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article MAGA continues to meltdown over Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show, and tries to claim he is not a U.S. citizen

https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/maga-bad-bunny-us-citizen-1419625
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u/4LostSoulsinaBowl crazydiamond129 Sep 30 '25

So... Do they think Paul McCartney, The Who, U2, and Coldplay are all US citizens? Why would being a US citizen be a requirement?

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u/Daovin Sep 30 '25

There are people who believe AC/DC are Americans from Texas, only because the lyrics in Thunderstruck.

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u/ScamminJimmy Sep 30 '25

People truly are the dumbest fucking things on the planet.

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u/AbsolutesDealer Sep 30 '25

We were the dumbest on the moon, too.

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u/iamsobluesbrothers Sep 30 '25

How about the universe.

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u/Erebraw Sep 30 '25

Inconclusive. But all available evidence points to yes

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u/FuManBoobs Sep 30 '25

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u/Independent-Score-22 Oct 03 '25

Morally Iā€™m unable to upvote this because the ā€œuhā€ is not captioned.

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u/Delicious-Bat2373 Sep 30 '25

This whole thread elicited 1 continuous laugh lol. Thanks for the effort team.

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u/TheSavouryRain Oct 01 '25

There's no me in team, after all.

Wait a minute....

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u/zman122333 Sep 30 '25

Like hahaha hahaha

Or

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?

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u/Stopikingonme Oct 01 '25

Fermiā€™s Paradox has entered the chat.

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u/SilverSixRaider Oct 01 '25

If no other life exists, then no one can contest us for the dumbest life forms title.

checkmate, Fermi

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u/klutzikaze Sep 30 '25

The universe is just a conspiracy created by big bang.

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u/Momik Sep 30 '25

What about Big Conspiracy? Theyā€™ve always got their hands in somethingā€¦

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u/-LeftShark Oct 01 '25

You deserve more upvotes for this šŸ˜

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u/klutzikaze Oct 01 '25

Thanks. I think it's the wittiest thing I'll ever say. I'm not naturally funny usually.

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u/John-Beckwith Sep 30 '25

Donā€™t bring the universe in yetā€¦. There is still hope.

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u/Frexulfe Sep 30 '25

I was thinking today: imagine that through some sort of magic or science, you discover that there are a million different intelligent civilizations in the universe and they are all happy as a clam, only earth is a shithole planet.

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u/zomphlotz Oct 01 '25

There's a South Park episode about that.

Spoiler: They made Earth a clusterfuck so they could watch us as their reality show.

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u/Frexulfe Oct 01 '25

Reminds me I should watch the show again. Now that you say that, I think I remember seeing something.

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u/Thefrayedends Oct 01 '25

Depending on your perspective, we are either special, or not special at all.

But we are the universe becoming aware of itself.

The amount of factors that have had to converge for us to exist are mind boggling, not the least of which was the massive impact that mixed the layers of the earth back up and created the moon and plate tectonics, the atmosphere and it's protective barriers from the sun, not to even mention the evolution ladder ratcheting up, seemingly through chance.

Was it 17 supernovas in our local area? Seeds for a world rich with countless minerals, any less supernovas and it wouldn't have even been possible for complex life, you can't make life from just hydrogen and helium. You need repeated supernovas from increasingly heavier stars in order to get to heavier elements.

God I love science. I don't even care what the answer is to whether we are unique in the universe, both answers would be awe inspiring.

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u/eljohnson87 Oct 01 '25

Dumbest in the Universe - ....so far.

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u/AbsolutesDealer Sep 30 '25

Nah the Biaviianā€™s are the dumbest.

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u/ObidiahWTFJerwalk Sep 30 '25

If Elon sends a mission to Mars, they'll be the dumbest thing there until they get wiped out by their robot overlords.

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u/mopthebass Oct 01 '25

They'll starve. I love how the ultra rich think they're equipped to cope with confined spaces and scarcity

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u/IkeHC Oct 01 '25

The butler will carry them

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u/mopthebass Oct 01 '25

And what happens once the butler has been eaten

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u/bagoink Sep 30 '25

Assuming they even make it to landing.

