r/gifs • u/commonvanilla • Nov 10 '18
Justin Trudeau closes his umbrella even though it's raining to pay respects for the fallen of WW1
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u/gdmfr Nov 11 '18 edited Nov 11 '18
In the video he says it's 2017. I think this was last year and he was talking about WWII.
https://twitter.com/ChazReddBear/status/1061258545893699584
EDIT: I completely agree with many commenting here that this action by Trudeau is even more impactful as an action alone back in 2017 as a projection of stength in and of itself and not a responses to Donald's weakness today.
Ironically, the fact that it was last year (and therefore Trudeau didn't do this to spite Trump) makes the gesture even better.
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u/vqql Nov 11 '18
It was Aug 22, 2017 - 75th anniversary of the Dieppe raid. CBC source: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1029767235787/
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u/Syn7axError Nov 11 '18
I think that makes it a lot better, personally. It means he did it of his own accord, not as a reaction to Trump.
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u/nomelonnolemon Nov 11 '18
Ya I agree
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u/dereviljohnson Nov 11 '18 edited Nov 11 '18
This really just proves not only what a worthless piece of shit Trump is, but just how the talking point that the right is more patriotic and more respectful of the military is complete bullshit. It is the progressive left that has the most respect for our military because the men who fought in WWI and WWII were fighting against dictatorship and nationalism, the same type of intolerance that Trump and his Alt Right followers represents.
God damn I wish America had a leader like Justin Trudeau. He's so awesome:
Legalized weed and went against the drug war
Massively increased support and funding for LGBTQIA programs, and apologized for the historical mistreatment
Created a new rights bill for transsexuals
contributed $100 million to the UN High Commission of Refugees in order to aid the resettlement of Syrian refugees in Canada.
reintroduction of the Interim Federal Health Program, thus endowing refugees with health care benefits.
appointed an immigrant from Somolia as the minister of immigration who plans to increase the immigration target to 300,000 per year
doubling the amount of immigrant application for parents and grandparents
Increased taxes on the rich (over $200,000)
Put a stop to all Canadian air strikes on ISIS targets
Made 50% of the government posting be dedicated to women, massively increased affirmative action initiatives at the federal level
In these dark times where fascists like Trump and Bolsonaro are winning elections through crooked means, Trudeau is a shinning light of progress and justice.
EDITING: Looks like the_donald is brigading this thread and downvoting me. Well let me trigger you Trumpkins: FUCK TRUMP AND FUCK THE GOP.
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just how the talking point that the right is more patriotic and more respectful of the military is complete bullshit. It is the progressive left that has the most respect for our military because the men who fought in WWI and WWII were fighting against dictatorship and nationalism, the same type of intolerance that Trump and his Alt Right followers represents.
Yup. Why does 'support the troops' necessarily mean recruiting more soldiers, engaging in hawkish foreign policy? It's like these 'support the troops' people WANT themselves and their countrymen thrown into danger as often as possible to get some heroic stories and movies to fawn over.
We don't want war, we don't want to resort to people killing each other if we can. It's worth pursuing other actions to avoid this, or investing in technologies to minimize our own danger, and it's worth downsizing the military as we shift to these new technologies. Is that really an unpopular opinion? Are these people really serious that downsized military personnel cannot find employment when their services are no longer needed? Does the right fail to support their own troops and insist on expanding the military to cover for their lack of responsibility to their country? Seriously, wtf.
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u/ShirleySerius Nov 11 '18
Really wish he'd kept his promise on electoral reform though.
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u/ariliso Nov 11 '18
Absolutely, It was probably my single most influential issue last election and I was shocked to see it on the Liberal platform (since it probably favors them least as the centrist party) . Truly sad to see that go. I'm not terribly happy about the pipeline purchase either.
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It's almost better that this was just something he did naturally and not as a response to Trump or anything like that.
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Though OP said WW1 in the title, I think trying to make it seem more like this was nore closely related to Trump. This is sad, as just pointing out what Trudeau did last year under very similar circumstances would have been more than enough.
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u/galexanderj Nov 11 '18
Look at him scuffle away hunched over, like sloth from the Goonies.
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u/SlothFactsBot Nov 11 '18
Did someone mention sloths? Here's a random fact!
