Remember how before the election everyone was like “If Trump wins, he’ll be truly unhinged, no adults in the room will hold him back”? And then he actually did win. And suddenly everyone switched to “Maybe it won’t be so bad, let’s work with him,” as he started making threats to annex Canada - ThreadSky

whstancil.bsky.social • 56 days ago

Remember how before the election everyone was like “If Trump wins, he’ll be truly unhinged, no adults in the room will hold him back”?

And then he actually did win. And suddenly everyone switched to “Maybe it won’t be so bad, let’s work with him,” as he started making threats to annex Canada

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obviouspseudonym.bsky.social•56 days ago

Everyone is basically in a collective dissociative state right now as a coping mechanism.

robjackel.bsky.social•56 days ago

I know I am! It's finally starting to sink in though.

johncastiglione.bsky.social•56 days ago

In some sense it's understandable b/c with the extended lame duck session he's not actually in power. Shit gonna change quick in a few weeks, though.

maximillianquinn.bsky.social•56 days ago

Remember how in his first term his businesses were an issue, so he went through a pantomime of distancing himself from them? Now he openly sells merchandise, makes hotel deals in other countries, and has ties to a cryptocurrency, and everyone treats it as though he's just meeting expectations.

mrpatricknj.bsky.social•56 days ago

This is just a distraction from asking the SCOTUS to intercede on his behalf in the hush money case sentencing. Instead of writing about that, people are digging in on Canada, GL and Panama. We need to stop chasing Trump butterflies.

simplycommonsense.bsky.social•56 days ago

'Putin Jr.' is likely looking to share world domination with his mentor.

iamgoog.bsky.social•56 days ago

Using “everyone” is unhelpful

writaobscura.bsky.social•56 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/writaobscura.bsky.social/post/3lf6yvlh2422e

resistmagafascism.bsky.social•56 days ago

The cult really thinks the things he is planning to do will all be successful and no one will be hurt except their perceived enemies.
The leopards are licking their lips in anticipation of feasting on faces.

writaobscura.bsky.social•56 days ago

They live in fantasy land and it continues to be dangerous for other people.

resistmagafascism.bsky.social•56 days ago

Get ready for a LOT more of these complaints from the MAGA cultists:
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/8/18173678/trump-shutdown-voter-florida

sartreanbean.bsky.social•56 days ago

I've gotta believe that half of it is wishful thinking/cope from people who would rather live in a world where they can pretend Trump is normal than really reckon with the insanity he spews

spenceman58.bsky.social•56 days ago

This is it - and unfortunately the majority of his brain-dead voters rationalized doing so in this way, too.

totaltangent.bsky.social•56 days ago

Prior to the election, the likely intent was to raise awareness of the danger and motivate people to vote against him.

After those efforts failed, it turned into damage control. They're trying to soothe us and prevent panic and unrest.

choppersms.bsky.social•56 days ago

Cheated to a win you mean.

marshgirl.bsky.social•56 days ago

... and then he became truly unhinged ....

nodraerjk.bsky.social•56 days ago

Everyone?

artisanrox.bsky.social•56 days ago

I had the most reasonable conservatives around me saying "SURELY RFK won't be passed through" because even the reds see him as a direct threat to their person.

And now I'm like ohhh honey, the RFK is no big deal now, is it to the things you thought would never happen, huh? 🤦

nogoodatthis.bsky.social•56 days ago

Quit using the word annex. It’s invade. You know, military, arrests, executions even. Quit fucking sugar coating it

resistmagafascism.bsky.social•56 days ago

One side claims "Biden destroyed the country" when the GDP doesn't grow as fast as they think it should, but when Trump threatens to use the military to invade other countries and lock people up without trial the media downplays it all.
This country is off the rails.

parkerfoxtrot.bsky.social•56 days ago

I suspect that he is experiencing early symptoms of dementia and over the next four years we’re gonna watch in real time as his brain degrades into Swiss cheese. Everything they said about Biden is going to be true and worse for Trump.

