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That is literally his plan. He said it out loud, again?! What will it take for you imbeciles to stop him!! Do you like America? Because you are going to be the pariah of the world and the next Russia if you don't do something about it. Get used to it or get up.
He always proves he is more stupid than you thought possible. It is like his special power.
Jfc... I guess I owe The Boys an apology. I thought they were laying it on a bit thick with the Homelander=Trump connections, but I guess not.
Well... Trump has yet to murder a complete court room to be worse then Homelander.... But otherwise.. Invoking hate speech into citizens to the point they use violence and starting wars they have these checks of destroying further the world...
chrissake, get this dangerous fool out of power.
No stopping him.
America fucked around.
Now it gets to find out.
Look, man. We know. You've practically already done it.
Man he is going to fucking lose it during the SotU isn't he?
Some voters somehow looked this idiot and said 'nope, no point casting my vote...'
Bystander effect on a national scale
FFS, the orange shitstain is currently destroying the USA.
"I have been destroying the country and will continue to" yeeeeah we knew before and we still know
When you're a billionaire they let you do it
"I can destroy the country" ??? Change to "I am destroying your country, I have no allegiance except to the golden calf.".
If our country can be destroyed by any President, that means that there is no longer sufficient separation of powers, and that our federal government is completely worthless.
He is so ignorant of his job and real duties that he doesn't even realize this. He believes it, and he believes that he is righteous. That's because he's a narcissist who's never had to go shopping for groceries, who's never had to make his own dinner, who's never had to clean his own house, who's never had to even work for a living.
He is completely detached from reality, and him being President shows how rotten our government has become. He could NEVER be elected in anything resembling a functioning Republic.
Well, to be quite honest, it also shows how rotten our so-called Western civilization has become. This man not only got elected, but millions upon millions of people thought it would be a great idea to reelect him - after Jan 6th and everything.
And that's not even an exclusively American problem. Look at Europe. Even with better education and safer social security, way too many people vote for far-right populists.
Before Corona, I still had hopes for us as a species. Despite all the religious nonsense, the racism, the bigotry, the hate, the wars, everything. I thought sensible people were a safe majority. I thought it takes extraordinary circumstances, the proverbial perfect storm, to plunge a society into chaos.
Well, I know better now. I'm 49 and with any luck, I'll have 30 more years on this planet, maybe I get lucky and there will be no wars on my doorstep. I'm utterly, utterly disappointed in mankind, I would almost go as far as to say I root for its demise. I have no kids, I don't feel like I have a horse in this race anymore anyway.
And Trump is the epitome of everything wrong with us.
There never was a sufficient separation of powers. This and the much-vaunted checks and balances, it turns out, only exist if the person in the White House consents to them existing, and consents to being under the rule of law.
A wise man once said, "No one man should have all that power.."
I'm just happy that I'm young enough that no matter what I'll get to see that shit stain die.
Maybe. Even assuming you live to a ripe old age, Trump only has to keep going a couple more years until AI is going to be indistinguishable from actual footage. Keep Trump holed up in Mar-a-Lago for "security reasons" and he never needs to die. He can remain president-for-life.
couple more years until AI is going to be indistinguishable from actual footage
Eh. We've had the capacity to fake footage for a long, long time. Con-artists were faking UFO sightings in the 50s and fooling people. Skeptics were questioning holocaust photos and 9/11 footage a generation ago and straight up denying dashcam footage of police brutality straight into the modern moment.
AI can fake a particular moment and whip people up, but it can't stand any serious interrogation or follow-up. It is only good at showing people what they were already primed to believe.
AI can fake a particular moment and whip people up, but it can't stand any serious interrogation or follow-up. It is only good at showing people what they were already primed to believe.
Oh sure. I'm not saying it would need to stand up to any scrutiny. But the truth is getting less and less relevant.
And honestly, if an eternal AI Trump managed to deliver on the economy, and not deport too many white immigrants, it would probably be a shoe-in for decades to come, regardless of how implausible it was.
"I can destroy the trade. I can destroy the country," Trump said.
"I'm allowed to impose a foreign destroying embargo, I can embargo, I can do anything I want, but I can't charge $1." In a bizarre explanation, Trump said he "was very modest in my ask of other countries".
"I didn't want to do anything that would affect the decision of the court," he said.
"I wanted to be a good boy."
"I didn't want to hurt you, but you've left me no choice." He thinks about everything like a violent, abusive rapist. Probably because he's a violent, abusive rapist.
No probably about it.
This should be a quote used by textbooks for centuries to come.
Either he will destroy democracy or this will be a turning point for more progressive leaders to become elected.
Most likely the former.
Yes, but the real issue is not what was said so much as who said it.
I can actually understand a clever, charming, and charismatic person going evil and saying it after trying to become a dictator.
Well, not understand it, but not be shocked by it.
What I can not understand and what is shocking is how a thing like that orange child rapist could ever get a chance to have the power to say it...
A notoriously corrupt, quite obviously a russian stooge, blatantly racist, confirmed rapist, totally inept, stupid reality TV star, 6 times bankrupt, Epstein's best mate, and unregistered kiddie fiddler.
Anyone of those should stop a person from having any real political power, yet the tantrumping toddler did all of the above -plus much more- and still gets elected, TWICE. .
Then says that sort of shit and no fucker owns enough spine to say "Yeah, we need to get rid of him. He's a fucking loony".
I just can't understand it.
Yeah, we already know, because you've been doing it. "Do what I want or I'll kill everybody!" He's a child, just like the rest of MAGA.
Unfortunately, you can discipline a child.
Yeah we know. You've been doing it since your first term, asshole.
Well the fuck aware
I ~~can~~ ~~destroy~~ am destroying the country. FIFY
You already are...
Lol nice president you got there 😂 and people keep sucking his flaccid dick
State of Union speech is tomorrow night. Trump's batshit insanity is going to be legendary.
I'll wait for the executive summary.
If I am forced to watch him for an entire speech I'll punch a hole through my TV screen.
For anyone wondering, the three "justices" who sided with trump were Kavanaugh, Thomas, and Alito.
No surprises there. If anything, Roberts, Gorsuch, and Barrett ruling against him is the surprise. It's a win for constitutional rule of law.
And the "checks and balances" are working flawlessly as ever.
Come on high cholesterol!
Still hoping those people theorizing he had 2-4 months left were right.
We can all hope.
Most prolific traitor in the history of the United States of America.
Being prevented from receiving a traitor's punishment by the ultra wealthy and inbreds across America.
He already is