Summary

Secretary of State Marco Rubio grew visibly frustrated during an ABC News interview when questioned about the Trump administration’s approach to Russia.

Defending Trump’s push for peace talks with Putin, Rubio insisted negotiations were necessary but admitted the administration didn’t know Russia’s demands.

He clashed with host George Stephanopoulos over Trump’s refusal to call Putin a dictator and the U.S. siding with Russia in a recent UN vote.

Rubio also compared Trump’s handling of Ukraine to Biden’s approach to Israel, further escalating tensions.

  • @Snowclone@lemmy.world
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    29 days ago

    Why can’t we have a woman president? They’re too emotional for politics?

    Also: the emotional melt down is a tactic. This is populism trump style, none of this is unintentional

      • Maeve
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        Can we write s sanity test into the Constitution?

        • Boomer Humor Doomergod
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          1829 days ago

          Or maybe we don’t vest so much power into a single psychotic ape. Maybe we have three presidents and they all have to agree before something happens, like the computers on the space shuttle

              • TheLowestStone
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                328 days ago

                It sounds awesome until you remember that we can barely get half our population to vote for president most of the time and that the average voter is uninformed and poorly educated.

                • @Snowclone@lemmy.world
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                  128 days ago

                  If you look at polling you often find the majority of Americans don’t actually agree with much of the actions of either party, I personally think direct democracy would lead to real progress and prosperity.

          • Maeve
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            129 days ago

            I’m fine with that, as long as a sanity test gets written into the Constitution. I believe it should apply to all reps. But then if they change the definition of sanity… I don’t know what the best way forward is, but it’s surely not regression.

            • Boomer Humor Doomergod
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              1229 days ago

              Counterpoint: Fetterman.

              Dude had a stroke and stuck his tongue up Trump’s asshole. Even if they pass the sanity test they could have some kind of traumatic brain injury that makes them jerks.

              Plus I consider all humans to be psychotic apes who I wouldn’t trust as far as I can throw them. Including myself.

              • Maeve
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                Fetterman was a plant. Someone posted an article about how he actually governed before he was a national level leader.

                Plus I consider all humans to be psychotic apes who I wouldn’t trust as far as I can throw them. Including myself.

                Fair point, and thanks for reminding me! The people who don’t want it are probably the people most capable and worthy. I look forward to your filing as a candidate! 😀

                Don’t hurt me please. I’m only half serious, but it’s exactly people with this attitude who should probably be on the ballot.

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                  The people who don’t want it are probably the people most capable and worthy. I look forward to your filing as a candidate! 😀

                  This comment made me realize I have a religious obligation to run for office. And then if I win to not do the job at all.

                  The major problem, one of the major problems, for there are several, with governing people is that of who you get to do it. Or, rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them. To summarize: It is a well known and much lamented fact that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.

                  To summarize the summary: Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made president should on no account be allowed to do the job.

                  To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem.

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                  328 days ago

                  There seemed to be quite a few who were just there to sabotage the party from within, such as Manchin.

                  • Maeve
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                    328 days ago

                    Controlled opposition within controlled opposition, maybe.

                  • ᴍᴜᴛɪʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴡᴀᴠᴇ
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                    Manchin was the only Democrat who could win national office in West Virginia. He’s the best my sad state could do.

                    Yeah he tanked some important votes but a Republican replacement would have voted that way anyway. At least he stuck with the Democrats most of the time.

                    I don’t know what the excuse is for Kyrsten Sinema.

        • @Snowclone@lemmy.world
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          128 days ago

          Wouldn’t that be a dream… but it would only turn into finding the doctor that takes money for a clean test.

    • @JTskulk@lemmy.world
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      728 days ago

      We currently have a woman president. Trump signed an EO saying that all Americans are female so he’s the first woman president.

      • @alanjaow@lemmy.world
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        Just to add: Since sex is specified “at conception”, there are only a couple cells, and thus aren’t capable of producing either sex cell. The EO says that everyone is non-binary!

      • @Snowclone@lemmy.world
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        28 days ago

        The headline says meltdown!! Just like a headline about my response would be ‘‘insignificant man SLAMS Rubio for Top 10 Epic Anime Showdown interview’’

      • @theluckyone@discuss.online
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        228 days ago

        I saw a lot of hemming and hawing, stalling, spewing bullshit, and talking over Stephanopoulos.

        Not the behavior of someone “keeping his cool.”

    • @Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      229 days ago

      It’s all unintentional. Their based will accept anything their king and his court declare as the truth.

      From their perspective it is all intentional, don’t let their blind loyalty sway you to their view.