It literally is. Given it affects us, in the world, we should get a say. The world should have a veto option on terrible American decision making. There are just far too many stupid, ignorant people allowed to vote on globally important shit like this in the USA. We should be able to say NO!
But we're special! smh. One big orwellian/machiavellian dumpster fire. That includes those SPECIAL, ENTITLED evangelicals! Yes...the ends justify the means, right? Y'all are a SPECIAL kind of special 🤮
Sure we do. It began with a president who get's a harmless blowj*b and gets fired - and end with a criminal president who sell his country and build up oligarchic Dictatorship. Can we get blamed for thinking about that?
Yes, except t gun is held 2 ALL our heads.
The real shame for you, Americans is that you are failing to report or question t validity of t election, based on Russia/Elon interference. #VoteRecountNOW Stop cringeing & start checking t receipts. Crook won by cheating. #Romania #SouthKorea lead t way
Many of us would like it to happen, but certain folks in the position to do so.... Didn't. And we get called conspiracy theorists and "BlueMAGA" for even suggesting.
If we agree that it's a critical moment in history & there hv been many, such as t last 2 world wars; that if t truth matters to us, we can resist t vested interests that a)wanna keep t status quo, whatever tf that means, or b)don't want q.s asked. Your vote matters, it's not a conspiracy 2 recount.
Oh it's been reported alright. It doesn't really seem to be getting us anywhere. Everyone is already distracted with other propaganda. Prosecuting the person working with Russia didn't work. Our chance was over a while ago.
Thank you! Democrats can't believe that some people don't follow the RULES. Don't dwell on that crap, get more 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻aggressive! You want to wrestle a pig? You gotta get down in the mud! 🐖🐖🐖🐖
No matter what we do, they are going to think that anyway. They love to hate us. Our current situation can be improved upon if the Democratic Party would actually fight back rather than infighting. I do agree with you it is sad.
Not so long a go people all over Europe aspired to travel too and live in the US. It was a bit of a beacon. A rare thing these days sadly. The description you talk of is a relatively new thing in my opinion. Its pretty sad. Not a #Trump thing but he’s not helped.
No. I assure you that this is far beyond anything we've ever seen from America before. It's utterly insane. We're actually discussing cutting America off from intelligence because we can't trust tRump.
It looks like we can see better from the outside what's happening in the U.S.: Trump is about to install a dictatorship surrounded by oligarchs. It seems that many Americans are still in denial.
Pretty much. But the Far Right Fascists, and ultra religious over here in Europe love Trump, and ultra market liberalism.
We have to stop our US addiction, and manage by ourselves.
US Instability is a threat to all democracies everywhere.
Religion, greed, and nationalism might be the end of us all.
You mean democrat instability. That’s shit’s over. The adults are back in charge. The US is on track for freedom and the rest of the world is envious. The EU has captured Europe. Maybe the US can figure out a way to liberate Europe. We helped do it once already.
By adults you mean the far right boycrush band Musk & Trump.
No I think they are the biggest threat to Democracy, and the planet.
And yes we are thankful for US help in WW1 and WW2.
But the Soviets did most of the actual fighting vs the Nazis Trump likes so much.
This is sadly accurate. Our News media which was supposed to report fairly and accurately betrayed us. Now, the fools who voted for him will suffer the consequences.
So what? We don't think very much of the rest of the world either. Russia, how Europe is treating their farmers, Israel and Palestinians, Syrians and kurds, China, etc. We all have our faults. Make it better. Be useful.
No this is a perspective covering of how the editor wants you to VIEW America and its democracy.
What people don't realize is that it's the PEOPLE that enforces democracy NOT the government. Once a dictator takes over American seat of office, she/he has to take on an entire nation of veterans.
What people don't realize is they aren't fair-minded people. So it just happens to be 65% that believe that corruption, lying, and stealing is okay as long as you can't enforce punishment on them.
THAT is the problem. Laws need to be permanent like the US Constitution is but enforced within 24hrs.
