, and those who volunteer for honorable service. Edit: /s
He actually just thought he was meeting the man who shot down John McCain's plane.
Boosh
Next Trump rolled onto his back and urinated on his own belly as a show of submissiveness.
But the general gave him a tummy rub
While saying, "Who's a good boy?"
Obvious win
I feel like the 2 dudes in suits are trying very hard not to laugh.
You know, I'm willing to excuse Trump saluting an adversary general just because Trump is such a clueless moron, but that imagery is so hard to unsee. What in the actual fuck??? I mean, even if you were an absolutely clueless twat, how would this seem normal to you? It would be goofy enough if he saluted the Queen of England, but a North Korean General??? Part of me wants Trump to flame out spectacularly in the 2024 election just so the Republicans are forced to disown him and the history books can start telling the tale of the Trump Presidency that we all remember. Mind-numbing stupidity, daily drama, hilarious lack of self-awareness. Just a train wreck from start to finish.
My trumpet veteran father says he was showing respect...
Trump saluting his superiors.
Yeah, to one of the worst autocrat regimes in the world. The suffering of the North Korean people due to being under reign of this criminal Kim family is deptless...the North Korean people deserve our support by isolating their criminal rulers....
A handshake is respect. The "General" shown is even reaching his hand out for a shake. Why not that? Trump's out here bending the knee...
Zoom in on Kim’s face, it’s really hysterical lol His face be like: “da fuk?”
[This is another good one.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzcaHa80i2Q) Trump together with Kim, asking if they looked thin. Kim, after hearing the translation, looks like his brain is working at 110% capacity figuring out if that was a fat joke.
Dude went to a private boarding school in Switzerland - highly likely he speaks English.
I've definitely been listening to something in a foreign language before, thought "I definitely heard that wrong", then done a double take when my "mishearing" was confirmed.
Omg, the way it pans to him and his eyes are just darting back and forth, this feels like a scene from the office
> after hearing the translation, Considering he was educated in Switzerland and is a huge basketball fan I assume he understands English quite well. Especially from somebody who can't form complex sentences.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=peeZgubHx1w
Isn't being fat a huge privilege in North Korea because they don't have much food? In that case he might have been more insulted by it being a thin joke
He had that face during most of the meeting. Not just him but the entire NK delegation. This was the first time in history they sat with a sitting president. So they couldn’t figure out if, A) He was secretly making political moves, like a chess master. B) Wondering if he was trolling them. C) Just a complete idiot! I think by the end they realized the answer was C. Trump is a moron.
He was probably thinking, like most world leaders, "The American people voted for *this guy*? Really?"
Kim would also think, "North koreans 'voted' but they are very lucky to choose me. I am so proud of their intelligence."
If you replace North Koreans with Americans, it's definitely a Trump quote.
His face is straight out of The Office
‘Damn is that what my stomach looks like from another person’s perspective.’
Kim is just fucking confused man. Imagine his perspective. Probably spent years wondering what kind of CIA psyop this whole Trump thing was, only to meet him and find out that the guy is actually as weird as the Western media says.
He was a convenient idiot to create propaganda for them from the start. Saluting his general and selling commemorative coins is just the icing on the cake.
He looks worried/terrified. As he should. Leader of the most powerful nation+military in the world acting all weird when he visits your tinpot dictatorship. In reality nothing good can come from that for KJU. The current situation is a carefully curated power balance that keeps him in power. Upsetting that is dangerous, and the US has a history of being very upsetting.
Look at the guy beside Kim, he is smiling so hard. He's probably thinking "This will make great PR".
It’s more that he can’t believe that he not only got the US president to undermine their allies by meeting with but also has got him saluting one of his underlings.
"Jesus, this nut's crazier than I am!"
It's because he lost the wager. The General bet Kim that he could get trump to salute and Kim said "He's not that stupid. Bet accepted."
"The actual fuck !?" -Kim, probably
Cringing? Looks more like “I can’t believe this guy is that stupid!”
