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Hugin

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9. It was far more than a rib...

Reply to C_U_L8R (Reply #6)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 03:03 PM

Mar 19

It was the worst of crass international insults. Any other president would have been forced to resign by now.

We're back to the boys will be boys reporting.

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Trump Ribs Japanese PM on Pearl Harbor in Oval Office Talk on Iran [View all] ruet Mar 19 OP

Hey, you fuckers at the Swill. .the orange menace does NOT "joke". niyad Mar 19 #1

🤦‍♂️ underpants Mar 19 #2

"Ribbed"? Seriously? Who writes this crap? Ocelot II Mar 19 #3

and the PM should have shot back, just like you didn't tell us about the atomic bomb. nt Javaman Mar 19 #4

"ribs" Prairie Gates Mar 19 #5

Ribs? Did somebody say Trump Steaks? C_U_L8R Mar 19 #6

It was far more than a rib... Hugin Mar 19 #9

And morons will be morons---- Jack Valentino Mar 19 #20

can you imagine behaving like that in any regular job Skittles Mar 20 #23

"...Because I wasn't born yet, you freaking moron?" Qutzupalotl Mar 19 #7

Hiroshima. twodogsbarking Mar 19 #8

"Yeah, that Pacific War...what a fucking laugh it was!" LudwigPastorius Mar 19 #10

Tone deaf jackass Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 19 #11

trump is an asshole and was not funny LetMyPeopleVote Mar 19 #12

His only thrill in life is in humiliating and bullying other people. LudwigPastorius Mar 19 #13

That would have been my cue to get up and walk out. Talitha Mar 19 #17

And there was laughter from the audience..WTH? Deuxcents Mar 20 #28

I wish she, or anyone else sitting there mountain grammy Mar 19 #14

Everybody knows what to expect of trump. Turbineguy Mar 19 #15

It was reported that she expected it to be very difficult. thought crime Mar 20 #21

President National Embarrassment Bayard Mar 19 #16

Ribs is a super-90s term Polybius Mar 19 #18

It wasn't "ribbing" orangecrush Mar 20 #26

Oh, I know Polybius Mar 20 #30

Understood orangecrush Mar 20 #31

'Profound idiot': Nicolle Wallace struggles to process Trump's shock joke to Japanese PM LetMyPeopleVote Mar 19 #19

"....ribbed..." MorbidButterflyTat Mar 20 #22

For this thread LetMyPeopleVote Mar 20 #24

That wasn't "ribbing" orangecrush Mar 20 #25

Stupid, ignorant man embarrasses himself and America when discussing Pearl Harbor. Ferrets are Cool Mar 20 #27

Guess we should be grateful he didn't crack wise about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Vinca Mar 20 #29

Would he ever say something similar about Germany ? JI7 Mar 20 #32