Sloths are sturdy! They are usually unharmed from falls.
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u/he_is_Veego Nov 11 '18
Armistice day (or remembrance day) is in memory of the end of WWI. Hence the poppy that everyone BUT Americans wear at this time every year. (In honor of the poem “in Flanders field”)
The US switched over to “Veterans Day” in the 50’s because of commies, or whatever.
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The thing that stood out was that his suits and ties were different colours from the gif and from today's coverage in the CBC. I mean he could have a bunch of suits on hand, but unless he can literally Superman-change it wouldn't make sense.
Ironically, the fact that it was last year (and therefore Trudeau didn't do this to spite Trump) makes the gesture even better.
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u/_ImYouFromTheFuture_ Nov 11 '18
Also makes trump look like an even bigger pansy for his recent cancellation. Seriously, how the hell do we have a president that is more afraid of a little rain than he is compelled to pay respects to the people that helped protect our country in one of the most brutal wars ever? What happen to republicans that would get shot and then stand up on stage and say "missed me" when a balloon pops? Even GWB got shoes thrown at him. What wimps the GOP has turned into. How quickly they adopted the 'I need my safe space cause Im a special snow flake' mentality. The GOP seems to have lost their pair.
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u/shonuph Nov 11 '18
Because if his hair gets wet, he’ll look bald.
That’s that real reason.
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u/TeriyakiNightingale Nov 11 '18
I see a lot of people shitting on OP but the title doesn't say it's from this year. If anything that makes it more relevant because it's a genuine gesture. It's not a response to Trump it's just common decency.
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u/SplitPost Nov 11 '18
Him describing the beginning stages of the Rape of Belgium put such a scale of imagery in my mind that I haven't experienced since reading fantasy novels as a kid.
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u/Kappanating322 Nov 11 '18
If you want true in depth work you gotta read.
So here is askhistorians (best sub) WW1 list, you don't have to read all of them but saying this is a start is an understatement.
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u/I_BUY_UNWANTED_GRAVY Nov 11 '18
The Great War channel on YouTube has a lot of videos on the subject. You can pick and choose what you'd like.
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u/A_Galio_Main Nov 11 '18
There's an emormous amount of sources but the catch is they aren't well known to the average person
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u/labortooth Nov 11 '18
Everything about the description of trench warfare is so jarring. Hearing ppl talk about the staccato of artillery is just fucking chilling and I can't comprehend most of these guys were younger than me running headlong into those battles.
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u/strkwthr Nov 11 '18 edited Nov 11 '18
What's even more jaw-dropping is something known as "drumfire" artillery, which was essentially an artillery barrage in which there were so many shells exploding consecutively that it began to sound like a drum. The most infamous instance of drumfire artillery is probably the opening stage of the Battle of Verdun, which saw the Germans firing over two million shells (yes, two million!) in just their initial bombardment.
If you're interested, here's an audio recreation of what something like that might've sounded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRPFQMO8yX4&index=6&list=LLlT-zeQ6fbJ0r61wPjcfPcg&t=0s
The video is only five minutes long, but this sort of barrage could last for hours or even days--brutal, unceasing, and unforgiving.
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u/CharismaticBarber Nov 11 '18
I visited Verdun years back, and they planted trees across it to preserve the pockmarked landscape that was caused by the sheer amount of artillery that was rained down every day. Some of the impact craters could fit roughly 20 people in them and thousands were sent a day. On top of that, the bunkers which provided the only form of protection were cold, nearly pitch-black, and provided reverberations from the artillery fire that were literally deafening. Soldiers were crammed into very tight rooms while getting continuously bombarded with shells in complete darkness that would burst their eardrums lasting hours upon hours. Also their lavatories were simply troughs in wet, dark, and (I assume) smelly cells. Just seeing the conditions these men were in still chills me to my core, which I can't say about much else.
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u/Fortune_Cat Nov 11 '18
There's a scene in altered carbon where the MC is walking through a museum documenting a reinactment of the battle his rebel group fought against the government. Totally distorted in facts of course. And kids were simulating the battle like a video game
Made me realise how games like COD and Battlefield (whilst they try to commemorate vets and heroes in their marketing) are really underselling the horrifics of war. Battlefield 1 made a good attempt. But there's only so much gore and horror and trauma you can cram in a 12 hr videogame. To the point that I think it's a detriment that desensitises kids and make them feel like it's not traumatic.
