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He couldn't just let "America250" run with the celebration. He had to sign an executive order and form his own group (Freedom250) so he could control it and be the star. He truly believes he's the greatest star who has ever lived, and has to make everything about himself.
He killed the Kennedy Center. He killed the talent lineup for the Great American State Fair celebration in DC. He has a long history of turning things he touches into shit.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jun/03/donald-trump-ufc-arena-white-house-permanent
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Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for. - Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and likely Hoosier basketball fan.
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He killed the Kennedy Center. He killed the talent lineup for the Great American State Fair celebration in DC. He has a long history of turning things he touches into shit.
And yet he tells Bibi "Everyone hates you." No mirrors in Trumpland.
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This is our President.
He holds the keys to the nuclear arsenal.
Lord help us all.
French Villagers just called Pete Hegseth “persona non grata” and demanded he stay home from D-Day ceremonies
Pete Hegseth made the trip to Normandy, France for the D-Day anniversary — but residents of Langrune-sur-Mer made clear he was not welcome. Locals and civic groups in the small coastal town publicly declared him unwanted before he even landed, releasing a pointed statement demanding his visit be canceled outright.
Sylvie Lamy Thepaut, a local community organizer, was direct in her criticism, saying Hegseth’s aggressive rhetoric and worldview stand in direct opposition to the democratic values that Allied soldiers died defending on those very beaches.
A formal statement from the civic organization Langrune en Commun went further, citing his history of anti-European remarks and what they described as American supremacist posturing. The group argued that honoring the memory of the young soldiers who gave their lives for democracy required speaking out against someone they see as a threat to it.
Fellow group member Chantal Richard echoed that sentiment, saying silence on Hegseth’s values would be the worst possible response. She called out what she sees as his far-right, warmongering ideology and noted that his pattern of undermining the international institutions born from World War II is not normal and should not be treated as such.
Hegseth, unbothered by the backlash, used his D-Day speech to take shots at European allies who have declined to join Trump’s confrontation with Iran. He also brought six of his children along on the taxpayer-funded trip, which drew additional criticism from military officials who noted the significant security resources required to protect his family during an official government delegation.
"You can't make someone listen to reason if they aren't willing to think"-- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
French Villagers just called Pete Hegseth “persona non grata” and demanded he stay home from D-Day ceremonies
Pete Hegseth made the trip to Normandy, France for the D-Day anniversary — but residents of Langrune-sur-Mer made clear he was not welcome. Locals and civic groups in the small coastal town publicly declared him unwanted before he even landed, releasing a pointed statement demanding his visit be canceled outright.
Sylvie Lamy Thepaut, a local community organizer, was direct in her criticism, saying Hegseth’s aggressive rhetoric and worldview stand in direct opposition to the democratic values that Allied soldiers died defending on those very beaches.
A formal statement from the civic organization Langrune en Commun went further, citing his history of anti-European remarks and what they described as American supremacist posturing. The group argued that honoring the memory of the young soldiers who gave their lives for democracy required speaking out against someone they see as a threat to it.
Fellow group member Chantal Richard echoed that sentiment, saying silence on Hegseth’s values would be the worst possible response. She called out what she sees as his far-right, warmongering ideology and noted that his pattern of undermining the international institutions born from World War II is not normal and should not be treated as such.
Hegseth, unbothered by the backlash, used his D-Day speech to take shots at European allies who have declined to join Trump’s confrontation with Iran. He also brought six of his children along on the taxpayer-funded trip, which drew additional criticism from military officials who noted the significant security resources required to protect his family during an official government delegation.
As an American surely you scoff at such a thing.
French people saying “stay away” on the anniversary of the day the Americans began the liberation of France.
It’s an event; of course bigger than some villagers and their political priors.
Shame on them.
@shooter it would be almost impossible to find people more fckd than the French. Europe is cooked
As an American surely you scoff at such a thing.
French people saying “stay away” on the anniversary of the day the Americans began the liberation of France.
It’s an event; of course bigger than some villagers and their political priors.
Shame on them.
You've got to be a real douchebag to have the French wanting you do stay way from the D-Day commemoration.
@unclemark Europe is the absolute worst at this point. Anyone pointing to Europe for anything is lost.
As an American surely you scoff at such a thing.
French people saying “stay away” on the anniversary of the day the Americans began the liberation of France.
It’s an event; of course bigger than some villagers and their political priors.
Shame on them.
You've got to be a real douchebag to have the French wanting you do stay way from the D-Day commemoration.
No. You’ve got to be a real douchebag to start spouting off about American politics as a Frenchman on the D-day celebration.
A piece of advice that has treated me well over the years and most Euros should adopt when commenting on America.
”Shut the fuck up”
No. You’ve got to be a real douchebag to start spouting off about American politics as a Frenchman on the D-day celebration.
"Hegseth, unbothered by the backlash, used his D-Day speech to take shots at European allies who have declined to join Trump’s confrontation with Iran."