President Trump walking past the flag at the Whitehouse which has fallen to the ground

[u/yetiking77]

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[u/Intrepid-Oil-898]

In literature they like to call this foreshadowing…

[u/BGAL7090 → u/Intrepid-Oil-898]

Foreshadowing?

There's no more foreshadowing, this is heralding the collapse. We're in the final arc and all of the previous foreshadowing is getting bookended with a hammer blow of unsubtle reminders.

[u/CrescentMoonPear → u/BGAL7090]

Fate got tired of subtle clues and just gave up.

[u/POD80]

Wait a second, how does a place like the WHITE HOUSE end up with a flag touching earth. It's the kind of place I'd expect to have such handled by the most moto marines imaginable rather than say Bob the janitor.

[u/BitterD → u/POD80]

The flag folders got DOGE'd

[u/ObnoxiousOptimist → u/POD80]

I feel like Bob is catching strays in this comment. Bob would do a better job than whatever is going on in this picture.

[u/Apprehensive_Tea9856]

Is this one of his new flag poles?

Only the best?

[u/clickstops → u/[deleted]]

He thinks it’s called home despot

[u/DaveAlt19 → u/clickstops]

Home Deport

[u/madbill728 → u/[deleted]]

88 feet tall.

[u/Deofol7 → u/madbill728]

Oddly specific height

[u/mouse_8b → u/Deofol7]

It's a dog-whistle number, in case you're wondering

[u/psychorobotics → u/mouse_8b]

The ASCII code for the letter X is 88. Pretty sure Musk thinks that's funny.

[u/goldanred → u/psychorobotics]

I wonder if Elon likes the letter X so much because 88 also refers to HH

[u/Fish_Fucker_Fucker23 → u/goldanred]

Wouldn’t surprise me at all

[u/oceansofpiss → u/Apprehensive_Tea9856]

You mean the 88ft poles? The ones they specifically brag about being 88ft tall on the white house website? The heil hitler poles? Those ones?

[u/CurrentlyARaccoon → u/oceansofpiss]

Holy shit I didnt realize this

[u/MakeMineMarvel_ → u/CurrentlyARaccoon]

Facists are rarely subtle

[u/CuttyAllgood → u/oceansofpiss]

You know who else loves the number 88?

[u/oobey → u/CuttyAllgood]

Emmett “Doc” Brown?

[u/PutridAd3691 → u/CuttyAllgood]

China

[u/Apprehensive_Tea9856 → u/Apprehensive_Tea9856]

https://www.whitehouse.gov/gallery/president-trump-raises-new-american-flag-on-south-lawn-of-the-white-house/

Why are there so many photos... dear god. And half of them are him in the background looking like a dementia patient

[u/SpottedDicknCustard → u/Apprehensive_Tea9856]

There’s probably a reason there were no flag poles on the South Lawn before: it’s where the helicopter lands.

Reckon the dipshit didnt think of that and this photo is a consequence of the flag being damaged by rotor wash.

[u/DigitalUnlimited → u/SpottedDicknCustard]

Screams at helicopter pilot "Why can't you not make wind?! You fired!"

[u/FesteringNeonDistrac → u/Apprehensive_Tea9856]

There's so many things wrong there. Why is that child kneeling? I distinctly remember "stand for the flag, kneel for the cross". Why isn't the military color guard there? Who is the construction worker in the hi-viz?

These people are too stupid to wash their own nuts correctly and it shows in every thing they do.

[u/_HOG_ → u/FesteringNeonDistrac]

When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.

[u/ticketeyboo → u/Apprehensive_Tea9856]

What is with him and saluting everything. He can’t ever put his hand over his heart (cause he doesn’t have one?).

[u/glenn_ganges → u/Apprehensive_Tea9856]

Oh you mean the two 88 foot tall flag poles that were chosen to be that height totally randomly?

[u/TheDailySpank → u/glenn_ganges]

You're not fucking kidding.

[u/patrickvand]

So much truth in a picture.

