Putin saw dumb Trumps & had his thugs lend them $. Easy marks. Fast forward 2015 to date Putin helps rig elections to install his puppet. USA self sabotages no one runs their business the way USAgov does. Who the hell allows career criminals on a ballot? I don't hire them or have bs oath taking.
The immense crashing sound the world heard yesterday was an empire falling. Feb.28, '25 will go down in history books as an event just as pivotal in world order as 9/11 was.
Sad most haven’t noticed.
The “fall” began in Reagan’s disastrous reign when he cut the tax rate for the 1% from 70% to 28%, increased the National debt to $2.1 Trillion, allowed AIDS to kill millions and threw another million of citizens into homelessness.
Throw in citizens United, apathetic population, endless antagonizing from both red and blue party loyalists (as someone who's not American it's hard to overstate how fed up the international community is with both flavours of Maga) add in a dose of genocide and yeah, Trump was just the last straw.
At last, Vichy France is now exonerated from being known for surrendering to Nazi Germany now.....America wins the 1st place price for surrendering to Trumpville faster than France did. We will now be recorded in history as a nation of traitors thanks to the maga people who put such filth in power.
I’m not shocked. I could see that this would be the outcome if Orange Squish occupied the WhiteMan House again.
Turns out I wasn’t the crazy Left-Leaning Conspiracy Theorist after all…
I don't think they ever conceived of the fact that Zelensky would become an even more favored leader throughout the world, while in their world of tunnel vision, they think they "won." Perhaps because we have no idea what their deal with Putin is.
That's why they dgaf about shutting everything down. If you have cancer then you are a demon and God is ok with your murder in his name. Makes what is going on in Government make sense. No one can understand because they aren't seeing it from this angle
They aren't in charge of shit. They do what they are told. Research Russell Vought & Stephen Miller. They hold all power. Over Trump & Musk. NAR Dominionists/7 mountains. They are Heritage Foundation & Federalist Society. They want Theocracy. Biblical rule. They don't believe in science, medicine.
With crookedness and greed
Right after Kennedy assassinations
I think someone said that in a college somewhere
The down fall of America
But still greed of these ceo and their corporations
Same outcome every time
it wasn't quick.
Right wing talk radio has been eroding the foundation of America by validating and advocating "other" hate for 30 years. Fox News for over 25 years.
We ARE that spoiled, stupid lazy asshole that many foreigners see us as. They thought things were so terrible under Democrats, they have no fucking idea. When you fucking burn it all down, you're only left with ashes. But hey, you really owned the libs! Enjoy your new fabulous lifestyle of garbage!!
A country based 💯 on the rights of the individual is more important than good of the community was destined to be in the hands of a narcissist. After all the rights to own guns is far more important than the lives of children murdered in school. It’s how bad is this narcissist that’s a surprise.
Half of the US is definitely not shocked. We saw this coming. The other half is in for a rude awakening. The speed at which everything is happening is disorienting. I think the wave is building, and we will have resistance. I have hope, but at the same time, I realize it may be too late.
How do u think Americans feel? We are appalled, disgusted, and embarrassed. That thing that’s in the WH along with his other vile scum administration deserve ☠️. I couldn’t even watch it all. It was cruel and there would be nothing more I would’ve loved to have done than to 🥊 them in the throat.
Yet several YouTube videos think it was a set up, a trap! Glad someone is out there reporting the truth. Obviously no American journalists can do that anymore or they are fired!
People: We are now witnessing the final throes of a patriarchy terrified of its irrelevance and trying desperately to reassert itself, while clumsily setting fire to its own house. Humanity has left that structure behind in its inevitable evolution toward unity and mutual respect. Hold on & resist!
Have they even heard about it? I honestly don't know, but the media doesn't want to tell anyone what's really going on, cuz ass kissing. They'll know pretty soon though, once things they counted on aren't showing up. Like checks, etc.
No we aren't conditioned, we also don't want to be gunned down in the streets. 90% of cops are MAGA, 90% of the people in my county are MAGA. If the cops don't kill us our neighbors will from their front porch.
He got elected President, we all knew what would happen when he did. Democratic politicians didn't do anything to find a candidate to run who would win. I don't know what to do now.
Complacency, vast ignorance, years of lies from right-wing media & Russian propaganda, complicit corporations, brainwashed white “Christians,” deep racism & misogyny, toxic individualism, greed, learned hatred, sheer stupidity… As an American, I’m still fighting, but with a broken heart. 💔
I'm sure, if a Elon Musk like person even try to fire thousands of federal workers or, god forbid, closing entire offices in France, the Elysee Palace would be no more in a week. 🔥
With or without LePen.
