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Putin riding shirtless on a horse level cringe (Original Post) bigtree Dec 24 OP
Clinton did the same pfitz59 Dec 24 #1
Was it a vehicle for self-aggrandizement? EYESORE 9001 Dec 24 #7
Some reporters thought so pfitz59 Dec 24 #21
all politicians are the same, don't you know that? nt BootinUp Dec 24 #23
All photo ops are for self- aggrandizement Maru Kitteh Dec 24 #34
Beardo Delarage Dec 24 #2
Yeah, I've known it all along. They are trying to destroy every bit of progress we made. Walleye Dec 24 #9
Vance Tried at one point to fake honesty. Delarage Dec 24 #11
Then he got that sweet, sweet smell of power in his nostrils. And he didn't care if he only had to be The spare Trump Walleye Dec 24 #14
The spare tire. Kept in the trunk and pretty deflated. erronis Dec 24 #16
They can't do the work it takes to... BurnDoubt Dec 24 #37
Got that right! Joinfortmill Dec 25 #56
WTF Traildogbob Dec 24 #3
It's even more cringe than riding shirtless on a horse. Ocelot II Dec 24 #4
JD is definitely "Walrus" material. ProudMNDemocrat Dec 24 #5
"I am the walrus, goo-goo j'goob" oasis Dec 24 #10
Anything for a photo-op with these assholes... GoCubsGo Dec 24 #15
+1. Putin is physically fit and has a real judo black belt dalton99a Dec 24 #18
"Vladimir Futon"!!!!!!!!!! BurnDoubt Dec 24 #33
Thanks, but that's not originally mine. Saw it here on DU, though. Ocelot II Dec 24 #41
I can't see Putin fucking a couch, either. madinmaryland Dec 24 #48
Well, he is a Marine Polybius Dec 24 #50
Careful, Vance. Your boss might send you on the first Trump-class boondoggle to fight Venezuela newdeal2 Dec 24 #6
Yes, Please. BurnDoubt Dec 24 #29
I've never been impressed by boys flexing their muscles Walleye Dec 24 #8
Top left photo. That's not JD's arm. I'm calling bullshit until proved otherwise. It's all fake. paleotn Dec 24 #35
If you blow the picture up it definitely looks like a different arm questionseverything Dec 24 #51
The 5 white men running look like they are doing the trump dance. BoomaofBandM Dec 24 #12
I love the smell of stolen valor in the morning. GoCubsGo Dec 24 #13
Get out of my town. travelingthrulife Dec 24 #17
Trump can't project the authoritarian manly-man powerful male without AI anymore. But Vance is just silly. Timeflyer Dec 24 #19
Videos please nt. BootinUp Dec 24 #20
I'd be surprised if there are videos. underpants Dec 24 #44
You don't need Navy Seals to surrender Ukraine to Putin. bronxiteforever Dec 24 #22
Is Beardo referring to himself in 3rd person now ? Pluvious Dec 24 #24
Hahaha! littlemissmartypants Dec 24 #25
Ha Ha That should be the sound track to this debacle LiberalLovinLug Dec 24 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author Javaman Dec 24 #26
Midlife crisis man Javaman Dec 24 #27
Or cool photoshop, bro. paleotn Dec 24 #32
And I stand corrected. Gladly so Javaman Dec 24 #53
Maybe he can lead the charge out of the landing craft to exhibit his "Warrior Ethos". BurnDoubt Dec 24 #28
By the way... BurnDoubt Dec 24 #40
A few seconds for a photo op and he's bent over exhausted. paleotn Dec 24 #31
Somewhere there's a 4 piece leather sectional he's trying to impress. n/t flvegan Dec 24 #36
Ericouch Kirk. Nt Maru Kitteh Dec 24 #39
He's trying to impress his new younger girlfriend. Nt Maru Kitteh Dec 24 #38
Whiskey Pete is jealous. Sneederbunk Dec 24 #42
I thought he rode a desk in Public Affairs during his time in the Marines. LudwigPastorius Dec 24 #43
No, it was a davenport. Sneederbunk Dec 24 #46
Who is G.I. Jello supposed to be impressing with this? Ray Bruns Dec 24 #45
This looks like AI kimbutgar Dec 24 #47
Getting in shape for Erika Kirk Buttoneer Dec 24 #49
GAH! Bayard Dec 24 #52
Grotesque. PufPuf23 Dec 24 #54
Right. Rofl. Joinfortmill Dec 25 #55

pfitz59

(12,517 posts)
21. Some reporters thought so
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 12:30 PM
Dec 24

It was a good photo op. I bicycle commuted up the beach and used to stop and watch the spectacle.

