Trump has been calling the Chines a dozen times a day...

[Snark Twain]

Ok dunno if true but hilarious nonetheless

[doc03]

1. That would make him crazier. nt

[Jim__]

2. LOL!

[stillcool]

3. would be perfect if only

[Bernardo de La Paz]

39. ... if only I could see it. imgur doesn't treat people like that. . . . nt

[Wonder Why]

46. not igmur. OP used postimage but aparently did not do it right. Should have copied the direct URL not the

one with the code in it.

My picture here is from same site but I just used the direct URL

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1324&pid=3200

[Bernardo de La Paz]

50. I can see that but you missed my point and then may have got your point wrong

I don't use postimage after using it a few times and getting throttled. I have used imgur a few times (see my post downthread about needing to click twice for imgur). I thought I was clear that the OP did not use imgur but should use imgur for better results.

If you inspect the HTML code in the DU OP page it gives you the link to the throttle notice which is now occupying the page. Which means that the OP posted the actual link but it got throttled.

Inspecting the HTML shows a JPG link in the same format as your JPG link; the filename does not matter (remove spaces to make links active):

img src="ht tps://i.postimg.cc/TPsN3FSG/IMG-2722.jpg" border="0"
https:/ /i.postimg.cc/TPsN3FSG/IMG-2722.jpg
https:/ /i.postimg.cc/TPsN3FSG/x.jpg
https:/ /i.postimg.cc/TPsN3FSG/20250313-180119.jpg

The fact that the image name does not matter means that the postimage server is doing the throttling.

Your link:

img src="ht tps://i.postimg.cc/ZYfXyrN1/20250313-180119.jpg" border="0"
https:/ /i.postimg.cc/ZYfXyrN1/IMG-2722.jpg
https:/ /i.postimg.cc/ZYfXyrN1/x.jpg

I cleared my data cache (not cookies) and reloaded your link and got your actual image, so it hasn't been throttled yet or you paid for a postimage premium account. The OP here has gotten a very large number of views (99 recs, 47 replies), many more views than your post reply in the other thread you link, I am sure.

[Wonder Why]

53. I do have an account but not a premium one and have never paid a dime.

Imgur blocks my VPN and pretends they are too busy but immediately allows any image if I turn it off. Blocks it again when I turn it on.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Never go up against a civilization that is 5000 years old, when you can't even bother to remember

a few details from a blueprint your country is founded on that's only 250 years old and part of it hangs in your work room.

[gopiscrap]

5. I love that

[PatSeg]

6. Oh my word, that is hilarious!

If this is true, I have to give the Chinese a whole lot of credit, though it is pretty easy to push Trump's buttons.

So is this his idea of "ruling the world"?

[3Hotdogs]

15. I doubt it is true. First of all, I doubt he picks up the phone and dials anyone himself

( 'cept maybe McDonalds).

[drmeow]

16. Yeah, my thought

if anyone is calling it is aides.

[PatSeg]

24. I don't know

He's been known to sit for hours alone at night calling people for hours, though I'm not sure world leaders would fit into the category.

[Karasu]

7. Fucking idiot. They control most of our manufacturing and MUCH of the debt that Republicans still love to pretend we

Last edited Wed Apr 30, 2025, 10:44 PM - Edit history (2)

have any chance of ever paying off (we don't, and we won't).

China doesn't fucking need us anymore. Hell, in many ways, they are the stronger economic power. Whereas our corporations are completely and utterly dependent on them and have been for decades. They are far, far too deeply invested in Chinese cheap labor to ever turn back. His fucking stupid chatGPT tariffs won't change that.

This is not a battle they can win, and it is WAY too late for this country to be picking this stupid fight in the first place. Only an administration full of people divorced from reality would even try...and unfortunately, that's exactly what we fucking have, thanks to this fucking clown.

[lame54]

22. They are also the world's dump...

Bringing back manufacturing would bring pollutants and debris

[CloudWatcher]

8. Yeah, no

Sadly this isn't true. Google turns up nothing, and I recognize the 5nark_twain author as having done similar 'truth-free' memes before. It would be so nice if I didn't have to be so skeptical.

[wolfie001]

11. Seems like we're getting a lot of wildly specious posts lately

Hyperbolic and fact-free.

[CloudWatcher]

17. We have a 'Humor' group

I guess this grumpy-old-man wouldn't mind so much if fact-free memes were posted to the Humor group, but in General?

Hmphh..... and get off my lawn!!

