“If you shock and awe our system with no plan — other than right-wing woke revenge and Trump’s 19th-century view of geopolitics and trade — watch what happens to our slice of the global pie and everyone else’s.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o... - ThreadSky

tribelaw.bsky.social • 2 days ago

“If you shock and awe our system with no plan — other than right-wing woke revenge and Trump’s 19th-century view of geopolitics and trade — watch what happens to our slice of the global pie and everyone else’s.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/opinion/trump-musk-ukraine-iraq.html

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leftenantaldoraine.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm moving out of the US. It's clearly over.

bjmcgee.bsky.social•2 days ago

I left 6 years ago. I'm so embarrassed but so thankful for the gracious way the natives treat me as an individual, while my country starts a trade war with theirs and echoes the dictators of the planet. We all learned what patriotism means in school but, we never put levers in place to protect it.

wildflower-farm.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeh we are all shocked. But who is awed? I think shocked and pissed is more like it.

oeishik.bsky.social•2 days ago

Donald & Elon have undermined American position in the world. That irreparable harm will pay dividends for generations. https://youtu.be/vcfKUMN-LLo

snortingwoke.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yes sir, thank you for your wisdom and guidance.

My understanding of history suggests that in our current tribulations, those with the power to stop autocracy will soon lose their power to, because the system they draw their power from is being eliminated.

Please, sir, save us while you can.

etclcsw.bsky.social•2 days ago

I am sick of people's surprise! Being surprised only means you didn't use critical thinking skills. You didn't step back to see the bigger picture. You got caught up in the spew of crap that Trump and the GOP puts out daily to distract you from the actual plan they have been running.

ofhuman.bsky.social•2 days ago

That is the plan

pampalmeresq.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yes, and it’s also Putin’s Plan for the U.S.

nappyhead.bsky.social•2 days ago

Is musk a polygamist?

courtesyhangup.bsky.social•2 days ago

Right. Shock and awe was the plan.

crudthumper.bsky.social•2 days ago

sunraa.bsky.social•2 days ago

Shock and Awe didn't end when it hit the Twin Towers

sanehuman.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sadly, many in this country are still too drunk to notice and frankly don't care.
They are busy celebrating the rise of technofascism and tech-bro pronatalism. When our economy crashes, the middle class will be eliminated, and billionaires will take full hold and rule the US as techo-monarchy.

gberfieldusaua.bsky.social•2 days ago

They are screwing with the stock markets but before they do, they sell and when the markets tank, they buy.
This is insider trading & illegal as "F"!
I might have been born yesterday but it was damn early.
$

sundancer04.bsky.social•2 days ago

Unfortunately I can think of a few revolutions that DID happen through "shock and awe"...UNFORTUNATELY... We need to stand up NOW or we'll NEVER go back to what America was.

latedaysun.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump and Musk are TRAITORS TO NATIONAL INTERESTS and should be arrested.
This is now NAZI AMERICA to Europe and the rest of the world.

bravexx.bsky.social•2 days ago

My mental health is starting to suffer. How do I handle watching the country I loved be destroyed to give more to most powerful and wealthy.

ericmichaelmoberg.bsky.social•2 days ago

ljl06.bsky.social•2 days ago

Treason is what we are watching - from President Cabinets Congress DOGE & SCOTUS members are conspiring to destroy USA

davemc5192.bsky.social•2 days ago

And that’s what Eu, China & India have already decided. US is core Capitalist, it exists on exports & credit, what if export markets shrink? Or credit costs more?

Tariffing your prime markets, stopping USAID, siding with a weak economy economically makes no sense

twilightzonz.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s going to take years to repair this damage after these fucking assholes are gone

exhaustedradical.bsky.social•2 days ago

Shock yes. Awe not so much.

lindarawles.bsky.social•2 days ago

Our constitutional democracy should not hang on one vote at the Supreme Court. Petrifying.

loveforall24.bsky.social•2 days ago

I mean some of us were warning yall this is what he would do since 2016. Not really sure why so many people are acting like they had no idea.

twilightzonz.bsky.social•2 days ago

dicktaterhater.bsky.social•2 days ago

I doubt that we will ever fully regain our previous world position.

kuuipo13.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yep, some of us knew it was coming

incompleteness.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm sure much of the rest of the world will adjust - but this has been America's world to lose

justicelives.bsky.social•2 days ago

Putin and Trumps war on America DAY 48!

lejanaysola.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh, but Musk has a plan.

dorejelly.bsky.social•2 days ago

“An evil enemy, will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes.” -Sun Tzu

dorejelly.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sooo. “Doesn’t he realize this is the political disaster and people will turn against him“… No, they truly believe with sufficient control over access to finance food threats of death. They will always have more resources to survive and you/we are expendable and we I are to know that!

dorejelly.bsky.social•2 days ago

A lot of posting still about “he’s hurting families” or causing a health crisis “or economic disaster… He doesn’t care that’s the point cruelty, death destruction, and a complete break with human morals and character. Did the remember he does think of himself as God.

dorejelly.bsky.social•2 days ago

With possibly deep data mining and AI, the ability to control groups and communities allocate assets (food safety services) to those only that comply and propagate hate and punishment for those that don’t… The ultimate subservience.

dorejelly.bsky.social•2 days ago

i’ve come to believe that the Trump administration/P 25 has one goal which is catastrophe and subservience. To destroy and create complete wreckage if necessary, death and destruction of individuals so they’re only choice appears to be Compliance to serve “the masters”

pampalmeresq.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s complete & total sabotage of our entire Govt & Economy, as well as the Govt & Economies of our longstanding Western Allies.

neil-1936.bsky.social•2 days ago

That’s what will happen without substantial resistance from either politicians or the public.

pampalmeresq.bsky.social•1 day ago

GOP in Congress are 💯 DEAD WEIGHT. They do nothing for We the People. All they do is kiss Trump’s derrière.

