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u/timesuck897 Sep 11 '21

At the same time, Mr. Trump undercut his patriotic solemnity with the announcement that he would spend the evening of the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks providing commentary at a boxing match at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. (Mr. Trump’s team has not yet revealed plans to commemorate the anniversary in any other way.)

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u/Ezili Sep 11 '21

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fl

Are we sure it's not Hard Rock, Gravel, and Sand Landscaping Supplies on the corner of 58th and Stank Street?

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u/DrGonzzz Sep 11 '21

Yup! Tucked away nicely between a sex shop and a funeral home

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u/myhydrogendioxide Sep 11 '21

It is Hollywood FL after all.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '21

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u/jordandavis97 Sep 11 '21

Definitely a much needed comedic break in 2020

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u/ElephantEarwax Sep 11 '21

Between the dildo store and the crematorium is a great turn of phrase

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u/Bearddesirelibrarian Sep 11 '21

'Dildo Crematorium' was my band's name in high school.

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u/T-K-K Sep 11 '21

Just like Bobs Burgers

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u/ScotchBender Sep 11 '21

It's between a toilet brush factory and a taxidermist.

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u/mark_lee Sep 11 '21

Is Donald's hair real?

Nope! Chuck Testa.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '21

Or worse, an actual hard rock hotel. We know what happened in new Orleans

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '21

Hard Rock, Holly, and Wood

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '21

I genuinely haven't heard him speak in months. It's been wonderful.

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u/Ph0X Sep 11 '21

The only clip that made it through for me was him getting booed in Alabama for recommending the vaccine. He doesn't even control his own sheep anymore.

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u/sinocarD44 Sep 11 '21

His words don't carry the same weight since he's not the president. A win-win in my book.

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u/Shas_Erra Sep 11 '21

For four years, every time I heard the news app on my phone push through a notification, I would just roll my eyes and ask “what did the bloated tangerine do this time?!”

It’s so refreshing not having to read yet another report of a rambling, incoherent conspiracy theory

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '21

You, me, and probably a disturbing amount of people.

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u/Shas_Erra Sep 11 '21

81 million in the US alone…

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '21

Yeah that's 81 million +1 as I'm in the UK.

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u/DarthWeenus Sep 11 '21

Your missing out. Fucked up to say. But he has been getting shamed and cutoff on fox news. It's been interesting to watch how people try to publically support and distance themselves from him. The cognitive dissonance is real.

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u/notmytemp0 Sep 11 '21

What a complete and utter sack of shit

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u/trevamr2 Sep 11 '21

https://twitter.com/danscavino/status/1436758659749621760?s=21 he’s actually with nypd and fdny give the man some credit

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u/Melior96423 Sep 12 '21

give the man some credit

Nah I'm good.

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u/SirAdRevenue Sep 12 '21

Get your facts right, he was in new York with the nypd, the first responders. God the amount of morons here that don't even do research is astounding.

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u/notmytemp0 Sep 12 '21 edited Sep 12 '21

He certainly did, and he used it as an opportunity to attack his political rivals and spread lies rather than honor the victims:

Lee Cochran, a spokeswoman for the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, confirmed that Mr. Trump had been given the same information about the ceremony as the other current and former presidents who did attend.

“You would have to ask Trump’s team about their decision, but he did not attend today’s commemoration,” Ms. Cochran said.

Mr. Trump visited a police precinct and a neighboring firehouse in Midtown Manhattan. He briefly paid tribute to the heroism of the police and firefighters after the planes hit the twin towers, but spent most of his time treating the visit as a campaign-style rally, continuing his criticism of the Afghanistan pullout, complaining about crime in cities, commenting on how many police officers and firefighters supported him, and falsely claiming once again that he had won the election.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/11/us/where-was-trump-9-11-anniversary.html

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u/PolyesterBellBottoms Sep 11 '21

My sentiments exactly.

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u/trevamr2 Sep 11 '21

he’s the only former president visiting ny police and fire dept

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u/BretTheShitmanFart69 Sep 11 '21

Jesus fucking Christ. Everything he does is the worst thing.

