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IcyPeas

(25,804 posts)
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 05:56 AM Sep 2025

Putin and Kim Jong-un hugging ... and that parade!

Drump must be fuming with jealousy.

After Putin and Kim Jong Un participated in a military parade during their visit to China, they held a one-on-one meeting in Beijing, which, according to Russian media, lasted over 2.5 hours.

#China #Beijing #Russia #Putin #NorthKorea #KimJongUn

Ulfh3dnar (@ulfh3dnar.bsky.social) 2025-09-03T09:46:48.632Z


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Putin and Kim Jong-un hugging ... and that parade! (Original Post) IcyPeas Sep 2025 OP
Gotta say the parade made Trump's l'il b-day parade look pretty pathetic Prairie Gates Sep 2025 #1
Troops step lively for a real dictator EYESORE 9001 Sep 2025 #4
And here we are, victimized by T's narcissism. BadgerKid Sep 2025 #2
Awwww IcyPeas Sep 2025 #3
Obvious AI footage of the parade. nt RandiFan1290 Sep 2025 #5
Parts of it do look like AI or some kind of filter. Heres.... IcyPeas Sep 2025 #6
He's seething. That's not good for us. He may feel compelled to get in a allegorical oracle Sep 2025 #7
And trumpy wasn't invited! Yellowdog-1966 Sep 2025 #8

Prairie Gates

(8,479 posts)
1. Gotta say the parade made Trump's l'il b-day parade look pretty pathetic
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 06:24 AM
Sep 2025

Xi knows how to make Trump look small.

(Maybe one of the reasons we don't do military parades is because it's not really our thing, and it definitely is their thing - at least for the Chinese and North Koreans and, formerly, the Russians).

EYESORE 9001

(29,889 posts)
4. Troops step lively for a real dictator
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 06:57 AM
Sep 2025

Rump shoulda threatened imprisonment for anyone who gets out of step. This demonstrates that the orange menace is unfit and unready to serve in the role of dictator.

BadgerKid

(5,029 posts)
2. And here we are, victimized by T's narcissism.
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 06:40 AM
Sep 2025

His actions suggest he cannot control Putin. I think it bothers him, and as a result he cracks down harder by sending out ICE and the National Guard — thus after many other actions (tariffs, pulling finding, etc.). Accusations about his fitness as president seem to push him further to prove he’s fit or cause him to offer distractions. Don’t MAGA, GOP, the J6-ers, etc., realize he is using them to feed his ego? (Sure, they get something out of it, too.)

IcyPeas

(25,804 posts)
3. Awwww
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 06:42 AM
Sep 2025

Vladimir Poetin en Kim Jong-un hebben elkaar woensdag met een omhelzing gedag gezegd. Beide staatshoofden zijn in China op bezoek.

Telegraaf.nl (@telegraaf.nl) 2025-09-03T10:34:42.497Z


allegorical oracle

(6,594 posts)
7. He's seething. That's not good for us. He may feel compelled to get in a
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 08:25 AM
Sep 2025

military show-off pissing contest.

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