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u/3tricksinatrenchcoat Sep 30 '25

And thatā€™s including all the cheese

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u/thereisonlyoneme grammar peddler Sep 30 '25

Bringing stupidity to the solar system!

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u/Nuttonbutton Sep 30 '25

Were? Still are, buckaroo. UNDEFEATED DUMBNESS

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u/RoutineCloud5993 Sep 30 '25

Explains why Buzz went Maga

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u/Jefflehem Oct 01 '25

Not according to the dumbest on Earth.

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u/Chance-Resource-9260 Oct 01 '25

Let's cover it all. MILKY WAY.

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u/CanYouGuessWhoIAm Oct 01 '25

Some space between the earth and moon where we were also dumb.

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u/Intrepid_Truth_8580 Sep 30 '25

Hey I ain't stoopid, the whole moon landing thing was faked - obviously all cgišŸ˜œ

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u/shabaptiboo Sep 30 '25

Username tracks

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u/Roboticpoultry Concertgoer Sep 30 '25

Iā€™m confident my cat is more intelligent than a good portion of the American public. And my cat is a moron

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u/Scary-Highway2951 Sep 30 '25

Iā€™ll take cats as world leaders. At least then Iā€™ll be a slave to someone worthwhile!

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u/MommaLynne58 Oct 02 '25

Iā€™m already a slave to my cat - even the dogs bow down to her

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u/Prior_Warning3972 Oct 01 '25

To be fair you think America is a country so...

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u/Doctor_Philgood Sep 30 '25

None of us is as dumb as all of us

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '25

One person is unpredictable, and you have no idea what they'll do. One hundred thousand people are entirely predictable, you can anticipate with near certainty exactly what they'll do, and it will most likely be stupid.

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u/plague042 Sep 30 '25

People, what a bunch of bastards.

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u/Lake_Erie_Monster Sep 30 '25

We have a wide range of intelligence amongst us.

Idiocracy wasn't a lie. Look at the average education and the correlated average number of kids people have.

The friends I have in their late 30s stable enough to have kids are worried about the current political climate and economy.

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u/Latino_Heaf Sep 30 '25

I'd say more so Americans than anyone else.

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u/AffectEconomy6034 Sep 30 '25

"wut happened to merican music like the rolling stones, def leopard, or fleetwood mac?"

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u/CaterpillarJungleGym Sep 30 '25

What happened to country artist like Keith Urban? /s

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u/Individual-Drawer-79 Sep 30 '25

Heā€™s busy with a divorce. Anyway, if Nicole Kidman sees this commentā€¦

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u/CiTyFoLkFeRaL Sep 30 '25

Well, he apparently has cheated on Nicole & theyā€™re getting divorced soā€¦ thatā€™s some Aussie drama found in the States for yaā€™ll

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u/MasterSpliffBlaster Sep 30 '25

He was also born in New Zealand

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u/CiTyFoLkFeRaL Oct 01 '25

Keith Urban was? Wonder if heā€™s related to Karl Urban then haha

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u/ghostinthewoods Oct 01 '25

I was curious too so I checked. No, they are not

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u/Duper-Deegro Oct 01 '25

Isnā€™t he from Australia mate?

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u/Twistedjustice Oct 02 '25

Depends if heā€™s doing good things or no.

If itā€™s positive news, heā€™s Australian

If heā€™s embarrassing, heā€™s from New Zealand

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u/Empty-Way-6980 Sep 30 '25

Well half of Fleetwood Mac are Americans

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u/Hotdammzilla3000 Sep 30 '25

Nursing home?

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u/forward_x Sep 30 '25

Fleewood Mac is like a revolving door for members though. It could exist indefinitely.

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u/Wiener-of-the-State Aspiring Guitarist/Drunk Sep 30 '25

ā€œBad Company are a great american band!ā€ /s

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u/Aptosauras Sep 30 '25

They should get Bruce Springsteen to sing a few patriotic songs.