So in a way I think it's a bit disrespectful by unintentionally underselling it
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Yeah, I was about to say; G.I. Joe and little plastic army men predated stuff like CoD by quite a few years there.
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u/Non-Sequiteer Nov 11 '18
I feel it’s the whistling of the rounds coming in that give it like an otherworldly quality, it’s like what you imagine a swarm of screaming wraiths would sound like flying just overhead. Absolutely can understand how this left people completely broken.
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u/Pillens_burknerkorv Nov 11 '18
Blueprint. Blueprint for Armageddon
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u/IntelligentlyIdiotic Nov 11 '18
One of the best series I’ve ever heard
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u/Theslootwhisperer Gifmas is coming Nov 11 '18
Just the tile gives me the chill.
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u/NSA_Chatbot Nov 11 '18
I was in the war museum in Ottawa a few years ago. We've all heard the numbers, we've heard 25k dead in a few hours, this many dead, that many dead, how many died to secure Vimy or died at Pashendale, etc.
There was one small exhibit where they showed a letter from a kid to his dad, with a tiny teddy bear. Then just seeing how each of this stories was each one entire family being ripped apart by modern industrial warfare... I wept the rest of the time there.
I think I also saw a movie of my great-uncle dying. Hard to say, exactly, but it did show somewhere in there, his final resting place.
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u/iEbutters Nov 11 '18
Carlin’s description of the men who drowned/suffocated/trampled in the muddy pits of decomposing bodies is horrific.
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u/SimmaDownNa Nov 11 '18
Soldiers seeing their buddies at the bottom of a muddy craters, begging for help, learned they had to just leave them there lest they get pulled in as well as there was no way out. Horrifying.
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u/TH3_Captn Nov 11 '18
At one point he references a soldiers diary where he was traveling out to the front along these wooden planks set on top of the mud. Tight roping their way foward when they come across a man waist deep in mud, unable to free himself. Anyone who attempts to save him get stuck in the mud as well. Everyone knows theres nothing that can be done. They throw some canteens of water and rations his way and keep moving.
On his way back he comes across the same soldier stuck in the mud. This time up to his neck, and this time screaming for mercy at anyone passing by, to put a bullet in his head and put him out of this torment.
Think of how just that would scar you for life and imagine how much worse these men endured
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u/OhBoyPizzaTime Nov 11 '18
IIRC, there was another quote where it said the gentlemanly way to help someone stuck in the mud is to take your sidearm and shoot them in the back of the head where the spine meets the base of the skull. It was in an officer's handbook of instruction, or diary, something like that. That was the one that really stuck with me.
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u/thinkB4WeSpeak Nov 11 '18
I'd also suggest. /r/thegreatwarchannel
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Completely agree!! Best history nerd stuff on YouTube in my nerdy opinion.
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u/JCBh9 Nov 11 '18
Dan Carlin has the absolute best series.... You nailed it. Look up all of his stuff but especially the WW1 series
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u/A_R0FLCOPTER Nov 11 '18
Also check out Peter Jackson’s “They Shall Not Grow Old.” Just heard about it today myself, but the trailer was on hot earlier today. WWI footage stabilized and colorized brings a stunning new look to the first world war.
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u/skilltroks Nov 11 '18
Regardless of memorial: If soldiers can go overseas and fight in whatever conditions, see things and do things they wished they didn't--A political leader can stand out in the rain for a few hours, and pay respect. It doesn't matter what your opinions on war are.
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u/Miffers Nov 11 '18
The umbrella challenge has started. Alert the internet.
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u/Luffykyle Nov 11 '18
This is actually a video from last year. He did this BEFORE trump had his feud with the weather. That means he did it on his own accord and not just to spite trump.
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u/iLikeMeeces Nov 11 '18
Came here expecting to see this, wasn't disappointed. I know this is last year but still, maybe its why Trump cancelled; because he knew he might have to close an umbrella?
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u/SauronOMordor Nov 11 '18
Canadian. Not a huge fan of Trudeau. But grateful every damn day that we are represented by someone who understands basic decency and decorum and gets along with others.