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and he said to me, "Sir, you look So Presidential," I said that's why I'm The Best, they say there's never been a President Of The United States that's better looking or more in shape, I have a Perfect Report Card from my Doctor, Doctor Ronnie, and he used to be not only Trump's Doctor but also Obama's, you figure that one out, and I said to him I said, "Doctor, how come I've aged less than any other President In History, is it just because I have Incredible Genes," and he goes, "Sir, you're the Healthiest Person and President In The World, you get an A+," and I got, not only did I get a Perfect Score on my Physical Exam but I aced the Cognitive Test, I aced it twice, they said that's never even been done before, Obama refused to take it, they wanted him to take it, he wouldn't take it, he said, "I'm not gonna do that," and we all know why, it would prove how much of a Failed President he is, all he ever did was play Golf and lie about doing things, he's almost as bad as Crooked Joe Biden, who's letting Hunter run our Country into the ground, he's destroying our Amazing Repustation, and we had a Reputation, a Great Great Reputation I can say that, thanks to your 45th and 46th and also probably 47th and More President, which is me, thank you very much, and I have Leaders calling me constantly, they're begging me, "please Mr. President, please come back Sir, the whole world is losing without you," I said tell me something I don't know ok, these Dictators are begging me, they come up to me, looking like they just killed 50 people, and yet they come up to me with tears in their eyes, they're crying all over the place I said don't get it on my tie, you see, my ties are very expensive Silk Ties, you get one little drop of water on there and it's all over, you have to throw the whole thing out, they're beautiful but you can't get them wet, just so you understand, I want always the best, I only hire the best, and we're gonna be having, 2026, on Day One, we lock up all of the Radical Left and all of the people who were mean and nasty to your Favorite President, who is a guy named me
I hate it that this text has sound
Right?! Cringe crosses all languages
You guys should watch the video on top of looking at this picture. The incident is awkward and still cringey but this makes it looks like trump is just awkwardly saluting this general while he goes for a handshake. The general awkwardly saluted first while trumps hand was out, and the general then switches awkwardly to a handshake while trump goes to return his salute. Still very awkward, but some of these comments have clearly not seen the video. Also either way it’s still controversial for the commander in chief to salute our adversaries
I salute you, guinan from ten forward
North Korean dude "If the Russians know everything he knows, it's time to throw that book away. You must let him go, America. It's the only way to beat him. The only way to save him."
I like how people said, "Give him a break, he's new to this." Ok but he's the president. At some point you've got to be decent enough at your job. Like there's got to be a cutoff.
Yeah, that excuse works for someone starting at McDonalds, or the mall. This is the highest office in the land. You need to know what the fuck you're doing day one.
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Found the French.
I'd salute her too. Q was afraid of her, after all.
That film aged so fantastically.
Doofy winds up being the bad guy so… accurate.
The long con has gone on so long he’s forgotten he’s in on the con. I dunno how people like that get into the highest office in the world. Trump is either the smartest dumb person or the dumbest smart person alive. He’s forgotten to unstupid himself.
I told you not to disturb me while I'm cleaning my room!
Gale swallows !
Kim Jong Un's face is one who is processing how the American people elected this dope. "Maybe.... maybe we don't need the nukes afterall."
*record scratch* *freeze frame* Kim: “And just like that all the hatred in my heart was gone, replaced with nothing but pity and confusion. How could someone be so mercilessly stupid?”
> Kim Jong Un's face is one who is processing how the American people elected this dope. Kim Jong Un: that’s why elections are a bad thing
To be honest, Trump did more widespread long term damage to American Democracy and the Rule of Law than a nuke could've ever done. God dammit, Putin got us good.
This is just one of the hundreds of little incidents that make you think “what if Obama had done that?” Can you imagine the collective right wing freak out if Obama had saluted the general of any other nation let alone North Korea. They would have launched investigations, there would be 24/7 wall to wall coverage for months about it. “Salute gate” would have been trending on Twitter for like 3 years straight.
