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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
(5,744 posts)underpants
(191,405 posts)rsdsharp
(11,045 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
(2,195 posts)Wounded Bear
(62,480 posts)The sun is bright.
Shit stinks.
Yada, yada, yada...
question everything
(50,614 posts)Permanut
(7,306 posts)taxi
(2,392 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
(2,421 posts)IcyPeas
(23,885 posts)TheRickles
(2,832 posts)Or maybe they didn't know either....
HipChick
(25,566 posts)He's barely articulate, and his brain rot is evident..
but he is representative of the idiots he surrounds himself with..
IronLionZion
(49,432 posts)He deserves a big parade to celebrate his death
Escorts him to a federal prison.
3catwoman3
(27,131 posts)twodogsbarking
(14,352 posts)
dchill
(42,660 posts)LW1977
(1,538 posts)If only he could leave in a rubber truck
Cha
(312,962 posts)3auld6phart
(1,578 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
(18,777 posts)your full post is correct of course. But calling *rump an idiot at this point is beyond redundant.
Iamscrewed
(486 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
(26,372 posts)surfered
(7,862 posts)
Montauk6
(9,166 posts)Bristlecone
(10,796 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
(2,450 posts)The reason being that this country elected a moronic grifter as President. How stupid is that?
republianmushroom
(20,614 posts)Last edited Fri May 9, 2025, 01:39 PM - Edit history (1)
Martin68
(26,146 posts)live love laugh
(15,583 posts)you underestimate them.
Underestimation is hugely why they’re in control of the entire country now.
BurnDoubt
(802 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
(802 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
(802 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
(35,739 posts)Mr.Bee
(1,005 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
(1,005 posts)radical noodle
(10,289 posts)Valentine? Violet? Vulgar? Vain? Valueless?