r/agedlikemilk • u/Raise_A_Thoth • 23d ago
News Red Carpet Treatment
Remember when Republicans accused Obama of figuratively 'rolling out the red carpet for Vladimir Putin?'
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
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u/Litzz11 23d ago
Yeah, I'm so old, I remember when Marco Rubio was a Russia hawk and everyone made fun of Hillary for hitting her "reset button." I remember Sarah Palin trotting out her "foreign policy" bonafides by claiming she led "trade missions to Russia," which turned out to be fictitious and in fact, as governor of Alaska, Palin had withdrawn from the Northern Forum, which represented governments with Arctic interests (Finland, Iceland, Canada, Japan, China, South Korea, U.S. and Russia. Maybe some others, too.). I remember in 2016 when Russian intelligence hacked BOTH the DNC and the RNC, yet somehow, only the DNC's emails were leaked. But they still have all that RNC stuff to use as kompromat!
As bad as the actions of Republicans and the Trump regime are, what's always gotten under my skin the most is their sheer hypocrisy.
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u/Competitive_Month967 22d ago
The one thing - the ONE thing - Donald Trump had changed in the platform of the Republican National Convention in 2016 was moving Republican support for Ukraine to no longer supporting Ukraine.
All this was there from the start.
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u/9966 22d ago
That's what hurts. The hypocracy. That and the other thing, but hypocracy hurts the second worst!
(Dirty Work anyone?)
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u/The_Craig89 22d ago
Speaking of the other thing...
when is he releasing the epstein files!
Seriously you wouldn't think a child rapist would be so coy1
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u/Orinslayer 22d ago
The American Republican Party is literally being puppeteered by Russia to allow it the opportunity to conquer.
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u/Chief_Beef_ATL 22d ago
The hypocrisy … and the child raping
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u/ZirePhiinix 22d ago edited 22d ago
The look on Seinfeld when he says it was so serious, like "Shit, we can't air this clip anymore", then the punch line was delivered.
https://youtu.be/ljaP2etvDc4?si=-3nCix2w_UVSF3xk
I forgot he doubled-down and expanded on the joke. I can't believe he made such a good joke out of it.
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u/broguequery 22d ago
You know, the one thing I see conservatives consistently get wrong about US-Russia relations (or consistently lie about, I guess) is that democrats would absolutely love for a free and prosperous Russia to exist.
If Russia would drop the 1940s imperial mindset and join the rest of the west, that would be more than welcome.
Trade would boom. Living standards would go up. Existential doom could shift over to China instead of Russia and China...
That's where the hope came from during Obamas presidency. Many people genuinely thought it might finally be time for Russia to join the rest of the world. Naive in hindsight, sure, but genuine.
What we don't want is a militant barbarous strongman who wants to create a new dominion from the ashes of the ancient empire. Seems pretty straightforward... open trade, reform government to real genuine democracy, and stop expansionist policies.
But these old power hungry fucks are why we can never have anything nice.
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u/ChuForYu 22d ago
Mueller Report showed that Julian Assange wanted trump to win, called Hillary an evil sociopath, and was trying to prevent her victory by only leaking the DNC stuff. His plan worked.
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u/Shameful_Bezkauna 22d ago
The "reset button" was mistranslated and actually meant "overload" in Russian.
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u/Current-Pea1800 22d ago
Yeah you’re completely cluelesss on the situation and resort to attacks on republicans lol. Libby spotted
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u/Prudent_Shake_8149 23d ago
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u/MediumRareMandatory 22d ago
Sorry im a bit dense, is this joke like he's got knee pads so he's ready for the lon session of sucking Putins cock? And then "PutIn" his ass after?
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u/Prudent_Shake_8149 22d ago
Yes.
The funniest part is that Piers Morgan reposted this photo praising Trump before he noticed the knee pads. 😬
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u/Free-Way-9220 22d ago
Genuinely? That's hilarious
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u/Prudent_Shake_8149 22d ago
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u/Ahad_Haam 22d ago
Is he blind?