77 million in a country of over 330 million isn't "50%". It's a perspective that needs to be reinforced. The far right extremists know this; it's why they fight so hard for voter supression.
The former football player who peacefully protested & got arrested has lost his teaching job over it. Not sure how that’s legal, but I’m sure there are ways to silence the masses.
Wait us out. The real question is what will that 40% do when their monthly bills hit? The vast majority of us don’t have enough savings to cover a sudden medical expense, how are they going to pay for food/clothing/shelter/healthcare during an extended strike?
We’re not the only country with jobs, but we’re on the extreme end of the spectrum with regard to how much they dominate our lives, take up our time, and determine things like access to healthcare.
The fear that creates is likely exactly why it was designed this way, too.
Jeez i can, it was obvious what was happening well before the 2020 election (yes 2020), it’s been a relentless fascist putsch with most of you like frogs in a pot slowly being brought to the boil (now well & truly boiling over)
It’s because so few pay attention to what’s going on in the world. Also because we have become an ignorant and under educated country. It’s quite pathetic‼️
It was not fast. And nobody is surprised except Americans. US has further to fall - diplomacy is gone, blasting govt structure & firing indiscriminately, next markets crashing due to worldwide US boycotts. The world has been preparing for it. #BoycottUSA
I’m American & have been following this unfold for years. Many of us didn’t want Zelinsky to go to the WH cuz we figured it would be a trap. TFG & his lot are all evil, & I’m not sure if America will survive because most Americans are tone deaf, struggling to organize or support him. It’s horrible.
They will NOT allow anyone other than white male apostle to have absolute power. Trump isn't deciding ANYTHING. Musk is falsely believing he will own North America. Biblical rule will never allow that. Rapture needs to happen.
Vought & Miller are the true power. Everything else is to distract. NAR Dominionists/Evangelicals 7 mountains are skilled at being in the shadows. They will not stop & they now have full control. 3 SCOTUS judges were the price for the church vote that got Trump elected in 2016 w/Russian infowar.
What isn't being reported is Russell Vought & Stephen Miller are who have complete power of USA.Trump is a mascot. Musk is the $. Musk is being used but will never be allowed true power. Let him end our gov & give him contracts in return so no one is focused on installing Biblical Rule Theocracy.
Yes. The interesting part is the transnational mafia, NAR Dominionists, and far right had similar goals with different strengths. NAR Christofascists are laser focused & highly organized for decades. Vought & Miller own US. They will not give power to Putin or Musk so expect some fuckery.
Orchestrated by Putin, through their constant phone contact that DJT doesn’t want to reveal. Putin must be reveling with his sledgehammer nuclear bombing of NATO and US
I am glad the country has fallen this fast. I pray Ukraine can get through this, but I have zero sympathy for the US. Your neighbours elected this sinister clown TWICE. I hope he drives the country into the ground, because it is the ONLY way your people will learn.
The ONLY thing that may give a bit of saving grace, is that I don’t believe he actually won that election. He cheated, which is the reason that Elon is there. He paid for it. But we shall see how that plays out.
Trump will declare martial law and even more will lose their jobs so people are scared. Most are one pay check from destitution so keeping quiet means having food on the table (at this stage at least).
Jeg har fået en række svar det sidste halve døgn i forskellige tråde.
Men uanset at jeg forstår shocket osv., så virker alle argumenter til at slutte ved "vi tør ikke selv at risikere noget og håber, at andre gør det for os".
Ja. Det - og så har de jo nærmest aldrig prøvet direkte at kæmpe for noget på egen jord før, hvor det ikke udføres kun af soldater langt væk.... De har ingen erfaring i at udvise direkte mod.
I wish people weren't just taking my words as rhetoric when I've said countless times since Nov 6th, "AMERICA HAS FALLEN!!" It's over people!! It's gone!! There's only one way you're going to get it back, and it's going to be dirty and bloody and scary. So ask yourself how badly you want freedom
There's the losing spirit! We are not in full blown dictatorship mode... yet. I'm not one of those who foolishly buys into American exceptionalism, but I do know that people who have experienced "freedom" will fight to preserve it and the real power lies with the people, not the other way around.
Most Ukrainian's had been nowhere near a battlefield before Russia invaded them. Today they are the best war fighters currently on the planet and their innovation has changed the battlefield forever. Many Dems & MSM are bought and paid for by the elites... that's why I put my stock in the people.
Watching from Australia-easy to believe since Jan 6th. No charges/conviction against the most corrupt, fraudulent, fascist, lying narcissistic megalomaniac allowed to run rampant and destroy the US
US is belittled and disempowered on the world stage. Many Australians asking our govt. to cut ties.
