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hlthe2b

(102,292 posts)
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 07:00 PM Mar 2019

WTF? Trump on "celebrating" Irish heritage: "they are brutal enemies, right?"...







Trump at a WH event tonight celebrating Irish heritage: “They are brutal enemies, right? So you have to keep them as your friend. Always keep them as your friend. You don’t want to fight with the Irish. It’s too tough, too bloody."


What the hell is wrong with him?
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WTF? Trump on "celebrating" Irish heritage: "they are brutal enemies, right?"... (Original Post) hlthe2b Mar 2019 OP
A.25 jpak Mar 2019 #1
Happy to say I'm his enemy. I hope it's brutal for him MaryMagdaline Mar 2019 #2
Me too. Proud Irish heritage hlthe2b Mar 2019 #5
Happy to know you MaryMagdaline Mar 2019 #8
back at ya! hlthe2b Mar 2019 #10
He sure seems preoccupied with bloody fights lately, doesn't he? gratuitous Mar 2019 #3
Typical coward and "all talk" bully. BigmanPigman Mar 2019 #32
He saw 'Gangs of New York' dalton99a Mar 2019 #4
And thought it was present day. TwilightZone Mar 2019 #6
Exactly. The bigger words they used he didnt understand, of course. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2019 #22
Had to have. Solly Mack Mar 2019 #25
Couldn't tell if it was that or Braveheart he was referring to Maine-i-acs Mar 2019 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author CountAllVotes Mar 2019 #7
She was Scottish! MaryMagdaline Mar 2019 #11
His mother was from Scotland, not Ireland. Sanity Claws Mar 2019 #12
Scots dont claim her,,,,,, Cryptoad Mar 2019 #53
But do Scots claim her? Sanity Claws Mar 2019 #59
pardon by Dyslexia Cryptoad Mar 2019 #60
No, his mom was Scottish, not Irish. As it says in your link, she was from Tanuki Mar 2019 #15
...what? bearsfootball516 Mar 2019 #9
In all fairness, where he comes from, cops and FBI agents are Irish MaryMagdaline Mar 2019 #13
What he's saying is blugbox Mar 2019 #23
And they are all related. HubertHeaver Mar 2019 #40
He said this face to face with the Ambassador from Ireland, right? underpants Mar 2019 #14
well, the PM was at the WH and then Congress this morning and I'd assume was there hlthe2b Mar 2019 #19
Okay underpants Mar 2019 #24
Sounds like he is afraid of O'Rourke marylandblue Mar 2019 #16
He's been watching Fox again. TwilightZone Mar 2019 #18
What's wrong with Trump? area51 Mar 2019 #17
and then there is this: after Irish PM politely tells Trump he disagrees w/his view about Brexit... hlthe2b Mar 2019 #20
St Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland & the Irish are doing a good job keeping Donald Trump out Historic NY Mar 2019 #21
I want to just throw up, but I'm afraid that if I start I might not be able to stop... Hekate Mar 2019 #26
I would love to see Trump go a round with Conor McGregor. smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #27
Hell, Becky Lynch would lay an asswhooping on him. n/m RhodeIslandOne Mar 2019 #33
He does not know when xxqqqzme Mar 2019 #28
Aye laddie. lpbk2713 Mar 2019 #29
Didnt some irish pol call trump a wanker Fullduplexxx Mar 2019 #30
Oh, probably more than one. Ligyron Mar 2019 #44
The Lord Mayor of Poetry bottomofthehill Mar 2019 #52
You wouldn't fight anyone you piece of shit coward RhodeIslandOne Mar 2019 #31
Sorry, that's Tazmanians and/or Aussies. no_hypocrisy Mar 2019 #34
That sure gets my Irish up! ananda Mar 2019 #35
End stage syphilis Botany Mar 2019 #37
I'll call him a wanker Lifelong Protester Mar 2019 #38
trump is a stupid fucking dangerous Cha Mar 2019 #39
so if I read this right it means Benedict Donald's friends are his brutal enemies? rurallib Mar 2019 #41
"I'm going to insult you as I compliment you." Ilsa Mar 2019 #42
I'm his Enemy. But I'm Scottish and French Huguenot. BamaRefugee Mar 2019 #43
same here. demigoddess Mar 2019 #62
Trump is a psychopath Progressive dog Mar 2019 #45
He's all of these..... Heartstrings Mar 2019 #46
Who knows what's going on in Trump's Alternate Reality? rickyhall Mar 2019 #47
Judging a whole people based on a 90s movie? (Braveheart)? salin Mar 2019 #48
More evidence that he cant be trusted to speak without a teleprompter. oldsoftie Mar 2019 #49
he is an idiot..nvm Demonaut Mar 2019 #50
Up the long ladder and down the short rope! cadaverdog Mar 2019 #51
He's a sociopath, psychopath. littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #54
He may be (bizarrely) thinking of the Westies, an Irish mob outfit in NYC in the 1960's-1980's.. Princess Turandot Mar 2019 #55
Umm. He is saying this to the IRISH PRIME MINISTER in 'celebration' of Irish Heritage just before hlthe2b Mar 2019 #56
Uh..I wasn't suggesting that what he said wasn't dreadful.. Princess Turandot Mar 2019 #61
Give me that old time 19th century racism exboyfil Mar 2019 #57
"Ah, the Irish...a bunch of filthy drunken savages, but you have to keep on their good side..." anarch Mar 2019 #58
No one as Irish struggle4progress Mar 2019 #63
That warms my heart. I loved that ditty when it came out. Hekate Mar 2019 #64
don't even need a Drumpf-English translator for that Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2019 #65

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
3. He sure seems preoccupied with bloody fights lately, doesn't he?
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 07:03 PM
Mar 2019

First it's the bikers, now the Irish. Trump, of course, doesn't do the fisticuffs thing, but he sure seems eager to watch other people duke it out.