So, my fellow Americans, why are we still paying these spineless, cowardly GOP in Congress $200+/-K annually plus benefits?

pampalmeresq.bsky.social•1 day ago

I submit to you this truly is waste, fraud & abuse. These salaries & benefits are more than twice that of most Federal employees.

We should vociferously protest paying one more cent to GOP in Congress b/c they do absolutely nothing but kiss Trump’s derrière.

pampalmeresq.bsky.social•1 day ago

Bottom line is GOP in Congress have a job to do for us, we Taxpayers, & they do absolutely nothing for us, unless one is a billionaire. Then, they take from us & give it to billionaires.

erihu73.bsky.social•1 day ago

Unfortunately, the Constitution requires they get paid, even when the govt. is non-functioning, malfunctioning, or shutdown.

pampalmeresq.bsky.social•1 day ago

Well, the GOP in Congress enable their POTUS leader & Musk stomp all over our Constitution & Rule of Law daily; & they are not being held accountable for their misconduct.

Shouldn’t We the People treat GOP in Congress the same?

Your point is Spot-On, b/t/w.

noblebirth.bsky.social•2 days ago

Crash the economy so the billionaires can buy more. That's the plan.

pampalmeresq.bsky.social•1 day ago

You totally nailed it, my friend!

tiobuddy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Deport the DOGE South African expatriate back to his native country to be judged and reprimanded.

j-e-l1.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think we killed
250,000 in Guatemala for the united fruit company
70,000 in El Salvador
20,000 in Nicaragua
Cuba
Haiti
Etc etc etc

Lots of chainsaws
2-4 million Vietnamese mostly civilians

1/2 million in Malaysia

litahart72.bsky.social•2 days ago

Shock and awe campaign just like the one waged in Iraq, only this time it is the American people.

darlenenonumber.bsky.social•2 days ago

America Alone

lemonthoughts.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank you for the likes but reposting and asking others to repost is much more important. The sooner we accept this, the faster we can end it. We don’t want to wait until Putin tells him to nuke a Canadian or Mexican city. Thank you!

acceber.bsky.social•2 days ago

lemonthoughts.bsky.social•2 days ago

And even though he breaks alliances and cheats others, he is terrified to do that with Putin.

expatmontanan.bsky.social•2 days ago

Elon is such a moron. He’s not a smart man, so he uses stunts. Ever heard him speak? He can barely form words.

kristifairchild.bsky.social•2 days ago

In plain words-
DJT & Elon are a wrecking ball destroying the entire economy and COUNTRY to give it to Putin

Then they will take every penny out of the govt. & put it in their pockets-

Giving Putin, Ukraine & all of The EU for good measure. 👺

This is TREASON😈

THE DEMS BETTER DO SOMETHING NOW!

1cin.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yep

cdb87.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Trumpanzee is working for Putin, full stop. It's obvious.

elonsclowncar.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Prof
Trump’s tariffs illegal as not based on natl security emergency and of course erratic variable and he said based on “fairness and reciprocal and negotiable”, antithetical to any emergency.
Time past for bill introduced limiting that tariff power and high powered lawsuit.

elonsclowncar.bsky.social•9 hours ago

And I think any unfair trade practices response would require some kind of determination which has never been done

sgl-1960.bsky.social•2 days ago

Their slice of the pie will increase
That is all they care about

tjaye.bsky.social•2 days ago

Somewhere in that carnage of jobs lost and lives lost because of these actions, there is at least one person who has nothing to lose.

scratsacorn.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sometimes people only learn from shock and awe. Interesting you used the Repub term Shock and Awe, where repubs attacked the wrong country for 911 and cost billions of $ and 100s of thousands lives. Ironic, the same misled party is attacking our own country now. I hope we survive.

anhos.bsky.social•2 days ago

That’s the whole point.Why won’t anybody admit Trump is a Russian agent,and Musk is just an idiot savant?

gibfish.bsky.social•2 days ago

maybe because he's not an idiot savant. he's an idiot nepo.

twilightzonz.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s kind of funny that Dipshit Donnie can recognize that Hamas invaded Israel, but he doesn’t recognize the fact that Russia invaded Ukraine!!! did you maybe see the tanks rolling into the Ukrainian border dumbass Donnie?

michael-iger.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump is incapable of understanding his responsibly in the office. He's acting like he did in his business, dog eat dog. When U.S. President is beyond that approach. He deceived the electorate was up to the job, and clearly not. He's too parochial and doesn't understand the basis for our well being.

ajweino.bsky.social•2 days ago

Secession is the answer if we want any of our values to survive

jefflee65.bsky.social•15 hours ago

It will be on the Calif ballot.

ajweino.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Can they move that vote up a little bit, please?

janet-40.bsky.social•2 days ago

Fuck these FASCIST/NAZI REPUBLIKKKANS!

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