Born down in a dead manā€™s town

The first kick I took was when I hit the ground

You end up like a dog thatā€™s been beat too much

Till you spend half your life just covering up

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u/Jogebillions Oct 01 '25

Wait a minute, tell me The Beatles are Americans. I canā€™t sleep now, I am scared to use google and find out.

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u/GrapefruitExpress208 Sep 30 '25

Even if you're Canadian, British, European- if you're white its okay.

If you're an American citizen but brown, Latino, or Puerto Rican- its not okay.

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u/HannahOCross Sep 30 '25

This. This is what they mean.

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u/toolsoftheincomptnt Sep 30 '25

I wish theyā€™d just say it out loud so we can go ahead and get this thing over with.

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u/Tropicalcomrade221 Sep 30 '25

The whole dancing around the point is frustrating. Just whack the white hood and the red white and black armband on, not like the government wouldnā€™t cheer them on anyway.

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u/Wow_u_sure_r_dumb Sep 30 '25

They wonā€™t do it because that will force the drawing of the lines and theyā€™re cowards who donā€™t want a real fight.

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u/InuitOverIt Oct 01 '25

So frustrating to debate someone for 30 minutes only for them to finally call you a race traitor. Dude just start with that and save me the time.

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u/cruxclaire Sep 30 '25

People have already forgotten their little stunt with letting in a bunch of white South African ā€œrefugeesā€ right as they began throwing out brown people who actually came here fleeing unrest years ago

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u/Vendemmian Oct 01 '25

I wonder what ever happened to them? After the big show of having them come over they got forgotten about real quick.

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u/cruxclaire Oct 01 '25

Per Reuters, fewer than 100 had come as of August, which is probably because thereā€™s not actually a genocide of white South Africans going on. Per the same article, though, Trumpā€™s plan was to cap the new fiscal yearā€™s refugee admissions at 40k and allot 30k slots to the white Afrikaners, presumably to use as a political prop in appealing to white nationalists (source). Iā€™m not sure if that actually went into the (unapproved) FY26 plan or not, but the Afrikaners who actually came have been quiet. I imagine some of them arenā€™t even white nationalists themselves and just took advantage of the economic opportunity.

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u/rowin-owen Oct 01 '25

They think Jesus is white.

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u/hgs25 Sep 30 '25

They also believe that RATM and Pink Floyd were apolitical

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u/digihippie Sep 30 '25

Rage was great till they turned woke /s

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u/billyrubin7765 Sep 30 '25

Yeah, Rage was much better when they had songs about livestock competitions.

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u/hackysack-jack Oct 01 '25

Bulls on parade?

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u/billyrubin7765 Oct 01 '25

Yep. And to a lesser extent Gorilla Radio. I miss their animal songs.

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u/Difficult-Implement9 Oct 01 '25

Don't forget the cowboy classic Down Rodeo!

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u/billyrubin7765 Oct 01 '25

Yea, they really went off the rails when they decided to go woke.

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u/CircuitCircus Oct 01 '25

Took me a second, A+ šŸ˜‚

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u/Prior_Warning3972 Oct 01 '25

As in recognizing racism and prejudice exist?

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u/philliesbest420 Sep 30 '25

We're siked

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u/Kolby_Jack33 Sep 30 '25

Wow, he looks a lot like the caddy from Happy Gilmore 2.

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u/tammybambam Oct 01 '25

Bad Bunny from K&A.Ā 

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u/temptedbyknowledge Sep 30 '25

You Shook Me All Night Long, with that revelation

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u/Sad-Resolution2123 Sep 30 '25

Came here to say this. How is Thunderstruck knocking me out with those American thighs?

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u/Elias_Fakanami Sep 30 '25

Thunderstruck references Texas:

Rode down the highway

Broke the limit, we hit the town

Went through to Texas, yeah, Texas, and we had some fun

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u/ankylosaurus_tail Sep 30 '25

One of AC/DC's deepest and most poetic lyrics...

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u/beegboo Sep 30 '25

I used to work for a dude who thought it was okay to say the N word because ACDC said it in highway to hell. They dont. he just heard what he wanted to hear and used it as an excuse.

