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[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 17 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The recording, obtained by The Guardian, apparently comes from a private meal Trump held Aug. 10 in Aspen, Colorado. In it, the Republican presidential nominee reportedly recalled a meeting with the wife of Corey Comperatore, the man who was killed by shots fired at Trump by Thomas Crooks at a Pennsylvania rally in July.

“So they’re going to get millions of dollars but the woman, the wife, this beautiful woman, I handed her the check—we handed her the check—and she said, ‘This is so nice, and I appreciate it, but I’d much rather have my husband.’ Now I know some of the women in this room wouldn’t say the same,” Trump reportedly said. “At least four couples here would have been thrilled, actually.”

I thought it would be worse, but it's still shitty. Gramps Trump uses a widow of his loyal supporter as a set up for his boomer-humor 'wife bad' punchline. I'm not the target audience, but I guess it's hard not to have a blank face after hearing that.

[–] Clent@lemmy.world 10 points 21 hours ago

"Wife bad" is his base. They won't care.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (3 children)

“So they’re going to get millions of dollars but the woman, the wife, this beautiful woman, I handed her the check—we handed her the check—and she said, ‘This is so nice, and I appreciate it, but I’d much rather have my husband.’ Now I know some of the women in this room wouldn’t say the same,” Trump reportedly said. “At least four couples here would have been thrilled, actually.”

I'm so glad my projected lifespan overlaps with an extended period where the boomer generation functionally no longer exists.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

You might find out that there's shitty people in other generations too.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

I have, and there are. It's just that on average, boomers tend to be shittier than silent, Gen X, Gen Y (millennials), Gen Z, and Gen α. More entitled, less self-aware, less empathetic, less willing to learn or at least accept new concepts, less humble, less informed, and more bigoted. Boomers are very, very lucky that they have a sizeable contingent of hippies to buoy their reputation.

[–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 day ago

Their pestilence will remain for a long time.

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump isn't a boomer, he's a pre-boomer.

[–] applecore@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That’s not true, the baby boom was definitely on by mid 46

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I recline corrected, grazi.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Bro who downvoted you for this. 😭 This is just a basic, honest mistake with a correction and a very polite and immediate acknowledgement of the mistake.

[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

We're talking about the man who basically called John McCain (however you feel about his political career,) a man who underwent years of torture and refused to be released before everyone else, a pussy.

A man who thinks anyone who served and died for the this country are suckers, and losers. "What did they think they would get out of it?"

A man who tried to use dead veterans as a prop recently to mitigate those repulsive words, and whose sycophants assaulted a worker at Arlington National Cemetery.

A man who dodged the draft with daddy's money.

And people still kiss his overgrown 10 year old narcissistic ass. Because he hates who they hate.

[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Must be a slow news day. It's just your run of the mill "I hate my wife xD" boomer humor jokes mixed with a dash of "lmfao poor people amiright" snobbery. Oh wooooow Donald Tump is a narcissistic elitist asshole that hates his fans behind close doors - how is this new information?

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you only reported on new information, you’d never be able to recognize patterns in repeated behavior. I personally think it’s important to document it all so there’s no excuse for anyone to say “I didn’t know”.

[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Good point! Ignorance is not an excuse, it's a symptom of bad communication.

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Of all the shit Trump has done, this is probably the most mild

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

It's an old, old story, certainly, but every time it's re-told I can at least imagine a few of the mental-sleepwalkers might wake up.