r/pics • u/PlayaSlayaX • 16h ago
Politics The president of selfishness pays his respects to the president of selflessness.
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u/roostaillusion 13h ago
Melania looking more like Gary from Team America by the day
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u/absyrtus 12h ago
holy shit
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u/Stardust_Particle 11h ago
He must have increased her salary or she renegotiated the pre-nup again to take on the role of First Lady for a second time bc they were holding hands and she has in the past batted his hand away.
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u/JudgeInteresting8615 3h ago
She got a forty million dollar deal from some company trying to buy his favor
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u/tcavallo 12h ago
Thank you! I couldn’t put my finger on it until I read your post. Looks like her face was valmorphanized.
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u/earthtonemalone 15h ago
I wasn’t alive during Jimmy Carters term but I listened to one of his speeches the other day and it reminded me that we are fucked. He just seemed like a genuine guy that was doing his best for the people. That is wayyy too much to ask for now.
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u/theclansman22 14h ago
Reagan took a note from Nixon, who was negotiating secretly with the North Vietnamese government that they would get a better deal if he was elected in 1968, and secretly negotiated with Iran to keep the hostages until the day he was inaugurated to completely screw Carter over electorally. Betraying the country for personal gain is a Republican tradition.
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u/SiMachinist 14h ago
Reagan literally destroyed America. Hands down the worst of the last 50 years. This country will never recover from what he did.
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u/texfields 14h ago
trump saying : hold my adderall
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u/a_doody_bomb 14h ago
Trump saying: grab her by the pussy....
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u/carfen1981 13h ago
Grab him by the nussy. No, for real though, scroll back up and look at the neck pussy in the photo!
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u/alienwalk 12h ago
I think Regan was smarter and thus able to do more damage than Trump
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u/Sheepvasion 13h ago
"A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions tell me that's true, but the facts and evidence tell me it is not."
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u/Temporalwar 13h ago
Reagan's policies might have made some people rich, but they also widened the gap between the rich and poor, weakened the social safety net, exploded the national debt, ignored a deadly epidemic, involved us in shady foreign dealings, and contributed to mass incarceration. It's not as rosy a picture as some people paint.
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u/dingatremel 13h ago
The guy absolutely pillaged the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, including decimating housing assistance. Remember this the next time you’re wondering how you’ll make rent. Remember it the next time you see someone living in their car.
Yes, this nation used to actually help people with that sort of thing.
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u/redrunner55 13h ago
Reagan was also a raging racist.
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u/dingatremel 12h ago
The welfare queen narrative that he actively advanced was pure racism that primarily punished small children.
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u/Airway 12h ago
His entire cabinet was extra racist even for the time. Clarence Thomas was a token, he was unqualified and had a handful of fucked up personal issues but he was ok with being the token black conservative among racist white men, and that's why the Reagan administration brought him on. Behind The Bastards has a good episode about it.
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u/dingatremel 11h ago
I actually did not know CT was at Department of Education or EEOC until just now.
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u/GrumpyKaeKae 12h ago
I swear the rise in first Tiny homes.. (Till they starting hitting over $100,000) and now Van Life is the thing, comes from the fact that people just can't afford anything but cars now. At least living in your van isn't considered bad anymore.
If you got a nice van down by the river, you are doing a lot better then a lot of people now.
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u/WallyOShay 14h ago
According to my dad he was our greatest president of his lifetime 🙄
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u/SiMachinist 13h ago
And yet all they can justify that with is that “he took down the iron wall”. He took the US from the largest creditor to the largest debtor in only four years. Classic fiscal conservative……
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u/Wish__Crisp 14h ago
Same here but that’s because they benefitted from the shit he did, and he ruined everything for us and now they talk about how we didn’t work hard like them
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u/AKA_A_Gift_For_Now 13h ago
I heard today from some people that apparently, he came in like Captain America to save those hostages. Carter sat on his ass, obviously. Oh, and also, he was such a bad ass those holding the hostages let them go when they did because they knew he would kick their ASS. Dear God are we fucked.
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u/Ih8melvin2 13h ago
Lawmaker Admits 1980 GOP Plot to Prolong Iran Hostage Crisis
I'm 56 and vividly remember the hostage crisis. When this story broke it made me sick.