mukuelakai.bsky.social•56 days ago

Not everyone...

progressiveknife.bsky.social•56 days ago

Yea, the respectable centrists suck ass here.

txdede.bsky.social•56 days ago

The “adults” in the room are tremendously wealthy ones who prop him up to put more money in their pockets. There’s no working with them that will help; only obstruction will slow them down.

zoloftenthusiast.bsky.social•56 days ago

Not everyone dude. Not everyone. Don’t confuse “people in the media” with everyone.

statman-stu.bsky.social•56 days ago

Historians will look back & ponder how American media disappeared entirely to right wing control on the day DJT came down the escalator in 2015. It is flat out embarrassing how they have covered for his criminality, ignored his grift, sane-washed his old age, & impeachments, & even a coup attempt!

whstancil.bsky.social•56 days ago

He’s acting beyond deranged, far more than in the first term, and somehow the response from EVERYONE has been to pathetically kowtow to him, and pretend that going to war with Denmark is a serious policy proposal

striderhlc.bsky.social•56 days ago

They've all been laser-focused on the fight that really matters: yelling at leftists who had the gall to compare minimum wage to rent on bsky dot app

swiffy.bsky.social•56 days ago

He is serious. We should take that seriously. And it damages our relationships with allies and our ability to get what we want internationally

fzupancle.bsky.social•56 days ago

To my recollection, Nancy Pelosi remains the only American politician to aggressively confront him and his nonsense. I guess the question may be: who will be our Nancy this time around?

whstancil.bsky.social•56 days ago

Everyone congratulating themselves on their savvy and pragmatism as they kiss the feet of the deranged lunatic trying to collapse the building on top of us, it’s unbearable

meadia.bsky.social•56 days ago

This is the worst part. So many are congratulating themselves on being cowards. Then they accuse anyone who doesn’t go along with this bs as being hysterical and partisan.

snowmein.bsky.social•56 days ago

Democrats are in a coma. I mean you can’t even get the newly reelected by a landslide Senator from MN to speak out in defense of Canada because ignore him and he will go away?

whstancil.bsky.social•56 days ago

All this new stuff, Canada and Greenland and whatever, it’s literally just the insane policy stuff that was kept in check in the first administration! The stuff we warned about. He’s not a stable man, he’s an imbecile, and his raging idiocy was whitewashed by the people around him. Now it’s not!‬

adambonin.bsky.social•56 days ago

And more than half of it is bluster or a negotiating tactic. The problem is that it's hard to tell which half.

absolutereality.blog•12 days ago

I think it’s less likely Trump thought of it himself and more likely he’s going along with it because Silicon Valley technofeudalists want the land or want to destabilize the continent. Here’s a Thiel-backed person laying groundwork for Canada annexation in December.

leshrac.bsky.social•56 days ago

Now it’s all just sanewashed by the media, as it was during the campaign.

timpark.bsky.social•56 days ago

Seriously. Remember how we all thought it wouldn't really be THAT bad in his first term and then it was 2x as bad?

Prepare for the worst people

jaymemoss.bsky.social•56 days ago

I’m hate so many people at this point. It’s exhausting

hotrollhottakes.bsky.social•56 days ago

The people who were meant to be our bulwark against this man failed in their rhetoric and their messaging and their tactics, and their response has been to act in ways that forcibly call into question whether they ever even believed in that rhetoric at all.

stjohn75.bsky.social•56 days ago

You remember before the election it was all “this guy is a FASCIST” and now it’s “oh well, maybe next time will go better”

46n2ahead.bsky.social•56 days ago

Had to break their arms to get them to use the word fascist.

karywin.bsky.social•56 days ago

Our media is failing us.
Our elected officials are failing us.

None of this - Trump, Elon, Zuck, Greenland, “The Gulf of America,” etc. - should be normalized.

richardkeppler.bsky.social•56 days ago

Anybody taking the Canada bait is falling for the misdirection; the very thing we should have learned not to do.
This is what he is distracting from:

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