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Published: July 14, 2025
WASHINGTONFacing 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 societys widespread disdain for pedophilia. Its time to just accept that some people like having sex with kids and focus on the fantastic things were 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. Thats the story, not whether I or anyone else diddled an underage girl! The case is closed. Sometimes kids get molested. Maybe they shouldnt 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.

Permanut
(7,307 posts)niyad
(125,164 posts)That's how bad things have gotten.
slightlv
(6,094 posts)trump would do, the onion didn't do it enough justice!!!!
MustLoveBeagles
(13,451 posts)soldierant
(8,728 posts)electric_blue68
(22,337 posts)harumph
(2,839 posts)The Onion is getting it done.
usonian
(18,990 posts)🧅🧅🧅🧅🧅🧅🧅🧅🧅🧅🧅🧅
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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)Trump posted on truth social because its plausable. I couldnt tell it was satire. It was realistic because trump settled out of court a lot of young girls cases.
Prairie Gates
(5,645 posts)Perfection.
OverBurn
(1,251 posts)chouchou
(2,129 posts)niyad
(125,164 posts)chouchou
(2,129 posts)Thank you so much.
niyad
(125,164 posts)out loud. We know he BELIEVES it.
dalton99a
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niyad
(125,164 posts)Jack Valentino
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MorbidButterflyTat
(3,307 posts)literally has the complexion of an overripe orange. He makes me sick. 🤮🤮
ancianita
(41,013 posts)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)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)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)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)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.
B.See
(5,834 posts)Mossfern
(4,083 posts)had to check to see if it was satire is truly disturbing.
Aristus
(70,392 posts)n/t
greatauntoftriplets
(177,944 posts)Initech
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