• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    It would be nice to see someone, somewhere finally hold him accountable for refusing to pay his bills.

    • Lukas Murch@thelemmy.club
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      1 month ago

      I’d support something as easy as making him take off his hat when honoring fallen soldiers, at this point. Anything.

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        I think he’s wearing a hat more because with dementia you get more sensitive to light. He’s been sundowning more posting throughout the night on truth social and then falling asleep in meetings during the day. It’s probably why they don’t do a lot of morning events anymore. Everything is always in the afternoon.

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        1 month ago

        The hat thing is just a natural extension of no one in his orbit holding him accountable for decorum ever, which is most evident in his language. Sad to see, but yeah.

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          1 month ago

          Or his vanity to hide that rash on his neck, when the wind would have otherwise blown his combover off to the side.

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    If they really want to piss him off just invite the Obamas and make sure they show up on cameras. The meltdown would be hilarious.

    • Blade9732@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Even better, invite the Biden’s and have them introduced at the opening ceremony as the President and first lady, while Trump is in the stands watching.

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        1 month ago

        Now it is my honor to introduce the undisputed and clear winner of the 2020 presidential election, President Joe Biden.

      • jaybone@lemmy.zip
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        My cynical guess is the Olympics are like FIFA now, and just corrupt beholden to advertisers, so they would avoid doing anything that would alienate half of the US audience. (Though I don’t think it’s half, or even 30% anymore, but now MAGA are the party in power and they will shut you down if they don’t like what you do.)

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    1 month ago

    I thought this would have something to do with him killing over 150 school girls & war crimes, but nope they just want money. Fuck them & fuck Trump too!

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    1 month ago

    The article is a bit unclear on what exactly was unpaid but I think the main takeaway is this:

    “The rule, if passed, would figure to be mostly symbolic, given the limits an international sports federation could have on the president of a country attending an event inside his own borders,” according to AP.

    • runner_g@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      1 month ago

      “stems from years of tension after the U.S. government withheld funding in protest of the agency’s handling of a string of high-profile doping cases, including one involving Chinese swimmers.”