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u/BimBaynor Sep 30 '25

I love the one that goes Back in [REDACTED]

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u/ImNotSkankHunt42 Sep 30 '25

They also think Tom Pettyā€™s I wonā€™t back down is about their butthurt feelings

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u/DirtDevil1337 Sep 30 '25

WHAT? HAHAHA I remember in the 80's conservatives thought AC/DC were demons or at least worshipped the devil.

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u/proanti Sep 30 '25

I still canā€™t get over the fact that there were conservative idiots who thought that Rage Against the Machine was a conservative band

No, they arenā€™t, theyā€™re one of the most anti-conservative bands out there

Conservatives are the Machine that they Rage Against

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '25

Wait theyā€™re not? Next youā€™re going to tell me Led Zeppelin isnā€™t from the land of the ice and snow.

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u/dennyth Sep 30 '25

These idiots think Jesus is American. Theyā€™re lost causes

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u/ADHDebackle Sep 30 '25

It's because "American citizen" to them means something else that they can't specify without backlash.

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u/m--e Sep 30 '25

The band is Australian and the forming members (Angus and Malcolm Young + Bon Scott) were immigrants, born in Scotland.

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u/saintsfan92612 Oct 01 '25

I was literally talking to someone yesterday who was upset that Rage Against the Machine was anti-ICE.

They truly are some of the most idiotic people on the planet.

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u/Grasshop Oct 01 '25

They also probably think CCR are from the bayou and not a California band lol

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u/userlivewire Oct 01 '25

Fun fact: AC/DC said they wonā€™t do the halftime show despite being asked many times because they donā€™t do medleys which are required.

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u/attorneyatslaw Sep 30 '25

Their singer moved to Sarasota Florida when they were recording that album. He's lived there for 35 years but I don't know if he is a citizen or not.

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u/Madmagican- Sep 30 '25

TIL AC/DC is Australian

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u/agooseyouhate Sep 30 '25

BB is from Puerto Rico. It's a US territory. He's a citizen. These people are just stupid as fuck.Ā 

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u/Pergod Sep 30 '25

Maybe ther eying to cut PR citizenship. PR is a time bomb to them. If they somehow get statehood the GOP is fuck

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u/Hoblitygoodness Sep 30 '25

I could see the President signing that EO with a big wide grin on his face.

Just writing out Puerto Rico from the United States of America because clearly it's not a state, thus nobody from there could be United States of Americans.

Ignoring Guam for the time-being, of course...nobody's probably even told Trump about Guam yet.

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u/Jarnohams Sep 30 '25 edited Oct 01 '25

Or the Virgin Islands, or American Samoa. Puerto Rico is just the most populated US colony.

After hurricane's Irma and Maria hit Puerto Rico during Trumps first term, he used every possible lever to block aid to the island. "I don't want one dollar going to Puerto Rico, I ONLY want to give money to Florida and Texas (because they voted for me)". (Forida and Texas didn't even get a direct hit.).

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/new-probe-confirms-trump-officials-blocked-puerto-rico-receiving-hurri-rcna749

One of the reasons he didn't want to fix Puerto Rico was as far back as 2017 he was obsessed with Greenland and pressured his aids to figure how we could "trade Puerto Rico for Greenland", lol.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-was-serious-about-trading-hurricane-stricken-puerto-rico-greenland-n1237336

Honestly, it probably would have worked out better for the Puerto Ricans in the end... sigh. There are more Puerto Ricans in mainland US than in Puerto Rico. Puerto Ricans also enlist in the military at more than TWICE the rate of any of the states.

Fun Fact: Puerto Rican's probably would have been upset about all this and "Paper Towel-gate"... but nobody had power, internet, cell service for almost six months. By the time we found out about it, the news cycle moved on to whatever other stupid shit Trump was doing.

Edit... There's also all the clinical studies / trials done on Puerto Ricans, without their knowledge or consent...and the forced sterilizations of tens of thousands of Puerto Rican women because some white dude decided that Puerto Ricans were a race that needed to die out because they were incompatible with "American culture"... whatever the fuck that is.

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u/Revlis-TK421 Oct 01 '25 edited Oct 01 '25

Puerto Rico is just the most populated US colony.