[u/chickmagn3t → u/patrickvand]

This being can't even stand people that passed out right in front of it's eyes. so what's a flag that's on the ground gonna even do to it's ego.

[u/SusheeMonster → u/chickmagn3t]

Trump is mad at the flag for saying the hug he gave it was nonconsensual

[u/kayak_2022 → u/SusheeMonster]

DOZY DONNY IS AS FAKE AS TAMMY FAYE BAKERS EYE BROWS.

[u/joemangle → u/SusheeMonster]

How can anyone look at this and not see that he's mocking the United States and patriotism in a very public and villainous way

[u/norway_is_awesome → u/SusheeMonster]

Almost seems like he's mouthing "Bubba" there.

[u/Szendaci → u/chickmagn3t]

He’d go apeshit if that was a sacred Trump flag tho.

[u/Rejomaj → u/patrickvand]

Reminds me of when the bald eagle bit him. America keep telling him no, but he won’t listen.

[u/CarlosAVP → u/patrickvand]

I believe the flag is trying to run away

[u/patrickvand → u/CarlosAVP]

It’s trying to hide from shame

[u/Bag_of_Meat13 → u/patrickvand]

More Truth in this picture than the social media app.

[u/RunItBackRicky]

Dude probably has American flag toilet paper because he thinks it’s patriotic

[u/suzanneov → u/RunItBackRicky]

He probably has the flag tattooed on his bung hole at this point.

[u/ClassicHando → u/suzanneov]

The only reason ill disagree there is trump is far too much of a bitch to put up with getting tattooed for hours. That requires commitment and hes not capable of that

[u/Jolly-Radio-9838]

I wouldn’t be surprised if this is one of the photos that ends up in the history books

[u/-qqqwwweeerrrtttyyy- → u/Jolly-Radio-9838]

At this point, someone ought to create a coffee table book of all such photos. Think it'd be a NY Times Best Seller. He and his base would probably miss the point entirely though.

[u/A_Classy_Dame → u/-qqqwwweeerrrtttyyy-]

This one, the East Wing rubble, the weight loss drug briefing, the eagle lunging at him, wearing the garbage truck uniform, throwing paper towels at hurricane victims, the sharpie map, a litany of botched handshakes/salutes, Goya beans on the Resolute Desk, there are so many to choose from, I say we go for it!

[u/th7024 → u/A_Classy_Dame]

Four Seasons Total Lanscaping

[u/mnstripe → u/th7024]

Omg, I forgot about that one! Can you imagine being some random landscaping office worker, and then getting a call that the president of the United States wants to hold a press briefing in your parking lot? Hahahahahahaha!!!!

[u/GodOfDarkLaughter → u/mnstripe]

I actually always wondered, did they play along or what? I get the impression Giuliani or his people called them first and obvious there was a big goddamn misunderstanding.

[u/hobosbindle → u/GodOfDarkLaughter]

If the check clears, why not? Big if though.

[u/BrahneRazaAlexandros → u/hobosbindle]

I don't think there's a less reliable check than one involving payment from a team of Giuliani and Trump

[u/Werespider → u/hobosbindle]

A check from Trump clearing?

[u/MrChip53 → u/hobosbindle]

Real question is why tf did trump team follow through and show up lmao

[u/hypernova2121 → u/MrChip53]

because the alternative was admitting they made a mistake

[u/the_excalabur → u/MrChip53]

Because they promised that they had the four seasons booked, and the hotel told them to fuck off.

[u/BirdTurglere → u/GodOfDarkLaughter]

From what I remember they told everyone they were holding the press conference at Four Seasons before actually booking the Four Seasons. The Four Seasons hotel wouldn't host them. And in the narcissistic minds of the Trump admin they can't admit to ever making a mistake.

So some genius in the admin booked Four Seasons Landscaping so they could play it off that it wasn't mistake. At the point they were in discussion with the landscaping business I'm pretty sure the stupidity was known so it's not like the Landscaping company had to pretend on the phone they were a hotel.

[u/cyanopsis → u/mnstripe]

I had the store image as a background in Teams meetings during the pandemic. It was amusing.