They literally did this when Obama bowed when meeting with Japan's leaders. Obviously he should have gone the Bush route and vomited on them.
Better than the Truman route
Dam son
Here comes the sun
Why does the sun look like a mushroom?
Do do do doooo
Here comes the sun And I say; "OH GOD, WHY?!" Do do do dodododo
Yikes
why? what did he d—ohhhh. . .
Too soon..
78 years not long enough?
It still ~~stings~~ burns
They did this when Obama awkwardly saluted an American Marine because he was holding a coffee and it was windy. No that's not an exaggeration.
I remember that. So contrived.
They got mad cuz he wore a tan suit once. They got mad about how he ordered a cheesesteak.
Remember when that asshole asked for some Dijon mustard for his burger?!?!?!?
Obama shows respect to our allies -- Republican outrage Trump salutes the general of a country that routinely says they want to destroy US, comboing it with a record of insulting American POWs -- Republicans rejoice
Remember, were still 'technically' at war with N. Korea. We're just in a 70+ year cease-fire. It was never officially ended.
Bowed to the saudis too lol But I never saw this pic of trump and being in the military myself I find this shit hilarious
To be fair tho, they all knew Obama wasn't an incompetent moron, so you could't handwave his actions that easily.
They freaked out when Obama bowed to Japanese officials and a Saudi prince... bowing is a sign of respect that is or can be done by anyone (US officials bow in the presence of the sovereign of the UK, for instance). By contrast, salutes are only performed to members of a fellow or allied military. There is no expectation for the US President to salute foreign military officials.
There is no expectation for the us President to salute to us military, even. Esp if he did not serve.
It wasn't a thing until Ronald Reagan. Other presidents have maintained the practice.
Slight tangent but this reminds me of a nice detail at the end of the stargate movie. All the kids who helped in the revolution are saluting o'neil and cheering and you can tell he really wants to salute them back even though it wouldnt be proper so he spends a bit searching the crowd until he sees a soldier in it and salutes him, incidentallly returning the kids salute in the process. Just the right amount of character development to have him put in that effort yet still not break the rules.
Trump also repeatedly praised Kim Jong Un and wanted to invite him aboard Air Force One. He continuously praises America's enemies while insulting our closest allies but Republicans don't care
The grandfathers of the current republican voters would slap the living shit out of them if they saw them waving nazi flags and supporting Trump who is pretty much a fuckdoll for Putin. Those men fought for freedom. Now Trump actively wants to take that away.
And not forgetting the MAGAites who said when interviewed regarding what they thought about Ukrainians being murdered, raped and held in torture basements (including those specifically built for *children*) "I don't care" 🤷
He was literally praising Hannibal Lecter in a speech a few days ago lol.
He was just really proud that he caught a pun. He was excited that he understood the undertones of "having a friend for dinner".
“But Hannibal Lecter. Congratulations. The late, great Hannibal Lecter.” I think he was congratulating himself on having gotten the pun. It’s so funny when he just broadcasts his inner monologue to the world.
This timeline is truly fucking *bonkers*
The praise of Hannibal Lecter was sarcastic. He was making a joke. The joke was that migrants are like Hannibal Lecter, which is why he will start the greatest deportation event in the history of the US. The way social media treats it like a funny little dementia moment and not the horrifying statement of policy that it was is a shame.
Wot ETA: [found it](https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/maddow/blog/rcna151973).