Delarage

(2,549 posts)
2. Beardo
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 11:00 AM
Dec 24

All their chest-beating makes me think that misogyny is the real reason Clinton and Kamala lost. Although we kind of knew that....

Walleye

(44,065 posts)
9. Yeah, I've known it all along. They are trying to destroy every bit of progress we made.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 11:18 AM
Dec 24

They think it’s OK to mistreat women again just like they think it’s OK to be racist again. It’s really worse than the 50s, because they aren’t honest about it.

Delarage

(2,549 posts)
11. Vance Tried at one point to fake honesty.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 11:25 AM
Dec 24

When that didn't work, he was all-in. What an asshole.

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Walleye

(44,065 posts)
14. Then he got that sweet, sweet smell of power in his nostrils. And he didn't care if he only had to be The spare Trump
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 11:49 AM
Dec 24

BurnDoubt

(1,579 posts)
37. They can't do the work it takes to...
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 01:28 PM
Dec 24

get along with other people. It’s so much easier and it gives them a hard-on to dominate, so...
I grew up in a household controlled by such a person (with an “alcoholic personality”). People who are wistful for when America was “Great” either were NEVER there… or were the very shitheads of whom we speak. It was’t fucking Mayberry.
WAKE UP!!!
Slap your Pastor.

Ocelot II

(129,746 posts)
4. It's even more cringe than riding shirtless on a horse.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 11:02 AM
Dec 24

Vladimir Putin probably can actually ride a horse, though he should have kept his shirt on. Vladimir Futon, on the other hand, probably collapsed in a gasping heap right after those photos were taken. He's not seal material. Walrus, maybe, if we're talking marine mammals.

GoCubsGo

(34,750 posts)
15. Anything for a photo-op with these assholes...
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 11:55 AM
Dec 24

Emphasis on "anything." You'd think by now that be a little less oblivious as to just how stupid they look when they do these things. It's all performative, and they're lousy actors.

questionseverything

(11,676 posts)
51. If you blow the picture up it definitely looks like a different arm
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 07:45 PM
Dec 24

Below the sleeve i can see a tiny sliver of white arm then it becomes a burly arm

Either way even jerks can have decent arms doesn’t make their character any better

GoCubsGo

(34,750 posts)
13. I love the smell of stolen valor in the morning.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 11:47 AM
Dec 24

It smells like a weak attempt at gaining validation. Couch Fucker in goddamn joke.

Response to bigtree (Original post)

BurnDoubt

(1,579 posts)
28. Maybe he can lead the charge out of the landing craft to exhibit his "Warrior Ethos".
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 01:13 PM
Dec 24

And don’t forget the War-Hero-Nobel-Peace-Prize-Horny-Commander-In-Chief only likes guys who don’t get captured… or maimed.
“Nobody Wants To See That!”

Until I see him in the line of fire he’s still just a poser.

Domination is a Psycho-Sexual condition and we’re all in danger. They all need to seek professional help.

paleotn

(21,844 posts)
31. A few seconds for a photo op and he's bent over exhausted.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 01:17 PM
Dec 24

There's absolutely no fucking way that pale, pudgy pile of rancid shit went through very much PT, if any, without coming close to death.

This is all bullshit at the highest level. I'm not convinced yet that the whole thing wasn't photoshopped or AI'd. Ain't buying it.

LudwigPastorius

(14,386 posts)
43. I thought he rode a desk in Public Affairs during his time in the Marines.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 01:44 PM
Dec 24

If anything, he should drop and give 'em 20 press releases.

PufPuf23

(9,725 posts)
54. Grotesque.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 09:59 PM
Dec 24

Vance is whipping the enthusiasm for more needless violence and murder.

Hope couch boy's future reputation is that of an evil clown and that the USA survives with a renewed positive trajectory when these screwed up times pass.

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