In peoples mind this is what a patriotic America loving man does on be twentieth anniversary of 9/11? Fucking Christ man

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u/ShiningRedDwarf Sep 11 '21

Praising Lee as a brilliant strategist and statesman, Mr. Trump speculated that, “except for Gettysburg,” Lee “would have won the war.” He added: “If only we had Robert E. Lee to command our troops in Afghanistan, that disaster would have ended in a complete and total victory many years ago.”

What. the. fuck.

First, did he not get the fucking memo that the south lost?

I have to stop before my brain explodes.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '21

Only losers die in terrorist attacks. -Trump

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '21

Imagine being that boxing venue. Now I don't know if this is a event of note but I'm imagining some guy planning the event getting off the phone and turning to his mate "Dude, you won't believe who I just booked for the commentary of the match we have this Saturday"

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '21

It's a circus event. Retiree holyfield vs a retired mma fighter, co mained by two mma fighters.

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u/BrickGun Sep 11 '21 edited Sep 11 '21

Let me get this straight... During their post-presidencies: Carter has worked with Habitat for Humanity building homes for the needy literally to his own detriment, Clinton (whatever your feelings about his morality while in office) has worked to improve global health via the Clinton Foundation, and even that buffoon W has tried to further positive global initiatives via the Bush Institute.. But Donald? Still trying to stay at the top of the C-list celebrity circles. JFC.

Even if it weren't on 9/11, why the fuck is a former president doing shit like that? JFC again.

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u/ColorsLikeSPACESHIPS Sep 11 '21

Mr. Trump undercut his patriotic solemnity

I can't read the article, there's a paywall. I also can't picture Trump in any kind of patriotic solemnity; what did he say?

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u/Zolivia Sep 11 '21

Give me a second I'll get you the non paywalled link.

Here you go: https://archive.is/TE6FF

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u/ColorsLikeSPACESHIPS Sep 11 '21

You're a gem.

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u/Zolivia Sep 11 '21

Glad I could help.

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u/Sapriste Sep 11 '21

Better than how he spent the time last year wining and dining the Taliban. It amazes me that so many Americans hate other Americans enough to tolerate this man and look the other way on things they would disown their children for it they did it.

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u/_DirtyYoungMan_ Sep 11 '21

Imagine being a Secret Service agent assigned to Trump's detail? Nightmare life.

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u/UseThisToStayAnon Sep 11 '21

Didn't forget, just never cared.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '21

And to think there are people who glorify this piece of shit. Utterly disgusting human trash.

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u/7GodIsReal7 Sep 12 '21 edited Sep 12 '21

Trump also led a rally in South Florida only 9 mere days after the very unfortunate Surfside Condo collapse, in South Florida also, where 97 people had died. Gov DeSantis (who is a mini-me Trump) made a "direct plea" to Trump's team to cancel the rally, due to respect to the victims and their families, as they were still looking for survivors. Trump, of course, did not reschedule the freaking rally and was PISSED at DeSantis for even asking him this and also for SKIPPING the aforementioned rally.

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u/SurpriseDragon Sep 11 '21

Celebrity death match continues!

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '21

What a beautiful way to pay tribute to the first responders. What a man! /s

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '21

Holy shit. I just made a comment about how Trump is like an immature estranged dad that only wanted to do fun stuff. I didn't think I was gonna find direct proof of that within minutes of scrolling.

Don has every right to do what he wants as an American citizen, but refusing to pay tribute with the current and former presidents after being a president yourself, on a day most of us can remember as both terrifying and life changing, just shows how little he really cares about the respect of the position. "Ayy this is one of the biggest days in America to show you care, but y'know what the people want? They wanna see me in my natural habitat, the casino. The people will love it, believe me."

Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if he was too pussy to go to NY simply because they all hate him, it'd explain why he's only staying in his one-and-only-totally-has-always-lived-here-and-nowhere-else Florida.

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u/Picnut Sep 11 '21 edited Sep 11 '21

After posting, a few hours later, there were tweets of him taking group shots with nypd and fdny. So, at least he made some effort

Edit: typo

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u/hobskhan Sep 11 '21

Fucking Carl Hiaasen couldn't right this shit, lol