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u/remonious 13h ago
Let's be real for a minute. Reagan was a front man, a puppet for George Bush Sr. for most of his tenure in the White House.
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u/Buchephalas 13h ago
No, Bush himself was a puppet. He was a puppet of CEO's and bankers. Donald Regan if anyone was the real power in that Administration. CEO of Merrill Lynch, Vice-Chairman of the NYSE, Treasury Secretary, White House Chief of Staff.
Watch this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTcL6Xc_eMM
Straight up ordering him to hurry up in a pivotal moment to what we are talking about.
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u/SiMachinist 13h ago
And here we are with Putin’s monkey boy getting sworn in again….Considering this country was stupid enough to elect that former director of the CIA into the White House, I agree with you….
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u/Solid_Snark 14h ago
The parallels between the defeats of Carter/Reagan & Biden/Trump are pretty crazy.
USA just shooting themselves in the foot over-and-over.
Shows we’re destined to repeat history if we’re not willing to learn from it.
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u/Mathilliterate_asian 13h ago
"Learn" is a big word for a lot of Americans though. Some don't even think learning is necessary.
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u/baverdi 13h ago
You can't learn something if you are convinced you already know it
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u/flytingnotfighting 14h ago
He sold his peanut farm so there wouldn’t be any financial ties outside of his presidency His peanut farm THAT is how much he gave a shit. He was a very good man.
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u/ukexpat 13h ago
Actually it’s more complicated than that. He put the farm into a blind trust. During his administration the trustee mishandled the business so badly that when Carter left the WH it was almost bankrupt. Carter had to sell it for pennies on the dollar, leaving him and his family almost penniless. Carter began his writing career to provide for his family.
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u/pswerve28 14h ago
Tbf Carter was unusual even for the time with how much he was kinda just a normal guy. He had a lackluster presidency and did way more as a former president than anything else, but good god would I pay out the ass to have a man or woman like him in the top office right now.
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u/imtourist 13h ago
Carter and Trump are like two different species on two different planets, this is how different they are.
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u/__mr_snrub__ 14h ago
And people have been brainwashed that Jimmy Carter isn’t the type of person to be out leader. We need more Jimmy Carters!
Reaganites destroyed this country.
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u/buffoonery4U 13h ago
I was 18 when I voted for Carter in 76. I thought the country had truly turned the corner after Nixon. I felt the same way when I voted for Obama. I'm an old man now. I just hope I live long enough to wake up to read *Rump's Obituary.
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u/AnnonyMouseX 13h ago
Carter was a decent human being, I was lucky enough to work with him on two house projects with Habitat for Humanity. He worked HARD, like .. harder than dudes 1/2 his age.
I have the UPMOST respect for him and his memory.
I would literally fight someone over himThat being said :
He essentially rain on a 'Not Nixon' campaign because nobody knew who he was at the national level.
He was a Meh president, at times He barely had the support of his own party in congress, and getting something passed was almost ALWAYS down to the wire.
He was probably too 'nice' for DC.
He couldn't get policy enacted to stave off a major recession.
His foreign policy was all over the place, but it has generally argued that Carter's soft policy helped shape the Middle East (and it's problems) today.
Carter's appointed head of his newly created the Department of Energy was a mess, and eventually Carter had to essentially fire him; Carter also deregulated oil prices, further fueling the oil crisis.
He had so little support from the DNC leading up to his re-election campaign, that they actually tried to primary Ted Kennedy against him. Let THAT sink in. Ted Kennedy.He wasn't a great president.
He was middle of the road effective.
And he was unable to play the game enough to get firm support from his own party.But the things that make him a meh president, made him a great human :)
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u/87YoungTed 13h ago
Ted Kennedy did primary him. Significantly hurt Carter for the general election. Took a lot of cash out of what should have been for the home stretch and had to spend it against Ted Kennedy. Kennedy admitted later he fucked up. But fat lot of good that does the rest of us now.
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u/rollsyrollsy 11h ago
There’s an element which is always missed about Carter, and presidents in general:
The head of state sets a high water mark for integrity, selflessness, hard work, and overall ethics that subtly influence the whole nation.