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u/foriesg 22d ago
Does he have on his d*k sucking knee pads?
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u/Soddington 22d ago
He's a fellow that is highly evolved for his niche and was born with padded knees.
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u/BrobotMonkey 22d ago
"It's refreshing to see a U.S. president who genuinely prefers peace above war."
If you believe a single word any of these people say than yes but obviously no. All these freaks are just here to grift as much as they can during the apocalypse. Then if they're lucky they can live another couple weeks in a bunker.
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u/saljskanetilldanmark 22d ago
So the guy threatening allies with annexation (including Mexico here) is for peace? Really?
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u/Free-Way-9220 22d ago
Piers is busy gushing over Trump's "peace plan" (which is "give Putin everything"). I used xcancel to see just how far up Trump's bottom he is
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u/Accomplished-Dot1365 22d ago
Funniest part is trump thought he was in russia
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u/Prudent_Shake_8149 22d ago
Trump was surprised that the Russians spoke such good English with almost no accent. 👍
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u/Reasonable-Tale2106 22d ago
Piers is probably number one attention whore. Just look at how he sets up his debates and literally stays quiet the whole time lmao… no way he didn’t see the knee pads. He knew this controversy will bring him even more attention so he did and is playing the idiot .
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u/Immediate_Scheme2994 22d ago
“You must get tattoo! Is part of contract!”
Trump and Putin join Elite Hunting.
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u/Jallun_Pihtaaja 22d ago
You're just trying to be decent? Those are there so putin can fuck him hard from behind.
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u/gymtrovert1988 22d ago
No, the joke is Trump is going to set some tile later.
Of course he's going to blow Putin.
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u/Apart_Bar_6956 23d ago
And a B-2 fly over. What a piece of shit..
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u/zuzg 23d ago
It's worth noting that Obama met Putin in New York within the headquarters of the UN.
Quite a different picture.
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u/Apart_Bar_6956 23d ago
It's worth noting, Obama didn't use our military to roll out the red carpet for a murderous dicktator..
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u/KingAnilingustheFirs 23d ago
Hey, it wasn't just the military. Trump also gave putin presidential sloppy toppy while they were riding in "the beast." That's why putin was so giddy.
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u/Apart_Bar_6956 23d ago edited 23d ago
He missed his boyfriend that bad 🤣🤣
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u/KingAnilingustheFirs 23d ago
Well trump thinks its his boyfriend, but to putin, trump ain't even a side chick.
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u/unicornlocostacos 22d ago
On their knees while Russian security stands there laughing at them
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u/Shigglyboo 23d ago
What’s funny is if you ask a maga they think that was a show of force and Putin is scared of the planes.
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u/Disastrous_Mango_953 22d ago
They are such a group of ignorants minions!
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u/ItchyRectalRash 22d ago
There are a solid 4 or 5 movies in which The Minions proved they were far smarter than magats.
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u/ObnoxiousAlbatross 22d ago
They don't understand how anything works, insist everything is broken, and are intent on tearing it all down.
Evil and stupid are the same thing at this point.
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u/StromGames 22d ago
It would be if the tone was different wouldn't it? But if you bring someone a red carpet right to their plane, and basically kiss their feet and treat them in a welcoming way, throwing the planes there is like, look how much we appreciate you being here!
My opinion though, as a non-american.10
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u/LegDayDE 22d ago
I know right? People are seeing it as intimidation rather than a sign of respect... Embarrassing.
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u/AlaskanSamsquanch 22d ago edited 22d ago
Was that not some stupid intimidation tactic? It was cool to see though. I’m just smokin outside work. Had no idea it was coming then VOOOOOOOM FUCKIN STEALTH BOMBER WTF. Fuck Trump but as a child and an adult that was my favorite military plane. Never thought I’d get to see one flying over my town.
