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In reply to the discussion: Trump demands 'UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER' from Iran as he issues chilling threat to Supreme Leader Khamenei [View all]highplainsdem
(57,768 posts)9. Trump being an ass, as usual. Article on this and how people are mocking him:
https://www.fastcompany.com/91321753/thank-you-for-your-attention-to-this-matter-donald-trump-viral-meme
The cold formality of TYFYATTM seems meant to distinguish one of Trumps many daily dispatches as Official Business, something to be considered with utmost seriousness. It doesnt always get the job done. In one instance, Trump dropped a TYFYATTM after merely mentioning that hed had a conversation with Canadian PM Mark Carney, perhaps out of habit. (Although its certainly possible that Trumps team uses the strange phrase when posting on his behalf, now that its become a signature line.)
TYFYATTM fuses together formality with urgency, conveying that something must be done! Whether he intends to or not, by addressing readers directly, Trump involves them. TYFYATTM brings them into breaking news, like when late-night talk show hosts precede a monologue joke with, Did you hear about this? Some readers might even feel deputized by the phraseeven if all they have to do is hate Harvard a little more than before. On the other hand, Trump may just understand that people like being thankedeven when they havent done anything.
In any case, whether through marketing prowess or sheer force of will and repetition, Trump has quickly lodged his new catchphrase within the cultural vernacular.
People on X and Bluesky have been using it as a goofy mock-signoff for decidedly unofficial proclamations.
TYFYATTM fuses together formality with urgency, conveying that something must be done! Whether he intends to or not, by addressing readers directly, Trump involves them. TYFYATTM brings them into breaking news, like when late-night talk show hosts precede a monologue joke with, Did you hear about this? Some readers might even feel deputized by the phraseeven if all they have to do is hate Harvard a little more than before. On the other hand, Trump may just understand that people like being thankedeven when they havent done anything.
In any case, whether through marketing prowess or sheer force of will and repetition, Trump has quickly lodged his new catchphrase within the cultural vernacular.
People on X and Bluesky have been using it as a goofy mock-signoff for decidedly unofficial proclamations.
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Trump demands 'UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER' from Iran as he issues chilling threat to Supreme Leader Khamenei [View all]
highplainsdem
Jun 17
OP
Trump being an ass, as usual. Article on this and how people are mocking him:
highplainsdem
Jun 17
#9
Yeeaahh, I would take that statement with a bag of salt, not a grain, but a bag,
MarineCombatEngineer
Jun 17
#17
That would not be a trivial event. It will illici an immediate response of greater severity.
CentralMass
Jun 17
#15
Who the almighty fuck does he think he is and when did he order Israel's military to fire of the first strikes?
Texin
Jun 17
#13
If Trump orders the death of another head of state, might they not retaliate in kind?
mackdaddy
Jun 17
#14
Thinking back to bush/Cheney/Iraq and no declaration of war does not give comfort.
Attilatheblond
Jun 17
#27