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surfered

(11,464 posts)
Thu May 8, 2025, 04:54 PM May 2025

Trump is an idiot

Today is VE Day, (May 8, 1945) the end of the war in Europe. Trump wants to rename it Victory Day.

To celebrate it, Trump posted the following on Truth Social.

https://digbysblog.net/

It’s an image of an iconic photo of marines raising the flag atop Mt Suribachi after the Battle of Iwo Jima, which most high school students would know was against the Japanese in the Pacific. VJ Day was Aug 15, 1945.

A man this stupid should not be renaming anything

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Trump is an idiot (Original Post) surfered May 2025 OP
OMG 😳 Deuxcents May 2025 #1
yep RANDYWILDMAN May 2025 #2
Presidunce Trump nt Disaffected May 2025 #3
That's pretty stupid underpants May 2025 #4
Lord! The raising of the flag on Iwo Jima took place on February 23, 1945. rsdsharp May 2025 #5
OMG 😱 TommieMommy May 2025 #6
Water is wet, rocks are hard... Wounded Bear May 2025 #7
Redundant question everything May 2025 #8
Right from the Department of Redundancy Department. Permanut May 2025 #33
Yes, you are correct! Trump is an idiot. taxi May 2025 #9
Dumb as a Trump Blue Full Moon May 2025 #10
Prezidont Bonespurs says what? IcyPeas May 2025 #11
It's also very telling that none of his staffers had the courage to tell him of this mistake. TheRickles May 2025 #12
I'd bet Trump hasn't posted anything actually himself in a while.. HipChick May 2025 #15
He doesn't deserve a big military parade for his birth day IronLionZion May 2025 #13
Or... 2naSalit May 2025 #18
That is a parade I would be thrilled to attend. 3catwoman3 May 2025 #29
Airports in The Revolutionary War. twodogsbarking May 2025 #14
That. Is. Perfect. dchill May 2025 #16
He's that Harry Morgan character on MASH prior Col. Potter LW1977 May 2025 #17
TY for later. Cha May 2025 #19
Gawd damn 3auld6phart May 2025 #20
Yup, and the sun rose in the East this morning RandomNumbers May 2025 #21
Not surprised Iamscrewed May 2025 #22
esp: the gulf of mexico to the gulf of amreica. hem AllaN01Bear May 2025 #23
The Gulf of Mexico est. 1552 surfered May 2025 #25
si. AllaN01Bear May 2025 #26
VD DAY???!!! Montauk6 May 2025 #24
Like all things trump, he wants to steal/take credit for everything. Bristlecone May 2025 #27
We should rename USA to USM, United States of Morans. Bluepinky May 2025 #28
"Idiot" Worst, you are being kind to him. republianmushroom May 2025 #30
Moron. Martin68 May 2025 #31
Republicans love it when they're called stupid because they know live love laugh May 2025 #32
They take pride in Ignorance. BurnDoubt May 2025 #36
He was there when... BurnDoubt May 2025 #34
That is simply untrue about high school kids i was a cathar... May 2025 #35
Can't argue about the Dems. BurnDoubt May 2025 #37
Where is "up in here"? GP6971 May 2025 #38
I think Jay Leno's 'Jaywalking' was a wake-up call! Mr.Bee May 2025 #40
That was a while ago. i was a cathar... May 2025 #41
Well That's What Happens Mr.Bee May 2025 #39
I wonder what he thinks the "V" in VE day stands for? radical noodle May 2025 #42
Nothing at that link is related to your OP, no Iwo Jima pic. niyad May 2025 #43

RANDYWILDMAN

(3,129 posts)
2. yep
Thu May 8, 2025, 04:58 PM
May 2025

palm beach can become trumpville

all his golf trips will now be called summits (so he can charge us more )

all currency is not crypto and he is in charge, meme coins and rug pulls for everybody

people in the future are gonna deny they ever voted for this schlub, but they did.

This man should be in jail and everybody know's it

rsdsharp

(11,789 posts)
5. Lord! The raising of the flag on Iwo Jima took place on February 23, 1945.
Thu May 8, 2025, 05:20 PM
May 2025

It didn’t even signify victory on the island; the battle continued for more than a month until March 26th. It had nothing to do with VE Day, and as others have pointed out, occurred in the Pacific, not Europe.

taxi

(2,676 posts)
9. Yes, you are correct! Trump is an idiot.
Thu May 8, 2025, 06:00 PM
May 2025

It probably goes without saying that we here have learned to control our urges, we don't just spout out the first thing that comes to mind. We give things a second thought. We check, we make sure what we're saying is correct or defensible. And we expect our government to be the same way - with tact and diplomacy. But here we are with elected representatives no wiser than third graders. Third graders who have never learned to act any smarter, leaders who do not run out of stupid things to do. So here we are, hoping that at some point people will think enough is enough. Hoping they stop fanning the fires and join the fire line instead. It's a shame that it has to first become personally harmful for them to do it.

