While talking to reporters in the Oval Office, President Trump praised Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei and said he would be 'respectful' if a meeting was arranged between them

Asked whether a potential meeting would take place in the US or in a different place, Trump replied, “I don’t know. I haven’t really heard too much about it.” He continued, “I didn’t suggest it [a meeting], but some people have suggested it.”

“If it happened, it would be happening. I’d be respectful.” White House correspondent Peter Doocy, co-anchor of The Sunday Briefing for Fox News, then asked the president, “Do you think because Epic Fury killed his dad and his wife and his kid that he has hard feelings?”

Trump said, “Well, I would say I’m not his favorite person, but with that being said, he’s probably a professional. In some circles he has a very good reputation, actually.”

  • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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    14 days ago

    You don’t have to convince me that he’s a piece of shit, I already agree with you there. Where you go wrong is by trying to insist that this is somehow my fault, as if I’m somehow personally to blame for this.

    You don’t know what goes through my mind on a typical day. The depression, the despair, the disillusionment, the frustration, the outrage, the indignation, or anything else. And I don’t have to sit here and tell you about all that as if you’re my therapist.

    You don’t know how I live my life, what I do to get by, to survive day-to-day. You don’t know how or when or what I do to participate in the collective resistance, or what measures I have to take to protect myself while doing so. And I don’t have to tell you about any of that.

    I don’t have to explain myself to you, and I don’t have to justify myself to you. You’re a prejudiced bigot, and I guess that’s just the way you’re gonna be.

    • HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca
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      14 days ago

      You do share collective blame for this. Sorry pal. If you can’t understand the difference between collective blame and me saying you, specifically, have failed, then I don’t know what to tell you.

      Climate change. I’ve done far more than my fair share vs my responsibility, but I still accept that I’m part of the failure that my kids have to live with.

      I’m not sure why it’s so hard for Americans to understand this. My best guess is the pure, mainlined indoctronation of individualism and exceptionalism that disgusts a good chunk of the world.