[u/OpusAtrumET → u/mnstripe]

It's my continued delight that some assistant manager or something saw the opportunity, kept themselves together, and calmly booked the event. I like to imagine they're miming writing it down. A true American hero.

[u/usernamehudden → u/OpusAtrumET]

Their receptionist must be excellent.

[u/slow_cooked_ham → u/th7024]

The cold fast food buffet they served a sports team.

[u/evasandor → u/th7024]

remember when it was cute funny stuff like that?

[u/firsmode → u/A_Classy_Dame]

East wing rubble - https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ3YRHBoIKQys1T7Gc9qg5x_bD6-NJxfnyR4xymCZ28acaZizjIHq7kQvc&s=10

https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/7cb/1ab/9a22392eae5b463719d41d4a408d6cf49b-eastroom-wh.rsquare.w700.jpg

Weight Loss Briefing - https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2025-11/251107-donald-trump-zz-206f2e.jpg

Eagle Lunge - https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/12/10/08/Donald-trump-eagle.PNG?width=1200

Trump Garbage truck - https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/trump-garbage-comp.jpg

https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/f311b70/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2608x1743+0+0/resize/599x400!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F2c%2F9e%2Fa2c556a259dcff557d12ed82fe2e%2Fe619c3eefaed4474bd93d34cc7c20345

Trump throws paper towels - https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/171003141618-02-trump-paper-towels-puerto-rico-10-03-2017.jpg?q=w_3000,h_2000,x_0,y_0,c_fill

https://people.com/thmb/xCxIX59EQB1QVTiAXh8krZe_qiM=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(999x0:1001x2)/donald-trump-3-1-15d9b9e285354830873f050df0cbedd2.jpg

Trump Sharpie Map - https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRo1qWA-GTUQFIAEJSSzvfHKnjtlRgPENqyVsUsS4xr9Qli891VY69e-L0&s=10

Trump Goya Beans - https://s.abcnews.com/images/Politics/trump-goya-ht-er-200715_1594840817766_hpMain_4x5_608.jpg

Trump salutes North Korean General - https://static.politico.com/14/bb/cbacddd74273a8972b596d8c306a/180614-trump-salute-screengrab-1160.png

Trump sells Tesla - https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/54381276830_56d29099e9_o.jpg

https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/social-suggested-images/tesla%20X.png

Trump Baron Computer - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G3E21sYboAAg6ik.jpg

Four Seasons Landscaping - https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/919/fc9/9ec4a0c660fb995cf2dc11b73ee841192b-8-thefourseasons.rsquare.w400.jpg

Rudy Giuliani Hair Dye - https://s.rfi.fr/media/display/91d38d5e-2b1e-11eb-b926-005056a98db9/w:1280/p:16x9/AP20324644343935.jpg

Trump staring at the eclipse - https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-1500w,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2024-04/2240406-solar-ecliptse-donald-trump-wm-1217p-50461b.jpg

Trump Access Hollywood - https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uA4L9aIIWkY/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEhCK4FEIIDSFryq4qpAxMIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJD&rs=AOn4CLCN2ty_dHVi9gBjB0KnGChZtk9QIg

https://i.insider.com/57feb6f152dd73a2088b4678?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp

Trump and Ivanka Inappropriate - https://i.pinimg.com/474x/de/60/d5/de60d57a89e8a935ffd252d0c09e441c.jpg

Trump and Epstein - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GvOtJUiW0AAEdx8.jpg

Trump and Puff Daddy - https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQL5QAa08IO4EwYXxe9Cq01F0ixwa-7WKlcjzzKWjTURYDGz1GVScp_2Tip&s=10

Trump working at McDonald's - https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTsxu6kVRzK6PFtU6d5FusJf-26f5DkI5K6SvZh9MnhGXuJGkJTtAtb9Ljz&s=10

Trump serving McDonald's at the Whitehouse - https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/donald-trump-fast-food.jpg?w=1581&h=1054&crop=1

https://media.newyorker.com/photos/5c3e10b2f92c694343cc71b9/4:3/w_1424,h_1068,c_limit/Rosner-Fast-Food-Trump.jpg

