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'Mind-melting incompetence' hides behind Trump's big 'bully' veneer: ex- official (www.rawstory.com)
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Miles Taylor, who served as chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security during Trump's first term, tore into the administration's handling of its relationship with Canada in a new Substack post.

"Canada is demonstrating, for every democracy watching, that the response to Trump’s bullying should be neither submission nor hysteria… but the calm construction of alternatives," he wrote. "Our allies aren’t leaving because they hate America. They’re leaving because they miss us, and they can’t stand the bully who’s holding us hostage."

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[–] 6 points 3 hours ago* (1 child)

Yes, the Iran War was the proverbial nail in the coffin.

The only reason he got elected by such a diverse coalition is that Joe Biden and Harris were gaslighting people on the economy and largely disconnected from the struggle of the poor and middle class, and Republicans ran on affordability.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 hours ago

    This. The republicans have completely failed on the “affordability” narrative to the point where their own base isn’t buying it anymore. Between defunding healthcare and the real time impacts of DOGE fucking up, well gestures vaguely at everything. It’s almost impossible to pick a single unifying issue since there is so much fucked up right now. I think it’s hard to build a narrative because there’s so much discontent but there’s so many angry people that I can’t call Trump popular.

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