Summary
Donald Trump’s appointment of John Phelan, a private investment firm chairman with no military experience, as Secretary of the Navy has sparked backlash from some of his supporters on Truth Social.
Many pro-Trump users, including veterans, criticized the pick as rewarding a donor or friend instead of selecting someone with Navy experience.
Some expressed feelings of betrayal, accusing Trump of abandoning their values and making decisions that harm the nation.
The move has raised questions about qualifications and loyalty among his base.
This? This is what they have a problem with?
Gestures at 2017 to 2021, and everything that’s happened, been uncovered, and said by the orange one since… And none of that was over the line for you?
What?
Just wait until Project 2025 shit starts biting them in the ass.
Unfortunately, it’s going to be such a shitshow that I won’t be able to enjoy the leopard eating their faces.
Yes, they really are that gullible.
I hate myself for laughing so hard at these type of news, but it is what it is. The next 4 years will have so many articles with similar titles. I will keep crying and laughing all the same!
No one is immune from propaganda.
its not really deception when hes made the things hes gonna do clear
“We’re appalled, shocked even, that the face eating leopards, which have advertised themselves clearly as face-eating leopards for the last several years, have begun eating our faces!”
Get used to that, kids.
Let me get this straight. Team Trump’s thing is to always pick the worst for the job. And not just the worst, we are talking polar opposite black mirror picks. It is designed to make a mockery of the establishments. Like going into court and finding out your judge is literally bozo the clown.
So his team farts out another pick. Someone who is an unqualified shitstain. Color me surprised!
I would not be surprised if this guy couldn’t swim and is afraid of the water. He is probably an anti-oceaner who thinks we should drain the ocean to prevent drownings.
It is designed to make a mockery of the establishments. Like going into court and finding out your judge is literally bozo the clown.
So his team farts out another pick. Someone who is an unqualified shitstain. Color me surprised!
This response should be the preamble of the Lemmurist Manifesto.
He is probably an anti-oceaner who thinks we should drain the ocean to prevent drownings.
He just happens to know these nice out of town people with fusion reactors that can float in the air and suck it all up for us to keep us safe.
Some expressed feelings of betrayal, accusing Trump of abandoning their values and making decisions that harm the nation.
If only someone could have predicted this and warned them, over and over, for years…
If only the person they voted for had said he intended to do this exact thing LOUDLY, REPEATEDLY AND PUBLICLY for the last 4 years…
If only… Oh well, I guess we’ll never know what that would have been like…
next 4 years are gonna be made much more tolerable from watching all the conservative bleating and handwringing about “HE WASNT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT. HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HURT THE NOT-MES!”
Leopard ate my face at its finest.
Leopard diabetus epidemic in 3, 2, 1…
Not going to happen.
It’s happening in the article this post is about.
I think they’re bringing up whining about leopards+faces because this is a case of it happening already.
Sure it’s “happening”, got it.
Why are you being sarcastic about the thing described in the article? Which part you’re confused about is not obvious.
if only he had openly expressed disdain for veterans, maybe they would’ve known he doesn’t give a shit about them.
oh wait. he did.
for all the lies he told, he didn’t deceive you. you’re likely not wealthy so you didn’t vote for him for that reason. so that leaves only the possibility that you’re just a piece of shit racist and/or sexist asshole. so fuck you, i hope every single day for his entire administration will be worse for you than the day before.
Oh my god they’re so fucking stupid. They actually thought he’d do things that benefitted them?
zero sympathy for these idiots. you elected a con man. youre getting exactly what you paid for.
Vote for a clown, don’t be surprised when you get a circus.
#YouVotedForHim
and similar hashtags need to go viral…
“Thanks, MAGA” needs to become a mantra for the next four years. Remind these shitheads whose fault it is for their misery at every turn, as they have made it abundantly clear that the attention span and long-term memory of the average American is woefully poor.
I might have had some sympathy the first time. They were just coned, not their fault. But as the saying goes. Fool me once, shame on You, fool me twice, shame on me.
I thought it was, “…fool me twice… can’t get fooled again.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl7FKfl3O2Y&pp=ygUYZ2VvcmdlIGJ1c2ggZm9vbCBtZSBvbmNl
I miss the good ol’ days when Bushy was the worst we could field. Ah, nostalgia.
