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Trump's Second Term
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Aridas
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Trump calls his own foreign aid cuts at USAID 'devastating'
Going beyond that, I suppose I should note that this rather sounds like a suggestion for China to step in and take over, which could likely quickly cement China's influence into the #1 spot. USAID was one of the big things that countered the darker perceptions of the US, in practice, and taking over would likely do much the same for China.
Trump calls his own foreign aid cuts at USAID 'devastating'
Going beyond that, I suppose I should note that this rather sounds like a suggestion for China to step in and take over, which could likely quickly cement China's influence into the #1 spot. USAID was one of the big things that countered the darker perceptions of the US, in practice, and taking over would likely do much the same for China.
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Tero
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Trump the Rorschach test/perfect saleman:
www.threads.com
He contnues:
Want to believe Donald Trump hates immigrants as much as you do? His words give you something to hang your hat on.
Want to believe Trump is just being hyperbolic and isn't REALLY a racist? His tone gives you something to hang your hat on.
He is like a human Rorschach test, allowing you to either take him at face value or not, depending on what you want to believe.
Thoughts?
Christopher Colt (@personality_of_colt) on Threads
Recently, I subjected myself to a Trump interview. He was going on some "weave" about immigrants, crime, open borders, etc. But what I noticed was how uninterested he seemed in all of it. The words were there, but utterly lacking the conviction of a true believer. And then it dawned on me that...
www.threads.com
Want to believe Donald Trump hates immigrants as much as you do? His words give you something to hang your hat on.
Want to believe Trump is just being hyperbolic and isn't REALLY a racist? His tone gives you something to hang your hat on.
He is like a human Rorschach test, allowing you to either take him at face value or not, depending on what you want to believe.
Thoughts?
Safe-Keeper
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I'm embarrassed to see a fellow Scandinavian fall off like that. At least three leopards came and are his face
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Aridas
Crazy Little Green Dragon
I'm reminded of an old Trump-Hitler comparison that highlighted how comically inept Hitler actually was in the eyes of the people at the time, just like Trump. How the same forces used and propelled him to power. How disturbingly similar their personalities and tactics were. They're not completely the same, of course, but there is one particularly relevant thing to the quoted observation referred in that comparison. Hitler called himself an actor.Trump the Rorschach test/perfect saleman:
He contnues:Christopher Colt (@personality_of_colt) on Threads
Recently, I subjected myself to a Trump interview. He was going on some "weave" about immigrants, crime, open borders, etc. But what I noticed was how uninterested he seemed in all of it. The words were there, but utterly lacking the conviction of a true believer. And then it dawned on me that...
Want to believe Donald Trump hates immigrants as much as you do? His words give you something to hang your hat on.
Want to believe Trump is just being hyperbolic and isn't REALLY a racist? His tone gives you something to hang your hat on.
He is like a human Rorschach test, allowing you to either take him at face value or not, depending on what you want to believe.
Thoughts?
That sounds rather familiar here, does it not?
A little unfair. As a non-citizen he could not vote, with his naturalization coming up, and being a non-citizen he could hardly be expected to post things that were anti-trump and not be deported. I'm pretty sure most green card holders and asylum seekers are busy posting comments in favour of Trump, and deleting any anti-Trump comments.
Tero
Philosopher
Also below:Trump the Rorschach test/perfect saleman:
He contnues:Christopher Colt (@personality_of_colt) on Threads
Recently, I subjected myself to a Trump interview. He was going on some "weave" about immigrants, crime, open borders, etc. But what I noticed was how uninterested he seemed in all of it. The words were there, but utterly lacking the conviction of a true believer. And then it dawned on me that...
Want to believe Donald Trump hates immigrants as much as you do? His words give you something to hang your hat on.
Want to believe Trump is just being hyperbolic and isn't REALLY a racist? His tone gives you something to hang your hat on.
He is like a human Rorschach test, allowing you to either take him at face value or not, depending on what you want to believe.
Thoughts?
I’ve had a similar theory: the fact that he lies about everything allows anyone who supports him to tell themselves that whatever offensive thing he just said was untrue. Conversely, anything he says that aligns with what the listener believes must be what he really means.
