Trump told the 'Washington Examiner' that the two leaders have engaged in multiple phone discussions over the past weeks.
  • @imvii@lemmy.caEnglish
    9•17 hours ago

    Trump calls Moscow.

    Putin makes him wait on hold for a few hours as a power move.

    Putin gets on the phone and says “Fuck with Canada more you piece of shit babushka. I’ll have your daughter killed, bitch.” then hangs up.

    Trump tells the ‘Washington Examiner’ that the two leaders have engaged in multiple phone discussions over the past weeks.

  • @0ops@lemm.ee
    31•1 day ago

    He was bragging about the “transparency” of the zelensky meeting. Why not make these calls public?

    • @PointyReality@lemmy.world
      10•1 day ago

      It’s so the republicans/conservatives feel validated by the fact there is a corruption in the government…… the rest of us are just waiting for them to catch onto the fact it’s primarily their own party that is corrupt. Just gotta be patient though as they struggle to grasp these mind of concepts quickly.

      • Diplomjodler
        4•22 hours ago

        Their ignorance is entirely wilful. They’ll still be blaming Biden when they have to hack off their own foot because of the diabeetus.

      • @Joeffect@lemmy.world
        1•19 hours ago

        Let’s straighten one thing out here… Both sides are corrupt… It’s not your side is better… The Democrats have shown their ass more than they ever have before… They are the same…

        Until something changes one side isn’t better than the other… It’s literally the rich vs the poor and the sooner people realize this maybe we can change something…

        The whole thing is corrupt…

        • @PointyReality@lemmy.world
          1•4 hours ago

          Or in case of the above commentor where they have given up on democracy entirely. Typically a mindset for from those whose party is corrupt but they try to flip it around with an attempt of “bOtH pArTiEs” style of argument.

          Now I am not saying there is not corruption within the democrats but I would bet it would pale in comparison to the corruption that the republican party is filled with. All of this is validates by the hyprocrisy by which they currently lead.

          Now I am not saying all republicans are corrupt either as I do have to say Adam Kinzinger has been garnering a soft spot in me lately.

  • @arakhis_@feddit.org
    14•1 day ago

    is newsweek considered a serious source? even this objectively right seeming headline is kind of a nothingburger, isnt it?

    sorry for derailing. if thats not tolerated, i will stop

        • @assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works
          5•1 day ago

          That is fair.

          IBT Media introduced a number of bad practices to the once reputable magazine and mainly focused on clickbait headlines over quality journalism. Its current relationship with IBT Media is unclear, and Newsweek’s quality has not returned to its status prior to the 2013 purchase. Many editors have noted that there are several exceptions to this standard, so consensus is to evaluate Newsweek content on a case-by-case basis.

          Lines up with the "nothingburger’ headline. Probably case-by-case is appropriate. Thanks for showing me that!

        • @arakhis_@feddit.org
          2•1 day ago

          Oh wow, theres more to this discussion, nicely useful!

          says:

          evaluate on case-by-case basis

          So its kind of in a grey zone, not reliable doesnt mean bad source in that case. Useful link, altough wikipedia is also a grey zone in the sense that its information based on open source (everybody can edit it, and most liked proposals get through as I understand)

      • @arakhis_@feddit.org
        4•1 day ago

        maybe as European im not too well versed in US sources and judged too harsh based on anecdotal experience. All the news Ive seen are always on the “nothing has been said” or “thats reaching” side.

        my bad then

        • @EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world
          3•1 day ago

          You’re on the nose with that, which is why ground.news is so vital especially now. You can read about the same story from multiple perspectives and often they’ll have a handy synopsis that has key info from all the writings.

          Or for that matter, see through the flood and read about things that matter a lot more.

          • @arakhis_@feddit.org
            4•1 day ago

            Well what ground news wants to do -critical evaluation and media literacy- is so vital.

            But ground news deciding on what exact position on the spectrum a source is, seems to achieve the exact oposite: make people depentend in questioning and finding a variety of sources.

            Nowadays everything needs to happen in an instant.

            If theres a solution that only takes half a snap, that will be the only relevant choice for the mass. Thats why Im instantly asking, because just today I referred to this source to someone else as a might-be-bad example but instantly realized, I will have to ask this on the next situation (now)

            Anyways thanks for the correction!

        • @assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works
          2•1 day ago

          For the record I can’t comment on this specific article - it may be a nothingburger. I just think Newsweek itself is not inherently problematic.

    • @tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      10•1 day ago

      Newsweek is kind of lowbrow today compared where it was maybe twenty years ago, IMHO, but I wouldn’t call it a source of inaccurate information or anything.