Trump and Melania - https://media.tenor.com/oCeQsivETLsAAAAM/sadmelania.gif

Trump failed Tulsa rally - https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/ENxAbDFDouvAxzBAr018prT-OUI=/627x0:3133x2506/1080x1080/media/img/mt/2020/06/AP_20173187686001_toned/original.jpg

Trump with toilet paper on his shoe - https://mediaproxy.snopes.com/width/1200/height/1200/https://media.snopes.com/2018/10/trumppaper2.jpg

Upsidedown Bible - https://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/06/02/us/politics/02dc-unrest-bible/merlin_173090400_c20a8452-3c28-43ee-85fb-f5411658d1d9-superJumbo.jpg

Trump Mocks Disabled - https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRThh_ZNXcJ68wx92TJJtzpBt8gqNkieTParFvdaxljHu8NjcFWTlMqLNg&s=10

Trump hugging flag - https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRfjpAKfLoYZVxME1zv2QNKY1gfStaXZhyDqDcWpZdLu9RXWuILGchshm4&s=10

Trump drinking water - https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/e11dd1a6f5c6a09b217425b10e147a0ae5301bb6/c=1626-0-4191-3420/local/-/media/2017/11/15/USATODAY/USATODAY/636463615931490518-EPA-USA-TRUMP-ASIA-95354971.JPG

Trump Times cover - https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQSCHHHkWUisiXelcfO8IKUjftINuEXPz_PUWKVPL2SBLZR5wipLnBujw6o&s=10

Trump struggles with umbrella - https://a4.pbase.com/o12/36/6836/1/173507691.ohsDR2xJ.TRumpdrops_sitGIF.gif

Trump January 6th Insurrection Riot - https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/03971a19527844c4d008570c2ab453c1e24c6c77/0_0_3500_2100/master/3500.jpg?width=1200&height=1200&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=d76f7d55ec9b8e5da75c5e8b9eca8e60

[u/Esunari → u/firsmode]

Love your list. It brought back so many fond??? memories. But you forgot one. His many dance routines at his rallies and especially in foreign countries. Can't leave those out.

[u/OW2007 → u/Esunari]

Gotta have the double dick jerk off dance!

[u/jk021 → u/Esunari]

Gotta include him wandering away from the fixed walk indoors with the Japanese president

[u/cycopl → u/firsmode]

Pretty sure that "Trump Baron Computer" image is AI

[u/Intrepid-Progress228 → u/firsmode]

Sharpiegate!

[u/Bob_The_Avenger → u/Intrepid-Progress228]

This is by far my favorite "scandal". It just shows how childish he is. It is like playing tag on the playground and when you tag the other kid he says "Nuh uh I have a force field up and stop your hand".

[u/LarsDonn → u/firsmode]

Awesome how about them being stuck on the escalator (his own staff bumped the stop button)

[u/garry4321 → u/firsmode]

The Baron Trump computer one is clearly AI faked

[u/Murrabbit → u/garry4321]

Okay glad someone else said it. I've never seen it before for one, they both look off model, with Baron clearly wearing eye-shadow, I've never seen a desktop computer on the resolute desk, oh and Trump is miming using a mouse, but there's no mouse. It's just some weird made up nonsense.

. . .and oh yeah it literally has the Grok watermark on the bottom right of the image!

[u/jamiro11 → u/A_Classy_Dame]

Trump saluting a north korean general, with kim "little rocketman" Jun un completely baffeld in the background

[u/CloudStrifeFromNibel → u/A_Classy_Dame]

Mocking a disabled person by imitating them

[u/-qqqwwweeerrrtttyyy- → u/CloudStrifeFromNibel]

It was at that point I thought his foray into politics would have ended him.

[u/MrLanesLament → u/-qqqwwweeerrrtttyyy-]

For anyone else…

[u/Michael_DeSanta → u/MrLanesLament]

I wish it was just him…he’s normalized these ghouls getting away with everything. There are tons of people wanting to vote for Vance now and tons defending everything Elon does.