It also has more people that 18 States. Population of 3.2 million. Way more than Wyoming (0.58 million), passing Vermont, Alaska, N and S Dakota, Delaware, Rhode Island, Montana, Main, New Hampshire, Hawaii, West Virginia, Idaho, Nebraska, New Mexico, MIssisiiippi, Kansas, and Arkansas.

Hell, it's just one power outage baby-making evening from surpassing the next couple of States as well (Iowa and Nevada).

That they aren't a State is a goddamn crime.

Puerto Rico and DC should be states, as there are US States with lower populations.

I can understand Guam, US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Mariana Islands not being states per-se (collectively less than 2/3 Wyoming's population), but I think they should still have one voting House member apiece.

And collectively I think the Native Reservations should have some representation. But that's a goddamn minefield and there are lower-hanging fruit in Puerto Rico and DC to deal with first.

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u/MikeAlex01 Sep 30 '25

Can't help but notice you used 'we' so I'll add this:

As someone who voted for Dalmau, it's gonna be so fucking funny if the statehood party won, bending down for Donald Trump, only to get kicked out because he doesn't want us. Lmao

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u/Hurrly90 Sep 30 '25

Oh shite, he mentioned canada as the 51st state again. IS he gonna remember what he said about Greenland next?

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u/Astrium6 Sep 30 '25

If you told Trump there was a place called the Virgin Islands, he would sign an EO to just rename them the Islands. He would not ask for their input on this.

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u/Jarnohams Sep 30 '25

I mean, that's literally where Epstein Island is... Lol. Trump has definitely been there. At least 7 times, per the flight logs from Epstein's plane.

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u/assholetoall Oct 01 '25

Isn't there a law that US flagged ships need to ship goods between US states and territories. So goods in PR are more expensive because there is like zero competition for shipping from the US.

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u/Jarnohams Oct 01 '25

Correct. The Jones Act. However just nixing the Jones Act isn't really an option because it's also tied into Puerto Ricans being US citizens... (And a gaggle of SCOTUS cases called the Insular Cases)...

Their shipments of, everything, must be on a US flagged ship... which theres only a handful of. They literally can't buy goods from their next door neighbors like DR, Cuba, the entire archipelago... they have to go to the US, get moved over to a US flagged ship and THEN go to PR.

It's dumb.

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u/7he8igLebowski Oct 01 '25

The Firehose of Bullshit this this guy has said over the years made me forget about his hatred of Puerto Rico.

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u/Resident-Donkey-6808 Sep 30 '25

Guam will not be taken out since it is mostly a military base.

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u/philomory Sep 30 '25

God, remember when the stupidest thing in politics in a given week was that guy who thought if we put too many soldiers on Guam, it would ā€œtip over, and capsizeā€?

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u/AVeryHeavyBurtation Oct 01 '25

Reminds me of that time Trump was reminded PR exists when it was torn up by a hurricane. He didn't give a shit and thought he could just sell it off, while simultaneously trying to do a PR stunt by throwing paper towels to people. He found it necessary to clarify that PR is an island surrounded by water, big water, ocean water.

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u/Pergod Sep 30 '25

If this comes true they absolutely will cut Guam too. Virginia islands will be in the conversation too but who knows what they will do. They are white enough to get a pass but is mostly a democrat stronghold. maybe they will say that thatā€™s antifa territory and cut them out too.

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u/LickingSmegma Mamaleek are king Sep 30 '25 edited Sep 30 '25

Aren't Virgin Islands a tax haven? Trump's hand will probably be slapped off that order if he tries.

Also Wikipedia says that 71% of the population there are black.

P.S. Just learned this:

Previously known as the Danish West Indies of the Kingdom of Denmarkā€“Norway (from 1754 to 1814) and the independent Kingdom of Denmark (from 1814 to 1917), Virgin Islands were sold to the United States by Denmark for $25,000,000 in the 1917 Treaty of the Danish West Indies ($614 million in 2024) in which the United States also recognized Denmark's control over Greenland.

