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[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 109 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I feel like what he said was fine. What the interpreter said was fucked up.

But "I came to grope and I ain’t leaving" is pretty on brand for several of our presidents in the last 30 years.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.world 61 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But “I came to grope and I ain’t leaving”

Pretty much US foreign policy, if you ask me.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

But they are usually less open about it.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait, several? The most I can think of is 2 (because Bush, as terrible as he was, doesn't seem like the kind of guy to have this flaw).

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (6 children)

The coked out, drunk frat boy vibe isn't a bit rapey? Also you know the whole credibly accused thing and questionable links to Epstein like a lot of politicians.

https://www.vox.com/2018/12/1/17274466/eight-women-george-hw-bush-touching-inappropriately-metoo-legacy

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[–] SpiceDealer@lemmy.world 62 points 2 months ago

Seymour, who reportedly had a daily rate of $150 for his translation services, lasted less than a day on the job before he was replaced.

$150 in 1977 is roughly $800 today. I don't think he charged enough for such an epic troll.

[–] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Which of course means “I’m a doughnut”

[–] Dungrad@feddit.org 18 points 2 months ago

That's a myth. It roughly translates into: "I want to fuck and I'm not leaving."

[–] Ozymandias1688@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I am always baffled that people still believe that myth.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Clearly, they're Pfannkuchen

[–] Ozymandias1688@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago

That's a first rate ragebait for germans 😁

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 2 points 2 months ago

I just heard Eddie izzards bit on it and I love it

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

“…Omnibüs!” techno music

[–] batmaniam@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I tried to get a photo in front of the gate with a donught. Apparently it's just not a very popular pastry in Germany, or at least it wasn't at the time (not suprised given what I ate there... Don't know why you'd settle). IIRC even the dunkins nearby didn't have one.

[–] minibyte@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And — while it's been said that Polish journalists exaggerated on this part — it was widely reported that Seymour also mistranslated the innocuous statement that Carter was happy to be in Poland to the much less innocent claim that he was "happy to grasp at Poland's private parts."

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So was the translator polish or American? Because either he was an American that was bad at polish or a polish guy who was a huge troll.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Look at his name and take a wild guess.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that’s what I imagined but you never know. A guy who grew up in Poland but has an English speaking father with the last name Seymour sounds exactly like the kind of guy who would become a translator.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A guy who grew up in Poland would think twice before saying that Carter desires Polish people (in sexual sense) 😂

[–] nl4real@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

He's here to fuck and he's not leaving.

I absolutely love OOP's summary. One of the best posts in internet history.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 25 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 47 points 2 months ago

That screenshot.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 41 points 2 months ago (6 children)
[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It would be nice to know, what exactly he said, as I am Polish.

[–] pfm@scribe.disroot.org 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] wieson@feddit.org 18 points 2 months ago

The important bits:

“I left the United States this morning” => “left America for good to fly to Poland”

‘I have come to learn your opinions and understand your desires for the future’ => ‘I have come here because I desire you’.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not the worst invasion they've seen.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

And considering this was 1977, it might've been a welcome change from Moscow's loving embrace

[–] Shard@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd be concerned if it was something bill clinton said.

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[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can't judge; the only Polish words I can really say describe stuff like chairs, tables, armoires, that kind of thing. You know, furniture Polish.

[–] Ludrol@szmer.info 2 points 2 months ago

Stół z powyłamywanymi nogami.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

"here we go again"

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Epic! That is something you can't hear on a news cast nowadays.

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Tbh I wouldn't be that surprised if trump said something similar in English.

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