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|u/Fantastic-Anywhere53 - 7 hours
|
|If you read almost any politicians book (left or right) they’re mostly
|all cordial with one another the same way “most” people are with one
|another at jobs. This is just their “job”
|u/Justathroawway - 6 hours
|
|I don’t know how people can’t realise that. It’s not rocket science.
|I’m cordial with plenty of people I don’t like or think hold terrible
|beliefs. In most instances it’s simply about not getting into a fight
|with those assholes. It is actually quite easy to feign politeness,
|politicians have simply mastered it. Edit: I want to make it clear to
|some folks that I am on the left, I think what the republicans are
|doing is horrendous and in my personal life have no fucking patience
|for the right wing brain rot. However, there are just situations
|where you can’t avoid interacting with people who deny basic human
|rights. That sucks. I don’t like it. But I’m not getting into shit
|fights when I can avoid it. But it’s something we have to live with.
|I wish that the dems had more spine. I wish the republicans didn’t get
|deranged. I have my problems with establishment democrats. But I
|know that they are the better option.
|u/Purple_Cruncher_123 - 4 hours
|
|AOC has mentioned on her Insta before that you’d be surprised how
|funny/interesting some from the opposition party are in person. You
|can find yourself briefly forgetting you have little-to-nothing
|politically in common while having a laugh over small-talk. Most
|people are not 100% super serious in their “official capacity” all
|the time.
|u/International_Bet_91 - 3 hours
|
|Al Franken said Lyndsey Graham is the funniest person he knows.
|u/sniper91 - 3 hours
|
|Franken also said that he likes Ted Cruz more than most do. And
|he still hates Ted Cruz
|u/marypoppinit - 3 hours
|
|Ted Cruz is the single most hated person in Washington. Like
|personality-wise. He's apparently insufferable.
|u/nydiana08 - 2 hours
|
|I think Matt Gaetz might be giving Ted Cruz a run for his
|money on the most hated…
|u/Plumhawk - 1 hour
|
|Cruz is the most hated Senator. Gaetz is the most hated
|Representative.
|u/JuneBuggington - 1 hour
|
|Guy looks like elvis and donny osmonds love child
|u/SonofBeckett - 11 minutes
|
|I've heard butthead over and over again; but I've
|always likened him to those uncanny valley Duracell
|commercials from the mid-90's.
|u/MartyVendetta27 - 1 hour
|
|If you see videos with his family, they seem to hate him
|too.
|u/Goodideaman1 - 35 minutes
|
|If I ever get the chance I’m gonna bitch slap that weasely
|fuck! Cruz I mean my record is clean enough to get probation
|lol
|u/lord_pizzabird - 2 hours
|
|I feel like Ted Cruz goes home and jerks himself to the
|thought of someone hating him tbh. So, it probably works
|out for him.
|u/tbird20017 - 51 minutes
|
|I heard he pisses his pants because he likes the warm
|feeling between his legs
|u/jeremyrando - 2 minutes
|
|I heard that too. I also heard that he likes to sit on a
|block of ice to get his genitals really cold, like
|freezing. Then he takes some jumper cables he has hooked
|up to a battery and shocks his genitals. He calls it
|“Upgrading the Grid”.
|u/carlyCcates - 1 minute
|
|I reckon it's less of a jerk, more like palming a flat
|button
|u/sonorakit11 - 3 hours
|
|I caught that live, and was too fucked yo about the numbers I
|was seeing to let it take hold - but that was funny. I had
|totally forgotten I had seen that!
|u/JuanPancake - 3 hours
|
|He shouldn’t have quit. He was the first of the “go high” moment
|and that didn’t do anything. Miss Al. He was a real one
|u/redbadger1848 - 1 hour
|
|Was so happy when he won Wellstone's old seat.
|u/citymousecountyhouse - 1 hour
|
|I miss Al Franken,he was a good,sincere politician who really
|could have raised the party to new heights. But,the purity
|enthusiasts in our party threw him away for not meeting their
|standards. Honestly,after this last election,looking at these
|self professed "purity testers" and how they voted for Jill
|Stein or didn't vote to "teach a lesson" maybe ,those are the
|people we should throw away. Election after election,they make
|their threats and some are caved into some are not. But,it's
|never good enough for these people.
|u/Every_Distance_4768 - 2 hours
|
|I'm a staunch social democrat,but I have such a crush on
|Lindsey. He seems genuinely sharp and whitty,he also said Biden
|is one of the kindest people he ever met.
|u/No-Prompt3611 - 3 hours
|
|Fuck Lindsay graham I wanted to dance on his political grave but
|we lost. Fuck you joe Biden !!
|u/Smooth-Cup-7445 - 3 hours
|
|Politicians quickly realise that politics isn’t all that life is
|about.
|u/Discussion-is-good - 3 hours
|
|Debatable. Depending on one's definition of politics.
|u/Smooth-Cup-7445 - 51 minutes
|
|Anything is debatable if you try hard enough. But let’s face
|it 99% of politicians aren’t the extreme your really talking
|about.
|u/JackSmasherX - 4 hours
|
|Moment of realization but don’t worry, quickly forgotten 😂
|u/piespiesandmorepies - 1 hour
|
|Wow, it's almost as if people aren't black and white, but shades
|of grey.
|u/Andregco - 6 minutes
|
|How many Republicans do you think have tried asking AOC out?
|u/scrotalayheehoo - 5 hours
|
|Yes, in person. But you also don’t constantly blast people you hate
|at work viciously online every day for the world to see with your
|personal identifying information. And for these guys, from their
|official government accounts lol. It’s not even the same as being
|nice to Brenda when she’s at your face then bitching about her to
|friends later on.
|u/geoff04 - 4 hours
|
|Because that IS their job. They call each other on their bullshit
|or "supposed bullshit", while ranting about ideas. It's like
|Looney tunes sam the sheepdog and the coyote, where they eat
|breakfast together in harmony, go to work together, punch in, then
|viciously turn on each other. https://youtu.be/kerUbfOQTW0?si=4RA
|BFYcfpBZnfXlLhttps://youtu.be/kerUbfOQTW0?si=4RABFYcfpBZnfXlL
|u/StarPhished - 4 hours
|
|Love when a LT clip can help illustrate something a little more
|complex.
|u/gereis - 3 hours
|
|I don’t know why but when he put his a Around him at the end my
|heart broke a bit
|u/-something_original- - 2 hours
|
|Honestly a great way to explain it. Made sense as soon as I read
|it.
|u/Reallybad_Salesman - 4 hours
|
|Their job is to be political foes. In front of the camera they
|pretend to be sworn enemies. Behind the stage they know it’s
|their job and they all have common interest power and money. They
|can all get along with each other pretty well. I’m sure they go
|to dinners and have drinks together some where. Just like
|professional fighters.
|u/gunsforevery1 - 4 hours
|
|That’s part of their job. Especially around election times.
|u/scrotalayheehoo - 4 hours
|
|We’ve just accepted deranged insults and attacks lately. That
|isn’t normal. Most politicians also don’t do that. Debates are
|debates lol. Not this circus shit that is today’s politics. This
|thread is talking about Trump and being cordial despite the
|insane shit he says. Not normal people who debate ideas lol.
|u/sephrisloth - 4 hours
|
|You probably would if you had the level of immunity your average
|politician has. They're elected in the office it usually takes a
|lot more than blasting someone and name calling to get canned from
|that job unlike any other job basically where you would probably
|get fired for being a dick like that.
|u/boringexplanation - 3 hours
|
|Shitting on each other is literally their job. Only on Reddit
|are people that naive to believe it isn’t play fighting like pro
|wrestling. It’s how both parties get millions from suckers on
|social media. But Reddit is actually smarter than that, right?
|Ps- match me. She can still win!
|u/ProtestedGyro - 4 hours
|
|Yeah but you fucking do if you're Trump and his ilk with little
|lasting repercussions. The Democrats are spineless pussies and it
|shows.
|u/scrotalayheehoo - 4 hours
|
|What?
|u/CapitalKing530 - 4 hours
|
|The Democrats are spineless pussies and it shows.
|u/scrotalayheehoo - 4 hours
|
|What relation does that have to what was being talked about
|lol or anything I said
|u/Fantastic-Anywhere53 - 5 hours
|
|
|u/hauntedSquirrel99 - 2 hours
|
|You're not feigning politeness you're just being polite. Politeness
|is just behaviour, it doesn't have to be true.
