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[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Meanwhile, Putin and Russia is cheering this on. The parties they are going to throw are going to be absolutely epic. You’ve heard the party of the decade, you’ve heard of the party of the century, get ready for the party of the millennium.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not saying Donald is a russian asset... But what more could daddy vladdy ask for?

[–] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.bascul.in 17 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

From a Turkish perspective, it's fucking ridiculous for Trump to first convince us to increase the defense budget, then withdraw from the alliance completely. The fuck is his goal?

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 hours ago

"Keep 'em guessing". You have to understand Trump is not a statesman. It's that simple. He views everything as a one-to-one personal power dynamic in the context of some silly real estate deal about which restaurant supplier to choose for the crispy tortilla shells.

I don't think he understands the ramifications beyond a contract he won't respect or some clever insult he can hurl.

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Spending more on defense is the republican thing it matters to them more than anything else so it does not matter at all if we even need it.

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 15 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

So we dont buy US military kit. It's got kill switches and hard to keep running without their support. It's increasing looking like they aren't aligned with the free world.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

I recommend buying all of Hobby Kings >80 amp ESCs, all their 4S batteries, and lots of high KV outrunner BLDCs. Then buy all the carbon fiber sheets from aliexpress and build drones baby.

[–] nthavoc@lemmy.today 24 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Yup. Doing Putin's work. So you're going to withrdraw from an even more powerful alliance right in the middle of an arms race. Fucking genius strategery right there.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

If we attack the USA, can I get some land in North Carolina?

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago

... like, as a punishment, and you volunteer?

(jk, the forests are nice)

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Yeah, I saw some nice places around Raleigh near RTP, big Walmart there too. Duke sucks, BTW.

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I think you know I'm more shocked you actually wanna live in on the Carolinas

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 19 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Well, in a democracy it's important that people who want this can try to make it happen via official procedure, which this is.

That said, the people who want this are assholes and probably in bed with Russia.

[–] IceFoxX@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

That is the problem with democracies - they have no active protection of their own because it would be undemocratic on principle.

[–] barryamelton@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

They do have active protection; education. Under attack since the dawn of time.

[–] IceFoxX@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Education... educated people think about things. Above all, when is the best time to have a child in terms of financial situation etc. Political and world events etc. can also be taken into consideration. .
Meanwhile, the uneducated have the 4-5 child.
The educated now have the problem of age and have waited too long/thought about the fact that having a child is no longer an option.

[–] xtools@programming.dev 1 points 18 minutes ago

that take is from the movie Idiocracy, and is not a fact

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 44 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

This is literally the behavior of a traitor

Seriously, what happened USA? You were never the best, not even close, you were one of the worst, but st least you tried. Now you just kinda dropped pretence and went full asshole

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 26 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

And only 6 months into one administration. Honestly I've never seen politicians work so fast at anything

[–] IceFoxX@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago

4 years followed by 4 years of biden where republicans blocked almost everything but he is now a perfect puppet to blame for everything and now the next 6 months. But Trump already started to refill positions back then.

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