And I'm starin down the barrel of a 45 (45)
Swimmin through the ashes of another life (another life)
No real reason to accept the way things have changed
Starin down the barrel of a 45
Trump may not be the best president, he may go back on his promises and he may have a long history of what some might call 'poor decision making.' he might have driven up the deficit, and sure, he might not understand how tariffs work. And sure, the cost of living skyrocketed under him. And sure, he
That’s also how I see America. Sad definitely! Why is Biden and Harris acting like this is a normal time and handing the Presidency to Trump without a fight given the Musk - Russian interference….
UK here, Yup.
Not that we have much to shout about we've just voted out the Tories only to vote in Tory Lite.
Still I'm shocked that he's become President Again.
Still the resistance I'm seeing gives us all hope.
It is sad, but unfortunately, I cant blame them. An orange 34x Convicted Felon 🤡 will be running our country and it's too soon for my taste! #NotMyPresident
Yup. The Statue of Liberty can't take it anymore. It represents all Americans who face financial hardships. They end their life because bills are piling after i.e. cancer. They work 2-3 jobs, take care of kids, ..
Greedy insurance companies are forcing Americans to kill themselves, literally.
It's not really funny that things are bad, but that made me laugh. Just remember that a lot of people died because of the Tories here but a lot of us hung on to spite the feckers.
I do not either. We have an entire community here in this country that fights for this country even though itnhas swatted them down every chance. They warned us let us join forces, then got stabbed in the back.
No kidding. They have broken their trust with US!!! And I mean DEMS. Oh well the Republicans SAID... when you finally get they are lying and they will always lie to you becsause you believe them.
Democrats better put their big boy pants on there won't be a Democratic party soon. They bring rubber bands to a gun fight every time. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of both sides. They only want to steal everything that is not theirs.
Try backpacking through Europe with old glory sewn on your pack. Most Americans sew Canadian flags to their packs.
I’m not against the America. Flag. I fly the Stars and Stripes in my yard
Not a troll... but someone objective who's spent time in both those countries. I'd move to France long before I'd ever consider moving to the USA. Americans are fed a lot of propaganda about their own greatness. You were great in the past... but other countries continued to get better 🤷🏻♀️
I think in the U.K. we just see you as fighting very hard to stop how awful this is and to make sense if it.
But we can also see it heading our way too
The world could only wish it was *that* simple and *clean*.
Problem is the world sees *your* guns pointing at *us* only it's not Lady Liberty holding the piece, but a faceless shadow creature with a blank check on the other hand that just seems to watch the entire planet burn.
I messaged my Canadian friends and my friend in France telling them that I’m so sorry America didn’t fight fascism hard enough. I know what it means for the rest of the world if America falls fascist.
We all do.
We’ve been here before.
Please don’t give up on America, friends down under. Hopefully the next four years will fly by and his administration won’t do too much damage to the constitution. Democracy is holding on by a thread. We shall overcome.
Speaking from Australia, as soon as we knew Trump had won, my partner whose never been to the US said to me "I know you love the US, but I never want to travel there now". Yep us Aussies are both horrified & in disbelief. I'm also scared for the rest of the world cos this will hurt us all.
Hi Tash. I'm Australian- I've lived, worked and traveled extensively in US. I have 13 family members living there some of whom were born in America. I've always had positively memorable experiences in the US and met some wonderful people however doubt I will return to mainland during trump's tenure🥺
Hey there, yeah I really love the US & have travelled there several times. I'm concerned about how safe it will be honestly while Trumps in power. So sad because I always felt safe & welcome when I was there. I also have some friends over there.
I hear you! Also concerned for my family members living there albeit they've been there for decades so know the culture well. Some in California and others in New York. I love Hawaii and have been around 6 times-predominantly a Democrat state so might still go there albeit lots of Australia to enjoy
Gee guys....I hear ya. Have lived in Aus now for 35+ years but born & bred in Kansas City, America's heartland. Still have family there, mostly trumpies, & realising, with my parents both gone now, I'll never return. Too scary, too sad, too awful. 🥺
Yes I'm sure they'll appreciate the gaudy aesthetics as well as the amenities: gold toilets, classified documents as toilet reading material, what more could they ask for?
They already have the second, probably already have the first (if they don't they'll definitely get it next year, unless Trump and his people are somehow prevented from entering the WH).
