The president fumed that Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s invitation to perform light cardio was “nasty and provocative.”

Donald Trump huffed and puffed online after Maryland Gov. Wes Moore challenged him to walk the streets of his state.

The 79-year-old president lashed out on Truth Social on Sunday at Moore’s “nasty and provocative” invitation three days earlier to join him for some light cardio in Baltimore, calling the city a “crime disaster” and threatening to deploy National Guard troops.

Trump was so angry about the public safety walk invitation that he suggested he may pull federal support for rebuilding the city’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed last year.

  • MourningDove@lemmy.zip
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    7 months ago

    Is anyone else tired of all the “Trump Melts Down About…” and “Trump Rages Over…” articles?

    I guarantee you he’s not melting down or raging in the slightest. He owns an entire country. He’s sleeping like a baby.

  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    “Scream at him Mr. Trump. It’s working! There are only 9 out of 10 people still asking about the Epstein files. Last week it was 10 out of 10. The tide is changing, sir! I honestly think you’ll get away with all of the heinous shit that you do and did!” (One of Trumps handlers, probably).

    • Burninator05@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Which is a little surprising. If he walked his assistants would have more time to place his ball where he meant to hit it instead of where he did.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Someone remind him that it’s not his money,

    Trump was so angry about the public safety walk invitation that he suggested he may pull federal support for rebuilding the city’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed last year.

    • Rhaedas@fedia.io
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      7 months ago

      “I’M THE KING! I CAN DO WHAT I WANT!”

      “Any man who must say ‘I am king’ is no true king.”

      Plus, we don’t have kings here. At some point enough people are going to remember that.

    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Could always do what that town did during the Cold War, and ask Russia to fund the reconstruction.

      For the unaware, Vulcan West Virginia was a tiny coal mining town that had been trying to get a bridge built for a few years, but the state was dragging their feet on funding. The town was only accessible via a private gravel footpath (that was technically off limits to the public, since it was owned by the local railway company,) and a small footbridge that was in shambles. For years, the town had been begging the state to build a proper bridge. But the state was reluctant to build a bridge that wouldn’t see a lot of use.

      In 1975, the suspension footbridge collapsed, meaning the only remaining way in or out of town was to trespass on the railway’s gravel road. So that town contacted the USSR, and asked them to fund the new bridge. The USSR never actually responded, but the town also contacted the news… And the Soviet reporters jumped at the chance to make “US town seeking humanitarian aid from USSR” headlines.

      Suddenly, the state announced that they had money to build the bridge. The announcement came on the same day that a Russian reporter traveled to Vulcan to interview the residents. The official story from the state was that the bridge had been planned for months, and it simply took time to get the ball rolling… But everyone knew that the state was simply embarrassed into funding the bridge.

  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    7 months ago

    1 it’s not his money. He didn’t pay anything.

    2 he should be saying our counties legislative system will make the Dali’s insurance pay for the damages and/or ask Congress to set laws that restrict any shipping vessel large enough to cause such damages carry insurance that can pay for the full extent of their damages or they aren’t able to ship to our ports.

    That would up shipping costs, sure. But isn’t that what his administration wants, less international trade and forcing the country to become less dependent on foreign countries?

    Oops oil, coal, gas costs went up, and long term it yet again would be cheaper for local renewable energy. As 40% of shipping is just bringing oil/coal/gas from one port to another. When the solar panels are in your state, county, city, neighborhood, or on your property, “shipping costs” drop drastically.

    Someone crashed into a power line, entire blocks/neighborhoods could go down, except if those solar panels are on your roof, maybe just switch to your batteries and have localized power till the power comes back on, then switch it back to the grid. Tornado destroys 5 houses, bring what you need to your neighbors after and still have a refrigerator and air conditioning while you sort out what to do next in heat that’s only getting worse.

    The people who think that people aren’t accelerating global warming still usually accept the idea that the planet is getting warmer.

  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Starting to look like the safest mode of assassination of that man would be to just yell “BOO!” when he’s not expecting it, and then let his failing physiology do the rest of the work.