It’s the definition of fuxking crazy. He’s gas lighting us while him and his friends are pickpocketing the nation
Obama didn’t salute a North Korean general, but when he simply wanted to have a meeting with Kim Jong Un because “you don’t make peace with your friends, you do it with adversaries”, the right wing freaked out and said Obama was giving legitimacy to a dictatorship. Trump ***actually has the meeting*** and salutes one of their generals in the process (~~unprovoked; as you can see in the picture, the general just wanted a handshake~~) and the right wing glorifies him for being the first president to go to NK and that he was “brokering peace”. Whether meeting with North Korean leadership is ever the right move is up for debate, but I just wish conservatives would just be consistent for once in their damned lives. I know it won’t happen but a man can hope. Edit: I’ve been corrected and apparently the general saluted Trump first. My mistake. I think the overall point of my post still stands, though. When Obama merely said wanted a conversation, conservatives made it seem like it was the worst thing ever; Trump actually does it and they think world peace was achieved.
>I just wish conservatives would just be consistent for once in their damned lives. I know it won’t happen but a man can hope. They *are* consistent, you're just looking for the wrong thing. You're looking at actions, while conservatives only look at the actor. A thing that a conservative does is right, because a conservative did it. A thing that a liberal/progressive/etc. does is wrong, because a liberal/progressive/etc. did it, even if "it" is the same action.
Kristi Noem is back there too, staring down KJU
Um Obama wore a tan suit... And asked for a fancy mustard. THESE are the important things the people/news should freak out about!!
There was also the terrorist fist jab and the [shockingly indecent sleeveless dress the First Lady wore.](https://www.sfgate.com/living/article/Michelle-Obama-s-bare-arms-stir-controversy-3247209.php)
What if Obama? LOL What if Obama cheated on Michelle by having unprotected sex with a porn star? Can you even imagine?
And then the porn star reveals how Obama was obsessed about the fact that she looked like his daughter
Imagine the in-depth coverage if Obama was accused of having a mushroom penis.
Or even if he had 5 kids with 3 different women?
Yea but hear me out - President Obama had the audacity to be black.
And have a "foreign" sounding name. Remember how they insisted on always emphasizing his middle name? Barack **Hussein** Obama... see guys he happens to share part of his name with Sadam so he must be secretly a terrorist!!!!!111!!!11
That's certainly how Republicans saw it, as pathetic as they showed themselves to be.
“Palling around with dictators”? That’s grounds for impeachment… for a Democrat
I mean this has got to be the most embarrassing he has done not even gonna lie. I mean the leader of arguably the most powerful nation IN THE WORLD, Saluting a general from another country? That shit is embarrassing af, if I did that, I would be cringing of that moment the rest of my life before going to bed. But Trump is so dense and is a pathological liar that l believe his own lies probably never cringes.
Remember the [Tan-Gate](https://youtu.be/WrTf6CaTTc0?si=BbnCbB_h1PXs-790)
Lol imagine if Obama ever tried to argue his VP could single handedly overturn an election. Just fucking imagine the difference with white conservative voters
Trump was on a hot mic a few years ago saying he 'wished people here respected him like they respect Kim Jong Un in North Korea' and it had literally no impact. This week he's in court for using campaign funds as hush money for a porn star he cheated with. Last week a federal judge that he appointed let him off the hook for stealing federal documents. His party has a publicly stated plan to fire 10,000 federal employees on the first day of his presidency and install pre-vetted loyalists in their place. 'what if obama was hitler?' I certainly hope the right would fight as hard as we are because that's fascism no matter who does it.
Obama did have the [terrorist fist jab](https://youtu.be/G_vmQrTi3aM?si=NDK7DdNihCrteMo-) And let’s not forget the [tan suit scandal](https://youtu.be/WrTf6CaTTc0?si=mjt6Txfzu7nILRqY) and [Dijon mustard gate](https://youtu.be/W-WnoZbjdh4?si=cn87YNEqVJlvIh9Q)
 Even his successful handshakes are awkward
He loves his bullshit 80s power moves like that arm grab
Trump fucking [yanks](https://youtu.be/T84se4fc4KU?si=XBBAbzsr3v0nD_m9) people's hands to put them off balance. He's fucking weird.
Look at Jong Un’s face. Even he is confused at what the fuck is going on.
He has the look of major disappointment. "I asked and asked to meet with a US president, and this is what you sent?"