Certainly not going to misunderestimate you!
We thought that was the apocalypse at the time… Infinite oil wars and climate change… It maybe got worse?
What fans said that? Seriously, all these articles and posts seem like the most pathetic form of copium.
“Oh boy, his supporters must really be feeling bad now right? Right?!” Wrong. His supporters are not having second thoughts. They’re not regretting their choices. They aren’t feeling betrayed. They are overjoyed, and the constant attempts to reframe that as some Leopards-eating-faces schadenfreude is the stupidest thing I’ve seen all year, and I watched the run up to the election.
All these fucking posts are either based around like 1-2 tweets from no-name people, obviously fake accounts, or the worst; obviously made-up anecdotal stories from leftists, desperate to feel good about themselves, about how some right-winger in their life suddenly regrets all their choices. “Oh my racist uncle is a farmer and he’s really feeling betrayed by Trump now. He’s sooooo mad and-” Fuck off. No he’s not. You haven’t talked to your estranged uncle in years and have no idea what he’s feeling if he even exists.
Miserable leftists desperately pretending that right-wingers are regretting their vote and secretly feeling as miserable as them. Grow the fuck up. They aren’t regretting things. They won, and they’re happier than pigs in shit about it.
The thing these articles are doing (which sensationalist articles always do) is taking a few people’s opinions and spreading it across the entire blanket “they” of whatever opposite side the article references. It appeals to people because its easier for people to generalize the whole group than to point to a niche section.
This one in particular takes a few people who are interested in the secretary of the Navy and says they’re upset at the choice, which they might be, and spins it into “They’re all upset at what their leader did.”
You can find this rhetoric all over the political spectrum, whether it’s copium or relishing. Take it with a grain of salt.
You are not immune to propaganda.
Around my mega family now, They have zero regrets and love every choice is making. But to them Trump is a smart business man and can do no wrong.
Yep, my family regards him as a diety, chosen by God to lead America. He can do no wrong as he is God’s vessel on Earth and acts only with divine will. So even if he makes what appears to be a mistake, it’s actually all part of God’s plan. Like God he is infallible.
The irony of making fun of “leftists” for believing this shit is not lost on “leftists”. Most of us don’t believe it. However, most Trump supporters absolutely HAVE to believe this kind of bullshit, because Trump wouldn’t appeal to you WITHOUT this exact kind of dishonest media.
I think what’s happening is people are angry that they have been consistently correct about their fear of Trump, yet Trumpers pretend we were wrong even when the reality is right in front of you now. Like, literally, all of the reasons we have warned about Trump are coming true.
Every single argument against Trump goes the same way. Trump supporters deny the claim. Then, when it looks like its coming true, they re-frame it with desperate speculation until it actually comes true. Then they pretend that’s what they all wanted in the first place.
“Haha…the libs are angry about it…we won!..lets keep marching towards the spinning blades patriots!”
I mean, seriously. The lies! So many lies. So many PROVEN right in front of you lies? So many incoherent rants. Threats of violence. Multiple different “genres” of crimes. Venomous hatred against minorities and other human fucking beings. Is it supposed to be some kind of tacitcal political genius against people who don’t get it? Why? Why don’t any of you ever explain why? Wouldn’t it make sense to be comprehensible to liberals too? Is he pretending to be an obnoxious, evil, demented, bully or not? He sure does a remarkable impersonation of a childish, rich, asshole.
“I will deliberately make people think I’m terrible using hateful bigotry and childish insults and nicknames but my supporters will know otherwise because only they will have the key to my secrets…and that’s why liberals are stupid and my supporters are so smart”
Not much of a tactic is it?
If you still voted for Trump after 2016-2020 and Jan 6th then you deserve what you get. Welcome to the find out stage, it just sucks that I have to be here with you.
Come to Europe, we have cookies.
We have far right extremists too and there might be a war but other than that…
Also its not like we can just walk in.
Europe is Mordor confirmed.
if you’re ready to leave everything behind, you can
Bruh, you guys are going down the same path. Just stop.
Unfortunately, America’s economy will likely take the rest of the world’s economies with it.
You paying our fare?
Then sit down.
“Someone made a joke, I will now type something mean for no reason.”