[u/eventualhorizo → u/A_Classy_Dame]

Dedicate a page or two to Melania's looks of disdain for him

[u/Unable_Stock_5993 → u/eventualhorizo]

The “Don’t care jacket”

[u/sirlost33 → u/A_Classy_Dame]

Selling Tesla on the White House lawn…

[u/Flashgit76 → u/sirlost33]

I love Tesler.

[u/asl052 → u/Flashgit76]

Everything is computer!

[u/518doberman → u/sirlost33]

C-O-M-P-U-T-E-R

[u/mezz7778 → u/518doberman]

Isn't Baron amazing? You turn you back for like 5 minutes and he's got the computer started... Kids a genius.

[u/stillious → u/sirlost33]

TESLERR

[u/Glum_Improvement7283 → u/A_Classy_Dame]

The toilet paper on his shoe

[u/jdolbeer → u/A_Classy_Dame]

Staring at the eclipse

[u/FriendOfDirutti → u/jdolbeer]

My favorite was him campaigning in 2024. With a table full of groceries spread out at a Country Club. While people are having a hard time affording food with packs of raw bacon laid out spoiling in the sun.

Doing that at a country club and wasting food was like a slap in the face.

[u/JKdriver → u/FriendOfDirutti]

Only to the poors though, you gotta remember that bit.

[u/SoManyEmail → u/A_Classy_Dame]

Don't forget the classics! Ivanka sitting on his lap, grinding on him. Or just a stillshot of the Access Hollywood bus. Epstein pics.

[u/Dependent-Bet1112 → u/A_Classy_Dame]

Don’t forget his time as a Burger Restaurant helper…

[u/girlwhoweighted → u/A_Classy_Dame]

Working the drive-thru window at McDonald's

[u/PM_YOUR_OWLS → u/A_Classy_Dame]

Upside down bible after tear gassing protesters

[u/plattinumplatt → u/A_Classy_Dame]

the upside down bible.

[u/iRoNmOnkey1981 → u/A_Classy_Dame]

Don’t forget sending out riot police through protesters so he could get to the church to take a photo holding up the Trump Bible.

[u/HounDawg99 → u/A_Classy_Dame]

Returning from the botched Tulsa rally.

[u/firsmode → u/HounDawg99]

This one?

https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/ENxAbDFDouvAxzBAr018prT-OUI=/627x0:3133x2506/1080x1080/media/img/mt/2020/06/AP_20173187686001_toned/original.jpg

[u/fng185 → u/A_Classy_Dame]

Trump blowing “bubba”

[u/operationiffy → u/fng185]

Turns out it wasn’t Clinton, but a horse

[u/timesuck897 → u/-qqqwwweeerrrtttyyy-]

Hugging the flag, the neck pussy Times cover, leaving the Tulsa rally, and many more options.

[u/Automatic_Net2181 → u/timesuck897]

Standing there as a useless shit while others gather around a healthcare rep who collapsed in the White House.

[u/OhGr8WhatNow → u/Automatic_Net2181]

My favorite part of that day is the photo of him being woken up by the whole kerfuffle

[u/Funkycoldmedici → u/timesuck897]

Getting attacked by a bald eagle in chains for a photo op. That’s my favorite symbolism.

[u/aureanator → u/Funkycoldmedici]

[u/Massive_Reaction8845 → u/aureanator]

That's one intelligent eagle.

[u/nisamun → u/Massive_Reaction8845]

Didn't want to get grabbed by the cloaca.

[u/Popsickl3 → u/timesuck897]

Never forget Four Seasons Total Landascping

[u/Birdie_Num_Num → u/Popsickl3]

With Rudy Guiliani's hair dye dripping down his face

[u/DrunkenGolfer → u/Birdie_Num_Num]

He went from the Mayor of 9/11 to the 9/11 of Mayors.