I've lived, worked and traveled extensively in US-only people with a gun I saw were cops. I've 13 family members living in US some of whom were born there. I've always had positively memorable experiences in the US, met some wonderful people however doubt I'll return to mainland during trump tenure.
Has the nerve to banned some books. One junior senator couldn’t name the thee branches of the US government. Anyone can grow up to be president. Have no common sense incompetent no character empty. You get the picture.
It is true. There is now before Trump and after Trump. Once project 2025 takes shape, who is going to be into the 4th of July. Not me. The American experiment is over and it failed. We voted and chose to reestablish plutocracy
To be fair, i think the shift to authoritarianism is global. If America’s democracy had held, i think other democracies would survive too. But now that the US has fallen, it will affect other nations. The fear is everywhere and fearful people want a daddy. Unfortunately, the US’s influence is big.
Whomever made this has hit the nail on the head. I saw this and am crying. The End. Not only are we destroying ourselves, we're taking the rest of the world with us.
We just like to make things more challenging. We’ll curb stomp their ideology eventually. They can’t stop progress. At least not wherever I go. I’m like a little orb of progress that just keeps shining. And I’m in the States’ only theocratic state!
That’s why I never leave my gun loaded. She’s going to be alright she just needs to keep believing. The rest of the world needs to step up for a few years while we handle the rot. It’s gotten a bit out of control
We should listen to the world about who to vote for next time. Not some dumb fat orange dipshit clown and his oligarchy owned news entertainment outlets.
It is what it is. As European, I fail to understand why *anyone* would vote character like Trump. I see it as total failure of US educational system. People seem to prefer celebrities over subject matter experts (happen in Europe to some extent too, but nobody is as extreme as Trump).
You are one hundred percent correct. It boggles the mind why some want this man to represent America on the world stage. His reputation precedes him. Many American citizens will realize what a grave mistake they made voting for this man. Time will surely tell. He’s a danger to America. .
allowing it to boggle your mind is part of the problem we face
deconstructing and understanding how we got here is crucial
capitalism without guardrails (i.e. "Citizens United") + poor nutrition + poor education + flooding the zone with racist and misogynist dog whistling =
ignorant subservience
The biggest reason is the conservatives he surrounds himself with. I’ve conservative family and they plugged their nose to vote him so they could get Vance/RFK and others. Trust me, the MAGA that love him are not representative of the whole. Most understand he’s problematic.
Sooo...they plug their nose and vote for madman just because they cannot vote for the sensible candidate who is from the "other" party? I still call it nonsensical, no matter how they want to spin that 🤷🏻
Trust me I know. I’m just doing what I can to prevent a civil war with them because even though they’re dumb as rocks they’ve got a majority of the guns. And now they’re got drones and nukes too 🫣
Sad. America is no longer that “shining city on the hilltop.” Toppled by the right wing propaganda machine, gullible Republican voters who can’t tell an evidence based narrative from their own asshole, and the MAGA Republican politicians who benefit from the glut of disinformation.
This picture could not tell a better story. I’m still in shock that our country voted in this terrible man
Every day I ask how the hell could this happen
As an expat living in Europe, I can confirm this is true. And they also pity decent Americans since the election. Let that fact sink in. Americans are being pitied.
The USA is retreating from its position as the leader of the free world. A deliberate choice to focus inwards not outwards, as evidenced by Trump’s comments on Syria. I guess a choice USA is free to make, but when others step in, the loss will be the USA’s.
Lol... you realize that, according to them, there is only a bit of moderate centers, then left and more left in the US, correct? So nailing this as "left bias" doesn't really work when, by the rest of the world's standards, the right doesn't exist in the US.
I said THEY don't see the right as "right", at all.
You know what far left is by world standards? Socialism. Far right? Fascism. THEIR right is not the same as our "right". OUR right, to them, is still left.
I’m so confused. You do realize they rank staples of republican news, like fox, as right wing, as well as other sources like the national review. I’d hardly call the two fascist. They rank the extreme right like infowars as extreme.
