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jmbar2

(7,975 posts)
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 10:36 AM 16 hrs ago

French Senator: "A handful of drug addicts and alcoholics have seized power in America".

Wow! Mincing no words...




Full translation. We are the laughingstock of the international community:

A year ago, right here, I was comparing Trump’s presidency to the court of Nero. I was wrong, it’s the Court of Miracles.

An anti-vaxxer, a former heroin addict, is Minister of Health.
A climate change skeptic is Minister of Ecology.
An alcoholic TV host is Minister of the Armed Forces.
A former agent of Qatar is Minister of Justice.
A Putin groupie is Minister of National Security.

A Turkish proverb says: “When a clown moves into a palace, he does not become king, the palace becomes a circus.”

This fine team has decided to create a competitor to the UN. Since its Peace Council has existed, Trump has launched more military strikes than Biden did during his entire term.

Every time the Epstein affair resurfaces, bombs explode somewhere in the world and create a diversion.

Bomb more to gain more.

There isn’t a single country where Trump hasn’t taken advantage of the situation to enrich himself, never forgetting his family. A personal Boeing offered by Qatar, investments in projects across the Gulf and elsewhere, manipulation of stock prices benefiting a select few insiders.

Any one of these conflicts of interest would have triggered immediate impeachment proceedings here.

But we are not here, we are in MAGA America, where public affairs are conducted in the service of private interests.
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French Senator: "A handful of drug addicts and alcoholics have seized power in America". (Original Post) jmbar2 16 hrs ago OP
Sure looks so malaise 16 hrs ago #1
Don't forget bdamomma 16 hrs ago #2
My first thought as well. bluestarone 15 hrs ago #9
And Fascist Nazi Shit. nt Cha 10 hrs ago #38
K&R for, hear hear, French senator! UTUSN 16 hrs ago #3
Spot on. FalloutShelter 16 hrs ago #4
KnR Alice Kramden 16 hrs ago #5
Elect a kkklown, expect a cirkkkus. markodochartaigh 16 hrs ago #6
Nicely played malaise 15 hrs ago #8
A cirkkkus with one of those kkklown kkkars. Beartracks 1 hr ago #42
dont forget felon and raipists . merci. merci AllaN01Bear 15 hrs ago #7
He summed things up accurately MustLoveBeagles 15 hrs ago #10
Leave it to the French Farmer-Rick 15 hrs ago #11
A perfect example of " les mots juste". BattleRow 14 hrs ago #21
Second time around: Lafayette and the American revolution cbabe 15 hrs ago #12
Europeans used to admire..... SergeStorms 15 hrs ago #13
You can look down your nose. You can look in the mirror. hay rick 15 hrs ago #14
So... BurnDoubt 15 hrs ago #15
He's not wrong JustAnotherGen 15 hrs ago #16
French Senator could teach US pols some rhetoric. Kid Berwyn 15 hrs ago #17
Vraiment! BattleRow 15 hrs ago #20
DURec leftstreet 15 hrs ago #18
Respectfully, Senator, you should add "ideologues and zealots" to that list JHB 15 hrs ago #19
When a clown moves the palace becomes .. Botany 14 hrs ago #22
Not to mention Kushner dixiegrrrrl 14 hrs ago #28
The corruption is mind boggling. Botany 13 hrs ago #33
link to full speech with translation: Native 14 hrs ago #23
He sees what the rest of the world (except magarussia) sees. Justice matters. 14 hrs ago #27
When I read that second tweet, I thought it said, "He must be euthanized IMMEDIATELY." LOL Native 13 hrs ago #30
I don't think Piggy is talking about himself in that "hilarious" video MorbidButterflyTat 12 hrs ago #37
Gandalv seems to be amused by this? MorbidButterflyTat 12 hrs ago #36
Zee Frenche have a way with words! flamingdem 14 hrs ago #24
No shit, right? Joinfortmill 14 hrs ago #25
He forgot pedophiles. live love laugh 14 hrs ago #26
No lies detected. Except maybe "a handful" and "a few insiders" being underestimates. RockRaven 14 hrs ago #29
Disagree. I've known plenty of addicts toall sorts of substances and they're more rational Warpy 13 hrs ago #31
We know that Chump isn't an alcoholic, so I guess he must be one of the drug addicts? FakeNoose 13 hrs ago #32
Trump is a known cocaine user. He cultivated the adderal thing as cover. Blues Heron 13 hrs ago #34
He's correctly describing the kegbreath bullying lil' punk. Justice matters. 13 hrs ago #35
It's not the substances ... surrealAmerican 10 hrs ago #39
No Be The Light 9 hrs ago #40
A bunch of malignant narcissists on drugs and alcohol Clouds Passing 8 hrs ago #41