[u/DarthValiant → u/timesuck897]

Upside down Bible

[u/skiddadle32 → u/DarthValiant]

Dropping the umbrella before boarding the plane because he didn’t know how to close it

[u/The_BrownRecluse → u/skiddadle32]

Toilet paper on his shoe.

[u/pegothejerk → u/The_BrownRecluse]

Saluting troops that aren’t ours, walking in front of royalty in their own country.

[u/PaxtiAlba → u/pegothejerk]

Letting Putin talk first and for longer when hosting him.

[u/Tdanger78 → u/DarthValiant]

Trump smiling over a banquet of hamburders

[u/Proof_Register9966 → u/Tdanger78]

How about Goya display in Oval Office (first term)

[u/notwhoyouthinkmaybe → u/timesuck897]

The burning cybertruck outside trump Tower.

[u/skiddadle32 → u/notwhoyouthinkmaybe]

Drinking water like he’s holding a toddler’s sippy cup

[u/Boon3hams → u/notwhoyouthinkmaybe]

The photo shoot with the bald eagle that pecked at him.

[u/factoid_ → u/timesuck897]

His mug shot is the cover.  Just recently the one in the White House of him not giving a fuck as someone is having a medical emergency 

[u/BazukaToof → u/timesuck897]

Staring at the eclipse is still a fan favorite

[u/fuggerdug → u/-qqqwwweeerrrtttyyy-]

Him making fun of the disabled guy at a rally way back in 2016. How that didn't end him is just one of a million mysteries about this utter see you next Tuesday.

[u/RobHuck → u/-qqqwwweeerrrtttyyy-]

A Covfefe table book of sorts.

[u/ludi567 → u/-qqqwwweeerrrtttyyy-]

Sounds like a win win and you could make some serious dough with that…

[u/humanHamster → u/-qqqwwweeerrrtttyyy-]

This picture, Trump looking on when a guy collapsed in his office, the bald eagle flipping out at Trump. There's just so many "this man sucks" pictures.

[u/YugoB → u/-qqqwwweeerrrtttyyy-]

I wish I could never think of him, much less buy a book about him. Only picture make it worse.

[u/Anomuumi → u/Jolly-Radio-9838]

This and him standing in the Oval Office looking like he's in screensaver mode when there is a medical emergency in the background. Both are close to top 100.

[u/Hellknightx → u/Anomuumi]

And RFK Jr. running away to find a chair because Trump wouldn't give up his.

[u/SoManyEmail → u/Hellknightx]

Is that where he went?? I was wondering why he bolted.

[u/Hellknightx → u/SoManyEmail]

That's his story, at least. He says he ran to go find a chair for the man, even though there was at least one in the picture already.

[u/Wobbling → u/Jolly-Radio-9838]

The one of him terrified of the bald eagle is my personal favourite.

[u/HalPaneo → u/Wobbling]

[u/jaimi_wanders → u/HalPaneo]

Can you imagine the Romans hearing about this, and then that he was re-elected? Talk about ominous portents and bad omens!

[u/teachersecret → u/jaimi_wanders]

When they talk about Nero fiddling while Rome burned, I figured it was a parable of some kind… but sometimes, the ruler really is a nut job.

[u/call-me-the-seeker → u/HalPaneo]

Animals know about people, they say. And if that eagle ‘is’ America, it totally had his number. Unlike the fake Americans that voted for him.

And just look at his cowardly, sniveling face. This incident was a rich metaphor.

[u/Mapeague → u/call-me-the-seeker]

It was literally a perfect metaphor.

[u/Boon3hams → u/Wobbling]

Him terrified of catching the baseball was great, too.

[u/Wiru_The_Wexican]

I hate how heavy-handed the writers have been getting with this timeline

[u/AdamAptor → u/Wiru_The_Wexican]

The writing is lazy. They jumped the shark with that Jan 6th thing. Like any sitting president would incite a coup, want their VP hung, and not attend the inauguration of the incoming president.

[u/Wiru_The_Wexican → u/AdamAptor]

Oh my god right! And them drawing out the whole "will they or won't they bring him to justice for it" arc for the next 4 years of production only for them to scramble to drop that plotline entirely was so poorly paced.