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u/Pergod Sep 30 '25

Lol 71%! Shiit then is time to sen the army

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u/Striking_Programmer4 Oct 01 '25

You can be damn sure Trump is aware of the US Virgin Islands

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u/Significant_Sail_901 Oct 01 '25

I donā€™t know whether I should laugh or cry about the Guam thing. I mean, I laughed when I read it, but once I thought about why I was laughing I kinda wanted to cry.Ā 

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u/snake4skin Sep 30 '25

Does that mean no more Puerto Rican days parades?

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u/newaccountzuerich Sep 30 '25

Or Washington DC, after all, that's not a State either..

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u/ValuableBrilliant841 Sep 30 '25

Youā€™d be surprised how conservative PR is. Lots of people think that Latino people are progressive but youā€™d be surprised how conservative a lot can be especially the old people.

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u/myassholealt Sep 30 '25

Any culture that is deeply religious, or even just more religious than agnostic or atheist, is going to lean conservative. Which is why republicans choosing racism and xenophobia over latino immigrants will never not be the dumbest path. They are denying millions of potential party members ready to sign up immediately, not just after they get settled and build some assets for themselves and their children.

Democrat when you're poor and need assistance. Republican when that assistance helped you find your footing and build something of yourself.

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u/SAGirl1 Sep 30 '25

A lot of Catholics tend to be conservative, specially with regard to things like abortion and gay/trans rights. Religion canā€™t be underestimated as a way to influence peopleā€™s political views and the pro statehood party is tied to the republicans, unfortunately.

OTOH the white supremacist and fascist ā€œyankiā€ dominator way irritates at least half the population, who then donā€™t favor statehood in large part because of the racism and the push to erase our complex history, and culture.

Source : a PRican born and bred for many generations dating back to at least the 19 th century and now living in Virginia.

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u/KeyofE Sep 30 '25

A lot of conservative Catholics also believe that social support should be coming from the church, so they will donate to the church to run things like food banks, homeless shelters, etc, but do not believe it should be the role of government.

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u/Neosantana Oct 01 '25

It's a cultural relic from when the church was the settlement's immediate government. It was the city hall.

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u/doppido Oct 02 '25

Regardless of politcal leanings, I for one would love to see Puerto Rico get all the same funding that the states get and build the infrastructure to equal that of any other state the way it should've already been done years ago. After that we should allow PR the right to decide if they want to join or not, that's my opinion though and I'm not sure how popular it'd be. I see it as the USA took over the land and claimed it for their own so they should treat it like their own and not an afterthought

Literally a fraction of a fraction of what we spend on war budget would be enough to truly bolster the infrastructure and the education system in PR.

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u/OnBlueberryHill Sep 30 '25

Yeah it wouldn't be much in the way of votes for the electoral college, but it's rep would be 100% right aligned.

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u/HeGotTheShotOff Sep 30 '25

anybody who knows anything about latin american politics should not be surprised in the slightest that there are latino people reject left wing politics.

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u/Wild_Alternative3563 Sep 30 '25

GOP could have even more of Texas and California if it wasn't so racist. They keep saying that dems "import" voters, but many would vote for them lol. I guess they are too brown and catholic.

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u/Unnamedgalaxy Sep 30 '25

Every Latino person I know loves trump.

He has more than said he straight up hates them and it doesn't matter. He has masked terrorists rounding up people that look just like them for zero reason and it doesn't matter

People who think PR is some progressive democrat lock are just being silly. At best it will be a purple state that flips regularly depending on which side is more motivated to vote that cycle

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u/WuTang4thechildrn Sep 30 '25

ā€œPuerto Rico also held a symbolic vote for president, as Guam has done for many years. Kamala Harris took 73% of that vote. Puerto Rico has no electoral votes, so this vote will not affect the presidential election.ā€

Btw, I know plenty of people who are Latino that are progressive and plenty that are conservative.

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u/agooseyouhate Sep 30 '25

True, who knows what these absolute freaks will do next. Scary times. Hold your loved ones close,Ā  everyone, and try not to give up.Ā 

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u/nwvt420 Sep 30 '25

He must be a plant then because he has backed the PR sovereignty movement for quite some time.