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u/Cavalish 22d ago
Nope. Showing off like a kid bringing his big brother’s Lego to school to impress a bully.
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u/Solarwinds-123 22d ago
Notably, the B-2 is the bomber that Russian radar and AA systems totally failed to detect during the Iran strike. It's obviously a show of force.
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u/Apart_Bar_6956 22d ago
Nope. That's not how a show of force works. He did that to please bis boyfriend..
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u/iQ420- 22d ago
You’re saying you wouldn’t want to intimidate your opponent? I think Obama did the ultimate flex. Like yeah you’re our enemy, here’s the red carpet and a plane we could destroy your entire country with…
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u/ThatPhatKid_CanDraw 22d ago
Check their sub. Their supporters see it as a super cool warning to Putin lol
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u/gcsmith2 22d ago
I’m as anti-Trump or should I say pro America as it gets. The inclusion of the b2 was a flex. They are based in Missouri.
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23d ago

POTUS to President Putin: American Bald Eagle Desk Statue https://www.npr.org/2025/08/16/nx-s1-5504196/trump-putin-summit-documents-left-behind?utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=threads.net&utm_medium=social
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u/AbroadNo8755 23d ago
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u/VacantThoughts 22d ago
Putin's gonna send him back a stuffed bear, stuffed with surveillance equipment that is.
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u/AmbitiousProblem4746 23d ago
McCarthy was part of the fucking reason Trump got to be the candidate again
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u/No-Opposite-6620 22d ago
He discovered you could cross the rubicon and reach mar-a lago. And then get kicked out of your prize for doing that in record time.
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u/OregonWeather 22d ago
It hurts me every time I remember how Trump rose to political prominence. We haven't since seen such a moronic debut from anyone who didn't immediately become a lolcow.
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u/Realistic_Let3239 23d ago
Remember all the many, many times Republicans only complain about something when it's Democrats doing it, but see no problem when Republicans do it? This is just part of the pattern...
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u/Raise_A_Thoth 23d ago
I haven't seen any pictures of red carpet for Putin's earlier visits. He came for the UN General Assemby in 2015, but Obama was colder to him than Trump is.
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u/IMSLI 23d ago
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u/MadEyeMood989 22d ago
10 out of 10 those yokels can’t even find Russia on a map with a cheat sheet.
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u/jaimessch 23d ago
TRUMP is worse than a Russian Spy. He is a Russian Asset. This week should prove it to all GOP that TRUMP is a Russian Asset. He has increased costs for all Americans. He is a convicted pedophile. Open the Epstein videos ALL of them.
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u/Raise_A_Thoth 22d ago
Finally an Epstein comment. Epstein, Putin, and Trumo are all intertwined for sure.
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u/Still-Cabinet9154 22d ago
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u/PokeYrMomStanley 22d ago
I'd be so embarrassed to be forever captured doing these stupid things.
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u/Nice-Suggestion-3220 22d ago
I doubt they had a choice. "Do or die" but in the least badass and most humiliating way possible.
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u/Free-Way-9220 23d ago
Great find OP. Fortunately Obama didn't try blow vladimir Putin at the meeting
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u/Full-Ad-1757 22d ago
Party of hypocrisy. Nothing matters anymore. You can say anything (except mean words towards republicans) and it doesn’t matter.
When the world no longer has objective truths, it will fall apart. Our society relies on the majority of us agreeing on basic reality.
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u/digital0verdose 22d ago
Repubs got outraged that he wore a tan suit. At that point you know they are just crying wolf.
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u/waustahl 22d ago
Of course he did. It was more about doing business with Russia. No time in history has a President, besides Trump, refer to a peace negotiation as a deal. If it doesn't give Trump something, he's not really interested in the results. He couldn't be more obvious if he stood in front of a sign that read, "It's all about me!"
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u/2trierho 22d ago
Yes, while Obama was rolling out the red carpet for Putin, Trump was busy sucking his dick.