He’s the avatar of wish-fullfillment for the greedy, hateful, and stupid; everyone who buys in will end up betrayed in the end.
surrogate
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The posts featured in the video are from 2021 when Biden was POTUS. Are you asserting that poor old Casper is psychic?
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Jack by the hedge
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Trump justifying aid cuts: "...The United States always gets the request for money. Nobody else helps."
That's a flat lie.
ourworldindata.org
US foreign aid per capita is slightly below OECD average.
That's a flat lie.
Foreign aid given per capita
Net official development assistance (ODA), divided by population. This data is expressed in US dollars and adjusted for inflation.
ourworldindata.org
US foreign aid per capita is slightly below OECD average.
Mojo
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"Facts are meaningless. You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true."Trump justifying aid cuts: "...The United States always gets the request for money. Nobody else helps."
That's a flat lie.
Foreign aid given per capita
Net official development assistance (ODA), divided by population. This data is expressed in US dollars and adjusted for inflation.
US foreign aid per capita is slightly below OECD average.
Tero
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Liza Boswell (@lizaboswell7187) on Threads
Norway EVACUATED one of its students at Harvard on Friday because the scholar union they belong to had concerns that they would be stripped of their passport and visa and be put in a detention center. How effing great do we feel now America?
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How effing great do we feel now America?
Effing great.Norway EVACUATED one of its students at Harvard on Friday because the scholar union they belong to had concerns that they would be stripped of their passport and visa and be put in a detention center.Liza Boswell (@lizaboswell7187) on Threads
Norway EVACUATED one of its students at Harvard on Friday because the scholar union they belong to had concerns that they would be stripped of their passport and visa and be put in a detention center. How effing great do we feel now America?
How effing great do we feel now America?
The sooner every foreigner is gone, the sooner all imports are eliminated and the USA can hide behind its borders the better as far as MAGA is concerned. The rest of the world doesn't exist except possibly as a market for US products and services.
Mojo
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Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’
The president has repeatedly disparaged the intelligence of service members, and asked that wounded veterans be kept out of military parades, multiple sources tell The Atlantic.
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Tero
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Dakotawillink: Listening to this commencement speech is embarrassing. Trump is rambling so bad, the people in the crowd at West Point don’t even know when they’re supposed to clap. 
Mojo
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The Guardian view on the US and South Africa: Trump looks to his base and partners look elsewhere | Editorial
Editorial: The president’s cynical ambush of Cyril Ramaphosa was not about American interests but racial grievances
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Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’
The president has repeatedly disparaged the intelligence of service members, and asked that wounded veterans be kept out of military parades, multiple sources tell The Atlantic.
Hercules Rockefeller
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The US is going down like the Titanic, from slow at first to "we don't have enough lifeboats"! I don't think there's any stopping it since most Americans are either disengaged in politics or directly supporting the current regime. The Great Experiment is over, it ultimately failed because not enough had what it took to stand up against a tyrant.
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Trump had his little Crypto dinner. Someone took a Pic of what was served. It seems to be going viral.
Safe-Keeper
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On the one hand I'm inclined to disagree, thinking that it's not over yet, that the cult might still collapse and all fascist regimes collapse in on themselves eventually, etc. Then I remember that 40%+ of the US populace actively support the fascism and constitutional crisis the chubby little bastard is openly carrying out now, and that the US, even if it throws him out, will still be a dangerously dysfunctional and insular country with a poorly educated populace, mounting national debt, and huge internal issues with crime, gun violence, polarization, and a declining life expectancy. Thanks to Dump it's now also burned a lot of bridges with other countries, including allies, and abdicated her position as world leader in aid and political influence to (most likely) China. Also, the US already did throw out Dump, and even after a million Americans dead and a bloody coup, they just elected him again four years later, because the voters who showed up in record numbers to kick him out in 2020 apparently don't care about preserving democracy anymore.
I'm not saying the US is lost, but it's got a hell of a hole to dig itself out of. In fact I too am starting to think it'll have to go through some terrible process that'll probably involve death and suffering before re-emerging as something new. I don't wish for it, of course, but it's like watching, as some other poster said, a dear friend decide to go back to taking heroin and living on the streets after being clean for four years. You just know it'll get really bad before it (hopefully) gets better.