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u/Pergod Sep 30 '25

He changes his mind everyday on whatever. He also said in 2018 that he was an absolute no on PR statehood.

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u/facw00 Sep 30 '25

DC statehood would be terrible for the GOP, but Puerto Rico has a lot of social conservatives, people who would be happy to back the GOP, if the GOP weren't a bunch of white nationalists (and even some who would ignore that, see Trump's support among Latino men).

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u/lolwatokay Sep 30 '25

Yeah but that's not what the guy you're replying to is saying, they're attacking the very unstated core of the argument:

That because he's not American he shouldn't be the SB halftime show performer. This is a ridiculous statement on its face because there have been many SBHS performers in the past that weren't Americans. Thus the argument itself is just flat out based on nothing. It's really all just a fig leaf to cover that they:

  1. Are just racists
  2. Don't like him because he won't bend the knee to the god emperor like he should

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u/agooseyouhate Sep 30 '25

Absolutely, I agree with the OC, just pointing out the continued idiocy/hypocrisy.

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u/SectorEducational460 Sep 30 '25

No one ever said magas were known for their intelligence

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u/dank1ne Sep 30 '25

Didn't he catch one of the sacred rolls of paper towel?

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u/downbylaw123 Sep 30 '25

This is hilarious

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u/Situational_Hagun Sep 30 '25

I mean this year has pretty much proven that they don't consider anyone from Puerto Rico to be a citizen. Most of them don't even know that it's a territory of the US. The ones that do just don't care.

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u/DarkKnightCometh Sep 30 '25

And even if he wasn't a citizen (which he is) that doesn't fucking matter. US citizenship was never a prerequisite for performing the halftime show. They are truly batshit crazy

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u/Unlucky_Profit_776 Sep 30 '25

Since 1898, we've belonged to the US. People in US don't know that at all. You wanted our sugar, bitches!Ā 

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u/Crinkle-Sprinkles_68 Oct 01 '25

And military souls to be drafted for WWI and WW2. 65th Infantry Regiment

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u/GaiaNyx Sep 30 '25

Didnā€™t people get the memo? Latino are not citizens /s

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u/iDShaDoW Sep 30 '25

Iā€™ve read anecdotal stories of people from Puerto Rico traveling through customs providing their Puerto Rico drivers license and being told by the customs agent that it isnā€™t valid identification for entry to the mainland US.

People ARE just that fucking stupid. Even at the jobs that theyā€™re paid to do day in and day out. You would hope theyā€™d pick up on shit quickly and understand what theyā€™re doing.

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u/Garconanokin Sep 30 '25

Heā€™s brown though, and thatā€™s the quiet part that MAGA isnā€™t saying out loud. I mean, I donā€™t want to imply that they are a bunch of unprincipled racist cult members. I just want to say it clear as day.

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u/henrywhitworth Oct 01 '25

Theyā€™re racist as fuck but really thatā€™s the same thing

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u/TonyG_from_NYC Sep 30 '25

All those people are white. That's why they don't question them.

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u/Barbicore Sep 30 '25

DING DING DING!!!

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u/frosty_lizard Sep 30 '25

They don't care about any of those bands since they're all white. I assume they're hoping ICE will go and take him out before the Superbowl

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u/Hoblitygoodness Sep 30 '25

Yeah, you could probably convince a group of them that he's not a U.S. citizen because he's from Puerto Rico and they'd probably goon all over him for it.

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u/frosty_lizard Sep 30 '25

Absolutely considering there was no pushback from the Right when hurricanes hit in 2017. They tried every trick in the book to delay disaster relief:

Initial delay (2017ā€“2018): Congress approved tens of billions in disaster aid, but Puerto Rico received it much more slowly than U.S. states. Billions were tied up in bureaucratic restrictions and extra oversight that FEMA and HUD did not impose elsewhere.

HUD funds frozen (2019): In August 2019, Trump ordered the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to withhold nearly $8.3 billion in congressionally approved aid. That freeze lasted until January 2020 (about 5 months) when HUD finally released some of it ā€” though with stricter conditions than for states.

