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"The United States has reached out to Denmark..."

You know, the country the United States wants to invade and forcefully take land from.

America: The dumbest rocks in the sock drawer.

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[–] PaulBunyan@lemm.ee 21 points 13 hours ago (5 children)

Also a Yank. At this point we really do deserve the punishment. I just hope that when we get a new administration in a little less than four years the world has a shred of sympathy for us.

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

I hope that you get a new administration in a little less than 4 years.

The Republicans aren't destroying the rule of law and hand absolute power to the presidency, just to give it to the opposition on the next occasion.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 13 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately Europe can't wait four years for the US to start taking their responsibilities on the world stage seriously again. Russia will almost certainly move within that time, so Europe is now having to build up its defenses in a way that they've never previously had to do since the 1940s. Assuming the US does come around (that is a big "if") by that point Europe will have already got used to using its own military. The US will no longer be required.

I really don't see any way that things can now go back to the way they were. Trade will, but I think the days of cooperative military action are over. If you guys get embroiled in another pointless war in the Middle East, I think you're going to have to do that on your own.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago

Trade well not go back to normal in four years. How could you ever trust any sort of deal singed by America? I sure hope we get more tech companies globally out of this and we stop selling them to American companies.

[–] friendlymessage@feddit.org 11 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

At the moment, you definitely do. Most of you, and not just Trump voters. Why are you guys so fucking passive? Where are the millions of people protesting on the streets? Where's the civil disobedience? The strikes? With the attitude the Americans show currently, there will be no elections in 4 years, hell, there might not even be mid-term elections in 2

[–] obvs@lemm.ee 2 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

The news media here are owned. Those things are happening, but they're not being reported.

[–] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 hours ago

What about social media? The news media isn’t censoring Lemmy, why aren’t protestors at least sharing photos and videos here to get the word out?

[–] friendlymessage@feddit.org 4 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

So, millions of people are protesting?

[–] knightmare1147@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

I don't know what's happening everywhere else but I'm joining protests in my area when they pop up. It really isn't being reported to diminish dissent

[–] friendlymessage@feddit.org 2 points 3 hours ago

Kudos to you for doing your part. It's just so disappointing to see how you guys are the minority fighting an uphill battle and how so little support comes from the Democrats or any other powerful organization

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 0 points 4 hours ago

I've gone to the protests. Sadly, millions are not protesting.

Everybody here is paycheck-to-paycheck. Missing work because you were illegally detained at a protest may be the difference between living in a crappy apartment, or living under a bridge.

Part of the 2025 playbook is to get trump unlimited unchecked power, and use the military to enforce it domestically. Riots in the streets would certainly do that.

Right now, trump is doing more harm to his constituents than to his enemies. Republican politicians can barely show their faces in their own distric here. Don't give them another target to transfer that hate to.

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

It will only take two years if people actually fucking vote in the midterms. But midterm turnout is historically… Well… Complete dogshit. And republicans are statistically more likely to vote in midterms.

That’s why Trump is moving so fast to try and secure things; He doesn’t truly have four years to cement himself as god-emperor. He only has two before he potentially loses his majority in congress. So he has to be crowned before then.

But even with that being said, I don’t have high hopes. As I said before, republicans are more likely to vote in midterms. Maybe Trump’s antics will be enough to get some blue voters off of their asses. But at this point, I’m not holding my breath.

[–] pzzzt@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

They rigged the election through gerrymandering. They have had this planned for a long time. We are not playing the same game anymore.