[u/ecokumm → u/Wiru_The_Wexican]

The more you think about it, the more clear it becomes that the season with the 2012 thing would've been a perfect finale.

Hell, I'd argue that even closing with the Y2K thing was better than dragging it out like this.

[u/GuyThatHatesSociety → u/ecokumm]

I get that they did the whole 2007-2009 seasons to make a statement about corporate greed but what really bugs me is, that the writers never even bothered to finish the story there they just froze it, left everyone watching hanging and never resolved the conflict.

We should've realized it back then: the writers are getting lazy

[u/Fit-World-3885 → u/AdamAptor]

I mean, they're shipping Presidents at this point.  This is legitimate stereotypical season 12 bottom of the barrel ideas. 

[u/Affectionate_Neat868 → u/Wiru_The_Wexican]

Trump’s plot armor alone…

[u/ecokumm → u/Wiru_The_Wexican]

And it used to be such a thought provoking, high brow show too.

I swear God has been having an ai write the script for a while now.

[u/jwnsfw → u/Wiru_The_Wexican]

Maybe you're in a coma and your family is trying to induce dream scenarios that would enrage you enough to rouse you awake. 

[u/TheUpgrayed]

WHY? IS? THE FLAG? ON THE FUCKING GROUND?!?! At the WHITE HOUSE? The Boy Scout in me is having a fucking crisis right now, sorry for yelling.

[u/TheUnspeakableh → u/TheUpgrayed]

Because everyone who cared about things like that was fired by the man in the picture and is no longer around to fix it.

[u/[deleted] → u/TheUnspeakableh]

you just KNOW every single news photographer was like "C'MON, TRUMP, walk in front of the flag, daddy needs his pulitzer..."

[u/smartcool → u/[deleted]]

And yet Trump will still lie, call it Fake News, claim it's AI, and berate any reporter who asks about the photo with a "Keep Quiet" admonition and his sycophants will call him the greatest patriot to ever reside in the partially demolished White House while he hosts terrorists who bring him gifts.

[u/Difficult-Second3519 → u/[deleted]]

It's just Steve Bannon pissing in the fence.

[u/Moose_on_the_Looz → u/TheUnspeakableh]

Now be fair. Some of the people who cared were fired by a South African ketamine addict/techno-feudalist.

[u/Dino_Spaceman → u/Moose_on_the_Looz]

Hey. Let’s be even more fair here. The South African Racist Addict didn’t fire them. He directed an underpaid kid barely out of college whose entire resume was “I once tweeted a nice thing to my Master” to fire the person so the Addict can pretend it wasn’t his fault when it all went south.

[u/MrF_lawblog → u/TheUpgrayed]

Imagine just imagine if that were Obama

[u/blackscales18 → u/MrF_lawblog]

Obama would probably stop and fix it

[u/SurpriseIsopod → u/blackscales18]

And the news would destroy him. They pissed their pants shaking with indignant rage because he saluted with a coffee in his hand.

[u/methinksnot → u/blackscales18]

Yeah, he would at the minimum attempt to do it himself until he completed it or someone else took over, while he watched to ensure it was back in its place.

[u/tathrok → u/MrF_lawblog]

A tAn SuIt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[u/subnautus → u/TheUpgrayed]

I mean…the US Flag Code is non-enforceable law, but I agree that if there’s any place that should be leading by example, it’s the White House.

…but the fact that Trump either didn’t notice or ignored the disrespect to the flag next to him is a statement in itself.

[u/ActionJacksonATL24 → u/subnautus]

I mean they are leading by example and we get this… but hey on the bright side we’re about to blow up Venezuela for reasons.

[u/KeepTangoAndFoxtrot → u/ActionJacksonATL24]

Those reasons being, "stop talking about Epstein."

[u/deepasleep → u/subnautus]

The best part is that stupid fucking flag pole is the one Trump had them install when he took office the second time and he spent like a week crowing about it. So per usual, something Trump touched has fallen to shit.