TheRickles

(3,156 posts)
12. It's also very telling that none of his staffers had the courage to tell him of this mistake.
Thu May 8, 2025, 06:19 PM
May 2025

Or maybe they didn't know either....

HipChick

(25,577 posts)
15. I'd bet Trump hasn't posted anything actually himself in a while..
Thu May 8, 2025, 06:31 PM
May 2025

He's barely articulate, and his brain rot is evident..

but he is representative of the idiots he surrounds himself with..

IronLionZion

(50,816 posts)
13. He doesn't deserve a big military parade for his birth day
Thu May 8, 2025, 06:23 PM
May 2025

He deserves a big parade to celebrate his death

 

LW1977

(1,611 posts)
17. He's that Harry Morgan character on MASH prior Col. Potter
Thu May 8, 2025, 06:33 PM
May 2025

If only he could leave in a rubber truck

3auld6phart

(1,670 posts)
20. Gawd damn
Thu May 8, 2025, 06:55 PM
May 2025

Fool. Please somebody put him out of our [ Isery) soon. Jeseezus this world can’t take much more of this freak and his maggot idiots.

RandomNumbers

(19,056 posts)
21. Yup, and the sun rose in the East this morning
Thu May 8, 2025, 06:58 PM
May 2025

your full post is correct of course. But calling *rump an idiot at this point is beyond redundant.

Iamscrewed

(486 posts)
22. Not surprised
Thu May 8, 2025, 07:02 PM
May 2025

If it's not about him or what he wants he will try to push to make himself look wonderful no matter how many lies or revisionist history it takes.

Bristlecone

(10,998 posts)
27. Like all things trump, he wants to steal/take credit for everything.
Thu May 8, 2025, 10:17 PM
May 2025

He’s never met a good idea he didn’t want to steal and rename as his own. It’s his entire “business model” as much as cheating and not paying for services rendered is.

Bluepinky

(2,514 posts)
28. We should rename USA to USM, United States of Morans.
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:13 AM
May 2025

The reason being that this country elected a moronic grifter as President. How stupid is that?

live love laugh

(16,187 posts)
32. Republicans love it when they're called stupid because they know
Fri May 9, 2025, 03:58 PM
May 2025

you underestimate them.

Underestimation is hugely why they’re in control of the entire country now.

BurnDoubt

(1,447 posts)
36. They take pride in Ignorance.
Fri May 9, 2025, 04:18 PM
May 2025

The moment Gore's sigh revealed G-Dub's apparent ignorance, I knew he lost. That was back when it was still wrong to mock the stupid instead of elevating them to Celebrity. Now, Rude Is The Rule.

BurnDoubt

(1,447 posts)
34. He was there when...
Fri May 9, 2025, 04:10 PM
May 2025

George Washington shut down the airports during the Civil War. Every kid knows that!

 
35. That is simply untrue about high school kids
Fri May 9, 2025, 04:16 PM
May 2025

Last edited Fri May 9, 2025, 04:53 PM - Edit history (1)

I have watched COLLEGE kids who can't even place the Civil War in the right century. 😳 I wouldn't know the exact day of that picture myself and I am in my late 50s. You could call me stupid too, I suppose. Not to defend Trump but it seems to me Dems need to find a better strategy to win the Mid-Terms. It feels like Groundhog's Day up in here. 😬😬😬

BurnDoubt

(1,447 posts)
37. Can't argue about the Dems.
Fri May 9, 2025, 04:25 PM
May 2025

Hardly any bully ever finds his comeuppance. Unless he gets knocked down. The cheap seats are all-in for the Bullies, and the bullies are in the box-seats. The next couple of generations have their work cut out for them. Bbreak A Leg!!!

 
41. That was a while ago.
Fri May 9, 2025, 04:39 PM
May 2025

Watch the latest ones. And they laugh like it's cute.

(By the way, I meant I wouldn't be able to place the date in this photo or the event. It's beyond iconic but I don't even know who's on my money. )

radical noodle

(10,482 posts)
42. I wonder what he thinks the "V" in VE day stands for?
Fri May 9, 2025, 04:51 PM
May 2025

Valentine? Violet? Vulgar? Vain? Valueless?

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