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milestogo

(21,277 posts)
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 08:28 PM Monday

Trump Urges Supporters To Move On From Societal Disdain For Pedophilia



Published: July 14, 2025

WASHINGTON—Facing mounting backlash from his MAGA base over his perceived ties to the Jeffrey Epstein case, President Donald Trump reportedly encouraged his supporters Monday to simply move on from society’s widespread disdain for pedophilia. “It’s time to just accept that some people like having sex with kids and focus on the fantastic things we’re doing to win back the respect of the world,” said Trump, who expressed frustration that instead of celebrating the passage of his domestic spending bill or his historic deportation numbers, many of his supporters were getting distracted by “something that people have done since ancient Greece.”

“Are people really still talking about the sexual abuse of children? Let it go! Our administration is making America great again. That’s the story, not whether I or anyone else ‘diddled’ an underage girl! The case is closed. Sometimes kids get molested. Maybe they shouldn’t dress like such sluts!” Trump went on to state that he has had many pedophile friends and associates over the years who have been fine, hardworking Americans.

https://theonion.com/trump-urges-supporters-to-move-on-from-societal-disdain-for-pedophilia/

Satire, kinda.
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Trump Urges Supporters To Move On From Societal Disdain For Pedophilia (Original Post) milestogo Monday OP
Black satire_ well done. Permanut Monday #1
I had to check the link. niyad Monday #2
Me, too. synni Monday #6
Me, too... problem is, it sounded so much LIKE something slightlv Monday #10
I can actually picture dump saying those things MustLoveBeagles Monday #3
I can't - I can't imagine him knowing enough about ancient Greece to refer to it. soldierant Monday #18
Oh, that's funny! electric_blue68 Yesterday #31
"It's time to look forward - not backward." harumph Monday #4
I smelled onions right away. usonian Monday #5
Thought it was something I_UndergroundPanther Monday #7
LOL Prairie Gates Monday #8
How bad it's got? I read the first paragraph before I figured out it was from the onion. OverBurn Monday #9
That God-Damn piece of walking garbage. WTF is next. Rape is fun? chouchou Monday #11
Please notice this was The .Onion. One had to check the link. niyad Monday #12
Boy! That's a "Tell" I truly wasn't that surprised at what he (supposedly) said. chouchou Monday #13
Like you, and everyone else in this thread, I could easily see him SAYING it niyad Monday #24
Kick dalton99a Monday #14
Sadly, those are not even the creepiest ones. niyad Monday #25
He started with his own daughter--- then he moved on, when she got 'too old' Jack Valentino Yesterday #33
... orleans Monday #15
Exactly. niyad Monday #26
He MorbidButterflyTat Yesterday #29
What makes you think the onion is still joking anymore just because it once did? ancianita Monday #16
Not amused Chilopsis Monday #17
I'm not "amused" really either, but I don't think that was the intent anyway. harumph Monday #19
NOBODY is finding this "amusing", so kindly skip the morality lecture. niyad Monday #27
The Onion is now a source of social and political commentary. Aussie105 Monday #20
Satire sometimes pales in comparison as of late. B.See Monday #21
That so many of us Mossfern Monday #22
Satire: Still dead. Aristus Monday #23
This is the second time today that the Onion got me. greatauntoftriplets Monday #28
He may have unlimited get out of jail free cards, but we're not letting him get away with this one! Initech Yesterday #30
FAKE 'ONION"--- more likely from the Trump propaganda department... Jack Valentino Yesterday #32

slightlv

(6,094 posts)
10. Me, too... problem is, it sounded so much LIKE something
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 09:57 PM
Monday

trump would do, the onion didn't do it enough justice!!!!

usonian

(18,990 posts)
5. I smelled onions right away.
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 08:53 PM
Monday

🧅🧅🧅🧅🧅🧅🧅🧅🧅🧅🧅🧅

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Oooooh, that's satire with a cattle prod.
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They be frying his Cipollini. (Italian for tiny onions) 😅

I_UndergroundPanther

(13,140 posts)
7. Thought it was something
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 09:05 PM
Monday

Trump posted on truth social because it’s plausable. I couldn’t tell it was satire. It was realistic because trump settled out of court a lot of young girls cases.

chouchou

(2,129 posts)
13. Boy! That's a "Tell" I truly wasn't that surprised at what he (supposedly) said.
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 10:21 PM
Monday

Thank you so much.

niyad

(125,164 posts)
24. Like you, and everyone else in this thread, I could easily see him SAYING it
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 11:38 PM
Monday

out loud. We know he BELIEVES it.

ancianita

(41,013 posts)
16. What makes you think the onion is still joking anymore just because it once did?
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 10:38 PM
Monday

They're not, for all the reasons Lawrence just laid out about why the felon's DOJ won't have Maxwell be allowed anywhere in the world to speak about the reasons and content of her meetings with the felon, who is on tape saying he met her "a lot of times."

Chilopsis

(8 posts)
17. Not amused
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 10:48 PM
Monday

Before we get too carried away with praise for the Onion's satirical take down, please consider how this piece would impact a parent who lost a child to suicide as a direct consequence of sexual molestation. (pedophilia)

harumph

(2,839 posts)
19. I'm not "amused" really either, but I don't think that was the intent anyway.
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 11:14 PM
Monday

Depending on one's particular sensitivities this strain of satire is bound to offend. What is so grotesque about this situation is Trump is such
a degenerate human being that we have to do a double take. I think the term(s) that might be applied to this Onion piece is something
somewhere between satire and sardonicism.

niyad

(125,164 posts)
27. NOBODY is finding this "amusing", so kindly skip the morality lecture.
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 11:49 PM
Monday

We find nothing "amusing" about a piece describing the vocal vomit of a sick, twisted individual that sounds so exactly like something it is plausible for him to spew that we have to check.

Aussie105

(7,100 posts)
20. The Onion is now a source of social and political commentary.
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 11:16 PM
Monday

They have moved away from pure satire because these days the distinction between reality and satire is kind of vague.
The 'in your face' satire of yesteryear no longer has an impact.

Initech

(105,632 posts)
30. He may have unlimited get out of jail free cards, but we're not letting him get away with this one!
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 12:57 AM
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