If there was ever a time for the American people to drain the swamp, this is it.
The White House imposters are there, revealing themselves for all to see.
This is no longer a dark comedy that we must all grin and bear for a while , it’s a brazen assault on the America and all that it represents.
I'd move to England in a heartbeat except I would feel useless and inadequate, plus I could stay for only what?... 30 days? Here in the land of the blind, though - the one-eyed man is king. 😛
There are pundits who have been around for anywhere from 40 to 50 years who have never seen anything like this. That's because there's never been anything like this.
Well we suspected it would come to this. One of the issues discussed before Sweden joined NATO was ”what if Trump comes back, do we REALLY want to be in an alliance with him?”.
They’ve had the constitution on their side the whole time and nothing was done. While he was in office the first time while Biden was for FOUR years and now. Yet……. Nothing was done.
Just say it, it was a total setup for Putins enjoyment!
Russia owns Trump and little guy Vance had to get his little balls in there while Rubio sat there like he thought he might be next.
A bunch of bullies.
I am still in disbelief too. I've been so angry all day. I also called my reps and gave them a piece of mind. Please everyone, call your reps! Flood their phone lines! They need to know that we are pissed!
Umm, I'm surprised it took you all so long to catch on to what was clearly happening before your eyes throughout Joe Bidens' presidency.Trump was blatantly operating a shadow government from maralalala. Welcoming fellow dictators, state turncoats as well as being a well-informed participant of 2wars
Not content with destroying multiple marriages, running businesses into the ground, dismantling America, Rump is hellbent on international chaos. He’s stupid and incompetent.
How are the politicians allowing this authoritarian movement to take over so quickly? We need our army to stop this! Where are the generals and cia and fbi? We will not have real election in 2026 or 2028. Are Americans so oblivious as to what is happening? Wake up people!
No one can believe this? NO ONE CAN BELIEVE THIS!? I saw this coming a MILE AWAY! Are you saying that NO ONE saw Trump’s marriage to Putin before the MAGAts handed him our country back in November???
MAGAts were wearing pro-Russia t-shirts, for God’s sake!
"there is no coming back from this" is the most accurate assesment, despite trump will finally go away and vance may disappear into political obvlivion, all the gop cowards will lose at some point their cult and their cult leader...MOST of the countries in the world will never trust the US ever,
They aren't in charge of shit. They do what they are told. Research Russell Vought & Stephen Miller. They hold all power. Over Trump & Musk. NAR Dominionists/7 mountains. They are Heritage Foundation & Federalist Society. They want Theocracy. Biblical rule. They don't believe in science, medicine.
this is the biggest fkup any President has ever done on foreign relations, this is it, even Nixon understood for the sake of the country...trump, vance and his minions just destroyed the US in 45 minutes, the US has heavily depended on allies, all is gone, no trust as we cannot stand
alone and expect that we can still be who we were 30 days ago, the first time was a mistake, this time is a trend and most politicians around the world have realized that 77 million Americans hate them and prefer a fascist ruler.
If you look at what is happening from the Christian Dominionists worldview it all makes sense what is happening. Research Russell Vought & Stephen Miller. Lance Wallnau.
I can only hope that when Trump is gone and we have sensible leadership again, that other world leaders will be able to see past this horrible time in American history, & know that the majority of the country still holds the values of upon which we were established.
Nah, not really. America has been a gangster state for a long time, the major difference is only, that Trump says it out loud and doesn't mince words. America has been an imperialistic asshole, trying to run the world for a century, Trump playing not nice with it, simply breaks the illusion(finally)
We need to massively take it to the streets and quietly organize a revolution. I have a petition pinned to my profile if you an American citizen, who wants to join the revolution
Not shocked. What happened today was one of many reasons why I cried after the election. For this and for the rest of the cruelty that these people and their willingly blind supporters want to do to other people.
Was it quick, though, really? Or were most people just covering their eyes and ears shouting la la la la over the rather lengthy decline to avoid dealing with it?
I’ve been saying the same. My late parents were civil rights leaders. My father was a Tuskegee airman & a dentist in the mash camps of WW2 & the Korean War. We’ve lost it all.
Yeah I think the unintended consequence for Putin is that his support from other countries is stronger than ever before. Evil people never really win in the end.
Zelenskyy did a terrific job in a room full of offensive stooges attacking him for Putin. That man is a true leader. Imagine having to fly all that way with your country at war and needing you only to meet such abusive crooks. The GOP just showed the free world what traitor scum they are.
It's not like we hadn't been warned.
