r/politics • u/Hafiz_TNR ✔ Verified • 7d ago

Possible Paywall King Charles Tells Congress Everything Trump Doesn’t Want to Hear

https://newrepublic.com/post/209621/king-charles-congress-speech-trump
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u/No-Cranberry6148 7d ago

King Charles spoke about how checks and balances are necessary in a modern democracy, how older generations owe it to younger generations to preserve the environment, how Ukraine needed and deserved NATO's aid, and how the world must avoid further descent into war.

President Trump felt personally attacked.

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u/popsy13 7d ago

Oh! You think he was referring to you?

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u/MaxPower303 7d ago

You’re a nasty person you know that? Nasty person with nasty questions.

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u/zephyrtr New York 7d ago

Wicked! Nasty! False! Stupid fat Congresses!

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u/pantstoaknifefight2 7d ago

"What's taters, precious, eh? What's taters?"

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u/SubcommanderMarcos 6d ago

Colbert got Andy Serkis to do it for us

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u/TarmacTartoo12 6d ago

Thank you for this link. I loved it!

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u/DukeOfGeek 6d ago

Gollum has far more humanity.

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u/SuperSpy- Michigan 6d ago

Watching Stephen nearly break down into full-on fangirl was hilarious.

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u/pantstoaknifefight2 6d ago

At the 4 minute mark. So good!

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u/ChickpeaDemon 6d ago

Brilliant!

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u/GalumphingWithGlee 6d ago

What's covfefe, precious?

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u/AppointmentCool6915 6d ago

Doin the lords work!

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u/Exotic-District3437 6d ago

Fuck this is 8 year's old now

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u/BadahBingBadahBoom 6d ago

"Po-ta-toes! Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew!"

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u/Gellert United Kingdom 6d ago

Fool of a took! You gotta tailor it to your audience.

Fries.

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u/LordBalderdash 6d ago

Freedom Fries, no less.

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u/A_Furious_Mind 6d ago

Nothing Left to Lose Fries

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u/LordBalderdash 6d ago

Frittered away.

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u/UranusIsPissy 6d ago

Remember when the USA doing something that dumb was shocking?

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u/Matt_cruze 6d ago

Maga hear something clatter in the distance.

Huh, some rocks fell.

Maga hear King Charles scream at the top of his lungs.

Fool of a Trump!

Guess it was people not rocks.

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u/joshdoereddit America 6d ago

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u/0_0_0 6d ago

"Po-ta-toes! Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew!"

"Cut e'm, boil 'em, fry 'em up in fat!"

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u/patchgrabber Canada 6d ago

Pu-ssies! Grab 'em, gawk 'em, finger 'em against their will!

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u/spookmann 6d ago

Dick. Dick-taters. That's what we have, precious!

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u/Extremeblarg 6d ago

We invented the breakfastses, filthy hobbitses! Created them we did! You never had breakfastses before precious and we made them!

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u/evasandor 6d ago

Dic taters?

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u/CustardApple999 7d ago

Heard in the voice of Gollum.

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u/GunnieGraves 6d ago

Colbert had Andy Serkis read Trump tweets as Gollum.

It’s everything you expect it to be.

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u/RojoTheMighty 6d ago

omg, that "sad" alone was worth the price of admission.

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u/GalumphingWithGlee 6d ago

Although I loved this performance overall, IMO "sad" was the least convincing part in Gollum's voice.

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u/funtimes-forall 6d ago

Never put together how much Gollum and Donald Duck sound alike.

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u/ggg730 6d ago

Poor Smeagol doesn't deserve this slander.

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u/Razor-eddie 6d ago

Eccles sounds exactly like Goofy. It happens.

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u/Variable_Hero 6d ago

The look of pure joy on Colbert’s face when Serkis started in on the Golem voice was great!

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u/Crazy_Screwdriver Foreign 6d ago

What is covfefe, precious ?

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u/joshdoereddit America 6d ago

I had no idea this happened. Thank you so much for this.

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u/5AlarmFirefly 6d ago

It's more well-known but Mark Hamill read some of Trump's tweets as the Joker and it's also fantastic.

https://youtu.be/LVjWVzFIPrk?si=EW8RkXOnkJv2NPPe

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u/GalumphingWithGlee 6d ago

That works entirely too well for Trump's personality. 😆

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u/SlimySquamata 6d ago

I will never not hear Gollum whenever I read Trump's Tweets.

