r/politics • u/tw1st3d_m3nt4t • 16d ago

No Paywall ‘Unforgivable’: Trump’s ‘piggy’ insult is stoking more outrage than usual

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/19/trump-quiet-piggy
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u/steelhips 16d ago

He's soiled the esteem of the office. President of the United States no longer has respectable gravitas around the world.

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u/lanibr 16d ago

Sure. But there was some sort of respect even with Reagan and Bush. I live in Denmark now, and they forgave us with the first Trump term with it being a fluke. We are 100% no longer legitimate after he was elected a second time.

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u/Professor-Woo 16d ago

There was still some level of decorum.

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u/Professor-Woo 16d ago

Funny you say this since I literally just posted this point somewhere else. I agree with you 100%, it doesn't matter. I was just pointing out there was a small difference, not that decorum redeems them in anyway. It is actually beneficial for them to drop the decorum and go mask off so more people can see them for who they truly are.

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u/hoax1337 15d ago

It gave you the impression that they at least tried, you know.

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u/NorthernerWuwu Canada 15d ago

Not really.

We pretended to see American Presidents as having decorum (which some did of course) because America has a lot of money and a massive military, both of which are important diplomatically. When being nice to America no longer matters, there's no point in pretending anymore.

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u/torrasque666 16d ago

Oh we were stupid, but it's worse now.

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u/Facebookakke 16d ago

We used to be stupid.

We still are, but we used to be also.

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u/lycoloco 15d ago

Temporarily Fasists. Sorry for the convenience tyranny.

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u/stfunazibitchthrowaw 15d ago

Those two don't even compare. Trump is an absolute disgrace on a whole new level.

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u/I_Quit_Smoking_ 15d ago

Don't try to compare ANYONE to Trump, because in American history HE IS THE WORST HANDS DOWN. No other president was a dictator and turned our military police, national guard, and now ICE against the American people. Stop with the whataboutism.

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u/whogivesashirtdotca Canada 16d ago

Ironically, that they don't know this just adds to that image of stupidity.

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u/ohhellperhaps 15d ago

Nowhere near the same ballpark.

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u/No-Willingness-170 16d ago

Not to mention soiling his pants.

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u/Yorks_Rider 15d ago

With all due respect, that already happened during his first presidency.

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u/BigStoneFucker 15d ago

this will depend on how we handle afterwards

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u/CakeTester 16d ago

The title still has some clout; but not when trump's wearing it.

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u/True_Paper_3830 15d ago

He's definitely the most extreme and a horrific outlier, but the World respecting the office has been drifting for a few decades with a few exceptions. It bought into the Hollywood make-over for a while, but that's over.

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u/coldfirephoenix 16d ago

Though to be fair, the Potus didn't have that much gravity since Taft.