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For most of the world, the US is now a malign actor (www.politico.eu)
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[–] 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Because his brand of “politics” is dumb, destabilizing shit that’s bad for America and Americans.

We've had dumb, destabilizing policies in this country since its founding. That's got nothing to do with the politics of the civil services. Plenty of civil servants are full-on MAGA adherents (and have been even before his first election in '16). Plenty more are die-hard Hillarycrat Libs who have dragged the country in another direction. Trump's game is to stack his MAGA cronies above the Hillarycrats withint compromising the function of the civil service entirely, rendering it useless.

Trump only serves himself, Putin, and indirectly, Xi.

Jesus fuck dude. Have you really been watching US politics for this long and still not seen Trump acting in the explicit interests of the American billionaire class? Why do you think the Chinese President is closer to his heart than the people he pulled into his own cabinet - Lutnick, McMahon, Vought, and Loeffler? Nevermind Peter Thiel, a man who has become the nation's premiere military contractor over the last year.

Nevermind fucking Israel.

How are you liberals this fucking blind? Trump's CIA is systematically picking apart what's left of Russian industry. His Pentagon is fixated on purging Chinese businesses from the Western Hemisphere. His Treasury has made cryptocurrency speculation a central tenant of fiscal policy. But y'all can't stop saying "Foreign Men Did This" every time you look at your own decayed socio-economic system.

Also, did you just link me Trump admin propaganda

Go Lib Out to the WaPo if that's your poison of choice.

Or reference Congress.gov for an official definition.

Or just bury your head in the sand for another four years.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    You're also blind if you just say "America bad" at every opportunity. No, many of the things he's doing are absolutely not in the interest of the billionaire class. How do you think bringing back measles benefits them?

    Some of the dumb ones might think the pressure on the Fed to lower interest rates is good for their bottom line, but they're idiots.

    All of them will suck up to him regardless, for survival. It doesn't mean they think everything he's doing is right by them.

    And yes, he's serving some of them, particularly Peter Thiel. But he's mostly serving Putin and himself.

    We have a wealth disparity/capitalism problem. We have a Trump problem. There's some overlap, yes, but they're not the same.

    And even Hillary isn't the devil incarnate you think she is. She'd be more content with the status quo than I'd like, and I voted for Bernie over her, but she's not part of some grand conspiracy to keep the American people down.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    You’re also blind if you just say “America bad” at every opportunity.

    It's shooting fish in a barrel. You don't need to aim to carefully when you've got a target rich environment.

    No, many of the things he’s doing are absolutely not in the interest of the billionaire class

    Its not in the best long term interests of the country. But then neither is having a billionaire class to begin with. Trump's looting various cash-rich institutions and easily extorted organizations and individuals for the benefit of his cronies. That's necessarily bad for the targets of exploitation and good for his in-group, however you might project their futures over the long term.

    And yes, he’s serving some of them, particularly Peter Thiel. But he’s mostly serving Putin and himself.

    Nobody in Russia, least of all Vladimir Putin, is well-served by the US continuing to arm and instigate conflicts between Russia and Ukraine. And yet that's exactly what our foreign services continue to do. You can trace this right back to 2018, when Trump shoveled out a bunch of anti-aircraft missile systems and anti-tank weapons to Ukrainian Nationalists.

    Trump's firmly in the pocket of the Military Industrial Complex. And that occasionally breaks for or against Russia, depending on who is buying. But it is always and forever a policy that favors more international conflicts and more arms sales because US exports of weapons is a GOP moneymaker.

    And even Hillary isn’t the devil incarnate you think she is.

    Hillary and Trump were friends. They've been political allies and social circle buddies since the 1990s. She egged him on to run in 2016 because she thought he'd be her cat's paw.

    If you hate Trump, you should despise Hillary.

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