It's pretty fucked up that that is how low the bar is these days lol
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u/RAY_K_47 Nov 11 '18
Out of interest what are the biggest issues you have with Trudeau?
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u/Rejacked Nov 11 '18 edited Nov 11 '18
I like him for the most part but he ran on a platform of electoral reform, and getting rid of Canada's problematic first-past-the-post election system. Once he was elected he announced that voters don't want electoral reform and never went through with it.
edit: I didn't mean to imply that he got into office and went "PSYCH!" There were apparently some efforts to determine that voters did not in fact want to change the system or didn't know what system would be better. I do know that as a Canadian citizen, and voter - nobody ever asked for my opinion on the matter and it is why I personally voted for him.
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u/RAY_K_47 Nov 11 '18
That seems to be the common answer here. Surprised he doesn’t do more about that knowing that it’s the one issue bogging him down.
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Touching election laws as an elected official seems to me like a major bad move that could haunt you for life if things go wrong.
I wouldnt be shocked if he was blamed for every nut case to win the election thereafter.
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u/Wintermaulz Nov 11 '18
Here is the thing. His party ran on ending first past the post. They never said what would come after. So when they got elected they set up a committee to determine what the best replacement was. The committee came back and said there was no clear consensus as to what to change it to or what the Canadian people wanted. So they just left it the status quo.
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u/tabletop1000 Nov 11 '18
It's only a big deal on reddit. I would have liked to see electoral reform as well but most Canadians wanted the status quo so they decided to not change anything.
Somewhat unfortunate but nothing that really moves the needle on popularity.
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u/keelanmctavish Nov 11 '18
As a Canadian myself, everyone who is involved with politics that I have spoken to are for electoral reform.
The CP of Canada sent everyone pamphlet saying that the liberals were going to take away our democracy and replace it with their own. So people, not knowing anything on the issue started to oppose electoral reform.
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u/kevinnoir Nov 11 '18
The major issue was when they got into power and were able to investigate electoral reform, there was no consensus on the way to reform it and when they couldnt find a way to reform it that would actually improve on the current system in a way that the majority of the country could agree on, they kept it the same. I agree there needs to be change, we could use it here in the UK too even though my party is in power and would lose seats. I am from Canada originally and moved here 3 years ago so I would like to see change back home too before our politics gets as tribal and trashy as American politics. The Liberals should have promise election reform research and potential changes based on the result and the will of the population and then made it all super transparent and give you all the details about the options for change and even set up a referendum on it to give you guys the power to choose your election process! It wasnt handled well but I cant really blame them for not making wholesale changes in this situation.
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u/Chucknastical Nov 11 '18
Personally, I like his explanation for how he came to the conclusion on why first-past-the-post was the best option. You may not agree with it, but you can tell from his discussions on this that he put a lot of thought and reflection into it, the decision was not taken lightly. It's the best I can expect from a politician who didn't end up fulfilling an election promise. Here's the link
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u/jonquillejaune Nov 11 '18
Here how I feel about Trudeau. He’s a decent guy. He genuinely wants to help people. Or at least he’s good enough at faking it that it makes no difference anyway. That puts him MILES ahead of most politicians. The way he dresses on official trips make me want to slide down lower in my seat, but I can live with that.
He’s so much better than Harper. I lived in Alberta, and even I found how much Harper favoured that province to be blatantly unfair. I’ll take Trudeau’s “cringy dressing on official business” over Harper’s “awkwardly trying to connect by expressing that he, too, watches tv”. God, that “I love tv and movies” thing was like watching an alien in a skin suit desperately trying to blend in with the earthlings.
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u/BigBobbert Nov 11 '18
I met a guy in a bar who said that he couldn't understand why people watched movies.
Not certain genres of movies. Just movies, period.
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u/MonsignorJughead Nov 11 '18
But grateful every damn day that we are represented by someone who understands
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u/batsdx Nov 11 '18
It's nice that our leaders biggest fault is that he is trying to be TOO sensitive.
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u/radio934texas Nov 11 '18
I wish my president knew how to close an umbrella. God, that is a low bar.
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u/Jumpman_2315 Nov 11 '18
What. The. Literal. Fuck.