|u/Justathroawway - 2 hours
|
|Good point
|u/Real_Estate_Media - 2 hours
|
|I knew an artist once, very in demand and wealthy but didn’t care
|about material things at all. At the beginning of any meeting or
|phone call with someone new he would ask them if they thought every
|living person has the right to drinking clean water. If their answer
|was anything besides a clear yes he never spoke to them again for
|the rest of his life. lol. Love this dude.
|u/UltraMoglog64 - 3 hours
|
|A lot of people here don’t have interpersonal relationships outside
|the internet.
|u/FinnBalur1 - 3 hours
|
|Yeah, not really the same. In your case, the politeness is the act.
|With politicians, it is more the hostility that is the act. They’re
|feigning hostility, not politeness.
|u/VitaminPb - 4 hours
|
|This might come as a surprise to you, but the average Reddit
|political poster can not understand that, will call you a traitor or
|idiot, and foam at the mouth at you.
|u/GuchteMane - 4 hours
|
|Lmao. So true.
|u/bethemanwithaplan - 4 hours
|
|Politicians have fought before in Congress and stuff like that
|happens abroad too
|u/Fontec - 4 hours
|
|I always ask probing questions. When they consciously hear
|themselves defending a viewpoint with unsound logic, a little bell
|rings in their head.
|u/JimBR_red - 3 hours
|
|they don’t want to realize it. The trenches are in their heads. They
|are so talked in that propaganda that they don’t see how they are
|used.
|u/daiwilly - 2 hours
|
|The whole point of politeness is to grease the wheels socially. It
|serves no other purpose.
|u/ImOvrIt1969 - 1 hour
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|lol
|u/GitGup - 33 minutes
|
|You’re right. I disagree wholeheartedly with a lot of people I have
|to interact with. I’m but fighting people daily is exhausting so
|it’s easier to remain cordial and just ignore them in your personal
|life
|u/Justathroawway - 31 minutes
|
|Exactly this. Affecting real change doesn’t come from getting
|into personal conflicts. That will entrench people more. It’s
|about picking battles where the battles matter. And for
|politicians that’s on senate and house votes. That’s why a
|cordial personal interaction is a strategic necessity.
|u/DreamOfAzathoth - 5 hours
|
|I think it’s a symptom of the growing radicalisation of either side
|of the political spectrum. People on both sides are growing so
|hateful to one another, they can’t comprehend how anyone can get on
|with people who they are politically opposed to. The sad thing is
|they forget these disagreements are what all successful democracies
|are built on.
|u/ocher_stone - 5 hours
|
|No one has threatened to throw the Christians out of the country.
|No one has said they'll use the military against the enemy
|Republicans within. No one has said white people are eating pets.
|Both sides aren't the same. Stop pretending like I need to
|negotiate with zealots. There is no negotiating. Just them
|threatening me every chance they get, and I'm done watching it
|happen.
|u/stringbeagle - 4 hours
|
|Does that mean you’re not going to watch any more or you’re
|going to change something?
|u/elizpar - 4 hours
|
|Amen, exactly!
|u/mantis-tobaggan-md - 5 hours
|
|well, we can disagree politically, but facism isn’t something you
|can compromise with. we know this.
|u/Ripamon - 4 hours
|
|Kamala, Biden and Chuckie here have all seemed to compromise
|just fine.
|u/LSspiral - 4 hours
|
|“Radicals on both sides” is such a dumb guy trying to sound smart
|take. Right wing extremists control all 3 branches of American
|government. The “radical left” is a loud contingent on Twitter
|begging for an end to Palestinian genocide, a living wage, and
|body autonomy and like 3 congressional representatives.
|u/PumpkinPieIsGreat - 4 hours
|
|There's "hateful" then there's lies, slander, misinformation, fear
|campaigns, a different set of rules and being above the law. It's
|not the same thing. I think some of the "hate" is from people who
|are tired of being diplomatic to fascists, tired of being blamed
|for shit that's not their fault, tired of watching people destroy
|the country they love.
|u/thebeardeddrongo - 1 hour
|
|I think a lot of people genuinely hate those with differing
|political opinions, they see it as a lack of integrity to have the
|emotional maturity to park your contempt enough to treat ‘the other
|side’ like human beings. If you can’t have a conversation about
|politics with someone who disagrees with you without losing your
|shit then you might need to assess how deeply you are attached to
|your ideology and whether that is helpful to your own mental health
|or the actual issues you care about.
|u/_mattyjoe - 4 hours
|
|That mob that showed up to the Capitol in 2021 with a gallows and
|noose, wanting to kill Pelosi and Pence and other members of Congress
|wasn’t so cordial. I wonder if Trump’s “Stop The Steal” rhetoric had
|anything to do with their lives being put in danger 🤔
|u/bluedragggon3 - 2 hours
|
|This is what bugs me when people get upset with a celebrity or someone
|on the Internet being friendly or at least respecting a controversial
|person. I've worked with tons of awful people but starting a shit fest
|on the clock creates a lot of problems and no one likes a scene. And
|depending on the crowd, you're going to be outnumbered. That and
|buddying up with opposition can help, even though in this case Trump
|sees ass kissing as free toilet paper.
|u/HealthyExcitement780 - 4 hours
|
|Politicians? I see one
|u/Fantastic-Anywhere53 - 4 hours
|
|Smartest comment yet
|u/grandmasterkif - 5 hours
|
|It's all theatre.
|u/OvulatingScrotum - 2 hours
|
|Life is all theater.
|u/Bionic_Ferir - 5 hours
|
|Man I absolutely wouldn't. 'my opposition can eat shit and die'
|u/Scowlface - 3 hours
|
|Which is why you won’t ever do anything of note.
|u/Flemz - 3 hours
|
|“Hey, don’t be mean to the fascists 🥺”
|u/Scowlface - 2 hours
|
|Pretty sure I didn’t even imply that, but whatever you say big
|dawg.
|u/LionCM - 3 hours
|
|And don’t forget that the orange felon is easily swayed by flattery.
|u/bgzlvsdmb - 3 hours
|
|I bet you they probably joke with each other that they say all this
|crazy shit in public, but people keep voting for them. They probably
|tell each other “If you don’t want them to vote for me, be a better
|bullshitter like me. This is what my district/state voted for.
|They’re just regular people with regular jobs that some just keep
|doing because they keep winning the popularity contest. Because there
|aren’t term limits, they do that job until they die, because they keep
|bullshitting to their constituents, and the constituents eat the
|bullshit right up.
|u/BryanJz - 1 hour
|
|Ssst let these people do their irrational, emotional complaining about
|everything
|u/yermom90 - 4 hours
|
|There are rare exceptions. I can't imagine Katie Porter being real
|friendly with Mitch McConnel. Or Bernie trading jokes with Ted Cruz.
|u/kingdomcome3914 - 2 hours
|
|Politics make strange bedfellows.
|u/BoboCookiemonster - 1 hour
|
|Because you’d just go insane if you weren’t lol. Don’t get me wrong I
|think it would be best if they just burned as witches but we can’t
|expect the democrats to put them on a bonfire can we?
|u/doitfordopamine - 1 hour
|
|This was in the past. Very different times. The time for being cordial
|has definitely gone out the window.
|u/Tosslebugmy - 49 minutes
|
|Indeed a lot of being a politician is being able to be cordial around
|scumbags. Otherwise how on earth would you have anything resembling a
|dialogue with Xi or Putin
|u/Positronic_Matrix - 40 minutes
|
|Stop using quotes until you understand how they’re used.
|u/bwoah07_gp2 - 15 minutes
|
|>they’re mostly all cordial with one another the same way “most”
|people are with one another at jobs. Oh how I know that feeling with
|some people... 😐
|u/Colley619 - 6 minutes
|
|The lack of the ability to be cordial is partly why even the regular
|republicans can’t stand people like MTG and Gaetz.
|u/shawarmament - 33 seconds
|
|Yeah it’s just jarring to hear them calling each other Hitler on TV
|and then seeing photos like this
|u/WildlingViking - 4 hours
|
|I’m still not convinced the dnc even wanted to win. Most of them have
|the same corporate owners on both sides. Now the dnc gets to be
|“outraged” when the gop does all the bad things, but their corporate
|owners are all still happy.