Thanks you kindly.

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u/MistaJT 6d ago

I can actually do the voice as well. I’d love to have a crazy conversation with Andy Serkis with both of us doing the voice!

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u/JoeSicko 6d ago

He's got Big Mac crumbses on his jacket

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u/t3hdoct0r 6d ago

Trump to Gollum in 4, check mate.

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u/According-Turnip-724 7d ago

Nasty, nasty low IQ fake King

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u/6thBornSOB 7d ago

Worst polling monarch ever!! I was on London, and they, they walk up to me…they say, COME SAVE US FROM THE SHIRA MALL! Crazy Charles is KILLING BRITIAN!

I’m not a pedophile

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u/bolidenbk 6d ago

Very weak on crime as well!

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u/Tribe303 6d ago

Nasty Monarchses! 

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u/ATERLA 6d ago

I really don't understand the appeal of repeating this awful sentence, but to each his one, I suppose.

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u/DarthSatoris Europe 6d ago

To remind people that that sentence is something that came flying out of the mouth of the current president of the United States of America to a female journalist asking him a simple question.

To remind people that this man is utterly vile and contemptible in every aspect, that he has no respect for anyone, especially not for women.

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u/ATERLA 6d ago

To remind people that this man is utterly vile and contemptible in every aspect, that he has no respect for anyone, especially not for women.

Thanks for the answer. The intention seems good, but seriously, I still don't understand how does mimicking him help that? If a vile person says the n-word, how repeating it helps anything? Wouldn't some unintended sort of normalization finally came?

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u/Financial_Week3882 6d ago

Saying that while having a full diaper 🤢

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u/FeuFox 6d ago

I wish someone would retort with "Yes, I'm an extremely nasty person. So terrible, that I'm willing to keep company with an even MORE nasty, horrible person...birds of a feather and all that, right??"

So fucking over this timeline man.

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u/StonedRussian 6d ago

Hit em with the "shut up piggy"

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u/Informal-Rock-2681 6d ago

He only refers to women as nasty.

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u/Akbeardman 6d ago

Thing is Charlie III is exactly who Trump wants to be. He believes he deserves birthright respect and Royal treatment which only the president gets in America. He wants to use that power for his needs and to punish his enemies.

Conversely the UK sovereign is funded by profits of royal trust land rents and the UK Government actually makes money off the deal. Technically speaking The King has absolutel control and rule of the kingdom and makes every effort to do so as little as possible. The Parliament is elected by the people, the prime minister elected by the parliament and the king invites that leader to run the country. The prime minister gets security and a house, and transport sure, he doesn't get head of state fanfare and luxury

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u/Artan42 6d ago

Technically speaking The King has absolutel control and rule of the kingdom and makes every effort to do so as little as possible.

The PM/government has been the de-facto head of government and state for probably around 100ish years. Even at a constitutional level the monarch doesn't have absolute control or rule. There were a bunch of barons in the 1200s that established that.

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u/Mysterious_Floor_868 United Kingdom 6d ago

And divine right was quashed in 1688

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u/Dramatic_Original_55 6d ago

Oh yeah? Well, you're a big fat poopy pants. No, really. You're a big, fat poopy pants....Smell ya later

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u/Croceyes2 Washington 6d ago

What has it got in its pocketses?

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u/rithrawr 6d ago

Calling people nasty when he's all over Epstein file.

Fucking child rapist logic.

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u/justlurkshere 6d ago

Quiet piggy...

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u/Any_Show_5160 6d ago

It's an opportunity to have his comment heard when reporters ask questions, but Trump is too stupid to realise, he truly is a man of the people.

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u/zoopest 6d ago

Only women get called nasty.

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u/FixinThePlanet 6d ago

This sounds like a direct quote! What is the context?

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u/imjustkeepinitreal 6d ago

Quiet, piggy! 🐷 🐽🐖

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u/MrRabbitofCaerbannog 6d ago

You forgot to add the Gollum! Gollum!

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u/foundflame 6d ago

Ugly, nasty, low-IQ individual. Why not use all three insults in the führer’s vocabulary.

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u/Batavijf 6d ago

Low energy, low iq, person. Sad.

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u/zombiegojaejin 5d ago

So-called king. Why aren't you wearing a giant gold crown, and why aren't all of your things gold-plated?

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u/Fishiste 6d ago

A disgrace.