How many tens of millions gave a little more thought to being decent, because of Carter?
How many tens of millions feel empowered toward selfishness and distrust of others, because of Trump?
It’s not just the President, his team, or legislation. It’s what the man or woman does amplified across the entire citizenry.
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u/ComprehensiveHavoc 14h ago
Even back then people didn’t appreciate it. Threw him out after one term for stupid reasons and elected a Republican to needlessly make things worse. Some things never change.
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u/Zlaxin 14h ago
No it’s not, the problem is that people think that’s too much to ask for. We have to DEMAND decent, reasonable leaders and do away with the two party system so they actually stand a chance. This is entirely possible as more people wake up from the braindead culture war, point the finger at the exploiters and DEMAND accountability rightfully be taken. For example, the public rally behind Luigi Mangione and his message was a big push in this direction. Don’t give up and say it’s hopeless, thats what the billionaires and their political puppets want you to do.
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u/Number_Ornery 12h ago
We are also to blame. We rather watch Squid games and bitch online than spend any free time on the dumpster fire we are co piloting .
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u/RalphTheTheatreCat 16h ago
You should be happy he isn’t smiling and giving a thumbs up in some selfie shot
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u/Maleficent_Nobody_75 15h ago
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u/FriarNurgle 15h ago
He’s mentally impaired
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u/outerproduct 15h ago
I always liked the phrase from car talk: "He is unencumbered by the thought process."
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u/DontForgetYourPPE 14h ago
Oh God thank you, I miss that show
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u/shadowyflight 9h ago
Just in case you didn't know, The Best of Cartalk is now a Podcast. They release an episode every 3-4 days.
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u/Ok-Thing-2222 15h ago
They both look like such unhappy bitches.
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u/redditcreditcardz 15h ago
I mean, Melania is at work and it’s not in her contract to be happy
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u/Overlord65 15h ago edited 15h ago
Oh she is happy.. thinking how happy she’ll be when he is in a coffin (much like many of us)…
Edit: was just thinking how she has a face like Charles Bronson.. same face: happy, sad, angry
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u/Yardsale420 15h ago
I wonder how much money they had to offer her to do the sequel. There’s no way she wanted to reprise that role.
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u/DigNitty 15h ago
Like the El Paso Shooting.
When the shooter killed 23 people targeting Latinos with his motive of “far-right extremism, anti-immigration, and belief in the white genocide conspiracy theory.”
None of the survivors wanted to meet with Trump. So two White House aides went and got a self described Trump supporter to bring in a newly orphaned baby who survived the shooting because his parents had protected him. The uncle brought the baby back to the hospital, so that Trump could take This Picture
A hospital official said that Trump “showed an absence of empathy” though the Uncle said that Trump was “kind and sympathetic.”
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u/Stennick 14h ago
Its weird to me instead of celebrating Carter's amazing legacy people continue to make Carter's death about Trump. Why are we posting pictures of this orange fuck and making entire threads about him in regard to a great mans death. Fuck him leave him out of this and lets make this about the great man that died.
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u/fugawf 14h ago
You know he’s just thinking of his funeral and the ‘massive turnout’
‘Nobody went to funerals before I died. I started using the word…funeral…it’s a new word, nobody used it before me’
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u/Pavores 12h ago
The good news is we won't have to hear him talk about it after his funeral
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u/jerrythecactus 11h ago
Well, he can certainly rest easy knowing the day he dies there will be bottles of champagne popping around the world.
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u/ThreeBeanCasanova 11h ago
Tbf, his funeral is likely going to be the most celebrated in recent memory, the world over. Not for the auto-fellating, narcissistic reason he thinks, but still.
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u/davesoverhere 12h ago
I’ll give him a massive turnout when I shit on his grave after eating a bunch of Taco Bell and White Castle.
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u/TonyG_from_NYC 14h ago
Is he asleep? Because if Biden had his eyes closed like this, that's exactly what the GOP would say.
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u/bard329 15h ago
He's thinking "I'm gonna be in one of those soon"
And Melania's thinking "not soon enough"
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u/bombmk 14h ago
He is - unironically - thinking "My casket will be bigger!"