|u/dingus_authority - 4 hours
|
|They didn't need to outspend Trump 3:1 if they wanted him to win.
|If you lived in a battleground state, there's no way you'd still
|hold this opinion. You should've seen my poor, Nevada mailbox the
|last six months.
|u/PrettyHappyAndGay - 3 hours
|
|My mailbox got nothing from republican in California.
|u/dingus_authority - 3 hours
|
|Right. That's my point.
|u/PrettyHappyAndGay - 3 hours
|
|Ik
|u/ToxicPilot - 3 hours
|
|I’m in PA and I was getting upwards of twenty spam texts and calls
|every day for a month leading up to the election from both sides.
|The junk mail was everywhere too.
|u/ApexAphex5 - 4 hours
|
|Pretty nonsense conspiracy. For starters, big pharma has no
|interest in having their vaccine business destroyed before their
|very eyes.
|u/OvulatingScrotum - 2 hours
|
|Get the fuck out with that “both sides are the came” bs.
|u/sixtus_clegane119 - 4 hours
|
|Centre and right*
|u/TirelessFiver - 4 hours
|
|How do you look at this photo and think Chuck Schumer is saying
|something cordial to The Orange One?
|u/QualiaRedux - 3 hours
|
|I have never in my life greeted a coworker like that on the job.
|u/CookieEnabled - 3 hours
|
|Dema and Reps. They are all the same. Same same, but different.
|u/TQLBoomBoom - 9 hours
|
|That’s from 2017. Politicians…
|u/Trumped202NO - 6 hours
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|Yep this image was first seen on NBC on October 8th 2017.
|u/zxasazx - 5 hours
|
|Shh you're fucking with the current thing that people will be mad
|about.
|u/bwoah07_gp2 - 14 minutes
|
|Thank you for checking the receipts.
|u/orel_ - 6 hours
|
|This was in 2017.
|u/juancuneo - 4 hours
|
|They were both very warm to each other at the recent Al Smith dinner.
|But I don't see that as a problem. They are two guys from the same
|city who have run in the same circles for 50+ years. It is good if
|people in different parties are friends with each other even if they
|bash them in public.
|u/Bada__Ping - 4 hours
|
|Oh so back when we were positive he was a Russian spy, got it.
|u/orel_ - 4 hours
|
|It's important context. My first reaction to seeing the picture was
|outrage, but when I learned it was from 2017, I let it go. I can
|only handle so much anger and despair before I break, so I need to
|prioritize.
|u/love_glow - 21 minutes
|
|The time of this post is sus as hell.
|u/booboochoochoo1 - 9 hours
|
|It’s a big club and you ain’t in it! 
|u/Inevitable-Gear-2635 - 5 hours
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|Yep, they all get richer no matter what
|u/dont_disturb_the_cat - 5 hours
|
|And they won't likely be raped or get pregnant
|u/gorper0987 - 5 hours
|
|Even if they have an unwanted pregnancy or the tragedy of a rape
|with a pregnancy, then it'll oddly be okay for an abortion to
|happen. The ol' Do as I say not as I do. or Rules for thee, but
|not for me.
|u/nolasen - 3 hours
|
|They’re the rapers, not the rapees.
|u/andylikescandy - 4 hours
|
|They rest safely in the knowledge you won't think too hard on the
|corruption your eyes see, because the fact your mind goes there
|first shows the psyops are working as intended
|u/switch8000 - 5 hours
|
|Yep. Until we band together and realize it’s us vs the politicians,
|and not us vs each other. It will be an endless loop.
|u/pomod - 5 hours
|
|Ah, but George Carlin also said: "[Garbage in garbage out ](https:/
|/www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=16&v=cxXD51SGUOk&embeds_referri
|ng_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3DPoliticans%2Bcar
|lin%26rlz%3D1C5CHFA_enCA746CA746%26oq%3DPoliticans%2Bcarlin%26gs_lcr
|p%3DEgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTII&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY)\-- If you have
|selfish ignorant citizens you're gonna get selfish ignorant
|leaders."
|u/Vaxtin - 5 hours
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|Liberté, égalité, fraternité
|u/GBJI - 5 hours
|
|[Ah ! ça ira, ça ira, ça ira
|!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87a_Ira)
|u/tyvanius - 5 hours
|
|Aww, I was hoping it'd be the new Gojira track.
|u/GBJI - 4 hours
|
|Bonne idée ! [Ah ! ça ira, ça ira, ça ira
|!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EONtVBA8zLo)
|u/tyvanius - 4 hours
|
|So goddamn good!
|u/GBJI - 4 hours
|
|This Gojira performance + Philippe Katerine were the
|highlights of this year's Olympics imho.
|u/tyvanius - 4 hours
|
|Honestly, I'm surprised Gojira agreed to do it. I would
|have thought they'd be against the Olympic committee for
|it's shady past dealings. I'm grateful they got to do
|whatever they wanted with their performance, though.
|u/Immediate_Bet2199 - 2 hours
|
|Lmao. Same 😂
|u/isamarewaswere - 5 hours
|
|Thank you for this!
|u/meesta_masa - 5 hours
|
|Nous n'avions plus ni nobles, ni prêtres, Ah ! ça ira, ça
|ira, ça ira, L'égalité partout régnera. L'esclave autrichien
|le suivra.
|u/Trobertsxc - 5 hours
|
|To an extent yeah, but saying that about this picture is ridiculous.
|These 2 politicians have VERY different policy ideas. They disagree
|on a lot. Being bitter children is not going to do them any good.
|Working together and being codial to any extent will do them good.
|u/supervegeta101 - 5 hours
|
|People keep saying shit like this but the problem is poor whites
|still get better treatment than everyone else so they don't give a
|fuck and without their support there ain't gonna be no banding
|together. Insert Lyndon Johnson white man quote here.
|u/gpkgpk - 4 hours
|
|They just think they are; they get marginal better treatment but
|are too dumb to realize how badly they're also getting screwed and
|how banding together is the only way out and forward. See MLK
|talking to his jailor.
|u/ihorsey10 - 3 hours
|
|Any evidence for that?
|u/minuialear - 4 hours
|
|Us versus politicians? Who elects the politicians, lmao
|u/BATIRONSHARK - 3 hours
|
|that's sorta of a dumb take like if you spend any time on history
|something like 90 percent of people at the really high politics level
|actually believe in what there saying and are generally the same in
|pubilc [albeit with a few nuances] they work in the same field for
|years so of course they are friendly just like lawyers often go the
|same bars and stuff but just like lawyers there dedicated to there
|cause
|u/venomousguava666 - 5 hours
|
|it's just like Society (1989)!
|u/Relevant-District-16 - 4 hours
|
|The shunting starts after midnight.
|u/moonbooly - 4 hours
|
|God horrible visual
|u/venomousguava666 - 4 hours
|
|Well they're gross as pieces as well as in the coalesced whole.
|u/Unita_Micahk - 5 hours
|
|[Club members](https://imgur.com/gallery/big-club-vJAD6eY)
|u/grumblewolf - 3 hours
|
|Came looking for this prophet and here he is. Easy to laugh and be
|buddies when you’re all getting richer by the second.
|u/booboochoochoo1 - 3 hours
|
|Wealth inequality increases while they have everyone hyped up about
|the differences and beliefs that make us all human. Knowledge is
|power and love is stronger than hate 👊
|u/anewfaceinthecrowd - 41 minutes
|
|Apparently this photo is almost 8 years old. We’ve since had a whole
|global pandemic costing 1 million American lives due to Trump’s
|botched response and dismissal and him turning it into a divisive
|political issue and let’s not forget the how he literally tried to
|overturn the election by making fake electors, how he the.
|inspired/encouraged the violent insurrection that claimed lives and
|caused severe injuries. Oh, and of course how can we forget that Trump
|since then has become an actual convicted felon, and also been held
|reliable for rape and ordered to pay his victim for the assault AND
|defamation. 2017 was a whole different world. No one knew what was
|about to come as a direct result of Trump being president. Back then
|everyone thought and hoped that he would act presidential and that he
|would be kept in line by the sane and competent people in the
|administration who believed in the constitution. The weren’t able to
|and each and every one of them including his own VP warned against him
|and called him unfit for president. And yet, here we are again. Just
|this time there are no check and balances and no one to keep him in
|line.
|u/ohiotechie - 8 hours
|
|Pretty normal to be cordial to people you think are assholes at work.