FalloutShelter

(14,453 posts)
4. Spot on.
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 10:49 AM
16 hrs ago

THIS:
A Turkish proverb says: “When a clown moves into a palace, he does not become king, the palace becomes a circus.

cbabe

(6,630 posts)
12. Second time around: Lafayette and the American revolution
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 11:34 AM
15 hrs ago

American History Central
https://www.americanhistorycentral.com › entries › marquis-de-lafayette

Marquis de Lafayette, History, Facts, Significance, APUSH

Marquis de Lafayette APUSH Definition The Marquis de Lafayette, born Gilbert du Motier in 1757, was a French aristocrat who played a crucial role in the American Revolutionary War. Inspired by the

SergeStorms

(20,555 posts)
13. Europeans used to admire.....
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 11:41 AM
15 hrs ago

our country's democracy.

tRump turned it into a tragic comedy, and now the entire world laughs at our country and the kleptocracy it's become.

hay rick

(9,592 posts)
14. You can look down your nose. You can look in the mirror.
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 11:42 AM
15 hrs ago

The Trump administration is comical, obscene, repulsive...and threatening. The idea that "it can't happen here" has been thoroughly discredited for any advanced democracy. Europeans need to take a ruthless approach to countering their own "populist," oligarchic, fascist movements. They can learn from America's object lesson. They need to treat MAGA America as a potential enemy.

Kid Berwyn

(24,326 posts)
17. French Senator could teach US pols some rhetoric.
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 11:59 AM
15 hrs ago

Big Picture: MAGA America, where public affairs are conducted in the service of private interests

JHB

(38,184 posts)
19. Respectfully, Senator, you should add "ideologues and zealots" to that list
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 12:15 PM
15 hrs ago

They are addicted too, just not to substances.

Botany

(77,283 posts)
22. When a clown moves the palace becomes ..
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 12:33 PM
14 hrs ago

.... a circus.

Btw in this string of fuck ups it was not
mentioned that Michael Flynn who is a
Russian asset, helped to turn Crimea
over to Russia in '14, and is no doubt on
Vlad's payroll is now being paid by the DoJ
for breaking the law.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,158 posts)
28. Not to mention Kushner
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 01:14 PM
14 hrs ago

Who is unofficially involved with Saudia Arabia on trump's behalf. The same Saudis who gave Kushner 2 billion when he opened his financial company.

Botany

(77,283 posts)
33. The corruption is mind boggling.
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 01:42 PM
13 hrs ago

And who put in the 1.5 billion $ buy order or sell order right before Trump was going to make a speech (well as what he can do).
My guess Don Jr., Eric. Kush-Turd, and some Saudis.

Native

(7,358 posts)
30. When I read that second tweet, I thought it said, "He must be euthanized IMMEDIATELY." LOL
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 01:19 PM
13 hrs ago

Talk about wishful thinking.

RockRaven

(19,320 posts)
29. No lies detected. Except maybe "a handful" and "a few insiders" being underestimates.
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 01:16 PM
14 hrs ago

Warpy

(114,602 posts)
31. Disagree. I've known plenty of addicts toall sorts of substances and they're more rational
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 01:24 PM
13 hrs ago

than this bunch of wrecking balls and ignorant shitbags. Yes, that includes meth addicts.

This is far worse, it's government by social media algorithm, something that favors the most outrageous lunatics and which this bunch of dimwitted and uncreative power drunk assholes take for majority opinion.

This is why social media have got to be regulated as public utilities, to get rid of the algorithms that favor clickbait.

Not only will outrage junkies have to start thinking straighter, it will be fun to see Zuckerberg et al. shriek and squirm.

FakeNoose

(41,564 posts)
32. We know that Chump isn't an alcoholic, so I guess he must be one of the drug addicts?
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 01:25 PM
13 hrs ago

Or another possibility, maybe there's no word for "pedophile" in French?

surrealAmerican

(11,872 posts)
39. It's not the substances ...
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 04:45 PM
10 hrs ago

... they're just bad people. They'd be just as objectionable if they were sober.

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