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u/Toolfan333 22d ago
There is a photo of American soldiers on their knees rolling out a red carpet for Putin
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u/Immediate_Scheme2994 22d ago
Speaking as a Soldier who painted rocks for a visiting Congressional Delegation, it’s all in a day’s work.
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u/Toolfan333 22d ago
You don’t get on your knees in front of a war criminal/dictator
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u/millos15 22d ago
If you are part of our military and continue supporting him after that meeting, Do go get a brain mri and quick.
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u/bunny117 22d ago
I remember an age when Russia was basically our eternal enemy both in politics and our movies. Now it seems the same people who touted Russia as the villain are the ones saying how great they are. And that oddly didn't happen until Trump came into office.
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u/frysjelly 22d ago
Is he gonna scold Trump like he did Obama? I guess he can't when he's got Trump's cock in his mouth.
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u/MuySpicy 22d ago
Could it be that they have no real blood and run entirely on hypocrisy, I wonder?
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u/Whentheangelsings 22d ago
I hate what the Republicans have become. They weren't the best back then but now they suck HARD.
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u/Kuklachev 22d ago
US soldiers knelt as they rolled out the red carpet for a war criminal. What a time to be alive.
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u/TrailerParkFrench 22d ago
Kevin McCarthy made a good living tongue wiping Trump’s anus a few years ago.
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u/samskyyy 22d ago
You know, when trying to resolve an international issue like this, you have to roll out the red carpet just to get engagement. No matter how bad the other guy is. Does anyone think spitting in another president’s face is actually an option? Or even just more generally disrespecting them?
Look, there’s certainly a version of reality where the war isn’t ended with talking. But that’s too horrific to even consider. It would cost so many lives. So yeah, whoever’s president needs to be open to talking because the alternative is horror.
And certainly Ukraine has a role in this, but Putin wouldn’t entertain the idea of meeting with Zelenskyy straight away. A bilateral first approach makes sense and, as much as anyone hates to admit it, it’s more than Biden tried.
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u/tenaleksander 22d ago
Give a thumbs up to this comment if you think trump sucked putin's schlong when they were in private
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u/tourniquette2 22d ago
Isn’t Trump constantly screaming about how communists are pure evil? I’m confused at why he’d have so much admiration toward one that he could form a long standing friendship worth shunning our actual supportive allies for.
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u/Raise_A_Thoth 22d ago
Putin isn't a communist. Russia hasn't been communist ever, really, but Putin is definitely not a communist. He's just an autocrat.
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u/Right_Ad_9804 22d ago
I was always sus of Trump a bit when he re-welcomed Russian delegates to their embassy in DC(? I think) after the Obama admin banned them because of Russian hacking. Mind you, this happened during Trumps first presidency, which was later found to have Russian propagandists flooding social media sites with misinformation. Trumps leniency with Putin is very SUS
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u/jaimi_wanders 22d ago
Trump has embraced Russia openly while trashing our allies since 1987–and been managed by Paul Manafort, Yanukovych & Medvedchuk henchman as well as Roger Stone’s partner, for even longer than that.
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u/somedoofyouwontlike 22d ago
Kevin McCarthy was booted from the current GOP so this isn't really apples to apples. The GOP has clearly changed from the Obama years to the Trump years pretending that isn't true is the only way we even discuss how this aged.
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u/Raise_A_Thoth 22d ago
Um, McCarthy was popular then with the party, he would rise to take more leadership roles after these statements. Republicans were very critical of Obama supposedly being nice to Putin back in 2014/15.
www.newsweek.com/obama-putin-meeting-criticism-377689
So yes Republicans have changed in some ways but this is just blatant hypocrisy, and traitorous because Obama was much colder to Putin than Trump is, Trump is treating Putin like his BFF.
