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Old Crank

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14. At our health club today

Reply to paleotn (Reply #5)

Fri May 15, 2026, 01:32 PM

12 hrs ago

We saw some of the news. There was a survey of people in Germany about Trump and if they saw him as strong or weak.

Do you see Trump as Stark? (Strong) 15%

Do you see Trump as Schwach? (Weak) 85%

We love the word, schwach. You have to pronounce the first 5 letters, schwah, then the ch as a k.

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So Xi gifted Trump some rose seeds.... [View all] AZ8theist 14 hrs ago OP

Maybe Krasnov is supposed to give them to Michelle Obama? gab13by13 14 hrs ago #1

If true, XI has quite the biting sense of humor 😆 Deuxcents 13 hrs ago #2

Reported by Bloomberg AZ8theist 13 hrs ago #8

The whole visit was loaded with innuendo... Hugin 13 hrs ago #3

Hard not to. paleotn 13 hrs ago #5

Europe has allowed that kind of humor since the beginning of the internet for all duhneece 13 hrs ago #6

At our health club today Old Crank 12 hrs ago #14

So I can look Trump in the face and say "Du bist schwatch" ? AZ8theist 11 hrs ago #22

Since he is the president... Old Crank 10 hrs ago #24

Thank you!! AZ8theist 8 hrs ago #26

ahh, schmuck dave99 7 hrs ago #31

The last time I saw a beating like that... Hugin 9 hrs ago #25

If so, it was a brilliant and subtle burn. Ocelot II 13 hrs ago #4

tRump wore out 3 sets of official WH kneepads on that trip. nt ImNotGod 13 hrs ago #7

Guessing several pallets of Depends, also. (He had to take the soiled ones back - carry out what you pack in.) erronis 6 hrs ago #34

LOL! For the non-existent rose garden. Xi understands irony. Martin68 13 hrs ago #9

Xi walked him thru this garden too IcyPeas 13 hrs ago #10

Xi: NJCher 12 hrs ago #13

Did he also show him a freshly dug empty hole? littlemissmartypants 12 hrs ago #16

A well-prepared Trump would have known that COL Mustard 12 hrs ago #17

Like a young girl asking the town Lothario if he brings other girls there MorbidButterflyTat 11 hrs ago #20

I thought Just Jerome 13 hrs ago #11

I do agree that was a subtle jab NJCher 13 hrs ago #12

"a difficult task for which he is bound to fail" DBoon 8 hrs ago #27

The other problem is that roses don't breed true from seed NickB79 8 hrs ago #30

The problem with that is... jmowreader 7 hrs ago #33

The entire meeting was filled with China making fun of Trump and the US Johnny2X2X 12 hrs ago #15

I hope the seeds were coated with a high tech Dr. T 11 hrs ago #18

What's funny about that? MorbidButterflyTat 11 hrs ago #19

Profoundly malaise 11 hrs ago #21

Because he's an avid gardener. Just one of his many hobbies and interests. bif 10 hrs ago #23

trump knows more about gardening than anyone! He even fertilizes his golf courses with human corpses! erronis 6 hrs ago #35

Is this the flex I think it is? mr715 8 hrs ago #28

Theres a surprise in that gift. usonian 8 hrs ago #29

MaddowBlog-Despite the hype, Trump leaves China empty-handed and no better off than he was before LetMyPeopleVote 7 hrs ago #32