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LuckyCharms

(21,145 posts)
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 10:52 AM Sep 23

The rotting pumpkin is outdoing himself at the UN!

Holy shit! This thing is so bad that it's almost beautiful.

Turn it on if you can stomach it.

I can't even put into words how bad this is.

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The rotting pumpkin is outdoing himself at the UN! (Original Post) LuckyCharms Sep 23 OP
As bad as Shoe Saleslady Barbie sidling up to a group of seasoned diplomats, as if she was one of them, Aristus Sep 23 #1
Shades of Leonard Pinth-Garnell. Ocelot II Sep 23 #2
I go with Dorothy Parker's no_hypocrisy Sep 23 #5
"Springtime for Hitler at the United Nations" no_hypocrisy Sep 23 #3
Thank you for that one, Mel Brooks "The Producers" coming to life just like Idiocracy Eliot Rosewater Sep 23 #7
I think MAGATs are now believing that "The Producers" is an actual documentary! /NT sdfernando Sep 23 #37
I forced myself to watch his autism rant, but this might be ... rog Sep 23 #4
Same here... LuckyCharms Sep 23 #11
He's attacked both Joe and Obama berniesandersmittens Sep 23 #6
I feel like other heads of State, being guest in this country, can't really express what they are feeling Walleye Sep 23 #8
Rambling on and on and on. Those present are oasis Sep 23 #9
I'm Watching It, Just Because It's Historically Bad WiVoter Sep 23 #10
Me too ... same reason I watched him yesterday. I think I just identified ... rog Sep 23 #13
Yup, That's The Word: PANIC WiVoter Sep 23 #15
could stand about one minute. Amaryllis Sep 23 #12
and they clap because he's done talking bs. Emile Sep 23 #14
Very tepid, polite applause. That's all. nt Wednesdays Sep 23 #16
So, how much do you think it's affecting Baitball Blogger Sep 23 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author 58Sunliner Sep 23 #30
Trump attacked everyone Coldwater Sep 23 #18
I wish bdamomma Sep 23 #19
Nothing to see here. hay rick Sep 23 #20
I just can't watch him at anytime. He makes me want to vomit. Bev54 Sep 23 #21
Cannot watch 1 minute of him. Katinfl Sep 23 #23
He sounds like a cut rate weed whacker. He makes me sick to my stomach anytime I listen to him. Texin Sep 23 #28
History, oh history, please repeat thyself. twodogsbarking Sep 23 #22
I forced myself to watch it and my brain cells are still trying to regenerate. Vinca Sep 23 #24
Exactly! Can't even put into words. yellow dahlia Sep 23 #25
"Rotting pumpkin." I think I'll go with that. surfered Sep 23 #26
Yes! I always have thought that he looked like a Halloween pumpkin that had been left on the porch colorado_ufo Sep 23 #38
I've been using that for weeks. tavernier Sep 23 #41
I'd Find It Hilarious If I Wasn't A USA Citizen! BBbats Sep 23 #27
He's making his bid for the Nobel Peace Prize. How can they refuse him after he's told them how wonderful he is? Jim__ Sep 23 #29
Fortunately, living in the Lower Mainland (Pacific NW to many of you) offers some insulation from the worst of it... BobTheSubgenius Sep 23 #31
Just more: popsdenver Sep 23 #32
I don't see a link anywhere. BComplex Sep 23 #33
No. I didn't post a link. n/t LuckyCharms Sep 23 #34
I went looking for a link on the home page and latest....couldn't find one! BComplex Sep 23 #35
It may be on YouTube by now but I haven't checked yet. LuckyCharms Sep 23 #36
FOUND A LINK: LuckyCharms Sep 23 #39
Thanks, LuckyCharms! BComplex Sep 23 #42
My pleasure, BComplex! LuckyCharms Sep 23 #43
LC, thread deserves a Duzy. I've saved it for posterity and many DUer quotable moments: txwhitedove Sep 23 #40

Aristus

(71,216 posts)
1. As bad as Shoe Saleslady Barbie sidling up to a group of seasoned diplomats, as if she was one of them,
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 10:56 AM
Sep 23

and burbling "Hey gang! isn't my Daddy doing, um, like, you know, just such a totally awesome job as President?"


Ocelot II

(128,041 posts)
2. Shades of Leonard Pinth-Garnell.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 10:56 AM
Sep 23

"Stunningly bad!"
"Monumentally ill-advised!"
"Perfectly awful!"
"Couldn't be worse!"
"Exquisitely awful!"
"Astonishingly ill-chosen!"
"Really bit the big one!"
"Unrelentingly bad!"
"There... That wasn't so good now, was it?"

no_hypocrisy

(53,637 posts)
5. I go with Dorothy Parker's
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 10:59 AM
Sep 23
"This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it."

Eliot Rosewater

(34,282 posts)
7. Thank you for that one, Mel Brooks "The Producers" coming to life just like Idiocracy
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:00 AM
Sep 23

And wrap your mind around the 50 million American alleged adults watching him babble like a complete clueless moron, and they are in unison shaking their heads up and down in agreement with him as if they have any idea what he’s talking about any more than he does.

rog

(897 posts)
4. I forced myself to watch his autism rant, but this might be ...
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 10:59 AM
Sep 23

... even more jaw-dropping. I'm sitting here in mid-sentence and I can't even think what to type.