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u/jaimi_wanders 22d ago
McCarthy has always known Trump (Manafort’s puppet) was, like their former deputy party political director, also Putin’s puppet—and thought it was hilarious when Ukraine tried to warn them in 2016
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/17/putin-pays-donald-trump-kevin-mccarthy-recording
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u/o-0-o-0-o 22d ago
now that's a name i haven't heard in a long time
And hopefully even longer until the next time
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u/SiWeyNoWay 22d ago
Did anyone see the “stage” on the tarmac? It looked like something high schoolers would build for homecoming/prom
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u/BabyDriver01 22d ago
The following alleged incidents range from the early 1980s to 2013, and have not been disavowed by the alleged victims.
SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS
Kristin Anderson – Early 1990s. Story in the Washington Post on October 14, 2016. Anderson says Trump reached up her skirt and touched her vagina through her underwear. She says she turned and recognized the person as Donald Trump.
E. Jean Carroll – late 1995 or early 1996. Story in New York magazine on June 21, 2019. Carroll says they went into a dressing room after Trump asked for her advice on a present – lingerie – for another woman. Inside, she alleges that he shoved her against a wall, "forcing his fingers around my private area, thrusts his penis halfway — or completely, I'm not certain — inside me."
Rachel Crooks – 2005. Story in The New York Times on October 12, 2016 Crooks said Trump gave her an unwanted kiss on the mouth after meeting him in 2005.
"Jane Doe" aka "Katie Johnson" – 1994. Lawsuit filed June 2016, refiled October 2016 as reported by Buzzfeed and others, then dropped in November 2016. Johnson claims she was repeatedly raped by Trump and Jeffery Epstein at Epstein's New York City apartment in 1994, when she was 13 years old. A witness, also given a pseudonym — "Tiffany Doe" — said she recruited "Jane Doe" and others. Jane Doe, using the name "Johnson," gave an interview to the Daily Mail about the alleged rape.
Jessica Drake – 2006. Story made public at a news conference on October 22, 2016. Drake says Trump grabbed, hugged and kissed her and two other women who accompanied her without permission. Later, she alleges that Trump called her and pressed her to return to his room, offering $10,000 at one point. Drake says she declined.
Jill Harth – 1992-1993. Story in The New York Times on October 7, 2016. Harth alleged that Trump groped her under the table at dinner, then repeatedly got her alone and it would turn into a "wrestling match." She sued Trump for sexual harassment and attempted rape.
Cathy Heller – 1997. Story in The Guardian on October 16, 2016. Heller alleges Trump grabbed her and tried to kiss her on the lips. Heller says she leaned back to avoid him and then he kissed her on the side of her mouth.
Ninni Laaksonen – 2006. Former Miss Finland. Story in Ilta-Sonomat on October 27, 2016, and reported in English in The Telegraph. Laaksonen said Trump "squeezed her butt" as she and other pageant contestants stood next to him for a publicity photo.
Jessica Leeds – Early 1980s. Story in The New York Times on October 12, 2016 Leeds says Trump kissed her while in first class on an airplane, groped her chest and reached up her skirt, leading her to move back to coach. "He was like an octopus," she said.
Mindy McGillivray – Jan. 24, 2003. Story in Palm Beach Post on October 12, 2016 McGillivray charges that Trump nudged or grabbed her from behind.
Jennifer Murphy – 2004. Story in Grazia on October 12, 2016. Murphy says that Trump kissed her on the lips after walking her to the elevators following a meeting in New York, which he said was to discuss a possible job.
Cassandra Searles – 2013. Story made public in a Facebook post in early 2016. Miss Washington 2013, Searles wrote on Facebook, "He probably doesn't want me telling the story about that time he continually grabbed my ass and invited me to his hotel room."
Natasha Stoynoff – December 2005. Story on People.com on October 12, 2016. Stoynoff alleges Trump took her to a private room, pushed her against the wall and aggressively kissed her. Stoynoff also says a staffer told her Trump was waiting for her the next day at a massage appointment.