|Most people do it every day.
|u/Scottamus - 6 hours
|
|Then go home and get on your insta and publicly tell the world that
|they are spawns of satan bent on destroying America.
|u/JWOLFBEARD - 6 hours
|
|On a smaller scale, yeah that pretty much describes it
|u/carterartist - 5 hours
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|Yes.
|u/lhx555 - 3 hours
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|It is kinda in reverse for them.
|u/sparky84 - 6 hours
|
|Can confirm, I get to be nice to people I think are shit every day
|u/Reidroshdy - 4 hours
|
|I don't want to make my day harder and I especially don't want to
|get fired. If I went off on everyone I disagree with or thought was
|a asshole, it'd be a problem. Just don't do or say anything that
|super fucked up and we can get along. It also helps that my job
|doesn't have anything at all to do with politics.
|u/matt_minderbinder - 6 hours
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|And they likely feel the same about you.
|u/owenstumor - 5 hours
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|I feel the same about everyone. Especially myself. I’m the worst.
|u/tatleoat - 5 hours
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|For real, what a stupid fucking post
|u/-Hannessy- - 6 hours
|
|Playing nice is playing the game. That’s how you win in politics.
|Authenticity is not the winner!
|u/superhappy - 5 hours
|
|Seriously what do you expect to see, then engaged in blood sport?
|u/not_old_redditor - 6 hours
|
|Bro, there's a formal handshake and then there's OP's photo. Pretty
|sure I've never done that to a coworker I hate.
|u/-xXxMangoxXx- - 5 hours
|
|When you’re at the top of the top, you get used to acting like this
|with everyone.
|u/JSteigs - 6 hours
|
|Which is why you’re not at the upper levels of American politics.
|As kissing, and schmoozing work, being a pain will keep the haves
|from supporting you.
|u/Marston_vc - 5 hours
|
|They both probably hate each other like crazy
|u/defdoa - 6 hours
|
|You aren't wrong, but personally, my political career would end before
|I would ever consider shaking his small, underage female genitalia
|smelling hands. Giannis just did the 'too slow' to Jalen Brown. Can't
|someone do the Too Slow to Sir Orange?
|u/Roland0077 - 6 hours
|
|FWIW politicians the world over have to suck it up and shake hands
|with people that have children's blood on their hands. The people
|that can do that are just different
|u/idkwhatimbrewin - 6 hours
|
|How can you be possibly mad when you can inside trade legally?
|u/Spaceman-Spiff - 3 hours
|
|I work with an old trumpet republican who is a selfish piece of shit
|politically. But I consider him a “friend” and we are cordial at work.
|u/Sambizzle17 - 2 hours
|
|Doing it right now.
|u/Blatheringman - 40 minutes
|
|At my current job I get yelled at by elderly and/or disabled people
|but I do it with a smile and a can do attitude because the pay
|justifies the stress of it all.
|u/squimmm - 5 hours
|
|Yeah totally normal to publicly declare someone a threat to American
|democracy and then play paddy cake with him in the white house
|u/Benbot2000 - 7 hours
|
|Did you think Senator Schumer was going to punch out Trump? I’m not sure
|what you expect him to do.
|u/snwns26 - 6 hours
|
|Yeah as if Schumer has a choice at all at this point. It is what it
|is, kiss his ass in person and work behind his back against any truly
|heinous shit he intends. Let’s not try to both sides this shit, again,
|unless we’re back on the 99% vs 1% train (which we should be.)
|u/Ripamon - 4 hours
|
|Except he was also being chummy with him a month or two ago at the
|Al Smith dinner They clearly get along
|u/leftbrain99 - 4 hours
|
|Trump was Schumer’s constituent for 20 years. They probably had
|dealings long before Trump officially went into politics. I’ll bet
|Trump donated to Schumer’s campaigns when Trump was still a
|Democrat.
|u/OvulatingScrotum - 2 hours
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|Stuff that Redditors would never imagine doing themselves.
|u/nic027 - 5 hours
|
|Why would they? They are both reptilians.
|u/foramperandi - 5 hours
|
|Context can be found here: [https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-
|appearances/donald-trumps-artless-
|words](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-appearances/donald-
|trumps-artless-words) >Trump is saying to me, ‘Look out the window,
|there are all those photographers. Maybe we should go out together and
|announce this.’ And I said to him, ‘I don’t think we should go out
|together because honestly Mr. President, I don’t know what you’d say and
|I might have to contradict you.’ He laughed. Then Kelly was standing
|there, and I said, ‘I bet General Kelly has the same problem,’ and they
|both laughed. That’s what was happening. —Senator Charles Schumer,
|explaining a photograph by Alex Wong to Carl Hulse, of the Times.
|u/iama_bad_person - 4 hours
|
|>2017 God Reddit just eats this shit up don't they.
|u/CrispyHoneyBeef - 2 hours
|
|Will never cease to amaze me that Jim Mattis, John Kelly, and Mark
|Milley, all lifelong patriots AND lifelong soldiers, ALL said “this
|guy is dangerous and a threat to democracy” and the magas just did not
|give a flying fuck. Those three dudes are the face of the military.
|They ARE the military in many respects, and the right just did not
|care at all about their warnings. Boggles the mind.
|u/Double_Abalone_2148 - 9 hours
|
|Are they though? It’s probably more practical diplomacy than anything.
|When Trump lost, he refused to do any of those things. He’s only doing
|it now because he won.
|u/POTUSinterruptus - 6 hours
|
|Trump mostly lacks object permanence, so it's intensely practical to
|be nice to his face. He doesn't care a bit about what happens in the
|world where he can't see or hear it. But he won't stop thinking about,
|and making plans against, people that were "jerks" to him, no matter
|how reasonable or justified they might have been. At the very least,
|being nice to him in person means his team will have to waste time
|later reminding him why he doesn't like you.
|u/mrpointyhorns - 6 hours
|
|John Kelly and other people who worked with him said they often
|would just wait to see if he followed up.
|u/Amelaclya1 - 5 hours
|
|It's also well known that he tends to go along with the requests of
|the person he spoke to last - as long as they sufficiently flattered
|him.
|u/embretr - 1 hour
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|literally what happened with the tariffs
|u/otusc - 6 hours
|
|Trump wrote Schumer one of his first ever political contribution
|checks when he was a no one first running for office. They go back
|decades together, are both true New Yorkers, both were Democrats for a
|long time, and they actually have a well documented deep friendship
|that is strained by politics, but far from broken.
|u/caligaris_cabinet - 6 hours
|
|The art of diplomacy is saying one thing but meaning another.
|u/Killerbudds - 8 hours
|
|If you seriously think the elites dont have the elites best interest
|in mind then your spitting in the face of thousands of years of human
|history that prove exactly that...
|u/InsertaGoodName - 7 hours
|
|Didn’t elites mostly fight each other to gain power?
|u/Royal-Scale772 - 7 hours
|
|Sure, but they'd routinely band together to squash rebellions of
|the serfdom/peasants/prolitariat. A bit of a bastardised version
|of siblings who insult each other viciously, but will defend each
|other to the death against an interloper.
|u/InsertaGoodName - 7 hours
|
|Isnt this contradicted with the two wars with some of the
|highest death counts being way more about the leaders
|identifying themselves with the people than other elites in
|europe? Hitler was a complete bastard and deserves the worst
|place in hell, but he truly believed he was doing the best for
|his concept of the german people. He invaded the USSR for
|Lebensraum, but he could have easily been at peace with them.
|u/tossaway78701 - 5 hours
|
|He didn't believe he was doing his best. He was an
|antisemitic antihuman murderer who barged his way into the
|German elite. He was a populist pretender to secure the vote
|until he could rule with fear. He filled his cabinet with
|elite pedophiles, sadistic quack doctors, and white
|supremists. The parallels go on and on.
|u/Isord - 7 hours
|
|Baby's first politics.
|u/soonerfreak - 4 hours
|
|The Dems ran on Trump being the end of democracy. You can't claim that
|and immediately play best friends. We aren't a part of the class they
|work for.
|u/lord_pizzabird - 2 hours
|
|His position is also more fragile this time. He's truly old and
|cannot run again, which means that most of these people don't even
|need him anymore. His endorsements for lower races constantly under-
|perform, which means that midterm candidates likely won't even want
|him to campaign on their behalf. Meanwhile the Senate is stacked
|with establishment Republicans, part of the old guard. Meaning they're
|looking for excuses to grandstand and have no loyalty to him. While
|he's got an ambitious young VP, who might move against him at any
|moment.
