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Trump Taps Hooters-Obsessed MAGA Diehard to Be an Ambassador (www.rollingstone.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Midnight@slrpnk.net to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 20 points 1 day ago (4 children)

That fat Aussie cunt? He's either a great performer who is always in character, or a completely feckless gobshite.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If it's the first, this is about to be fucking hilarious

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have been absolutely sure it was a joke. His shit is so over the top.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

It's not just over the top, a lot of it appears to be engagement bait where he sets himself up for people to dunk on him. Check out some of the tweets I've posted in this discussion.

Maybe he is both serious about being a MAGA acolyte, but also playing an over-the-top character that gets him more attention, even if it's just so people dunk on him.

[–] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wouldn't be the first time conservatives fell for an absurd caricature (cf. Steven Colbert's many, many conservative fans in the first few years of his show)

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If you don't mind an off topic question, what does the "cf." notation mean? I've seen it before but never had the chance to ask the author before my curiosity waned :)

[–] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Latin for "conferatu", used for comparison or to refer the reader to an example

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Confoederatio futura. It's like Confoederatio helvetica but for the futura font.

[–] Geobloke@aussie.zone 5 points 1 day ago

Well the Australian Liberal party (actually right wing) kicked him out for being too much of a dicked soooo yeah

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

alot of AUSSIE cunts have fled to the US because of the permissiveness of right wing tolerance.