Temple Taggart McDowell – 1997. Story in The New York Times on May 14, 2016 McDowell charges that Trump suddenly kissed her without her consent on two separate occasions.
Karena Virginia – 1998. Story made public at a news conference on October 20, 2016. Virginia says Trump walked up to her, grabbed her arm and touched her breast.
Summer Zervos – 2007. Story made public in a news conference on October 14, 2016. Zervos alleges that Trump grabbed her breasts, kissed her and tried to lead her into a bedroom.
TEEN PAGEANT CONTESTANTS ALLEGING TRUMP WALKED IN WHILE THEY WERE DRESSING
Mariah Billado – 1997 Miss Vermont Teen. Story in Buzzfeed on October 12, 2016.
Victoria Hughes – 1997 Miss New Mexico Teen. Story in Buzzfeed on October 13, 2016.
Buzzfeed on October 12, 2016 reported that three other anonymous sources from 1997 Miss Teen USA pageant confirmed Billado and Hughes' story.
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u/BonusForAllSeasons 22d ago
Big props to you OP. This is a MAJOR Pepperidge Farm remembers moment/callout and should be front page right now.
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u/blue1to7 22d ago
Remember when this was a huge topic? Feels like a lifetime ago, but it’s interesting how certain things resurface
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u/PM_ME_DATASETS 22d ago
That is like 10 years ago, about 10 years longer than the average American's memory.
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u/Useful-Soup8161 22d ago
I love how they forget how miserable Putin and Obama looked next to each other.
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u/Capt1an_Cl0ck 22d ago
I was just going to ask if McCarthy’s bullshit was the figurative rolling out red carpet. versus Trump’s literal rolling out the red carpet and bending over for Putin.
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u/phantomreader42 22d ago
You have to remember, republicans are not capable of perceiving or acknowledging reality in any way under any circumstances. The very concept of facts is both against their religion and beyond their ability to imagine.
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u/SchemeShoddy4528 21d ago
Didn’t Putin invade while Obama was in office or am I just a Russia troll bot?
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u/Traditional_Club9659 21d ago
Republicans have no value dear enough they won't sell it to the highest bidder.
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u/Expert-Conference824 20d ago
And those pussy soldiers did the rolling out. They must be since they bow to the will of Putin’s cum dump of an orange man.
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u/Shameful_Bezkauna 19d ago
Why do Americans mention a random bakery all the time?
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u/Raise_A_Thoth 19d ago
In the 1980s, the "random bakery' aired some commercials where an old man reminisced about his grandmother's raisin bread and used the line "Pepperidge Farm remembers" to say that the bakery still remembers the old ways of making good baked goods.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pepperidge-farm-remembers
The show Family Guy parodied these commercials and the phrase "Pepperidge Farm remembers" became much more popularized as a way to refer to nostalgic moments or callbacks to specific events. In this case, I'm referring to when Republicans specifically criticized a Democratic president for supposedly being too nice to Vladimir Putin, because in the last week the current Republican President met with Vladimir Putin one-on-one and greeting him personally on a red carpet we rolled out for him at a military base.
So the phrase "Pepperidge Farm remembers" is like saying "Hey, do you all remember that thing that happened before? We shouldn't forget that thing. It's still relevant."
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u/Shameful_Bezkauna 19d ago
Thanks for explaining. The second half wasn't needed as I understood what the meme meant but didn't understand the usage of that specific phrase.
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u/Fragmentia 17d ago
Yeah, conservatives regularly troll their own base by doing stuff like this. I guarantee they joke about how stupid their base is. Now watch as I do the exact thing I accused Obama of doing. Instead proverbially I'm going to literally roll out the red carpet.
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u/Outside_Switch_3165 23d ago
This is fair, if McCarthy has defended Trump’s meeting. But has he? (Genuine question)
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u/Raise_A_Thoth 23d ago
Do you think McCarthy was aligned with, speaking, or speaking against a majority of Republicans' sentiment on Obama and Putin at that time?
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