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Speaking of French dictators, consider yesterday’s UK Guardian’s breathlessly misleading article headlined, “Trump suggests he’s above the law with ominous Napoleon quote.” What gave media the vapors this time was a classic Trump troll in the form of an uncharacteristically short and muted single-sentence post. To be fair, he posted it everywhere, on Truth Social, on X, and it was re-tweeted on the official White House Twitter account. It simply said:
In no way, of course, did Trump’s post suggest doing anything illegal or unconstitutional. Media had to project and to impute motives to discover Trump’s sinister hidden meaning. Which they did, of course, in spades and with great enthusiasm. See! We told you! He’s a dictator!
But Trump just appeared to be obliquely quoting the 1970 film Waterloo, directed by Sergei Bondarchuk, in which the dictatorial frenchman Napoleon said he “did not ‘usurp’ the crown.”
The quip arose during a compelling scene where Napoleon Bonaparte, played by Rod Steiger, addressed his marshals during a critical moment. Pressured to abdicate after a series of military setbacks, Napoleon confronted his marshals, who’d presented him with a paper urging his abdication. In a display of defiance and justification, he soaringly said: “I found the crown in the gutter, and I picked it up with my sword, and it was the people … who put it on my head,” he says. “He who saves a nation violates no law.”
CLIP: Waterloo (1970) - Napoleon trailer (3:38).
The media’s absurd reaction was swift and totally deranged. The New York Times’s Jamelle Bouie hysterically called Trump’s latest statement “the single most un-American and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an American president.” Neocon Never-Trumper Bill Kristol, a living caricature of Godwin’s Law, raced to grab the Hitler comparison, darkly warning that “We're getting into real Führerprinzip territory here.”
Once again, the media owned itself, falling headfirst into Trump’s trap. Meanwhile, the indefensible DOGE disclosures keep escalating—like yesterday’s thermonuclear Social Security nuclear apocalypse. To mix film metaphors, they’re going to need a bigger Deep State.
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In no way, of course, did Trump’s post suggest doing anything illegal or unconstitutional. Media had to project and to impute motives to discover Trump’s sinister hidden meaning. Which they did, of course, in spades and with great enthusiasm. See! We told you! He’s a dictator!
But Trump just appeared to be obliquely quoting the 1970 film Waterloo, directed by Sergei Bondarchuk, in which the dictatorial frenchman Napoleon said he “did not ‘usurp’ the crown.”
The quip arose during a compelling scene where Napoleon Bonaparte, played by Rod Steiger, addressed his marshals during a critical moment. Pressured to abdicate after a series of military setbacks, Napoleon confronted his marshals, who’d presented him with a paper urging his abdication. In a display of defiance and justification, he soaringly said: “I found the crown in the gutter, and I picked it up with my sword, and it was the people … who put it on my head,” he says. “He who saves a nation violates no law.”
CLIP: Waterloo (1970) - Napoleon trailer (3:38).
The media’s absurd reaction was swift and totally deranged. The New York Times’s Jamelle Bouie hysterically called Trump’s latest statement “the single most un-American and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an American president.” Neocon Never-Trumper Bill Kristol, a living caricature of Godwin’s Law, raced to grab the Hitler comparison, darkly warning that “We're getting into real Führerprinzip territory here.”
Once again, the media owned itself, falling headfirst into Trump’s trap. Meanwhile, the indefensible DOGE disclosures keep escalating—like yesterday’s thermonuclear Social Security nuclear apocalypse. To mix film metaphors, they’re going to need a bigger Deep State.
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White House Post doesn't sound like a legitimate White House account.
BOP
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OMG!!! Stop the presses!!! Trump culturally appropriating the "Black Power" salute!!!
PS: that one guy is doing it wrong.
This. THIS!
I didn't vote to Obama or Biden, but when they won my only comment was "I hope you do well".
Aren't we supposed to hope that every president does well?
direct message to Trump, without saying his name: 'Good for you. I hope you do well because our country needs it, and we will meet you in 3.5 years and see where we go next.'
George Clooney's surprising message to Donald Trump https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tv/arti...tml?ito=native_share_article-nativemenubutton
I didn't vote to Obama or Biden, but when they won my only comment was "I hope you do well".
Aren't we supposed to hope that every president does well?
direct message to Trump, without saying his name: 'Good for you. I hope you do well because our country needs it, and we will meet you in 3.5 years and see where we go next.'
George Clooney's surprising message to Donald Trump https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tv/arti...tml?ito=native_share_article-nativemenubutton
Why can't a little girl's red shoes just be a little girl's red shoes? Why does it have to have some "deeper meaning" and political reference?
****ing kooks.
****ing kooks.
So clooney has seen that his support of commiela and other dems caused his value and relevance to fall into the abyss. Now he tries to bail out his sinking ship with a thimble. As with the majority of hollyweirdos, F them.
This ^^
"Forgive and forget" is overrated. Once you make yourself my enemy, that's it - you are my enemy for life. George Clooney needs to slink off to whatever cave he oozed out of. Retarded celebrities don't get a pass - "Oh, well, they're retarded and just doing what they were told." No. They jumped into the mosh pit and now the brawl is on.
Queers LOVE Dorthy .. Ruby Red Slippers are GAY
PJay
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Because there's a deeper meaning.
"Q For Dummies" and lots of research...remember?
I know..you're not interested.
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PJay
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Trump calls himself KING after killing policy hated by millions
President Donald Trump labeled himself a 'king' on Wednesday after his administration halted a policy that was hated by millions.