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Today is VE Day, (May 8, 1945) the end of the war in Europe. Trump wants to rename it Victory Day.
To celebrate it, Trump posted the following on Truth Social.
https://digbysblog.net/
It’s an image of an iconic photo of marines raising the flag atop Mt Suribachi after the Battle of Iwo Jima, which most high school students would know was against the Japanese in the Pacific. VJ Day was Aug 15, 1945.
A man this stupid should not be renaming anything

palm beach can become trumpville
all his golf trips will now be called summits (so he can charge us more )
all currency is not crypto and he is in charge, meme coins and rug pulls for everybody
people in the future are gonna deny they ever voted for this schlub, but they did.
This man should be in jail and everybody know's it
Disaffected
(5,608 posts)underpants
(190,834 posts)rsdsharp
(10,839 posts)It didn’t even signify victory on the island; the battle continued for more than a month until March 26th. It had nothing to do with VE Day, and as others have pointed out, occurred in the Pacific, not Europe.
TommieMommy
(1,998 posts)Wounded Bear
(62,048 posts)The sun is bright.
Shit stinks.
Yada, yada, yada...
question everything
(50,339 posts)Permanut
(7,120 posts)taxi
(2,259 posts)It probably goes without saying that we here have learned to control our urges, we don't just spout out the first thing that comes to mind. We give things a second thought. We check, we make sure what we're saying is correct or defensible. And we expect our government to be the same way - with tact and diplomacy. But here we are with elected representatives no wiser than third graders. Third graders who have never learned to act any smarter, leaders who do not run out of stupid things to do. So here we are, hoping that at some point people will think enough is enough. Hoping they stop fanning the fires and join the fire line instead. It's a shame that it has to first become personally harmful for them to do it.
Blue Full Moon
(2,173 posts)IcyPeas
(23,621 posts)TheRickles
(2,766 posts)Or maybe they didn't know either....
HipChick
(25,563 posts)He's barely articulate, and his brain rot is evident..
but he is representative of the idiots he surrounds himself with..
IronLionZion
(48,965 posts)He deserves a big parade to celebrate his death
Escorts him to a federal prison.
3catwoman3
(26,741 posts)twodogsbarking
(13,794 posts)
dchill
(42,434 posts)LW1977
(1,516 posts)If only he could leave in a rubber truck
Cha
(311,285 posts)3auld6phart
(1,546 posts)Fool. Please somebody put him out of our [ Isery) soon. Jeseezus this world can’t take much more of this freak and his maggot idiots.
RandomNumbers
(18,629 posts)your full post is correct of course. But calling *rump an idiot at this point is beyond redundant.
Iamscrewed
(327 posts)If it's not about him or what he wants he will try to push to make himself look wonderful no matter how many lies or revisionist history it takes.
AllaN01Bear
(25,322 posts)surfered
(7,008 posts)
Montauk6
(9,116 posts)Bristlecone
(10,729 posts)He’s never met a good idea he didn’t want to steal and rename as his own. It’s his entire “business model” as much as cheating and not paying for services rendered is.
Bluepinky
(2,427 posts)The reason being that this country elected a moronic grifter as President. How stupid is that?
republianmushroom
(20,020 posts)Last edited Fri May 9, 2025, 01:39 PM - Edit history (1)
Martin68
(25,845 posts)live love laugh
(15,364 posts)you underestimate them.
Underestimation is hugely why they’re in control of the entire country now.
BurnDoubt
(545 posts)The moment Gore's sigh revealed G-Dub's apparent ignorance, I knew he lost. That was back when it was still wrong to mock the stupid instead of elevating them to Celebrity. Now, Rude Is The Rule.
BurnDoubt
(545 posts)George Washington shut down the airports during the Civil War. Every kid knows that!
i was a cathar...
(16 posts)Last edited Fri May 9, 2025, 05:53 PM - Edit history (1)
I have watched COLLEGE kids who can't even place the Civil War in the right century. 😳 I wouldn't know the exact day of that picture myself and I am in my late 50s. You could call me stupid too, I suppose. Not to defend Trump but it seems to me Dems need to find a better strategy to win the Mid-Terms. It feels like Groundhog's Day up in here. 😬😬😬
BurnDoubt
(545 posts)Hardly any bully ever finds his comeuppance. Unless he gets knocked down. The cheap seats are all-in for the Bullies, and the bullies are in the box-seats. The next couple of generations have their work cut out for them. Bbreak A Leg!!!
GP6971
(34,978 posts)Mr.Bee
(737 posts)
i was a cathar...
(16 posts)Watch the latest ones. And they laugh like it's cute.
(By the way, I meant I wouldn't be able to place the date in this photo or the event. It's beyond iconic but I don't even know who's on my money. )
Mr.Bee
(737 posts)radical noodle
(10,210 posts)Valentine? Violet? Vulgar? Vain? Valueless?