The Trump administration is trying to remake the foundations of the administrative state & democratic practice at home (through authoritarian rule) while simultaneously antagonizing its historic allies, embracing key adversaries like Russia, & disavowing its orientation to more open markets. - ThreadSky

busbyj2.bsky.social • 3 days ago

The Trump administration is trying to remake the foundations of the administrative state & democratic practice at home (through authoritarian rule) while simultaneously antagonizing its historic allies, embracing key adversaries like Russia, & disavowing its orientation to more open markets.

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foglandia.bsky.social•3 days ago

Telling us what we already know. What do you recommend we do to fight back? Other than writing posts on social media and calling useless legislators.

cyanescens.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/alexwinter.com/post/3liketuvigc2w

cyanescens.bsky.social•3 days ago

And even if it feels useless, calling your legislators and telling them what you think is important

foglandia.bsky.social•3 days ago

Nancy Pelosi is my Congresswoman. Gonna bet she knows what I think.

cyanescens.bsky.social•3 days ago

Lotta Tesla dealerships in the Bay Area to protest at then. Destroying Tesla’s brand destroys Musk’s wealth which is the basis of his power. I’m sure there’ll be plenty of other protest opportunities coming up as well

foglandia.bsky.social•2 days ago

Musk’s money comes from many sources. SpaceX is his most lucrative business. He also gets richer by being rich. Protesting at a Tesla dealership will have no impact on Musk’s wealth.

foglandia.bsky.social•3 days ago

Not sure how protesting in front of a Tesla dealership does much. It’s going to need to get much worse before protests get big enough to matter. Maybe.

droyan.bsky.social•3 days ago

In clear, dumb, selfish, rotten & greedy putinist dictator trump is acting like…a despicable traitor of the worst kind.

jackfuckingbauer.bsky.social•3 days ago

ryanhofmann10.bsky.social•3 days ago

Pretty good summary of what’s going on, yeah.

danielk24.bsky.social•3 days ago

You're right -- it's a very grim and destructive agenda.

porthiadays.bsky.social•3 days ago

They're not just trying, they're actually doing it. Because America is not exercising it's collective democratic power to stop them!

busbyj2.bsky.social•3 days ago

Seems like a moment which will trigger collapse of state capacity internally to carry out core functions while also triggering counter-balancing coalitions by allies and gifting adversaries with strategic victories.

busbyj2.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's a catastrophic own goal of epic proportions that will likely end in tragedy. It's like a form of great power seppuku, in which the Trump administration has taken all that allowed America to become and remain the greatest power in the world after WWII and do the opposite.

pbirk.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s not an own goal if you’re playing for the other team.

polyparadigm.bsky.social•3 days ago

To extend the sports metaphor, Trump is wearing a US jersey, even if he’s taking orders from bookies rather than his own coach

tygator.bsky.social•3 days ago

We will succeed

dadbeastlarge.bsky.social•3 days ago

I could not possibly agree more. Thank you for putting into words exactly what I've been feeling.

busbyj2.bsky.social•3 days ago

The US has not been without flaws or huge mistakes. The original sin of slavery & centuries of oppression. Foreign wars against determined adversaries in Vietnam, Iraq, & Afghanistan that ended badly. And yet, the US still had something to be proud of at home and abroad.

busbyj2.bsky.social•3 days ago

I do not recognize, identify with, or support anything that the current administration is doing. It is a cancer on the republic that is turning America into something that is not worthy of emulation. We are occupied by a hostile power whose ideals are antithetical to our democratic traditions.

patblair.bsky.social•3 days ago

What I fail to understand, viewing this from the UK, is the apparent silence from Republican senators and congressmen and women. Is the cult of Trump/Musk so strong among their electors that these lawmakers dare not stand up for the US Constitution?

carriercarnes.bsky.social•3 days ago

He has publicly bullied any Republican (or Democrat and Independent) who dares speak out against him resulting in threats to the safety of themselves and their families. Those who disagree with him do so at their own peril. He has also been said to resort to blackmail and extortion for his own gain.

bluechick99.bsky.social•3 days ago

All of this horror show can be blamed on the GOP. They have the ability to stop him.
They need to get their shit together and collectively do something. He’s slowly been coming after all of them individually throwing them under the bus, and there will be more, so @GOP GET IT TOGETHER NOW!

chicagotomaine.bsky.social•3 days ago

I called 24 republican senator's offices today. I made 3 very specific points and asked them "how is this making america great again?" I reminded them they took an oath, and if they have chosen russia over our country, that they should resign.

tygator.bsky.social•3 days ago

PURGE… revolution… but smartly hit the Rich

debscheetzam.bsky.social•3 days ago

So awful. We need to fix it.

bindlestiff.bsky.social•3 days ago

Amazing that we’re in a place where I could read this and wonder whether it might be unnecessarily euphemistic.

busbyj2.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump is trying to impose a new American identity and replacing our national creed and grand strategy all at once with one that is authoritarian, autarchic, insular, lacking in grace and generosity, paranoid, self-aggrandizing, feckless, venal, and monochromatic. It is the worst of all worlds.

t-antony.bsky.social•3 days ago

That is what Trump, republicans, the Heritage Foundation promised.
The right wing finally keeps a promise and all folks do is bitch, bitch, bitch.

tygator.bsky.social•3 days ago

Get your guns ready the revolution is coming

julheb.bsky.social•3 days ago

wisedisscus.bsky.social•3 days ago

One has to be an absolute idiot to want to be like Trump since Trump is a self-serving, fraudulent, corrupt moron.

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