Sorry, my impressions aren’t very good, but I think I did alright.
Election is over, he does not care what anyone thinks.
This is the most terrifying part. They say that he’s “liberated” now, but to me that just means he has nothing to lose. Assuming he lives past January 2029, he has nothing to lose and everything to gain by throwing all resources into staying in power. He has no reason to give a fuck about whether anything he does or says is “popular” once he’s sworn in. There will be zero consequences for anything until he leaves office, if he leaves office.
The dumb motherfucker proved that somebody with the mentality of a six year old can win the US presidency and then do whatever the fuck he wants, and he’ll never face a single, real, goddamn consequence. I am ashamed of my country, and it’s horribly depressing how many people died serving our military just to have this flag-hugging dipshit get to be the commander in chief, and he’ll sell out to the highest bidders and get several more killed.
We’re fucked, and only a small fraction of his worshipers are even beginning to see that. And when the shit hits their fan specifically, most of them will find a way to blame somebody else, probably somebody who is brown and/or has a vagina. Most of these incurious assholes will line up for whatever strong daddy negs them hard enough, and right now that’s trump, and there will be a new strong daddy successor to tell them what to do and who to love and how to dress. Strong daddy hurts you and controls you, but at least you don’t have to make decisions for yourself when you have strong daddy there to tell you what to think.
Fucking pathetic.
Even dictators need public support. This is a fundamental truth about leadership, that even Trump can’t escape. Those that don’t tend to have a short life expectancy.
You can convincingly fake having public support if you control the media.
The support of the military and corporations are far more important than the people. Authoritarians have been using the military and corpos to oppress the people for centuries.
And I think it’s clear to most of us that Trump doesn’t control the corpos but the opposite, they control him.
He’s not going to skip any opportunity to enrich himself. Deregulate and sell is going to be their mantra, shit is going to get so bad over the next few deacdes. I wonder if America will even be recognizable in a century.
Those that don’t tend to have a short life expectancy.
Here’s hoping!
Yay!
Commander in Queef*
He’ll be out after his four years. The important parts for him were grifting and escaping consequences. He’ll have accomplished that, even after he leaves office.
The damage he’ll do in the meantime…
I think k you missed the part where he unironically wants to “run for a third term.” And has literally every check and balance in his pocket.
He’s not going to win a third term. And he won’t be able to cheat into a third term. I’m not concerned about that.
I’m concerned about A. the damage this term, and B. the smarter version that follows a similar playbook.
However, you have to be pretty fucking dumb to be the President of the United States and still feel like you have any obligations to Russia. You tell the CIA what you fucking did, and they take care of it. What is he worried about, the pee tape getting out? Just call it fake news like he has literally everything else. It doesn’t matter how much evidence there is. It never matters how much evidence there is. People follow him anyway.
He’s not going to win a third term. And he won’t be able to cheat into a third term. I’m not concerned about that.
The number of times he’s flown right past that, things he’s said or done that were guaranteed to lose him the election, or get him impeached and removed from office, or at least lose support among his base or Congress, or get him prosecuted, or or or…
Yeah, at this point, I’m not betting anything or anyone will realistically stop him.
And if you’re betting on the Constitution blocking him from running again, remember that him being inaugurated is already a violation of the Constitution as an instigator of insurrection against the US government. Nobody is going to stop him. Do you really think it’ll be different in '28? After 4 years of no longer solidifying but outright cementing his judiciary at all levels he can seat? With an executive branch that’s been purged of non-loyal employees?
He’s been underestimated at every step, except for the 2020 election, the one time he’s truly lost anything. So you really think underestimating him now and expecting norms and laws to keep him in check when they’ve literally never done so is a good idea?!?
He’s not going to win a third term. And he won’t be able to cheat into a third term. I’m not concerned about that.
Oh buddy, haven’t you been paying attention? Disenfranchising voters and rejecting unfavorable election results has been one of their biggest priorities.
Dude said that dead soldiers were losers abd disrespected the Arlington cemetery and they are surprised by this one?
Oh it’s so much worse than just that. Donald Trump fucking hates the US military.
More like Trumps sugar daddy hates the US military.
“Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down? You’ll have to get more specific as to which particular deception you mean.”