BigmanPigman

(51,609 posts)
32. Typical coward and "all talk" bully.
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 07:56 PM
Mar 2019

Give him a "time out" like you would any bratty kid who is a trouble maker but give him his "time out" in a jail cell.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
22. Exactly. The bigger words they used he didnt understand, of course.
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 07:34 PM
Mar 2019

I cant get mad at a rabid dog for biting me, but I can get mad at the owner for enabling him to do so.




rump is the dog
deplorables are the owner

Maine-i-acs

(1,499 posts)
36. Couldn't tell if it was that or Braveheart he was referring to
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 08:02 PM
Mar 2019

(Yes Wallace was Scottish but this movie had some Irishmen involved as well)

Response to hlthe2b (Original post)

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
15. No, his mom was Scottish, not Irish. As it says in your link, she was from
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 07:12 PM
Mar 2019

an island in the Hebrides.

blugbox

(951 posts)
23. What he's saying is
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 07:34 PM
Mar 2019

If you make enemies with an Irish person, they are brutal enemies, so keep them as friends.

It took me a while to decipher his usual incoherent language

hlthe2b

(102,292 posts)
20. and then there is this: after Irish PM politely tells Trump he disagrees w/his view about Brexit...
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 07:24 PM
Mar 2019
Wow -- after Irish PM Varadkar politely tells Trump he disagrees w/his view about Brexit being good, Trump threatens to "do something severe economically" to the EU. Trump then claims "we will have hundreds of miles of wall up fairly soon." Congress has given him $0 for that.


Hekate

(90,714 posts)
26. I want to just throw up, but I'm afraid that if I start I might not be able to stop...
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 07:38 PM
Mar 2019

My ancestors are all saying he can kiss their Irish arses.


☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
27. I would love to see Trump go a round with Conor McGregor.
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 07:41 PM
Mar 2019

That would be my dream match-up. The bloody coward would probably wet himself before he even got into the ring.

xxqqqzme

(14,887 posts)
28. He does not know when
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 07:46 PM
Mar 2019

to SHUT UP. He just keeps yakking away, mesmerized by the sound of his own voice. He only stops after his foot prevents him from saying more.

Ligyron

(7,633 posts)
44. Oh, probably more than one.
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 08:35 PM
Mar 2019

They're like actual smart people and the Irish recognize an oppressor and would-be-kingo when they smell one.

rurallib

(62,423 posts)
41. so if I read this right it means Benedict Donald's friends are his brutal enemies?
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 08:17 PM
Mar 2019

am I confused or is he?
He sounds fucked up in the head, really, really fucked up.

Progressive dog

(6,905 posts)
45. Trump is a psychopath
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 08:37 PM
Mar 2019

who spouts meaningless nonsense. That is a small part of what is wrong with him.
An easier question would be "What is right with him?".

salin

(48,955 posts)
48. Judging a whole people based on a 90s movie? (Braveheart)?
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 08:52 PM
Mar 2019

wth?

eta - and can't tell the difference between Irish and Scottish and those with both heritage.

cadaverdog

(228 posts)
51. Up the long ladder and down the short rope!
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 09:03 PM
Mar 2019

To hell with king Donny and God save the Pope.


If that doesn't do, we'll tear him in two,
and send him to hell with his red, white and blue.

Princess Turandot

(4,787 posts)
55. He may be (bizarrely) thinking of the Westies, an Irish mob outfit in NYC in the 1960's-1980's..
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 09:22 PM
Mar 2019

Their home base was Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan. There weren't very many of them, but they were pretty violent: they supposedly killed dozens of people during that short period. They had an alliance with the Gambinos for a time.

Like the some of the NYC Mafia families, Westies had influence over unions in the construction trades: Trump would surely know of them for that reason, whether or not he had ever encountered them directly.

If anyone here is a fan of Lawrence Block's Matthew Scudder series, Matt's friend Mick Ballou was a Westie. (Ballou carried around a bowling bag for a time, which was rumored to contain the head of a rival he had killed.)

hlthe2b

(102,292 posts)
56. Umm. He is saying this to the IRISH PRIME MINISTER in 'celebration' of Irish Heritage just before
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 09:28 PM
Mar 2019

St. Patrick's Day.

Have there ever been Irish mobs? Italian/Sicilian? German? Lithuanian? Egyptian? Albanian? Russian? Moravian? Beninian? Cote D'Ivoirian? and on and on and on.... Undoubtedly.

Do you smear an entire people on a day and at an event to celebrate their heritage?

Princess Turandot

(4,787 posts)
61. Uh..I wasn't suggesting that what he said wasn't dreadful..
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 11:05 PM
Mar 2019

There are some posts above about where he came upon the 'vicious enemies' shit. I was merely making an observation regarding that.

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
57. Give me that old time 19th century racism
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 09:33 PM
Mar 2019

As my Italian heritage former boss said, two generations ago they wouldn't even let Kavanaugh into their clubs.

anarch

(6,535 posts)
58. "Ah, the Irish...a bunch of filthy drunken savages, but you have to keep on their good side..."
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 10:06 PM
Mar 2019

"...am I right, my mick friends?"

what an asshole.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,349 posts)
65. don't even need a Drumpf-English translator for that
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 02:30 AM
Mar 2019

It's a small variation on his core racism. Race, nationality, religion, gender, economic status -- Dumb Donald simply prejudges all people and drops them into the tiny, fetid pigeonholes in his (alleged) brain.

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