The US president borrows the trademark Republican cap after joking with fire fighters.
  • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Fuck Biden for not realizing how the MAGA crew is going to weaponize this photo op.

    Edit: Biden putting on a Trump hat is like Biden waving a confederate flag because MAGA and Trump’s campaign are based on racism. Context doesn’t matter.

    • Serinus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Oh no. Are we forever to dance around the next moronic thing they decide to turn into propaganda? I hope you don’t have a cat.

      • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        No, but we don’t have to shoot ourselves in the foot either.

        Biden putting on a Trump hat is just about the dumbest fucking thing he could do right now. It is like Biden waving a confederate flag or hugging Putin.

        • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          You’re nuts lol

          This small interaction will have an equally small affect on anything. If anything, it helped show one Trump voter that Biden is just a dude who can good around

  • enkille@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    For those who can’t be bothered to watch the video: Biden talks with Trump supporter, signs a presidential hat, trades for the Trump supporter’s hat, briefly wears it.

    Also jokes about being so old he forgot his name, tells the guy “hell no” when asked if he wants him to sign the Trump hat, and tells people not to eat dogs.

    • Serinus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Also it wasn’t a “unity gesture”. It was a funny moment for the people in the room and/or was intended to make the Trump convert more comfortable.

      Either way, it was absolutely fine in context. The only concern is how it could be taken out of context, and fuck that. I’m tired of walking a tightrope worrying about what Fox News might say.

      If it was a “unity gesture”, it was for that one guy. It wasn’t for the Fox News audience.

      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        “I’m tired of walking a tightrope worrying about what Fox News might say.”

        I’m going to give you some advice that my great aunt Edna gave me 35 years ago, when I went to my first day at kindergarten, and the other kids made fun of me.

        “Fuck 'em! Fuck the whole lot! Who gives a shit what they say? They probably poop the bed everynight!”

        You’d be surprised how often that advice applies to current situations.

        • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
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          2 months ago

          I think the unity gesture to someone in person is worth it though

  • atro_city@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    It was a nice interaction between two old men and people are upset about it. It’s like football players swapping jerseys. But the USA is so divided that any friendly interactions between “opposing sides” is seen as treason. Good grief.

    • sudo@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      2 months ago

      It’s more akin to Biden donning a Klan hood or a swastika than ‘swapping jerseys’.

      Giving even a semblance of legitimacy to these fascist terrorists is fucking disgusting. There’s nothing ‘nice’ or ‘sweet’ about it.