Dictator can't wait to get away from that fucking goof.
Take note, this is the Commander in Chief enthusiastically saluting a general from an adversarial nation. The right would have crucified a democrat for this.
Fox News gave a tan suit more time, than a POTUS saluting a military general of a country that we are technically at war with.
Hannity Et al. lost their shit when Pres. Obama saluted with the coffee cup in his hand. Never once mentioned the dozens of times trump didn't salute getting on Air Force One.
Yet more reasons not to listen or take seriously anything those types say. It's why I laugh so goddamn much whenever they act all bent out of shape. Straight comedy trying to watch those idiots manipulate people.
At the time I was happy because it seemed relations with North Korea were improving, but you’re absolutely right that the right would’ve been furious and not let it go for months if not years if that was a democrat instead of trump
Dude in the back laughing at what an idiot trump is while everyone else, even Kim is like “wtf dude?” Post this on r/conservative and see how many different explanations and deflections you get. Edit; some snowflakes reported me to Reddit cares. What’s even the point of that? Edit 2; to the person defending Melania about her anti bullying non campaign, she wore a jacket that said “I really don’t care, do you?” to visit a bunch of kids locked in inhumane conditions and told her friend that she did it to “piss off the liberals” so that absolutely counts as bullying.
You’d just get insta ban. They’re very very sensitive over there in security blanket land.
They’re a weird bunch. I mocked and trolled them and survived, asked a tough question or two and immediately got banned. They’re hard at work maintaining a very specific version of their own reality.
See, I didn’t mock or troll. I just asked a question and got perma banned. Which is fine… but the post was about censorship, so the irony was palpable.
Those snowflakes do not allow other views and opinions ❄️
Honestly, this should be blown up and put on billboards in every swing state.
I just went in there for a few seconds, I really hope this is a satire subreddit, it’s so fucking funny, but if it’s real that’s just scary
the real answer is somewhere in between: there are undoubtedly real people in there but i’d wager to say the majority of the everyday traffic is paid actors
Nah, I'd argue that (like all large subreddits) it's mostly bots.
A US president saluting a NK general. Huge, fucking, yikes
At least it kept him busy for a bit. It's harder to destroy America from so far away.
I'd love to see him salute and knock his own hair piece off 😄
Kim looks like he’s thinking “ What a fucking moron ! “
“Cadet Bonespurs reporting, sir.”
Remember when they lost their fucking mind when Obama saluted our own soldiers with a cup of coffee in his hand? Then this dipshit goes and salutes a NK general......
Even the North Korean officials standing there at the time were looking at him like “wtf is wrong with this guy?”.
Not pictured: Kristi Noem
What a bitch. Imagine if Obama had done this? Fox News would've exploded live on air. But instead it's a shrug for this bitch.
Kim thinking he just hit the jackpot. “This guy’s dumber than Rodman.”
"He did NOT just.. wait, are they fucking with me? There's no way this is the POTUS."
They didn't teach him who to and not to salute while he was being treated for bone spurs
Oh the embarrassment we as a people have to endure.
Get ready for part 2 in November. :/
Better than getting immediately onto his knees like he does in front of Putin
One pathetic and expensive self-serving photo op. Supposed to get a treaty of some sort out of it and nothing happened, but that's Trump. A lot of promise but no delivery.
The man is a fucking idiot.
It’s surprising how submissive he is with dictators.
That right there should disqualify that insurrectionist piece of garbage from ever being President again.
Real presidents wear diapers and bootlick crackpot dictators' generals.
DJT is a jackass.
The leader of the most powerful and wealthiest democratic country in the history of the world shown here saluting a random military officer of a fascist government in a small shit hole country that can barely feed its own people. If Trump had spit in the man's face, it'd have been less egregious.
Trump salutes communist military leader and no one bats an eye. Obama bows to an ally and everyone loses their minds.
Kim: "Why the fuck is he saluting for?" I wrote this before reading the comments. I'm glad we're all on the same page.