|u/muliboi - 5 hours
|
|People on this sub forget that not everyone on reddit is American and
|give next to 0 context on their posts. Thanks 👍
|u/knockedstew204 - 4 hours
|
|Most Americans don’t know who that is either. Don’t feel too special.
|u/wish1977 - 10 hours
|
|Unfortunately you can't choose the people you have to deal with to get
|things done in this country.
|u/SulfurInfect - 8 hours
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|They don't get things done, though. That's why we're in this fucking
|mess.
|u/Frankerporo - 5 hours
|
|I mean yes they do
|u/JonMeadows - 10 hours
|
|I mean are they I have no idea and honestly I’m so tired of seeing this
|fucking human at this point it’s like he’s everywhere Jesus Christ
|u/swordofra - 5 hours
|
|I need an elon and trump text, image and video blocker at the tcp/ip
|protocol level. They keep sneaking in everywhere. I've had enough. Oh
|and a jake paul blocker while we are at it, ffs!
|u/graywolfman - 9 hours
|
|I see no humans in this picture. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!
|u/GeongSi - 5 hours
|
|My man here never worked in an office with ppl they gotta be nice
|around, because they are the higher on the chain of command
|u/trbojanglesm - 5 hours
|
|That's a lot to infer from a photograph.
|u/snaughtydog - 4 hours
|
|The internet is so fun now! I see posts like this, and I have to figure
|out for myself whether the OP is a moron, a pot stirrer, or some sort of
|bot/AI post meant to sow internal political discourse. It's great!
|u/Jkay064 - 4 hours
|
|I generally assume 1/3 of Reddit posts are Russian or Chinese agents
|of chaos; either bots or paid employees. The “both sides are the
|same, so stop caring. Go to sleep and let the dictatorship happen” is
|classic Russian psyOP.
|u/minuialear - 4 hours
|
|SO excited for more years of this!
|u/gfinz18 - 6 hours
|
|What would he gain from being an asshole to Trump? Realistically if he
|acts cordial with him he might still have some minor influence here or
|there. The guy wants people to kiss his ass - if you do that, you might
|be able to use him.
|u/Bludii - 10 hours
|
|wow! politician doing politics! 😱
|u/middleupperdog - 6 hours
|
|Chuck Schumer's body language in this photo is not giving "friendly".
|It's not like the Biden smiling photo at all.
|u/Maleficent_Rip_1401 - 6 hours
|
|yeah. I agree. I am not sure what people think is friendly about this.
|Trump is trying to strong arm Schumer and it looks like Schumer has
|his finger pointing at Trump's chest in a "you're a piece of garbage"
|kind of way. I do not see a friendly handshake. Even the guy in the
|back is looking at them like it is a tense moment and not a friendly
|interaction. Trump is smiling but he is the only one that seems to be
|doing so.
|u/Upshot12 - 5 hours
|
|Bullshit
|u/demonicjam - 3 hours
|
|I ended up befriending a local middle right(ish) MP where I lived in
|London (which as a staunch lefty was off for me) but he was a nice dude.
|When I spent time with him and his family, I realised his politics and
|voting history (and who he sided with which was far right/brexiteers)
|didn’t match the man I was speaking with - when I asked, he simply said
|“we say and do the things that our constituents (the people who keep us
|in power) want us to say”. After many years being interested in
|politics - I woke up then there. It’s a game. They bet on a side, and
|say what ever keeps them in power 🤷🏻♂️
|u/RED-DOT-MAN - 2 hours
|
|The Penguin said it best: "You know, not even a mile from here,
|there’s a bunch of big-time, City Hall fucks. They’re sittin’ in some
|fancy private club. They’re drinkin’ orange wine. They’re makin’
|crooked deals to benefit them. And guess what? They can’t fuckin’ stand
|each other either, just like you. But they’re breakin’ bread because
|they know that each of them on their own, they ain’t got nothin’, but
|together, those soft-bellied pricks, they run this whole fuckin’ city."
|u/neckbeardsarewin - 3 hours
|
|Yepp, they culturally apropiated the class strugle and now they're
|turning all the lower classes against eachother to keep themselves in
|power. Not that that perspective is going to cut it nowadays. Gotta
|rebrand it somehow.
|u/Responsible-Skirt-90 - 3 hours
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|TERM LIMITS FOR EVERYTHING AND END LOBBYING
|u/Sirkelly21 - 2 hours
|
|Brother they’re all corrupt. Have we ever seen a real bill to limit
|insider trading for members of congress? Have we ever seen campaign
|finance reform? Have we ever seen any politician get actually punished
|for illegal things they’ve done like you or I would? The reality is the
|people in power stay in power by limiting the power of the citizens.
|What we need is full democracy and non partisan councils, otherwise
|it’ll always be this way.
|u/slappy_squirrell - 8 hours
|
|I think dems are realizing the best way to deal with Trump is with
|flattery rather than trying to fight. It may be the only way to get
|anything done, tbh
|u/m1ygrndn - 5 hours
|
|It’s not a left and right war, its a top vs bottom war and the top is
|winning by making the bottom keep each other busy fighting left to right
|over who’s gonna get screwed the most.
|u/StOnEy333 - 5 hours
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|
|u/brihamedit - 6 hours
|
|Is trump buddy buddy with them now? Doubtful. Because in his mind these
|dem insiders arranged for all those convictions against him. So if trump
|uses justice system to capture his political enemies, these dem insiders
|will be his first target like pelosi schumer and others
|u/mrcoy - 5 hours
|
|Look at that fake ass forced smile
|u/TheSmallThingsInLife - 4 hours
|
|Wow, it's almost like they work together
|u/schmatt82 - 3 hours
|
|I think you all forget something… they are all on the same team… you are
|just rubes… they are the “have” team and we are the “have not” team EAT
|THE RICH
|u/ApplesBananasRhinoc - 2 hours
|
|Right?? They all have the platinum level taxpayer funded Healthcare
|plan, we don't.
|u/maximilticket - 3 hours
|
|Because they're all about to get tax cuts being rich and all
|u/Jorycle - 2 hours
|
|Schumer has been pretty open about the fact that he plays Trump like a
|fiddle. He got a decent bit of what he wanted during Trump's first term
|because manipulating Trump is so easy a child could do it.
|u/Easy_Toe - 9 hours
|
|Trump was a Democrat before he realized it was easier to manipulate the
|Republicans. He and Chuck are old friends or at least close
|acquaintances for sure. They go way back in NY politics.
|u/xiirri - 6 hours
|
|Yaa the senate minority leader shouldn't meet with the duly elected
|president and treat him cordially. Great point.
|u/Traditional_Ant_2662 - 6 hours
|
|Kind of like Jake Paul and Mike Tyson.
|u/DryTown - 6 hours
|
|Everyone says Trump is lost heavily influenced by the most recent
|interaction he has with a person (or about a topic) so it’s best to be
|magnanimous and talk up to him, make him feel smart, try to make smart
|ideas seem like his ideas
|u/hayasecond - 6 hours
|
|Well atm I actually hope so because it would be so dangerous if Trump
|tries to eliminate all democrats and becomes a dictator. If they are
|actually all friends then maybe he won’t do it
|u/FotoFanatic44 - 6 hours
|
|As Don Corleone famously said, “keep your friends close, your enemies
|closer.”
|u/hockeyc - 6 hours
|
|What are we reading out of this photo again? Trump looks like he's going
|in for a hug while Schumer is holding up one finger in Trump's chest
|like he's scolding him.
|u/leftbrain99 - 4 hours
|
|https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-appearances/donald-trumps-
|artless-words
|u/throwaguey_ - 6 hours
|
|Who took this peeping Tom photo?
|u/Jkay064 - 4 hours
|
|It’s a Press event for the media in 2017. Trump is inviting Schumer to
|come outside where the photographers are waiting. The Senator has
|commented on this photo in the past, saying that he told Trump “if I
|come outside with you, I might have to publicly contradict what you
|say”
|u/zztop610 - 6 hours
|
|Trump was a long time donor for the democrats party. I am pretty sure he
|knows almost every old dem geezer. He changed sides for personal gain.
