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Every time the pee-tape story is about to slip out of my mind, Trump brings it up in a public forum. In 2021, he announced, “I’m not into golden showers,” while addressing the National Republican Senatorial Committee retreat, though no one had asked. He brought it up during at least two separate speeches he delivered in Ohio last fall. And he mentioned it again on Saturday during a campaign rally in Fort Dodge, Iowa.

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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 85 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 months ago

Well, in this case it was about getting pissed on by the ladies

[–] PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world 62 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I mean, I would've thought that story was false, but this makes me rethink that.

Every denial from him is a confession.

Not only do we know from early on that trump has as small penis but that he's insecure about it.

Can you imagine it? The president of the United States, arguably the most powerful and effectual person in the whole world, is so mentally unwell that he is insecure about the size of his penis?

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 27 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I never thought it was false. It's entirely in line with Russia to use both the carrot and the stick at the same time. The carrot was obvious: help Trump become president. The stick was also obvious: release tapes of him getting peed on by prostitutes. Most people - even his fans, hell especially his fans - probably wouldn't care, but Trump really cares about his image, to an unhinged level.

The better question to me is what dirt they might have had on Boris Johnson. Complete speculation, but I think one of his many bastard children was fathered to an underage girl - that would be just about the only thing that would make BoJo step into line.

[–] LeadSoldier@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

The only optimistic point I have is that Russia doesn't respect its assets and sees them as traders to their countries. That means when they are past their usefulness Russia will burn them and brag about how powerful they are. For once in an intelligence operation we may actually get to see the dirty details revealed about these bastards.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah nobody cares what size Bush’s dick is. Could be huge, could be tiny, probably is about average. But nobody cares. He doesn’t make it our problem and we don’t make it his problem.

[–] Late2TheParty@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

I needed this image like I need another hole in my head.

Thanks so very much for that. Hahahahahah

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I don't think anyone would give a rat's ass even if he were, except that he keeps bringing it up.

We have plenty of other legitimate complaints about him. You know, just a few.

[–] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 15 points 11 months ago

Same about his hands. The only reason why it is brought up so often is because he seems incredibly insecure about it.

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 4 points 11 months ago

Yeah, it’s not my cup of tea (sorrynotsorry) but generally I don’t give a lark’s behind - except he just keeps rubbing it in!

[–] barttier@feddit.de 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] utopianfiat@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

Idk dude if you announce that you aren’t into something on stage years after people forgot about the story you’re probably into ir

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's likely false, but the idea that there is a fake tape going around was confirmed by the Mueller report.

I'm not sure why articles like this continue to say the Steele Dossier has been discredited when it's been confirmed over and over again:

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/pee-tape-trump-mueller-report-823755/

"According to the report, on October 30th, 2016, Trump’s private attorney and fixer Michael Cohen received a text from a Russian businessman involved in the Trump Tower Moscow deal, in progress for more than a year. “Stopped flow of tapes from Russia but not sure if there’s anything else. Just so you know….” Giorgi Rtskhiladze wrote to Cohen. Cohen told investigators he spoke to Trump about the issue after receiving the texts from Rtskhiladze. 

Rtskhiladze later admitted he had been told the tapes were fake, but he did not communicate that to Cohen, the report says. 

Rtskhiladze’s description of the tapes’ content tracks with the unverified information included in the Steele dossier, which claimed that Trump watched Russian prostitutes urinate in a Moscow hotel room in 2013. “Rtskhiladze said ‘tapes’ referred to compromising tapes of Trump rumored to be held by persons associated with the Russian real estate conglomerate Crocus Group, which had helped host the 2013 Miss Universe Pageant in Russia.”"

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

I'd think it was false, except he's so intent on denying it rather than just ignoring it. Years later. It's not like it's the first time he's done something like that when he was actually guilty. Or the fiftieth.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 14 points 11 months ago

Methinks he doth protest too much

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

If you're obsessed, you like it.

If you're obsessed, the Russians hang it over your head.

If you're obsessed, you don't feel comfortable about it.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I thought the story was that Trump paid Russian sex workers to pee on a bed used by Obama. If so, wouldn't Trump's base enjoy that?

[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

That is where the story ended up, and the theory was that Russia bugged the hell out of the room to try to spy on whoever they could, including the Obamas and then Trump, thus the existence of a "pee tape."

A further point would be that the Russian prostitutes probably pushed this whole thing on the orders of the KGB, so even someone who really believes every bit of this shouldn't really think he likes golden showers. He was duped into participating in something that can be used as leverage against him, if any of it is true at all.

We don't have any evidence to say it's true, for the record. But that is my understanding of the rumor.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I kind of am? If I'm the one getting showered on, I mean.