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[–] breakingcups@lemmy.world 67 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] chickentendrils@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 weeks ago

Ahah, that's relevant. Though the only difference this time will probably be Schumer having less facetime because the Democrats having vastly less power in Congress/the Senate. Nobody in the room is making any decision that would meaningfully worsen their conditions or those of anyone whose conditions they care about.

[–] NevermindNoMind@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/13/politics/donald-trump-chuck-schumer-new-york/index.html

Correct, this was from a brief phase where Trump was trying on bipartisanship, and Schumer was trying to connect with him as a fellow New Yorker. I remember the talk at the time was Trump might go the way of Arnold Schwarzenegger when he was CA governor, tacking to the center and trying to become bipartisan to improve his approval ratings and mitigate midterm losses and ultimately set him up better for reelection. Obviously, it didn't work out like that, but there was a brief time where bipartisanship was on the table.

[–] UsernameHere@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] JayDee@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd like the context of photo please. I am not history-learned. Only spark-notes-of-history-acquainted.

[–] LePoisson@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not sure of the origin of the photo but it's been around for some years now as a meme showing how media can be manipulative.

[–] JayDee@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Ah I understand now. I filtered out the two photos on the side, figuring they were just an aesthetic choice.

[–] threeduck@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

I'm too used to vertical videos having weird effects on the side to not make the screen look empty, that I completely missed the point of the pic.

[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago

Always has been

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago

And you're not invited

[–] tlekiteki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] officermike@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)
  • Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader
  • Donald Trump (R-MAGAstan), former and future president
  • Not sure about baldy
[–] riskable@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

Baldy looks like it might be General John Kelly... Even though most pictures of him have some hair.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Man, Armagastan is such an accurate name for what America is these days.

It even eludes towards Armageddon, it's perfect.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Picture looks adversarial af. Caption: They're all friends.

Yeah, okay.

[–] chickentendrils@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Trump's embracing Schumer here, I'd rate this 0% adversarial because I'm a sicko who's seen their body language/interactions which were well documented during the first Trump admin.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

Schumer has got a scolding finger up in the way of the attempted nonconsensual embrace.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

during the first Trump admin.

Picture is from 2017

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'm sure a certain narrative will be curated here.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

It needs a big club. Right upside the heads

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Being cordial at work: ITS A CONSPIRACY

[–] Sagittarii@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago

This is just your average liberal "democracy" where both the ruling parties work for their corporate backers. What seems like a "conspiracy" here?

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

You didn't even try with that one. You ok, kiddo?

[–] SupahRevs@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

Website doesn't exist or something.