|They all respect that
|u/DebianDog - 6 hours
|
|you people don’t read body language very well if you think that. S
|pointing at him with his finger being accusatory. T is trying to be an
|alpha male by grabbing his shoulder smiling because he knows he has the
|upper hand.
|u/Hailthegamer - 6 hours
|
|Honestly I would much rather prefer all the outside talk be b.s to get
|voted in, and amicable behind closed doors. Its better than gridlock and
|hate.
|u/Karlzbad - 5 hours
|
|Schumer is giving him what for in that New York grandma accent.
|u/tomtomtomo - 5 hours
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|Schumer looks like he’s making a point and Trump is trying to LBJ him.
|u/Fly4Foodcali - 5 hours
|
|former house speaker kevin mccarthy upon being ousted said the
|republican party looks like a country club of old white americans. it's
|amazing how truthful they are when they got nothing left to lose.
|u/agdnan - 5 hours
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|Kayfabe
|u/4RichNot2BPoor - 5 hours
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|Poop talking pageantry, not just politics.
|u/Elffyb - 5 hours
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|How did Bruce Willis get in there?
|u/RW8YT - 5 hours
|
|you don’t make it this far in politics if you can’t sit calmly with the
|opposition. well I guess I don’t exactly expect Trump to keep that
|standard, but he is an exception I suppose.
|u/Mynuszero - 4 hours
|
|I don't know if you realize this, but this picture is from 2017. Also,
|he was POTUS. What did you expect him to do, not negotiate with him?
|u/Fickle-Copy-2186 - 4 hours
|
|Actually they don't look very cordial. I read that as angry, with a SS
|agent on the stand by.
|u/ucsb99 - 4 hours
|
|From 2017. Way to try and gaslight people for karma.
|u/Data-Hungry - 3 hours
|
|I'm interpreting that Pic as a very tense moment actually..
|u/islandgirl3773 - 3 hours
|
|Chuck and Donald go way back. They were friends for years. Trump even
|donated to him in the past. The one that really hates him is Nancy
|Pelosi. When he told her she couldn’t use the government plane for her
|family vacation at the last minute she was livid. Ever since then the
|shit has been on. She really hates him with a passion. I was surprised
|to see Biden so smiley and happy looking during the visit. It didn’t
|look that way with Trump and Obama. They clearly didn’t like each other
|u/Chili_Kukov - 3 hours
|
|How old is this picture? What is the context?
|u/IZH1406 - 2 hours
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|They have the most amazing Minecraft server
|u/intellectualcowboy - 2 hours
|
|“You try to be good this time, you crazy rascal.”
|u/Blue13Coyote - 2 hours
|
|Even 30 years ago I assumed all the grandstanding was theatre for their
|constituents, and away from the cameras they laughed about it over a
|nice steak dinner. But in recent years more and more trashy candidates
|that don’t understand decorum are seeping in.
|u/cuernosasian - 2 hours
|
|They’re reviewing how much they love netanyahu
|u/NotActuallyAWookiee - 1 hour
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|On one hand I get what you're saying. On the other, have a look at that
|body language. I don't think there's evidence in that photo that they're
|friendly.
|u/Ok-Stress-3570 - 1 hour
|
|Jeff Jackson, current NC rep and attorney general elect of NC, said that
|the ones who scream the loudest are often quiet in real life.
|u/MojordomosEUW - 1 hour
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|Of course they are. „There‘s a club, and you and me ain‘t in it.“
|u/Inevitable-Stage-490 - 1 hour
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|This may be just their “job” but it’s our country.
|u/PSTGtheFirst - 1 hour
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|Trump has a tiny head.
|u/RJVegeto - 55 minutes
|
|Least it matches the hands now...
|u/baconring - 50 minutes
|
|Trump's need to be loved so much, the Dems just need to start kissing
|his ass like musk, slide some bills in front of him while he's
|distracted by said ass kissing, and get them signed.
|u/avoidy - 48 minutes
|
|Without getting into the context of this picture (I don't know it), just
|the composition of the shot and the way that dude's lips are puckered
|and the way it's shot from the outside looking in reminds me of that
|moment towards the end of Animal Farm. Specifically, the part where the
|animals look into the farmhouse from the outside, only to see their pig
|leader basically selling them out to humans over a card game while
|laughing it up with them and getting wasted.
|u/poopstainpete - 45 minutes
|
|Yall ever wonder why Bernie is always alone? He's been trying to tell us
|for decades.
|u/Frost_blade - 6 hours
|
|The only real comfort I have in this life is that it will end. Today?
|Tomorrow? A billion years? Doesn't matter. It will end. We discover
|eternal life? Great. It will end. The universe has finite information
|(matter and energy) as far as we understand it and after billions of
|years things will be too spread out for life as we know it to exist.
|Trump doesn't matter in that scope.
|u/outer_fucking_space - 6 hours
|
|I think about that way more often and frequently than I would ever
|admit. Maybe my username checks out.
|u/Ryan_on_Earth - 5 hours
|
|Yeah I don't understand what people want them to do. We have a bunch of
|bigots and/or complete fucking idiots that voted for the guy and they're
|just trying to make the best of a crappy situation.
|u/Indigogo_Joyful - 2 hours
|
|Geesus...I'm not even surprised. It's all a political stage play but
|behind the curtain it's still a big union.
|u/LeecherKiDD - 10 hours
|
| Politicians…
|u/Rich_Housing971 - 8 hours
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|is soundin' like strippers to me
|u/spiderscan - 9 hours
|
|At this point I almost believe the Dems leadership intentionally
|sabotages their campaigns to put repubs in power because they profit off
|of repub policies while being able to campaign against them.
|u/GuitarGeezer - 8 hours
|
|Almost, but nah I suspect they are pretty horrified that Trump might
|deliberately sabotage NATO during a European war or send signals to Xi
|that the US might look the other way if they wanted Taiwan if some
|form of bribe wasnt paid. Oh, and use the military on targets of whim
|domestically like say the entire top D and R leadership after firing a
|flurry of generals to hit a real fascist to do his promised
|dictatorship. There are 500 other salient problems with Trump if you
|have a few hundred hours. This was a long time coming. I work with
|the public in the south. They honestly think dictatorship means what
|happens when mild-ass Dems are in power. They think schools are
|involuntarily sex changing people for free. They were going to try
|again and again to get a fascist dictatorship out of a relatively
|functional republic. Nobody could have stopped this. These people are
|insane and just getting worse.
|u/a_talking_face - 7 hours
|
|Ya'll will look at anyone trying to be diplomatic and turn it into
|some stupid conspiracy.
|u/Patient_Language_804 - 9 hours
|
|It’s almost like they’re politicians…
|u/DashCat9 - 6 hours
|
|Aww sometimes people have friendly conversations with people they
|disagree with immensely. Fuck off.
|u/Death_Urthrese - 5 hours
|
|he's about to be the leader of the united states and he's easily
|manipulated by flattery. i am not going to assume anyone actually likes
|him but they have a job to do.
|u/kw2006 - 5 hours
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|When it is convenient, they all are. Don’t be naive
|u/kikaysikat - 5 hours
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|in the clurb we we all fam
|u/Key_Inevitable_2104 - 5 hours
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|It’s a big club and you ain’t in it.
|u/Awoowoowooo - 4 hours
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|
|u/LightBringer81 - 2 hours
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|Pretty sure their ultimate goal is the exact same; getting filthy rich
|and staying like that as long as possible.
|u/subnuclearninja - 3 hours
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|of course they are its ALL A SCAM
|u/jduff1009 - 5 hours
|
|They’re all really friends. The political parties are two sides of the
|same coin. Wish more people could see they’re all playing the same game.
|They win, we’re the suckers. They just tell you what they think you want
|to hear.
|u/InternationalLaw4170 - 6 hours
|
|Shaking hands with Dear Leader, like meeting the Devil. Schumer just
|doesn’t want to get sent to a camp. 😳
|u/Jkay064 - 4 hours
|
|You’re forgetting that Trump is an eastern elite, and was a democrat
|his whole life. He heavily supported Schumer from the beginning of his
|career. They have been friends for probably longer than you have been
|alive.
|u/InternationalLaw4170 - 3 hours
|
|Yeah, all that talk about getting his political enemies, the enemies
|of the country, must just be my imagination. And we all know, Dear
|Leader is noted for his long history of loyalty. He even turned on
|Cohn when he was dying and that man made him.