How many individuals, pundits on MSNBC and other media, how many retired generals, lawyers, law professors, former Trump admin staff, etc told the WORLD that if this maniac gets back in office, it's the end of the United States and democracy everywhere?
Yes. I think many MAGAs do things simply to “own” the liberals. To stick it to us.
But I think a lot of them believed the lies they’ve been spoon-fed, that our country was better off when he was in office. Gas and egg and others prices would plummet. HA!
The security guarantee consisted of "We will have some engineers in the country. Putin won't want to accidentally interfere with them".
In a Trump Admin, what would happen? Putin would give Trump a date and time. Some missiles would fly. Trump would say "Americans must leave now". Then full invasion
Anyone with an ounce of commonsense and high school level history has been watching in horror for sometime now… it feels like a surreal unbelievable nightmare to be witness to this moment in history but it’s definitely not unexpected 😩
Possibly the saddest part of all is the number of his cult members who are cheering for this because it's exactly what those "patriots" wanted. They don't seem to understand that the country that they supposedly "love" has been destroyed.
There have been cult experts examining what has happened with the MAGA movement, and they agree that it really is a textbook case, well planned out and executed to create this insanity, just like Jim Jones did.
Absolute not a surprise. Very proud that our PM stood up immediately and declared our allegiance to Ukraine. Wish he had the balls to say what we all know he was thinking about Trump 😡
The Rapist got less than 32% of the eligible votes four months ago. In a developed country that is not enough to openly push anything Putin asks for. The entire world is not at all surprised. We knew that the US Experiment failed decades ago. Now we all will pay for it. The entire world will pay.
Exactly, it wasn’t a developed nation in the first place. Advanced capitalist economy is not equal to Developed Mature Democracy. America has stoped developing in 1945.
A developed country elects their government through a majority. Getting 31.80 % of eligible votes leads to a coalition government until the next election or to be in opposition the same period. The US is a shithole banana republic. 31.80% of eligible votes= WH,Senate, Congress and 6-3 in the SCOTUS
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Both the President and the VP are an embarrassment to our nation. Know that most of us don't agree with this behavior or anything these numbskulls are doing...
I mean, seriously? It took us bringing in Nazis to work for us during WWII, the rise and fall of Father Coughlin, the slow march from a center-left democracy to a right democracy due to the rise of Fox, the perversion of how pols talked about education, taxation & civil rights since Reagan?
Everything Trump touches turns to shi*t, including JD (justadick) Vance and our US standing around the globe. Zelensky will be revered throughout history as a true hero. Trump, JD, Rubio & the entire GOP - not so much.
When i watched it, i thought this was for the benefit of one and only one audience member. And that person is sitting somewhere in the Kremlin. It was like something out of a mobster movie where the godfather is testing his underlings how far they would go for the firm.
The real Donald Trump was on display for all to see. He is acting in bad faith with these alleged negotiations and has twice tried to trick Zelensky into signing onto an agreement that gives Putin everything he wants and Ukraine nothing. My apologies to Zelensky and Ukraine on behalf of the U.S.
That was the most entertaining Oval Office meeting ever. Talk about transparency. All the others couldn't hold your attention for even 90 seconds. Regardless of who believes what about Zelenskyy or Trump, the look on the face of Ukraine's Ambassador to the US, Oksana Markarova, says it all. Lol
Seems secure so far. Treat the number like 911, lines clear for who it's intended for. These people will be the first line of defense should things get bad. Support them! 🇺🇦✊️🌎💜🇨🇦
Trump and Vance are playing schoolyard bully in a global context. Disgraceful. Shadow president Musk is destroying our cyber defenses, Trump is weakening our military defenses. And when we get attacked on some level, our allies - after being fucked, will tell us we’re on our own.
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💯 fully expected.
F the ultra rich, they are antithetical to democracy.
The “fall” began in Reagan’s disastrous reign when he cut the tax rate for the 1% from 70% to 28%, increased the National debt to $2.1 Trillion, allowed AIDS to kill millions and threw another million of citizens into homelessness.
but the people are standing back up
people are rising to the occasion
Indivisible just started a new group in a new city with 500 new people
https://www.koaa.com/your-voice-your-community/hundreds-of-people-take-to-downtown-colorado-springs-to-protest-trump-administration-policies
I’m shocked at how many people were willing to help push it off the cliff.
Turns out I wasn’t the crazy Left-Leaning Conspiracy Theorist after all…
Right after Kennedy assassinations
I think someone said that in a college somewhere
The down fall of America
But still greed of these ceo and their corporations
Same outcome every time
Right wing talk radio has been eroding the foundation of America by validating and advocating "other" hate for 30 years. Fox News for over 25 years.