Respect and America just don’t fit together. Rapists and child molesters, cons and thieves or stupid and rude. That is how the rest of the world sees America and we’ve done a great job meeting their expectations
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Dashed by GREED - for power and money.
#mothernature weeps openly
As due 👁️
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The real shame for you, Americans is that you are failing to report or question t validity of t election, based on Russia/Elon interference. #VoteRecountNOW Stop cringeing & start checking t receipts. Crook won by cheating. #Romania #SouthKorea lead t way
They can install it next to the Eiffel Tower.
We have to stop our US addiction, and manage by ourselves.
US Instability is a threat to all democracies everywhere.
Religion, greed, and nationalism might be the end of us all.
No I think they are the biggest threat to Democracy, and the planet.
And yes we are thankful for US help in WW1 and WW2.
But the Soviets did most of the actual fighting vs the Nazis Trump likes so much.
Home of the morons because of the MAGAts.
we didn't just invent the internet, we invented cars, the lightbulb, the radio..
we'll reinvent from the ashes of this trauma
👉 like Blue Sky did from the ashes of X...😎
this could be the darkest hour, the extreme scenario we needed to bounce back
REMEMBER.. they're wantonly stupid, utterly inexperienced and delusional..
we make popcorn, watch the bozos betray, backstab, bloody and bury themselves
What people don't realize is that it's the PEOPLE that enforces democracy NOT the government. Once a dictator takes over American seat of office, she/he has to take on an entire nation of veterans.
I blame Fox, and our military allowing Russian propaganda on our military bases.
But I don't want to believe our military is of such low moral character & brains that they don't see what a cowardly and hateful man Donald Trump is.
THAT is the problem. Laws need to be permanent like the US Constitution is but enforced within 24hrs.
And I'm starin down the barrel of a 45 (45)
Swimmin through the ashes of another life (another life)
No real reason to accept the way things have changed
Starin down the barrel of a 45
🫡🔥💨😶🌫️🦋💙🏴☠️🖖🏽👽
Hoping for a miracle
We are the Statue of Liberty’s left hand,
appalled at what our right is doing.
It's about time that it's empire, was crushed, completely.
We see Amerikkka as terrorists.
I think your spelled America wrong too
Not that we have much to shout about we've just voted out the Tories only to vote in Tory Lite.
Still I'm shocked that he's become President Again.
Still the resistance I'm seeing gives us all hope.
Greedy insurance companies are forcing Americans to kill themselves, literally.
That’s all I can say.
I’m not against the America. Flag. I fly the Stars and Stripes in my yard
I’m lucky. I own a Canadian passport. Good luck with the mess you made
Will her light be burning bright or be extinguished by the tears
Of those whose lives are torn apart by those too blind to see
That the words that follow 'under God'
are the words that could make us free!
But we can also see it heading our way too
Problem is the world sees *your* guns pointing at *us* only it's not Lady Liberty holding the piece, but a faceless shadow creature with a blank check on the other hand that just seems to watch the entire planet burn.
We all do.
We’ve been here before.
I wouldn't be surprised if along with many other unfavorable changes, you see a drop in tourism in some states which will impact your economy.
Apparently, that's the plan.
That's exactly what happened
US is an oligarchy, not a democracy
The US is dominated by a rich and powerful elite. The wealthy few move policy, while the average American has little power.
... And all Americans go: "Commies want my money!". No, it's about having a voice. Keep your money, you earned them.
deconstructing and understanding how we got here is crucial
capitalism without guardrails (i.e. "Citizens United") + poor nutrition + poor education + flooding the zone with racist and misogynist dog whistling =
ignorant subservience
Every day I ask how the hell could this happen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DElImHtkVpo&ab_channel=MichaelCohen
According to CBC: "brain rot empire" the new
#Trumpistan
Don't forget Trump abandoned the Kurds inSyria before and let them be slaughtered.
He has no honor and only cares about his profit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_First_Committee#:~:text=Wood%2C%20however%2C%20wanted%20to%20bring,America%20First%27s%20most%20prominent%20speaker.
You know what far left is by world standards? Socialism. Far right? Fascism. THEIR right is not the same as our "right". OUR right, to them, is still left.
(Back off, Lars, it is NOT copyright infringement!)