• WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.orgBanned
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      No.

      Trump is the all American boy. The American dream, the real one, not the one they sell to you to work and bleed for them.

      It’s all the same game from the streets to the president. Most people are taught not to play it, so it plays them.

      The difference is that people are seeing it now. It was always there happening. If people don’t understand this then there really isn’t any hope.

      Put your faith in humanity, yourself, and the people close to you. Or else this will happen over and over again. No one is coming to save you. You can’t elect someone to save you.

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        No.

        Yes, and emphatically so. If you cannot distinguish the difference between Donald Trump and what he’s currently doing, and all other presidents, then your head is planted firmly up your own ass.

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      Pretty much. The new aspect is that everything the US does now is intended to benefit Trump and whoever is currently in his favor (but mostly Trump). Given how often he changes his mind, there’s no telling what’s coming next. Being the wildcard and having nuclear weapons is a dangerous combination. The world is right to worry about us.

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      With respect, whether it’s different for the rest of the world, that’s not for you Americans to decide, it’s for the rest of the world.

      Fwiw, I actually agree that it is different.

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    Having spent a good deal of my career tracking malign foreign actors who undermine democracy around the world and coming up with strategies to defend against them, this was a rude reality check. I had to ask myself: “Wait, are we the bad guys?”

    Yes. Next question.

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    While many may be tempted to cut the U.S. off as an ally and partner

    At this point I think it’s more a matter of keeping your friends close, and your enemies closer

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    so easily

    Easily? Really? At least for Europe it’s the opposite: we did everything and more to not give up on the country that rebuilt our economies and brought us democracy after WWII