[wolfie001]

30. Boomer here!!! Agreed!

[Snark Twain]

35. Ok now I know there is a separate thread for humor

Lesson learned

[Snark Twain]

18. Stated right on post that didn't know if true but posted for the humor

[Skittles]

20. JAYSUS

CAN'T WE HAVE A BIT OF FUN?

[lame54]

23. In another word - satire

[Snark Twain]

25. Yes stated right on the article that I didn't know if it was true but posted for the humor

Thanks for accusing me of being a liar.

[CloudWatcher]

28. Apologies

Yes you did mark it as possibly not true. I've just lost my sense of humor about the orange felon and what he's doing to our country. Combined with so many people just believing what's posted on DU, I tend to overreact. Sorry!

[wolfie001]

31. OK, I learned something

Thanks folks! I need to read the whole page and check the forum.

[Denvermosaic]

10. That's a good laugh

[SunSeeker]

12. LOL Please let this be true!

[dchill]

13. Good trolling, if nothing else.

[LoisB]

14. If only. This is hilarious though.

[chowder66]

19. That's hilarious! Wish it were so.

[AllaN01Bear]

21. ""

[AllaN01Bear]

26. friend of mine says ,"the chinese are playing trump like a fiddle". i love it

[Attilatheblond]

27. What does graphic say?

All I see is a blue box with white print:

postimage
free image hosting

Upgrade to Premium!
Want to embed images in emails?

[Stinky The Clown]

29. Same for me

[Silver Gaia]

37. Same here, too

[CloudWatcher]

34. The text says ...

BREAKING: Top Chinese officials say Trump has been calling them a dozen times every day to beg for a trade deal, and they put him on hold while playing audio of Obama speeches until he hangs up.

[Attilatheblond]

40. Oh my dog! ROFL Thanks for much needed ray of sunshine on my day!

[Celerity]

32. your pic image is broken

[soldierant]

36. I can't see it either. I see what celerity sees.

[littlemissmartypants]

43. Too bad...

There's no alt text, a link or a brief description, right?

❤️

[Jit423]

33. I wish Xi would post on Truth Social: "STOP CALLING ME. I AM NOT GOING TO ANSWER!" NT

[Bernardo de La Paz]

38. Postimage strangled traffic to your image & blocked it. I've never seen that happen on imgur, but frequently on postimag

I am unable to see your image.

When that happens you won't even notice, which makes it insidious.

Clear your browser caches of any postimage data and postimage cookies. You can usually clear data first without disturbing cookies and that should be enough because you are not a premium member. Until you do so, the image is in your cache and the browser doesn't need to fetch it again, so you think what the fuck are all these people complaining about. Then if you clear your data cache then you'll understand.

With imgur, you have to prepare the URL, click on it to get to imgur, then click on the image when there. Use the URL for the actual image, not the image page, and it should work fine for everyone without any throttling or blockage.

[generalbetrayus]

42. Postimage did this to me once. All I had to do was go and sign in to my account

(I didn't realize I wasn't signed in) and I was able to repost the image and it stayed up on DU after that.

[kentuck]

41. They have him in a squeeze.

He's like the old hillbilly that ran a bobcat into a hollow log. His partner asked him, "You want me to help you hold him?"

"No, I want you to help me turn him loose."

[SleeplessinSoCal]

44. postimage?

Im not seeing the original post of postimage.

Strange. I guess it was time to stop working. Just like my washing machine

[Bernardo de La Paz]

45. No, it is traffic throttling as a misguided way to push people to paid accounts. . . . nt

[SleeplessinSoCal]

49. trying again...

https://i.postimg.cc/xC5njyNR/IMG-20250427-155306.avif

Nope. Not displaying the image as before. Too bad. It WAS so easy.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

51. I think your case is that DU does not recognize the ".avif" ending as an image. Convert to ".jpg" in an

Convert in an image program like GIMP (http:gimp.org) to JPEG format (.jpg or .jpeg ending) or to PNG (.png) and try again.

Good sign by the way.

[dweller]

54. It's not that difficult

Generally if a pic is a webp. or png. I just edit the link to .jpg



✌🏻

[ShazzieB]

47. I don't see an image in the OP.

Just a blue box with white letters saying "postimage / free image hosting / Upgrade to Prmium! / Want to embed images in emails?"

I have heard that he's been trying to get Xi on the phone. Good luck with that, numbskull!

[usonian]

48. To add some graphic content to this thread, I found this goodie. ENJOY!

[Meowmee]

52. Your title should be Chinese not Chines

[LetMyPeopleVote]

55. I hope that it is true that the Chinese are putting trump on hold and are playing Obama speeches to him

Even if this is not true, this made me smile

Link to tweet