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Our pals Italy... (Original Post) Liberal In Texas Apr 2025 OP
Three words malaise Apr 2025 #1
Yep! Liberal In Texas Apr 2025 #2
"Did I actually hear what I thought I just heard?" ShazzieB Apr 2025 #3
Fucking moron dalton99a Apr 2025 #4
I hope she translated verbatim pfitz59 Apr 2025 #5
I'm sure enough of the Italians present swong19104 Apr 2025 #8
Not to defend him, but Snopes says this is wrong. What he said: Gaugamela Apr 2025 #6
Thanks. I appreciate the truth, even if its not as funny. 70sEraVet Apr 2025 #7
Ancient Rome is on the phone; Caesar is pissed !!! Martin Eden Apr 2025 #9
Here is the whole interview. markodochartaigh Apr 2025 #11
and our honeymoon was 41 years ago!! elleng Apr 2025 #20
Hopefully it went better than this presser! Gaugamela Apr 2025 #21
MUCH! Perfetto! elleng Apr 2025 #22
When DC burns Trump will say, "I'm not giving away any cake". twodogsbarking Apr 2025 #10
At least the ancient romans SocialDemocrat61 Apr 2025 #12
Nah, it's gotta be the Onion. Right? Buddyzbuddy Apr 2025 #13
Don't forget Trump talked about Revolutionary War airfields... surfered Apr 2025 #14
This happened 6 years ago progressoid Apr 2025 #15
You are correct. Codifer Apr 2025 #18
Or maybe I am wrong. Codifer Apr 2025 #19
You'd think with all that orange paint on his face he'd eventually die of skin cancer. ffr Apr 2025 #16
Brutus, where art thou? Pepsidog Apr 2025 #17

Gaugamela

(3,516 posts)
6. Not to defend him, but Snopes says this is wrong. What he said:
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 06:56 PM
Apr 2025

“The United States and Italy are bound together by a shared cultural and political heritage dating back thousands of years, to ancient Rome …”

The press conference was in October 2019.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-italy-ally-ancient-times/

70sEraVet

(5,486 posts)
7. Thanks. I appreciate the truth, even if its not as funny.
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 07:08 PM
Apr 2025

I like that whenever Stephen Colbert tells a 'JD Vance/couch' joke, he always smiles and says, "Not true". He's having fun at JD's expense, while respecting truthfulness.

Martin Eden

(15,634 posts)
9. Ancient Rome is on the phone; Caesar is pissed !!!
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 07:15 PM
Apr 2025

STF up, you ignorant orange piker!

You built casinos that failed and were demolished, while aqueducts we built thousands of years ago still function!

We conquered and subjugated lands far beyond our borders, many times the size of Italy!

How many slaves do you own?

Cultural heriatage, my ass.

Your pathetic "entertainment" can't hold a Roman candle to our Coliseum, where gladiators fight to the death and Christians are fed to lions -- while you must pander to them for support

markodochartaigh

(5,545 posts)
11. Here is the whole interview.
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 07:19 PM
Apr 2025

Trump starts out talking with President Mozzarella about the curds (thank you AI). The translator seems to frequently have a concerned look, perhaps from translating Trump's word salad.





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And I can't just let this go, Trump ended up screwing our allies, the Kurds.

Codifer

(1,205 posts)
18. You are correct.
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 08:19 PM
Apr 2025

The statement he made at that time (six years ago) had to do with drinking chlorox and performing anatomically improbable stunts with light bulbs. light bulbs.

Codifer

(1,205 posts)
19. Or maybe I am wrong.
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 08:27 PM
Apr 2025

I seem to remember her and that gob-smacked look of incredulity.

This stuff makes me dizzy.

ffr

(23,402 posts)
16. You'd think with all that orange paint on his face he'd eventually die of skin cancer.
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 07:46 PM
Apr 2025

Or maybe it's protecting his skin from it.

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