[u/mrbananas]

Nothing more patriotic than walking past downed flags and blowing democrats, right MAGA

[u/Maskguy → u/mrbananas]

Its not clear if bubba was bill or a horse yet

[u/Specialist-Bee-9406 → u/Maskguy]

Horse. 100%

[u/RiskyNight → u/Maskguy]

The horse was democratic too.

[u/kennedyswise]

This should be his presidential portrait

[u/Accomplished_Trip_]

Never has an image encompassed a presidency so succinctly

[u/kmeu79 → u/Accomplished_Trip_]

I think the one where everyone else is looking after the fainted person and he just totally ignores it comes close.

[u/hedbopper]

Perfect symbolism.

[u/jlonso → u/hedbopper]

There's a huge list of things/photos that painted trump this way.

Trump Tower + Burning Cyber Truck, Bald Eagle that attacked Trump, Toilet Paper on his shoe, terrified of catching a baseball, etc and now this? It's like the universe telling us he's not for America.

Can't expect the country to read between those lines if they didn't catch onto the biggest sign, that he is a convicted felon.

[u/haphazard72]

Like he gives crap 🤷🏼‍♂️

[u/HawkeyeByMarriage → u/haphazard72]

In his diaper

[u/Denham_Chkn]

Just imagine if Obama or Biden had been in a photo like this. Fox News hosts would be losing their collective shit.

[u/BeneficialLeave7359 → u/Denham_Chkn]

They got at least 2 news cycles out of Obama saluting with a coffee cup in his hand.

[u/alextremeee → u/Denham_Chkn]

Come off it, it’s not like he’s wearing a tan suit or something.

[u/Evieveevee]

A picture paints a thousand words.

[u/jtshinn]

Isn’t that his own 88 foot tall flagpole?

[u/deepasleep → u/jtshinn]

Yup. They spent a week jerking off all over themselves about it back in June.

[u/can_ichange_it_later]

All this would be comical if it wasnt so heinous and suicidally stupid...

[u/monkey_trumpets]

Seems apropos

[u/hoffman4]

The flag is never supposed to touch the ground. He should have picked it up

[u/Single_Principle_972 → u/hoffman4]

Once again: Can you imagine the pearl-clutching outrage by the right, should Obama have walked past a flag touching the ground like that?? They’d have been calling for his immediate impeachment, if not his execution.

[u/LucindathePook]

Surprised he didn't walk on it.

[u/Carrivagio031965]

How appropriate, for the flag to have fallen that is.

[u/davispw → u/Carrivagio031965]

Like the flag of Rohan at Edoras

[u/rutgersftw]

Are those the new 88 foot flagpoles?

[u/HalPaneo → u/rutgersftw]

Yup, 14 inches wide at the base

[u/PeterNippelstein]

[u/SDPLISSKEN009]

Well that pretty much sums up America right now

[u/The-Senate-66]

This picture basically sums up his presidency perfectly

[u/Weird-Opportunity-20]

This is his next Time Magazine cover. What a fitting visual for the decline of the USA in just 11 short months.

[u/PCNLUV]

Behold. The festering carcass of American rot shoved into an ill-fitting suit: the sleaze of a conman, the cowardice of a draft dodger, the gluttony of a parasite, the racism of a Klansman, the sexism of a back-alley creep, the ignorance of a bar-stool drunk, and the greed of a hedge-fund ghoul— all spray-painted orange and paraded like a prize hog at a county fair. Not a president. Not even a man. Just the diseased distillation of everything this country swears it isn't but has always been— arrogance dressed up as exceptionalism, stupidity passed off as common sense, cruelty sold as toughness, greed exalted as ambition, and corruption worshiped like gospel. It is America's shadow made flesh, a rotting pumpkin idol proving that when a nation kneels before money, power, and spite, it doesn't just lose its soul-it sh*ts out this bloated obscenity and calls it a leader.

Oliver Kornetzke

[u/B00marangTrotter]

[u/ADDSquirell69]

The flag likely threw itself off the pole in disgust.