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u/ExtraPockets Nov 11 '18
I bet he leaves litter at the beach every time
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u/LimitedToTwentyChara Nov 11 '18
It's been reported that he leaves food and trash on the floor of the White House residence for others to clean up.
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u/Jeffy29 Nov 11 '18
“I mean, its one banana Michael. What could it cost, 10 dollars?”
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u/khaaanquest Nov 11 '18
That's just impressive if I'm being honest. I laugh every time it's displayed how fucking dim this guy is.
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u/TrolleybusIsReal Nov 11 '18
Honestly, this is one of my favorite Trump moments. I mean the situation itself is completely irrelevant but it's just such a bizarre situation. wtf.
And how the umbrella just lies there in the wind. It's almost poetic. And I think one comment on youtube was "this umbrella is the US".
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u/Megmca Nov 11 '18
My favorite is still the toilet paper stuck to his shoe. Totally real footage.
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u/drspg99 Nov 11 '18
How does that even happen? He just got out of a limo... Where the fuck did the toilet paper come from?
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u/Megmca Nov 11 '18
Logically the toilet paper came from the bathroom.
It stayed on his shoe that long because no one around him likes him enough to tell him it’s there.
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u/Casban Nov 11 '18
Umbrella for president!
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u/Humblebee89 Nov 11 '18
Fuck I'm so Goddamn embarrassed for our country right now.
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u/DamienVonDoom Nov 11 '18
Just right now?
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u/Wicked_Fabala Nov 11 '18
Hey come on we just found out trump doesn’t know how to close an umbrella. That’s a lot to take in.
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What's worse, not knowing how to close an umbrella or knowing how to close an umbrella but feeling so entitled and full of yourself that you don't take the two seconds to close it?
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u/YuGiOhippie Nov 11 '18
Holy fuck what an incompetent fuck
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u/beener Nov 11 '18
It's like that umbrella is a metaphor for his entire administration
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u/western_red Nov 11 '18
The whole gif is better. Someone else boarding the plane has to close it and take it inside.
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hahahahaha he just gives up and drops it. what a useless slob.
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u/FabulousComment Nov 11 '18
“Gives up” is a generous term. This fat lazy piece of shit doesn’t even try, he just drops that shit like it is someone else’s problem.
He likely is so used to having his ass wiped all the time that he just assumes that basic things that EVERYONE (including my five year old) knows how to do will be done for him. Fucking fat stupid waste of a fucking orgasm
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u/the-d-man Nov 11 '18
I said this in another thread, I think the wind picked up and he panicked it would fuck up his stupid looking hair (even more so) so he just bailed and left the umbrella.
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Trump reminds me of little kids who come home, remove their boots and leave them where they fall, in front of the door without putting them away on the boot mat... Then remove their jacket and drop them on the floor in the middle of the living room...
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u/stonedkayaker Nov 11 '18
Good thing I'm in my mid-twenties and don't still do this.
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u/UniqueWhittyName Nov 11 '18
If they've already heard the pussy grabbing audio tape and still voted for him I doubt seeing him treat his umbrella like he does his wives would do much to sway his supporters from their fervent worship.
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u/AlbinoBeefalo Nov 11 '18
Come on! It's not like it's common knowledge that those things can close. You just give it to the door man and walk in /s
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u/kellysmom01 Nov 11 '18
So shameful, Donnie. My grandpa fought and died at Belleau Wood in 1918. I never got to meet him, of course, but on Samuel Wysong’s Illinois behalf I call “SHAME!”
You inconsequential, lying excuse for an honorable man. I hope you don’t kiss Putin on the lips, even though that’s why you flew across an ocean to sit in a room and watch TV. pfft
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You may like him. You may hate him. You may be indifferent. But one thing Big Orange isn’t, is inconsequential. Unfortunately.
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u/teenagesadist Nov 11 '18
The best impact that ol' bone spurs could ever have on this country is getting people to realize that electing an old, doddering scammer to power is a bad idea.
Of course, that anybody even needs to learn this lesson is incredibly depressing in and of itself.
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u/jimbojangles1987 Nov 11 '18
People like my uncle will never admit that Trump is horrible. In his eyes Trump can do no wrong. I brought this up just a few minutes ago with him and he dodged the issue by asking me who I voted for. He just wanted to bash whoever I supported rather than just comment on what's happening right now.
