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Donald Trump slammed a New York Times report on covert audio recordings that disclosed a series of unsavory claims about him, including various allegations from an Australian billionaire about his interactions with the former president.

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[–] quicklime@lemm.ee 221 points 10 months ago (12 children)

Pratt in the audio clips also claimed that Trump asked his wife and former first lady Melania to parade around Mar-a-Lago in a bikini "so all the other guys could get a look at what they were missing," adding that Melania ultimately retorted “I’ll do that when you walk around with me in your bikini.”

🤣🫣😳

[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 85 points 10 months ago

😟🤢🤮

[–] TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world 42 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You couldn't un-see that. Please no.

[–] TunaLobster@lemmy.ml 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Stable diff...nope. Some things are best unknown.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

AI apocalypse diverted.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago

look at what they were missing

It's just a Google search away though. Anyone that wants to see her can already do so.

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 28 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Damn, Melania wasn't gonna just take it huh.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 36 points 10 months ago

She hasn't taken it from him in years

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[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 100 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The dude is like a dumb teenager that hasn't ever developed or matured into an adult. He's what absolute morons picture as successful and smart.

[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

By his own admission, he hasn't even reached puberty. He's still a grade schooler.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Trump’s MO is to never say anything. “And they’re saying, well what they’re saying is I haven’t even reached puberty. Actually they’re even saying I have the mental capacity of a grade schooler. And they’re saying folks that they can’t even find my testicles because they are so buried inside!”

[–] ShaolinRaiden@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 10 months ago

Happy Gilmore the documentary.

[–] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 86 points 10 months ago (1 children)

“Awful human being is an awful human being” oh, wow

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 79 points 10 months ago (3 children)

At this point it’s fascinating just how many of the tropes and stereotypes for evil, sleazy, rich guy that he embodies. He’s a cartoon character, Ebenezer Scrooge would think he was a greedy prick before his Christmas transformation, even 8 fucking years into this shit show I still cannot understand how he’s even a real person

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 30 points 10 months ago (3 children)

In the 80s the “asshole billionaire real estate developer” was the bad guy in a ton of movies and modeled after guys like Trump. Just one I can think of off the top of my head is Batteries Not Included, and of course Back to the Future II

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

Yeah i knew he was the basis for a lot of those characters , but i think you could look even further back to like Hanna Barbera cartoons or black and white westerns where the evil banker that was gonna close the family ranch unless they got an inflated rent by the end of the month

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

I call him Biff because that character is supposedly directly based on little d.

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Trump, and Leona Helmsley of "only the little people pay taxes" infamy.

[–] blivet@artemis.camp 12 points 10 months ago

He’s the living embodiment of the seven deadly sins.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago

That’s been the craziest thing of these last 8 years. In reality he is far too stereotypical and on the nose. We would never accept such a lazily written character in our fiction.

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 77 points 10 months ago (1 children)

https://archive.ph/DVcFm

The actual report, instead of an article talking about an article

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yeah but that headline isn’t as catchy

[–] butwhyishischinabook@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And doesn't open with "slammed"

[–] TechyDad@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

And where are the reactions of random people on Twitter criticizing or praising people involved? Or the Reddit thread that's been repurposed into an article via screenshots of the comments?

It's like these people don't know how to Journalism!

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago

If you read the whole thing, it's juicy af

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lol. Republicans will just pass it off as more 'locker room talk'.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 10 months ago (3 children)

"The Failing New York Times story, leaked by Deranged Jack Smith and the Biden 'Political Opponent Abuser' DOJ, about a red haired weirdo from Australia, named Anthony Pratt, is Fake News," Trump fumed. "I never spoke to him about Submarines, but I did speak to him about creating jobs in Ohio and Pennsylvania, because that’s what I’m all about - JOBS, A GREAT ECONOMY, LOW TAXES, NO INFLATION, ENERGY DOMINANCE, STRONG BORDERS, NO ENDLESS WARS, LOW INTEREST RATES, and much more! Maggie Hagerman and the Misfits never called me for a comment. Why would they, they just write anything they want. Whether it’s correct or not is of ZERO importance to them. “All the News That’s Unfit To Print.” That’s why we call it the Fake News!"

So, if I use caps-lock, I can be president? That's what I've got from his socials over the years.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 10 months ago

I can't tell if that was an indeed Trump rant or something you made up. If you made it up, you don't need caps locks. You're already Presidential material certified.

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[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Let him fume.

More ketchup on the walls?

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Also two beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickled onions and a sesame seed bun, considering it’s McDonald we’re talking about

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why not naked?

If you're going to be a misogynistic ass, do it with gusto.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Gusto declined his advances too, and with good Reason, who was also there.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Of course he did.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

It’s poetic justice. Two McFlies with the same gun.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I looked it up, Melania is his wife, not daughter.

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[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (8 children)

Tbf he was just asking her to do what she did at her previous job. Actually, less than what she did at her previous job.

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[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Not surprised he would be so angry about it.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

If they actually like you, all you have to do is ask.

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