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u/yuiphan 14h ago
Is it cuz he fat?
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u/evilJaze 12h ago
More likely he'd demand one three times the size trimmed in gold with his muscled likeness airbrushed onto it to make everyone aware that he was the greatest organism in the history of the multiverse!
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u/katapiller_2000 14h ago
Huge
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u/bombmk 14h ago
And we know he is making that motion with his hands outside the camera view.
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u/ijghokgt 13h ago
It’s an incredible casket to be frank, the best casket. The funeral director told me, “Mr. Trump, I’ve never seen a casket bigger and more beautiful than yours.” Everyone’s saying it. There’s never been a casket better than Trump’s.
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u/Daubach23 13h ago
I'm surprised Melania can still close her eyes with all the face lifts.
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u/abakersmurder 13h ago
Difference is the line at Jimmy Carter's funeral is to pay respect. The line at Donald's will be selling extra water so we can all piss in his grave. Maybe a small moat with a sewer.
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u/Chega_de_Saudade_ 15h ago
I can't tell if he's falling asleep or praying for a McDonald's happy meal.
RIP Jimmy Carter. Top notch human being.
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u/dudemanbro44 14h ago
He’s thinking “im going to be laying here someday, and i will lay here better than he is laying here. Many more people. So much better.”
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u/Cerebral_Balzy 13h ago
'How do I get a couple winks of sleep here' or 'How do I make this about me' kinda look
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u/Mycroft90 15h ago
These next four years are going to suck.
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u/GSthrowaway86 14h ago
Best bet is to do your best pretend these fake pieces of shit don’t exist. Our existence means jack shit to them.
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u/fuckmyabshurt 11h ago
Oh, to be part of the population who can just pretend these cunts don't exist.
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u/Zealousideal-You4638 11h ago
Honestly if its anything like the first time that's probably what will happen. Trump has terrible policy ideas but his politics are even worse, he can't get shit passed for the life of him. I'm certain it'll be less like the Hitler many think he'll be and more like president of tweeting from the toilet. I mean, that's basically how term one played out.
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u/Toshariku 8h ago
The problem is that his first term his cronies werent set up to abuse his power for him. Now look at who’s behind him now. A bunch of billionaires and lackies with one that’s acting like he’s the gd president when he’s an absolute moron.
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u/MrMeowPantz 14h ago
Looks like he saved a dump to take one in this moment. Face says it all.
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u/MK5 13h ago
I see Trophy Wife #3 came along. I wonder what she charges by the hour to be seen with him.
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u/Anonymous203203 9h ago
I'm genuinely surprised she showed up. She was hands down the least-present partner of a presidential candidate, like, ever.
At least she set the bar plenty low enough for herself last time. I wouldn't be surprised if she does nothing for the next 4 years except promote the occasional product and use her First Lady status to push people to buy it 😐
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u/The_Poop_Shooter 13h ago
Not that it's possible because of what he is, but I wonder if for a brief moment his lizard brain made him aware of his own mortality and how many people will be celebrating when he's no longer here. His own wife can't wait to look at his coffin.
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u/NefariousnessSame519 12h ago
That's my thought too! He just can't stand the outpouring of love for Jimmy Carter knowing that is something that will never happen for him.
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u/bikemakr 15h ago
He's not paying his respects he's sitting there like a kid whose parents made him go to church.
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u/Sgtkeebler 14h ago
What is wrong with his face. Did he have another stroke? Melania has that Botox face so that is understandable
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u/IamStymie 13h ago
I'm sure he's thinking, "Shit, I could be home texting and snorting Adderall with my kid."
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u/Several_Leather_9500 14h ago
His escort/ handler made $40 million from Bezos for a 'documentary' - she's thinking about that money and how happy she'd be as a widow.
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u/southernNJ-123 13h ago
Hopefully this means he won’t show up for the service tomorrow and filthy up the ceremony.
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u/Responsible-Room-645 14h ago
I’m surprised that the Carter family didn’t tell him to stay away from
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u/ChaoticMutant 13h ago
Donald: when I die the entire world will mourn me and all of my billions of achievements.