|u/Jkay064 - 3 hours
|
|You know this picture is 7 years old right? Just after Trump won
|the presidency first time.
|u/NaCloride - 6 hours
|
|Trump has the eyes closed "fuck you" smile on, so I doubt it.
|u/International_Boss81 - 5 hours
|
|They can all just fuck off.
|u/SignificantSyllabub4 - 5 hours
|
|The question is, who took this photo and where. If it’s Trump’s team
|that took it, it is meant to divide democrats and discredit Chuck as a
|traitor.
|u/Jkay064 - 4 hours
|
|It’s a press photo from 2017. The media is waiting outside the office,
|and took the picture.
|u/anthro4ME - 5 hours
|
|This is the meeting that Corey Lewandowski left, and that secret service
|agent on the right (the same one that Trump assaulted when he wouldn't
|let Trump march to the Capital but put him in the limo instead), had to
|pull Chuck Schumer off of Trump.
|u/Genoblade1394 - 5 hours
|
|It’s all an act like WWF/WWE We play “choosing” but there is one ruling
|elite
|u/venomousguava666 - 5 hours
|
|Friendsgiving!
|u/Nehneh14 - 5 hours
|
|This is infuriating.
|u/-myBIGD - 5 hours
|
|Who is that on the left?
|u/WoodpeckerFar9804 - 5 hours
|
|Because we are all pawns in the game
|u/HumphreyLee - 5 hours
|
|About a year and a half ago I was in a staff meeting with everyone and
|one of the other managers commented my way that “he gets along with
|everyone” about some feedback we received for my department. I said
|“that’s not true, people annoy me all the time I just hide it REALLY
|well, though if I really hate you you’ll pretty much know instantly, I
|can’t really hide any disdain I have” and said this as I shot a look out
|of the corner of my eye at my GM who I thought at the time and still to
|this day, was a scumfuck of the highest order. And that’s how I knew I
|would never be a politician because Schumer in this photo is pretty much
|textbook politicianing and I don’t think I could be in a room with that
|fucking Orange shitstain for more than 30 seconds before I spat in his
|direction.
|u/TrueBoot4567 - 5 hours
|
|Always have been.
|u/Careless_Tale_7836 - 5 hours
|
|That you people haven't gathered all the trash in that white house and
|done the thing- I don't understand. You make your own misery because
|you allow others to suffer. They're right in front of you.
|u/CaptainAmerica1989 - 5 hours
|
|Is that Lex Luthor on the right?
|u/SuperRob - 5 hours
|
|Pucker up, Schumer. Kissing his ass is the only way to avoid getting
|official act’d …
|u/Hefty-Station1704 - 5 hours
|
|In Washington they’re all friends with benefits.
|u/No-Philosophy-13 - 5 hours
|
|That’s not what the guard on the right is saying.
|u/YouWereBrained - 5 hours
|
|And there’s Pence’s chief of staff behind Trump. One of the most
|cowardly motherfuckers.
|u/SparkyFarts3923 - 4 hours
|
|Lot of books on that shelf, I wonder if they have even been read once
|u/Bada__Ping - 4 hours
|
|Yeah, no shit. 2 weeks ago it was the end of democracy if he got
|elected, now everyone is promising a smooth transition. Why would you
|promise that if it’s the end of democracy? They’ve been playing
|everyone to make us all fight. The world isn’t going to end with him in,
|and they weren’t going to do anything for us if they won.
|u/No-Cartographer-2478 - 4 hours
|
|It’s like a secret society they all finally meet again because trump was
|gonna win against a woman anyways, since this country is sexist
|u/DappyHayes - 4 hours
|
| They're all friends. Great cast.
|u/bophed - 4 hours
|
|As Jesse Ventura said “it is exactly like WWF.” Everyone acts like they
|hate each other just for the sake of the cameras. Behind closed doors
|they are buddies.
|u/gigabyteIO - 4 hours
|
|It's a big club and you ain't in it.
|u/wannabe_kinkg - 4 hours
|
|lol didn't u guys see schumer and trump at that last month cristian
|diner night thing?
|u/PulledPorq - 4 hours
|
|This is an old photo. From the beginning of the first Trump
|administration, before the chaos began.
|u/cunthands - 4 hours
|
|*"You've got a ketchup schmeer on your collar again, Donald"*
|u/UmericanDreamer - 4 hours
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|WWE is more realistic than politics.
|u/leftbrain99 - 4 hours
|
|“He donated to Schumer’s first three Senate campaigns in 1998, 2004 and
|2010. Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump along with brothers Eric and Donald
|made eight donations to Schumer campaigns.”
|https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2017/09/trumps-old-new-york-pal-
|schumer/
|u/Flaky-Experience-806 - 4 hours
|
|It’s like WWE! All fake, just acting.
|u/tato314 - 4 hours
|
|Am I the only that knows the saying “Keep your friends close, keep your
|enemies closer?”
|u/mythic_device - 3 hours
|
|Yeah it’s just like pro wrestling!
|u/dawgsontop82 - 3 hours
|
|One of the most profound quotes that my favorite professor in college
|ever said during one of his lectures “ regardless of what side of the
|aisle a politician is on, they all eat at the same restaurants”
|u/InfDisco - 3 hours
|
|The thought that came to mind was that Trump was going to off Shumer and
|the cameras saved his life. Then it went to the thought that when are
|Democrats and people who have run afoul of Trump start dying of
|mysterious circumstances. Then I realized people in his orbit have
|already been dying. Oops.
|u/anglosaxon999 - 3 hours
|
|Trump gave him his first ever cheque when trying to get into office
|u/hidey_ho_nedflanders - 3 hours
|
|You do know you can feign being cordial, right?
|u/EveryShot - 3 hours
|
|They both serve the same oligarchs and if you can’t see that you’re
|playing right into their hands. They pit us against each other over
|stupid bullshit
|u/ButterPiglet - 3 hours
|
|They all go to the same island(s)
|u/Anagnikos - 3 hours
|
|It's like they are in the same class and their interests very often
|align or something...
|u/007baldy - 3 hours
|
|I love how reddit proves how little they know on the daily. This is the
|literal definition of the Dog and Pony Show.
|u/Zealousideal_Age2202 - 3 hours
|
|It's all a show!!! Like that episode on south park. Withe all the
|species living together lol look into it
|u/Fraggnetti_ - 3 hours
|
|Power cares for power.. Old men all in power, they are all fighting for
|the same cause to keep themselves on top.
|u/BATIRONSHARK - 3 hours
|
|so if you look at history and leaked files from even really recent
|times politicians genuinely believe what there saying most of the
|time and often there relationships are impacted by policy albeit not
|over disagreements more then actions [Ex obama personally takes issue
|with rommey lying about rommeycare but is OK with him having run
|against him]
|u/EngagedInConvexation - 3 hours
|
|Tim Conway and Kellyanne Conway are *married.* EDIT: nvm, seems they
|separated last year. Curious what "the last straw" was, now.
|u/Dork31 - 3 hours
|
|Nancy’s not looking very polite or polished these days. She looks like
|she’s planning something fun.
|u/WuZI8475 - 3 hours
|
|I still remember that story when in bathroom during the Trump
|Impeachment hearings, Ted Cruz bumped into Eric Swallwell and
|complimented him for his work and speech....
|u/iafx - 3 hours
|
|That looks heated
|u/hammad_mhi - 3 hours
|
|Oh so you are saying even the politicians don't take politics as
|seriously as the sheep?
|u/Lt_Cochese - 3 hours
|
|That looks like Chuck bitching at Trump, Trump with his usual shiat
|eating grin and the other guy chuckling because he knows Chuck is
|powerless.
|u/Ambitious-Position25 - 3 hours
|
|So OP wants more hate?
|u/zhunch - 3 hours
|
|"Don't worry the aid package to israel is still safe"
|u/stubobarker - 3 hours
|
|Hmm.. doesn’t look super friendly to me with the finger pointing in the
|face. But yeah, on the floor is different than in the back room.
|u/R_W0bz - 2 hours
|
|Chucks just stoked he doesn’t need to do anything for 4 years.
|u/Okay_Swimmer - 2 hours
|
|Lol
|u/Nooneknows882 - 2 hours
|
|Schumer should have levelled him then and there. Had reason to at that
|point, and the reasons have only become more numerous since then
|u/OneWhoShallNotBeName - 2 hours
|
|So, they're keeping it in Kayfabe?
