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Department of War is far more honest. The Gulf name doesn't mean anything, it's a joke and we all know it.

• anon7725 11mo ago
  It is a “joke” insofar as it’s an asinine undertaking. It’s not a “joke” in the sense of being lighthearted or unserious: there was a press conference at the White House. Official US maps have been updated. Google Maps has been updated.
  • rpmisms 11mo ago
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• SpicyLemonZest 11mo ago
  It's not a joke and I don't know it. Trump is gradually demanding the authority to control every aspect of American life, and you're enabling it by not taking his entry-level steps seriously. I hope you'll realize your mistake while he's still stuck on relatively harmless things.
  • rpmisms 11mo ago
    A gag, a giggle. > Trump is gradually demanding the authority to control every aspect of American life Trump, or the federal government? This trend is bipartisan, and renaming the Gulf doesn't really hold a candle to PRISM.
    • tokai 11mo ago
      You, and people like you, are a part of the problem.
      • rpmisms 11mo ago
        By recognizing that both teams take away my autonomy at every opportunity? How does that make me part of the problem?
        • SpicyLemonZest 11mo ago
          You don't recognize that, which is why your point of comparison to a random thing Trump did openly his first week in office had to be a secret program started 18 years ago and revealed 12 years ago. You just feel obligated to make it a both-sides thing, because you've internalized the idea that a wise or savvy person will always diagnose a problem as systemic rather than blaming specific individuals. I genuinely don't mean this as an insult! I know what you're thinking because I've been in your shoes, and that's why I can so confidently encourage you to step out of them before it's too late. Donald Trump thinks everyone in the country, including you, should be required to support him and acknowledge his greatness; if you haven't yet felt that pressure, it just means he hasn't gotten around to your interests yet.
          • rpmisms 11mo ago
            > will always diagnose a problem as systemic rather than blaming specific individuals. We should bring back public executions; I have no problems blaming individual people. I'm just a little less extreme on HN, and Trump doing cartography is unimportant. The guy is an aesthete, he just happens to have the political will of the moment and might save our economy. I don't think so, but infinity illegal immigrants and more infinite debt is the alternative so this is fine I guess. Both-sides is real, though. Generally members of government are self-interested, and if you disagree with that, you're a fool. The differences are small but occasionally important.
• watwut 11mo ago
  It is not joke. He punished companies for not obeying. "It was just a joke bro" is stupid manipulative excuse in normal situations, but in the case of Trump, it is a complete unambigous lie. It was not a joke, no one laught. It is what republican leader said in all seriouaness and insisted on. And his voters seen it as a show of strength.
• lm28469 11mo ago
  > it's a joke and we all know it. "grab them by the pussy" -> just a joke selling cans of beans from the oval office -> just a joke shilling a pillow company from the white house -> just a joke "let's march to the capitol" -> just a joke doge -> just a joke "give me the peace nobel price" -> just a joke "Ukraine started it" -> just a joke "6 gazillion percent tariff on china" -> just a joke I rug pulled my supporters with a meme coin -> just a joke I do obvious market manipulation to help inside traders -> just a joke It's all so convenient...
  • rpmisms 11mo ago
    Don't strawman me. I said the Gulf name is a joke.