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Trump lied. Drink!

 

He's even less funny than he is intelligent.
And he doesn't understand humor just as he doesn't understand civics.
Name a time you have ever seen this guy laugh.

 

I just watched the four-part documentary on Netflix about Trump and his "rise" with this in the back of my head. During the whole four hours, which includes TONS of clips of him from the past, not a single laugh. Plenty of that shit-eating grin he does, but not the slightest chuckle.

 

I have done some research on this for a project in the past, and this is the one time he is documented on video as having laughed.
It is made in mocking someone else so it fits.

 

Opinion | Will We Stop Trump Before It’s Too Late?

By MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

If freedom is to prevail over the many challenges to it, American leadership is urgently required. This was among the indelible lessons of the 20th century. But by what he has said, done and failed to do, Mr. Trump has steadily diminished America’s positive clout in global councils.

Instead of mobilizing international coalitions to take on world problems, he touts the doctrine of “every nation for itself” and has led America into isolated positions on trade, climate change and Middle East peace. Instead of engaging in creative diplomacy, he has insulted United States neighbors and allies, walked away from key international agreements, mocked multilateral organizations and stripped the State Department of its resources and role. Instead of standing up for the values of a free society, Mr. Trump, with his oft-vented scorn for democracy’s building blocks, has strengthened the hands of dictators. No longer need they fear United States criticism regarding human rights or civil liberties. On the contrary, they can and do point to Mr. Trump’s own words to justify their repressive actions.

At one time or another, Mr. Trump has attacked the judiciary, ridiculed the media, defended torture, condoned police brutality, urged supporters to rough up hecklers and — jokingly or not — equated mere policy disagreements with treason. He tried to undermine faith in America’s electoral process through a bogus advisory commission on voter integrity. He routinely vilifies federal law enforcement institutions. He libels immigrants and the countries from which they come. His words are so often at odds with the truth that they can appear ignorant, yet are in fact calculated to exacerbate religious, social and racial divisions. Overseas, rather than stand up to bullies, Mr. Trump appears to like bullies, and they are delighted to have him represent the American brand. If one were to draft a script chronicling fascism’s resurrection, the abdication of America’s moral leadership would make a credible first scene. ...

To me, greatness goes a little deeper than how much marble we put in our hotel lobbies and whether we have a Soviet-style military parade. America at its best is a place where people from a multitude of backgrounds work together to safeguard the rights and enrich the lives of all. That’s the example we have always aspired to set and the model people around the world hunger to see. And no politician, not even one in the Oval Office, should be allowed to tarnish that dream.

 

Stock market plummets again. Thanks Trump.

 

Smurf’s up!

 

An entire cabinet of trolls.

Lobbyist couple had to change the locks on Pruitt

 

It's already too late.

 

"The Kato Kaelin of Capitol Hill" is the nickname of the Year.

 

Have we won the trade war with China yet? I heard they are good and easy to win.