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President Donald Trump struggled to offer much sympathy for the families of about 100 Americans—many of them U.S. military veterans—who have died fighting in Ukraine. An estimated several thousand Americans have volunteered to fight for Ukraine since Russian dictator Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion in 2022, with at least 92 Americans killed as of September, The New York Times reported.

Following a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday to discuss a peace deal to end the war, Trump was asked about his message to the families of the fallen Americans. “The message is so obvious,” he replied. “What a shame. They died in a foreign country. And some are celebrated people, they’re very celebrated. But it’s so sad that a thing like that would happen.”

archive article: https://archive.is/Z6UOz#selection-1365.0-1373.10

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[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 128 points 15 hours ago (5 children)

Petition so that articles don’t start with his name and age til he’s gone.

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 46 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Every fucking time I see it I get excited, only to be let down by finishing the sentence

[–] Keilik@lemmy.world 16 points 15 hours ago

Honestly when it happens I think the servers will burst into flame from the sheer volume of memes trying to get uploaded so it’ll be like the cloudflare/AWS outages but more widespread.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 5 points 12 hours ago

Good point. I need to chill some champagne for the event.

[–] OptimusPrimeDownfall@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I thought it was name and IQ, whoops.

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 24 points 12 hours ago

IQ of 79 is being generous for this dipshit.

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 12 points 14 hours ago

I get it but I also like that it's there as a reminder how up there he is. But I've assumed for a while I'll find out about his death because I'll reload tumblr and be confronted with a wall of crab rave gifs.

[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 5 points 13 hours ago

They know what they're doing.

[–] Rhoeri@piefed.world 3 points 14 hours ago

Yes. PLEASE.

[–] becausechemistry@piefed.social 57 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I am once again begging people not to post a headline that starts with “Trump, 79,” that doesn’t end with. Well. You know

[–] space@reddthat.com 14 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I kinda like it. Feels like important context. "Trump, oldest serving president, who may be suffering from cognitive decline, ..."

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)
[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 hours ago

When it ends with "at 79," you can get your hopes up.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 18 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

What else would they expect from a coward, a liar and a traitor?

[–] FearMeAndDecay@literature.cafe 7 points 3 hours ago

Don’t forget draft dodger

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[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 13 points 9 hours ago

The Media: "Dear Leader, the picture of physical and mental health, has more tough talk!"

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 7 points 3 hours ago

The Orange Jackass is incapable of understanding the concept of sympathy. It's all performative, and he can't even make the effort to pull that off.

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