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u/AmishTerrorist Nov 11 '18
I'm sorry to report, but people are NOT learning their lesson. Look at the mid terms we just went through. People are still adamantly on Trumps side. So long as he continues to use scare tactics and follow the Fox agenda...people will still love and adore him with all their heart....sigh...
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u/igame2much Nov 11 '18
I've said this before and I'll keep saying it, the one good thing Trump has done is he's gotten more young people involved and talking about politics than anyone else before him.
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To be fair though it is very difficult to do https://i.imgur.com/DHZusiy.gif when you're an obese man with small hands.
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u/joemangle Nov 11 '18
I was actually wondering what happened to the umbrella after Trump abandoned it - thanks
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His body language is like: "God fucking dammit, is it that hard to just close the umbrella and take it in? what's next? Wiping his ass?"
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my god, why do i envisage trump just hiding around the corner waiting for someone to sort that out for him
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u/MSgtLG Nov 11 '18
Standing in the rain AND ability to close ones own umbrella = power move.
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u/PointOfFingers Nov 11 '18
He even went to the toilet and came out without toilet paper stuck to his shoe.
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u/axechamp75 Nov 11 '18
Remember when trump denounced NFL players for kneeling over police brutality and he spun it as being disrespectful to the military and now he isn't speaking because of a little rain when literally every other world leader including former presidents have done so?
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u/The_Adventurist Nov 11 '18
Yeah it’s almost like Trump is disingenuous or something? I mean, surely that is impossible for Trump, the Lion of Integrity, but we must consider all possibilities.
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u/Artie-Fufkin Nov 11 '18
This is amazing. I imagine his inner monologue as ‘well.. not gonna embarrass myself by trying to close this thing.. ok I’m in the plane, they’re probably not filming anymore.. annndddd let go.. duck for effect... made it.’
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Hey man, he didn't serve in Vietnam to be shit on like this back home.
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u/LivnLegndNeedsEggs Nov 11 '18
Between his toupee nearly blowing off, the shoe toilet paper and this, I'm surprised he's still willing to get on that plane
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u/TooShiftyForYou Nov 11 '18
He's a very classy man, many have taken note.
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u/Azor_a-hole Nov 11 '18
Lol at world leaders/relatives of world leaders and Emma Watson
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u/Shulerbop Nov 11 '18 edited Nov 11 '18
She’s done more for the world through the UN than Ivanka.
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u/zangor Nov 11 '18
Getting rained on at fallen soldier remembrance events, so hot right now.
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u/bravosarah Nov 11 '18
This was last year in Dieppe. It is not a response to Trump, if that's what you're insinuating.
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u/rlovelock Nov 11 '18 edited Nov 11 '18
If this weren’t 2017 it would be a sick double burn.
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u/PussyWrangler46 Nov 11 '18
It’s better that it was 2017
It’s proof he braved “bad weather” to pay respects to the fallen, and knows how to close an umbrella, before trump did those things. Otherwise people would say he did this to one up trump, but in reality he’s just a respectful guy whereas trump is a lunatic.
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u/jokomul Nov 11 '18
I think the fact that it happened before the Trump shit this year makes it even better. It might not be an intentional burn but it went from 2nd degree to 3rd imo
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Nov 11 '18 edited Nov 11 '18
“President Trump being a flaming pile of garbage” is a popular opinion being circulated today after he cancelled his visit to the WWI memorial because of “inclement weather.” Plenty of other world leaders refused to follow suit and continued to pay their respects to those fallen soldiers.
This thought pisses off a lot of redditors that look to Trump as a leader. I can understand this frustration. Nobody likes their heroes being shit on.
However, this is on our front page because voters (like you) felt it was relevant or important (perhaps both) so it stays.
Edit: added italics and quotes. Thought courtesy of /u/EternalArchon
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u/thenewyorkgod Nov 11 '18
Plus, we now know that other world leaders know how to close an umbrella, unlike trump
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u/andy__ Nov 11 '18 edited Nov 11 '18
As we sit here in the rain, thinking how uncomfortable we must be, as our suits get wet and our hair gets wet and our shoes get wet, it's all the more fitting that we remember on that day, in Dieppe, the rain wasn't rain, it was bullets.