|u/AliceinChainsRules - 2 hours
|
|Called “Going along to get along.” Concept I practice daily. As do most
|of you.
|u/binchentso - 2 hours
|
|For a second I thought that's Vin Diesel on the right.
|u/Hour_Worldliness9786 - 2 hours
|
|It’s all show. Trump had to win otherwise it would have been too
|disruptive.
|u/bighead2586 - 2 hours
|
|Like watching an NFL game when you're heartbroken your team lost at the
|last second and it's clear none of the players give a shit as they greet
|each other after the game.
|u/MaestroLogical - 2 hours
|
|It's like the show Suits, they can be at each others throats, throwing
|literal punches and hating each other vehemently at 9am, but by noon
|they are patting each other on the back and saying they admire the
|other. Rinse and repeat.
|u/wozzy93 - 2 hours
|
|No fucking shit. All of them are. R or D, it’s all an act for America
|and the world.
|u/whatthehell98684 - 1 hour
|
|Schumer knows where the power is, and wants to be near it. Hes a much
|better politician than a burger griller.
|u/sampofilms - 1 hour
|
|I feel like George Carlin once told us all about how we ain't invited to
|this club quite a while ago. 😄
|u/ranterist - 1 hour
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|
|u/Aromatic-Deer3886 - 1 hour
|
|That’s called good diplomacy, Trump has is a worm
|u/catswithboxes - 1 hour
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|this photo was taken 3 seconds before they kissed lol
|u/Cheeky_Star - 1 hour
|
|They all cut backroom deals and go to similar corporate parties with
|each other. They only put in a show on tv for the American people 👀. The
|same corporations pay both of them equally to pass laws.
|u/scots - 1 hour
|
|Lol look up pics of Trump smiling with the Clinton's while attending his
|2005 wedding reception (Melania) to which THEY WERE INVITED. it's a
|small club, and we ain't in it.
|u/jackburtonsnakeplskn - 1 hour
|
|Yes. Think of it as pro wrestling. They argue on camera and count the
|money back stage.
|u/cheesyandcrispy - 1 hour
|
|We need to realise that all the hyperboles being thrown out from both
|sides are propaganda regardless of how true they might ring from ones
|own perspective. It's deeply unethical, although effective, for the
|politicians to rile up the voters into hating each other while they
|themselves can see the people behind their political opponents.
|u/User318522 - 1 hour
|
|lol you needed a picture to show you that? Left or right. Different side
|of the same coin. They want us arguing with each other over dumb shit
|while they all scheme to pillage our country behind closed doors.
|u/spasticwomble - 1 hour
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|looks like a big kiss coming
|u/daHaus - 1 hour
|
|He's wagging his finger at him and Trump is trying to big dog him like
|he's a child throwing a tantrum. Not exactly friendly body language.
|u/Raindogs9803 - 56 minutes
|
|When I see these kinds of images … the movie … society.. comes to mind .
|u/3xU5 - 47 minutes
|
|This pic goes hard as album cover
|u/tom21g - 43 minutes
|
|Throw in that famous pic of Pelosi squaring off against trump in a
|crowded White House meeting for contrast
|u/citymousecountyhouse - 41 minutes
|
|As a Democrat, and after reading these comments for years I'm coming to
|the conclusion that our problem is that we keep talking about the people
|we DON'T like instead of building up the people we do. I think AOC
|Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a wonderful person,she absolutely supports
|working people and to boot she actually was one of us. Andy Beshear of
|Kentucky has been a wonderful leader bringing thousands of jobs to the
|state and was reelected because of it. These are just two,but we never
|talk about them. Meanwhile the right wing is literally creating golden
|statues of their "leaders" and putting out lies such as 9/11 happened
|under Obama's watch, and Sara Palin is responsible for the Alaskan
|people receiving oil dividends.
|u/DocBrutus - 38 minutes
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|It’s always been an act. They fight on camera and grab lunch together.
|u/Talrent521 - 33 minutes
|
|Politics would completely cease to function if people with opposing
|views took the approach that they couldn't share a room with each other
|u/TechnicalChipz - 32 minutes
|
|As the late George Carlin would say. " It's a big club, and you and I
|aren't in it"
|u/Ok-Flounder9846 - 30 minutes
|
|Context???
|u/hopindonkey - 24 minutes
|
|Don’t think we needed the edit. We knew we side you were on
|u/RoundComplete9333 - 20 minutes
|
|All their bridges stand solid above us below scrapping.
|u/Sad-Ship - 13 minutes
|
|Politicians tell their constituents things that they want to hear, not
|what they actually believe or intend to do. Republicans and Democrats
|aren't stupid, they just play it on TV.
|[https://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2017/12/07/the-educational-
|background-of-the-us-
|congress/](https://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2017/12/07/the-
|educational-background-of-the-us-congress/)
|u/thegamingkitchen - 13 minutes
|
|From 2017
|u/foodog-sec - 12 minutes
|
|wondering if these people are able to taste what shit on a dick tastes
|like. On a related note - I'm hoping my retirement is not negatively
|impacted by these people.
|u/wayyzor - 9 hours
|
|Divide and rule.
|u/ComprehensivePin6097 - 7 hours
|
|It Is A Spectacle.
|u/Weedes1984 - 8 hours
|
|There is the GOP and then there is the party of controlled opposition.
|u/otusc - 6 hours
|
|Did you see their pre-election interactions at the Al Smith dinner? It’s
|clear that despite major political differences that Trump and Schumer
|are serious friends who go back decades. And I think it’s good that two
|people so diametrically opposed can still be cordial and friendly with
|each other.
|u/uchiha2 - 9 hours
|
|Is this actually surprising to anyone? Do people really believe the
|fucking masquerade we call partisanship? There is no way! Like… it’s a
|comedic trope. Politicians lie to the constituents then turn around and
|throw parties for each other.
|u/BigL90 - 7 hours
|
|I mean, if one of my work colleagues sent an angry mob to kill me and
|some of my other work colleagues, I'd probably hold a bit of a grudge.
|I get the whole "it's just business/politics" angle, and that plenty
|of the fiery rhetoric is just theatrics, but I'm guessing there's
|still plenty of genuine animosity there. Like any job, you can
|absolutely loathe someone from another part of the business, and even
|slag them off to your consumers, but still schmooze and rub elbows
|with them because it helps to actually get some shit done
|occasionally. I feel like there's probably some of that in politics
|too. It's not all some big conspiracy against we regular folks, it's
|just knowing that you're going to have to work together at some point,
|so you don't completely torch all of the bridges because of your
|principles. It's especially useful when dealing with egomaniacal
|sociopaths.
|u/limberlomber - 8 hours
|
|Class and the gassy ass.
|u/ChrisCrossX - 5 hours
|
|Well as long as we can steal more wealth from working people... To
|another year of arguing about gay people. Cheers
|u/FUThead2016 - 4 hours
|
|"They're tearing this country apart...Oh hi, Chuck"
|u/Unhappy-Offer - 4 hours
|
|He ran for president to stay out of jail.
|u/SpaceTruckin420 - 4 hours
|
|The Boondocks taught me this back in the day lol The episode: [https://
|www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og2G\_JdkrVs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og
|2G_JdkrVs)
|u/SoybeanArson - 3 hours
|
|It's all a game to them, and we are the ones who lose...
|u/Trademinatrix - 3 hours
|
|Disgusting
|u/PharaohSteez79 - 3 hours
|
|This is white people behavior. The rest of us if we ain’t vibing you
|ain’t gonna see us chummy like this. We don’t do that fake shit.
|u/SpudgeBoy - 2 hours
|
|This is rich people behavior.
|u/Bacchuswhite - 2 hours
|
|Why is bro taking pictures from a tree outside the White House?
|u/Portocala69 - 1 hour
|
|Cause you wouldn't be able to take one otherwise.
|u/popejiii - 1 hour
|
|Yeah well I sure as fuck ain’t shaking hands with these people anymore.
|Yah, I could use artificial good humor, but these people suuuuuuuck and
|I will not be quiet.
|u/NationalAlgae421 - 1 hour
|
|You lost the election, can we quit this circle jerk already?
|u/RJVegeto - 56 minutes
|
|We'd love to but the winners have us all trapped inside their circle
|and are actively jerking off. Help We're scared and just want to go
|home. *But they keep cumming to remind us we lost.*
|