Jesus. This is frightening.

LuckyCharms

(21,145 posts)
11. Same here...
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:02 AM
Sep 23

I was starting to write down some of his bullshit so I could post it, but I gave up. It was too much.

The amazing thing is...THIS IS THE UN...and he's on the world stage. Holy cow.

Walleye

(43,028 posts)
8. I feel like other heads of State, being guest in this country, can't really express what they are feeling
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:00 AM
Sep 23

rog

(897 posts)
13. Me too ... same reason I watched him yesterday. I think I just identified ...
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:07 AM
Sep 23

... what I'm feeling today, and what I felt yesterday. I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but I think it's ... panic.

Response to Baitball Blogger (Reply #17)

hay rick

(9,160 posts)
20. Nothing to see here.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:05 PM
Sep 23

Just Donald being Donald, talking about Donald and not giving a shit about anything but Donald. Different day, different place, same shitshow.

Bev54

(12,998 posts)
21. I just can't watch him at anytime. He makes me want to vomit.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:08 PM
Sep 23

I will only read about him, I turned off the Canadian news and put on some music.

Katinfl

(540 posts)
23. Cannot watch 1 minute of him.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:14 PM
Sep 23

I wait for the recap later, or read about it online. Much better for my blood pressure.

Texin

(2,812 posts)
28. He sounds like a cut rate weed whacker. He makes me sick to my stomach anytime I listen to him.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:40 PM
Sep 23

Crap, just thinking about that craptastic foaming at the mouth makes me nauseous.

twodogsbarking

(16,466 posts)
22. History, oh history, please repeat thyself.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:10 PM
Sep 23

Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator, was assassinated on the Ides of March (15 March) 44 BC by a group of senators during a Senate session at the Curia of Pompey, located within the Theatre of Pompey in Rome. The conspirators, numbering between 60 and 70 individuals and led by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, and Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, stabbed Caesar approximately 23 times. They justified the act as a preemptive defense of the Roman Republic, asserting that Caesar's accumulation of lifelong political authority—including his perpetual dictatorship and other honors—threatened republican traditions.

Vinca

(52,940 posts)
24. I forced myself to watch it and my brain cells are still trying to regenerate.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:19 PM
Sep 23

What an embarrassment.

yellow dahlia

(3,753 posts)
25. Exactly! Can't even put into words.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:24 PM
Sep 23

My first two words were demented and unhinged.

Some really weird moments.

Did you see Lula and the contingent from Brazil? When he said something about hugging and agreeing to a meeting, they all reacted and interacted with each other, a la WTF.

colorado_ufo

(6,175 posts)
38. Yes! I always have thought that he looked like a Halloween pumpkin that had been left on the porch
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 01:45 PM
Sep 23

until after Thanksgiving - grin and all - not to mention the perfect orange complexion.

tavernier

(14,047 posts)
41. I've been using that for weeks.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 02:49 PM
Sep 23

Not exactly sure where I first heard it, but it certainly is fitting.

BBbats

(257 posts)
27. I'd Find It Hilarious If I Wasn't A USA Citizen!
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:34 PM
Sep 23

I really don't think he's pulling the strings.
It's obvious it's Miller,Vance with perhaps Theil advising /financing.

Jim__

(14,996 posts)
29. He's making his bid for the Nobel Peace Prize. How can they refuse him after he's told them how wonderful he is?
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:47 PM
Sep 23

BobTheSubgenius

(12,134 posts)
31. Fortunately, living in the Lower Mainland (Pacific NW to many of you) offers some insulation from the worst of it...
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 01:01 PM
Sep 23

...the bulk of it. There is still plenty to go around, but it's relatively easy to avoid. And avoid is what my wife and I are both doing, apparently.

She is from WNY, and says she will NEVER give up her citizenship, although she does have the legally mandated Canadian Permanent Resident status, but has totally reached her limit with the f'ing craziness going on below the 49th. Channel gets changed if the news starts to head that way, and a total household ban on his name, actions or descriptions.

This is far from being a bolt from the blue. After Election Day 2016, she got literally zero sleep and cried constantly for hours, then off and on for three days. She was dreading how hard life could end up being for her two granddaughters whose father is Puerto Rican, and look more than 50% of that identity. I was less doom-and-gloom about it then, but I have to admit my optimism is waning.

NOTHING that the govt. is doing offers any kind of hopeful sign whatsoever. The rate at which this roller coaster to Hell is gaining speed is jaw-dropping.

popsdenver

(854 posts)
32. Just more:
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 01:06 PM
Sep 23

*DELUSIONAL DONNIE* He is the Nightmare Version of Alice and Wonderland.....on acid.......

LuckyCharms

(21,145 posts)
36. It may be on YouTube by now but I haven't checked yet.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 01:41 PM
Sep 23

I made the OP mid-speech, so I assumed no video was online yet.

I'll bet that we'll be seeing it posted all over shortly!

txwhitedove

(4,263 posts)
40. LC, thread deserves a Duzy. I've saved it for posterity and many DUer quotable moments:
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 02:00 PM
Sep 23

"The Rotting Pumpkin"

"Springtime for Hitler at the UN"

"Just Donald being Donald......"

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