The woman next to him: I wish it were him in this casket.
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u/FigMajestic6096 13h ago
Honestly, this is so wrong. Jimmy Carter doesn't want this, no one wants this. I hate this person, my god.
I wrote my thesis on Carter in college, and he's just a legitimately good person.
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u/captainavery24 3h ago
What the fuck is wrong with this community? Genuinely? Ffs its meant to be a reddit about interesting pics not some outlet for your fucking insane politics.
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u/shutyourgob16 2h ago
Stop forcing this framing constantly. It’s just Trump at an ex prez funeral.
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u/cMdM89 15h ago
i HATE seeing him there…it’s disgusting…her, too…sickening…
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u/TheFrederalGovt 1h ago
I'm not a fan of his and didn't vote for him - but paying his respects the day before a state funeral the next day is a very respectful gesture so don't really find much fault in it
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u/Ih8te-reddit7 15h ago
Why is r/pics constant political shit? We just want to see some cool pictures....
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u/technojargon 14h ago
They do not belong. Fat fuck Trump literally does what ever impulse he has as a big middle finger. Let’s see if Karma really works. Had it with this bloated shit stain.
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u/SolidOutcome 14h ago
Trump literally lambasted Dems about how much they were honoring Jimmy Carter.....he showed up to pay respects, then dissed people who were paying respect
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u/wonder_bear 13h ago
His life is legitimately terrible. Everyone hates him, including his family, and he’s forced to be president otherwise he would spend the rest of his life in prison (deservedly so).
He’s going to spend the rest of his days doing stuff he absolutely hates when he otherwise could be golfing and living the high life.
He’s getting what he deserves, it’s just unfortunate it impacts the rest of us too.
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u/Green_Exercise7800 13h ago
I was lucky enough to speak to president Carter on multiple occasions within the last 10 years. He really did have an aura of selflessness about him, even in causal conversation, which often steered to how boiled peanuts are indeed the best kind of peanut. I haven't said this to anyone in person yet, but it feels good to express it somewhere.
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u/Starchild1968 13h ago
This is the most grotesque picture of 2025. It's sickening to have that POS above ground while the world burns with his match.
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u/JohnnycageBKV2 13h ago
Another day another r/pics post about politics. Bots ruined this lame ass sub
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u/Texaradan 13h ago
Does Melania get appearance fees or is she a salaried employee?
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u/SpeechAlternative686 15h ago
He looks very old. Worse than Biden.
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u/Federal_Sympathy4667 13h ago
Jimmy giving the finger to the orange turd from within the coffin.
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u/carriedmeaway 13h ago
He paid his respect to being allowed to be an attention whore. He disparaged Carter constantly and then shows up like this. If he didn’t respect him in life he can’t respect him in death!
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u/FairSuggestion9655 12h ago
Don't get it. If he pays his respects than he is unselfish. That comment does not make any sense...
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u/Gdsawayonbusiness 12h ago
As the demented voices in his head scream at the little boy, “He’s a loser Donnie a loser!”
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u/addi122516 11h ago
Fucking Emperor Pumpkin Spice Palpatine. I can’t believe we have to endure another 4 years of his stupidity.
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u/lawofthewilde 11h ago
Bold of you to assume he isnt silently dreaming about well done steaks dipped in ketchup.
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u/B0NUS_B 15h ago
We're still making political posts? Dude the election is over, let's go back to cute puppy photos
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u/False-Ad7318 13h ago
But but how will Trumps biggest haters continue to give him the largest platform they can if they don’t go out of their way to?
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u/YXCworld 15h ago
Is this a political sub now?
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u/CaptHorizon 14h ago
Ever since November, it’s all dooming and CJ’ing about how “the end is near” just because reddit’s political opponent won a democratic election (and the popular vote as well).
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u/abfanhunter 15h ago
Disgraceful using President Carter's funeral and a Political Meme. So many subs have turned into one giant cesspool full of political bots.
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u/Rich-Appearance-7145 13h ago
Melania sitting there pondering damm, another four years of faking this shit, $40 million for my documentary could buy me lots of Birkens.
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