• NotAGamer@lemmy.org
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    2 hours ago

    And apparently Qatar didn’t “give” a plane either. It was wold to the U.S. because they couldn’t sell it to anyone else.

  • Kookie215@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Trump laughed too, because he’s an idiot and doesn’t understand what a massive insult that was.

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    5 hours ago

    “I wish I had a plane to give you,” a seemingly exasperated Ramaphosa said at one point.

    “I wish you did. I would take it,” Trump responded. “If your country offered the United States Air Force a plane, I would take it.”

    “The EU hasn’t given me even one plane,” Trump added meaningfully. “Our talks there aren’t going anywhere either.”

  • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
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    6 hours ago

    This was a brilliant retort. And the sarcasm totally escaped simple-minded Trump - which is of course the best type of sarcasm, when the object of the sarcastic remark doesn’t understand it.

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        I wish you did. I would take it,” Trump responded. “If your country offered the United States Air Force a plane, I would take it.”

        He literally does. He’s expecting these people to all bring him tribute.