“You could have made a deal”, Trump blames Poland for starting World War II
Donald Trump has insisted today that Poland should apologise for starting World War II.
The only reason this counts as fiction is probably because noone asked him what he thinks.
Yup, I ate this onion. I hate reality.
I mean... he already said it about Ukraine, it is entirely possible he'd say this about Poland.
The problem is any mental thing people can make up is something he could easily have said.
If this was true, I'd just say yup. Sounds like something he'd say.
incidentally (or not) this underlines a deliberate function of trump's negotiation strategy-- to promote uncertainty which protects his position from precise scrutiny. this comes up in hypernormalisation a british docu as a deliberate part of putin's strategy- to keep your opponents always guessing.. its a form of obfuscation that we see in every day life when it comes to news media, social media, and so on- its a very common trick today and i think its as important as ever to get a handle on the material realities of the world under the cover of all this smoke.
I also ate it. Was just about to scroll by when I say the community. 100% plausible thing for him to say.
We need to start calling it Maga America, in the same way we say Nazi Germany or Fascist Italy.
I think it should just be Trumpland.
That’s sounds too much like a fun little vacation where someone takes all your money. This is more like a nightmare of destruction that will take all your money
Like it or hate it but imho the world would be a better place if those 2 assassins succeeded.
What, both of them?
This feels like it could have actually been something he said. I feel like if you showed this article to his followers, without showing the site, they would nod their heads and agree that it's sage wisdom.
How fucked up is this timeline?
That would require him knowing about history a bit, and that might be a stretch.
I am pretty sure in his mind WWII was that time when America, Hitler, and Putin won against hords of gay black people.
I genuinely didn't think it was satire when I saw the headline. Trump coming out and saying something like that is literally just par for course.
This man basically declared war on Canada. I had to double take the sub.
I ate that onion so hard
It’s so believable considering how coke, ford, ibm, etc invested in germany at the time despite their regime.
Except in this case, Trump products would still be labeled Trump products.
This label?
Funny, the German equivalent to The Onion had the same idea today:
https://www.der-postillon.com/2025/02/ueberfall-auf-polen.html
I'm having a hard time believing that this article is from The Onion.
The funniest part of this is that he still blames the Central Park 5 for making a deal when the police coerced them into confessing. So even when someone does make a deal and suffers for something that wasn't their fault, he still blames them.
i bit the onion, hard
I could 100% see him saying this
World War 1 and the global rise of fascism started World War 2. A mentally ill man at the helm in Germany didn’t help. Granted, I don’t think our mentally ill (Cluster B personality disorder) man has ever cracked a history text. He probably doesn’t even know of the existence of the Treaty of Versailles.
That said, my armchair amateur read is this is all about the chips. Billionaire backing: for the chips. Elon space: for the chips. Canada and Greenland threats: for the chips, playing the odds re what’s under the ice. Ukraine slam: for the chips, and, sure, Daddy Putin.
Chips chips chips. The game moving forward is chips.
Now I’m craving Salt & Vinegar.
for the chips
No, I think he’s actually drinking his own kool-aid.
This is what worries me. Historically, most dictators have information space problems but are at least self-aware.
…Trump is not. He makes irrational, self destructive moves like he actually believes this stuff.
How about this for a deal? Countries keep their shit out of other countries where they're not welcome?
Trump is a terrorist set on trying to dismantle every Western democratic country.
We need to show him how terrorists must be dealt with.
Trump's doing Perot style Reform Politics from the White House. This isn't terrorism, its venture capitalism. Downsizing, zero-based budgeting, outside contracting, looting the cash reserves, juicing profits with scams - straight out of the Musk playbook from when he took over Twitter. Its how every Bain Capital buyout shakes down.
We need to show him how terrorists must be dealt with.
This is probably inevitable, you know.
that's a good one ! Pétain would be proud
I understand the reference 🤣