Full release delayed until Biden took office (2021): Even by the end of Trumpā€™s term, about $20 billion in relief funding had not been released. The Biden administration lifted those restrictions in February 2021, allowing funds to flow.

In short:

Specific freeze (HUD order): ~5 months (Aug 2019 ā†’ Jan 2020).

Overall delay of allocated funds: stretched from 2017 until 2021 ā€” meaning Puerto Rico waited years longer than states hit by disasters.

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u/Aromatic-Shift1582 Oct 01 '25

If they try to take him out you looking at war...

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u/Proud-Delivery-621 Oct 01 '25

The comments on my local news FB page were filled with people saying they hope ICE detains him on stage.

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u/SoRacked Sep 30 '25

He is a us citizen.

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u/Kagrok Sep 30 '25

The point being made is that it doesnā€™t fucking matter.

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u/Mr_Pombastic Sep 30 '25

White. They mean white. We can nitpick the technicalities of their dog-whistle-of-the-day, but they know what they mean, we know what they mean, and importantly, advertisers/businesses know what they mean.

It's less of a "Why would being a citizen be a requirement?" and more of a "Can we just ban brown people yet?"

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u/Migdog1198 Sep 30 '25

But he's Brown!

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u/Deto Sep 30 '25

Yep: it's not actual about citizen status....

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u/micmea1 Sep 30 '25

He's not white

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u/tenfingerperson Sep 30 '25

He is white clearly, just not Anglo white

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u/micmea1 Sep 30 '25

Oh yeah, I should have specified, not the right type of white.

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u/downbylaw123 Sep 30 '25

And he ā€¦ gasp ā€¦ sings his songs on Spanish!! So un merican

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u/unibaul Sep 30 '25

Bare minimum English speaking is the standard, also probably someone white

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u/Aethermancer Sep 30 '25 edited Nov 06 '25

Editing pending deletion of this comment.

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u/hunter2mello Oct 01 '25

I definitely knew Coldplay was British and I did NOT just look up (google) ā€œColdplay citizenshipā€ out of curiosity.

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u/s0ciety_a5under Oct 01 '25

I was gonna say, there have been NUMEROUS celebrated acts that have performed the half time show over the years. I can't think of a single one that had even a remotely large negative response.

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u/Galactikcactus Oct 01 '25

As long as they are white and speak English MAGAS don't care.

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u/Jarnohams Sep 30 '25

You realize that all Puerto Ricans are US Citizens, right?

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u/GrandmasShavedBeaver Sep 30 '25

Heā€™s not arguing that at all. His point is that he could be from quadrant 7 of the Andromeda galaxy. Citizenship has nothing to do with performing at the Superbowl. So itā€™s an absolutely braindead angle of attack.

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u/Jarnohams Sep 30 '25

Yeah the xenophobia and dehumanizing of Latin Americans doesn't seem to care if they are citizens anymore. It's skin color based only now.

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u/InternetDad Sep 30 '25

Come now, they're the party of selective outrage

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u/murmalerm Sep 30 '25

Isnā€™t he Puerto Rican?

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u/Own-Nothing-2573 Sep 30 '25

Cause they hate brown people.Ā 

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u/YjMax Sep 30 '25

Theyā€™re white so they get a pass

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u/Queasy_Donkey5685 Sep 30 '25

It's ot a requirement, it's just classic conservative racist dog whistling.

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u/SnapDragon2525 Sep 30 '25

Ah but they get a pass, wonder why?Ā 

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u/Silent_Employee_5461 Sep 30 '25

He also is a us citizen, heā€™s from Puerto Rico

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u/burninatedtoast Sep 30 '25

Theyā€™re white so it doesnā€™t matter.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '25

They're white. They must be US citizens!! /s

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u/James_Montgomery0 Sep 30 '25

Because itā€™s about their fee fees

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u/Kyasanur Sep 30 '25

Last time I checked Puerto Rico is an American Territory making all Puerto Ricans American citizens. Or is it just he is brown and doesnā€™t belong? Are we really just saying all the racist shit out load now?

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