All of them are Putin’s puppets and the whole world knows it.
Just. Had. To.
faced evil git
I'm shocked that not millions of US people are on the streets right now. Fighting for their country and freedom.
That shock me.
Why don't they fight for their country, their constitution and democracy?
If this was France for instance... Millions would have been in the streets by day 5 of this presidency!
Are Americans really so conditioned to believe that a hero will save them?
I hope that the sane part of the population ASAP can get from shock and denial to anger and action. For everyone's sake.
It's awful
This was Ukraine in 2014.
It feels like 90%. It is not.
Would 90% of the Illinois National Guard shoot at a million unarmed, peaceful civilians on the streets of Chicago?
Not in 2025.
But they might in 2035.
With or without LePen.
-fear of losing jobs, because everybody’s one paycheck from the cliff
-knowing he’s itching for an excuse to use military against civilians
-knowing we aren’t united against this, 50% actively want it
-and that 50% is *extremely* armed
If 40 % of the population goes on a strike, what will they do?
But it’s also worth noting, those black and queer friends never let suppression stop them from speaking up.
It’s the rest of us, who look like me, and are unfortunately a bigger percentage of the population.
The fear that creates is likely exactly why it was designed this way, too.
-Edmund Burke
Johnson, Cruz. Heritage Foundation & Federalist Society along with 80% of churches. Hegseth is one. They are smart & quiet.
https://youtu.be/g9BMlSw_KdY?si=FgophMgnDMKsoIaY
https://bsky.app/profile/torbenandersen.bsky.social/post/3ljchhtmvi22a
Why are they so passive?
Why don't people fight back?
Stock up America….
Men uanset at jeg forstår shocket osv., så virker alle argumenter til at slutte ved "vi tør ikke selv at risikere noget og håber, at andre gør det for os".
Men jeg kan faktisk godt forstå hvis de ikke synes, at de skal stå først for her.
Even full blown civil war won’t save America now (Putin will laugh his head off at that).
Most Americans have been no where near a battlefield and don’t even realise the “freedom” they have already lost and what’s still to come.
While some actually welcome it.
https://www.reddit.com/u/theatlantic/s/k80xusHrUD
US is belittled and disempowered on the world stage. Many Australians asking our govt. to cut ties.
The White House imposters are there, revealing themselves for all to see.
This is no longer a dark comedy that we must all grin and bear for a while , it’s a brazen assault on the America and all that it represents.
MuskTrump is only on day 40.
Russia owns Trump and little guy Vance had to get his little balls in there while Rubio sat there like he thought he might be next.
A bunch of bullies.
I have called my reps and voiced my opinion. Impeachment is necessary!
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Ass taxi, fuck-dragon.
Just throwing stuff together...
Im the only i know who talks about it all day long, or even at all
https://bigthink.com/the-present/the-3-5-percent-solution/#
MAGAts were wearing pro-Russia t-shirts, for God’s sake!
F the USA
America is shriveled to an insignificant rogue state, who bullied its allies and bent to Putin’s will.
Putin achieved his goal. End of story.
My dad would be bereft if he still was alive.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jqbm56jsjjle6k7ilehyurqs/post/3lj6xac3vn22s
https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/russia-programs/2017-12-12/nato-expansion-what-gorbachev-heard-western-leaders-early
~Trump's guiding light.
We are all speechless
How many individuals, pundits on MSNBC and other media, how many retired generals, lawyers, law professors, former Trump admin staff, etc told the WORLD that if this maniac gets back in office, it's the end of the United States and democracy everywhere?
There’s a difference…
But I think a lot of them believed the lies they’ve been spoon-fed, that our country was better off when he was in office. Gas and egg and others prices would plummet. HA!
Hard to believe they believed that.
In a Trump Admin, what would happen? Putin would give Trump a date and time. Some missiles would fly. Trump would say "Americans must leave now". Then full invasion
And, can anyone ever get that disgusting image of Trump hugging the flag likes it's a cheap whore?
They underestimated him, as they always do foreigners.
He showed them for who they are: childish, petulant bullies.
The only reputation that was destroyed was America’s.
They tried and failed.
They humiliated themselves. Again.
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https://mdavis19881.substack.com/p/polirant-trump-is-still-putins-bitch
He was ambushed. Trump & Vance are RUSSIAN ASSETS.
Zelenskyy is fighting to keep his country’s democracy.
THIS deal doesn’t work for his country.
They will not get to keep land.
They will not be in NATO & was disrespected by a USA working for the enemy.
I keep forgetting we still have almost 4 more years of this ahead of us. Lol