The man is human pollution, America's id. The international community is going to rally against this country to make sure we're hurt for decades because of all of this and we'll have deserved it.
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You the people, are supposed to have the power, use it as much as you can, him siding with Putin should be one of the biggest protests he can't get away with
“To stop them from becoming space junk, satellite operators send spacecraft to burn up in the atmosphere at mission’s end. The environmental impacts are still uncertain.”
Is it uncertain? Or is it why the Greenhouse Effect has accelerated?
That's exactly what's going to happen until we f****** stop him. And if our government can't pull its head out of its ass accept the embarrassment that treason has been committed amongst them in a co-conspiracy to overthrow the Constitution and government then we'll have to do it ourselves by force
I did not vote for Donald Trump I do not support Donald Trump I do not believe that we are at a point in history where we as a country or being taken back by Donald Trump so no I don’t feel that I or my family or anyone who didn’t support him deserves what is going to happen
Just who decided to award him so many government contracts? It's full on fascism and should be treated as such. Too many Americans don't know what is happening. Share everywhere, especially on conservative social media. Even our words for freedoms and rights are disappearing. https://bit.ly/4ic1AKY
If only there was some sort of, like, Government Agency that could be monitored to ensure the safety of everyone else. Some sort of, like, national aeronautics and space administration. Just so we know it’s not something that could be privatized and endanger people on a global scale, you know?
Not we. trump and maga deserve it. We're innocent bystanders. I keep doing my part by protesting and explaining propaganda versus true news on social media when I see something being posted that's blatantly incorrect. But no, we don't.
That's not correct. By doing nothing you enable it. By saying nothing, you enable it. I have not enabled my government in any way to do what they're doing and I am doing everything I can to make change. SILENCE IS COMPLAINCE.
I don’t know. I’m not in the USA. If you want change you have to make it happen. Comments on Bluesky won’t be seen by MAGA and Trump. I guess physical protest of some sort would help. Social media is not the real world.
Social media may become more relevant than the news as stations are being state-run through trump now. Watch news sources from Canada, Mexico and the UK for the real news. Or go to social media.
I call ANY & ALL reps. If they work for the federal government they ARE ALL our reps. We can call anyone of them! Call about 5 a day on average. Though today I called box stores and let them know how many hundreds they have lost on my family not shopping at non dei places since Voldemore took over.
"Long-term recreational ketamine use was associated w lower gray matter volume & less white matter integrity, lower functional thalamocortical & corticocortical connectivity..this may explain..long-term cognitive & psychiatric side effects [like] memory impairment & executive functioning.”
Sadly probably yes - it is in your hands to "fix it"; the change needs to come from within. As long as Americans go along with this sorry show, things will not change. Tragic for all who oppose, but we can see or hear you...
I saw him described as a horse loose in a hospital. I think that description is so disrespectful to horses. They generally don’t intend to hurt anyone. I think Rumpt doesn’t care who he hurts and may even go out of his way to smash people. Maybe a T-Rex would be a better analogy.
I feel it should be "hungry leopard in a hospice" that's the perfect analogy. The leopard has all the easy game to get to on its time, and none of the metaphorical nurses are stopping it.
No, I think referring to him as western civilization's defecation is more accurate. Animals display more intelligence than this human being by leaps and bounds.
It's not about hurting you it's about finally realising that you've never been our allies and that we should never trust you. To be fair most people in Europe were aware of that since decades.
Yeah, it's a pretty niche term. It's mostly used for stuff like wasps (for multiple horrifying reasons) and some fungi (think cordyceps).
It's all pretty interesting stuff imo. Thankfully it happens exclusively to bugs and other small creatures.
if we don't stand up and fight we kind of do deserve for them to hate us…
Speaking of fighting, one of the Democrats going to do something besides wring their hands? I don't know about y'all, but this is not what I voted to send them to Washington to do!
I feel your frustration but what can we do as citizens? The people who voted for this clown are so dug in that there is no way for them to see how wrong they were. The only thing elected officials can do is go on tv and bitch about how much worse things are now. Besides that what can be done?
Honestly you all have so little time to make a change, I have no idea why you are not making use of the seconds amendment and buying what you need to defend yourselves in the near future. You guys need to protect your best interests.
Exactly! If it helps, I think much of this BS is a purely online issue. Sadly not all, but I’m working on being more active in my local politics and my country’s, too, and people are much more just looking for solutions than whichever “my team is good and their team is bad” or which bs this is.
I'm from Europe, the Netherlands
We're not trying to hurt you! We are just trying to protect ourselves against your president. We are working to become independent from the US, so we will never have to rely on the US again
Trump betrayed you and the rest of the allies of the US
I feel sorry for you!
Please forgive us. Those of us who did not vote for him are so embarrassed and sorry for his actions and how he is hurting everyone. Much Aloha from Hawaii.
I just feel so helpless. He's doing all these things that are ruining us. I'm so grateful for your kind response. We won't always be horrible, I promise. Mahalo (thank you)!
Thank you for your kind words and support for the American people at large. I’m getting a little tired of hearing that I am going to get what I deserve. I did not vote for nor do I support anything that this corrupt president is doing to this country and into the world
UK resident and avid follower of US politics; We're not naturally agressive these days (our power diminished decades ago), but when the playground bully comes a'calling we WILL stand up for ourselves. Friends in America, it's not you, it's HIM. I hope MAGA sees sense before it's too late ♥️
From the US... The damage caused by this administration has left me disheartened. I have never felt such shame in being an American. It is incomprehensible to me why many Americans have rallied behind this deceitful man.
As an American? Hurt us. This is the first time in my entire life that Republicans are actually facing repercussions. Learn from the mistakes of Sherman - don't just burn, salt the earth.
He is not, but ppl have voted him into office, and he is reneging on his promises and campaign deliverables.
If you ask the people who voted for him would they vote for him again in almost 9 months, they would all say no. His labour is identifiable with the past labour goverments.
I'm not cross that we tried it - we had to respect the electorate's choice but I'm fucking furious that we don't get to decide whether to keep it or not. We've done our bit by trying it now it's time for the government to do their bit and fix the mess
I left a healthy England as a European in 2006 only to return 17yrs later to a country as alone as any I’ve ever seen. If ever we needed to get our arses back into the European Union, it’s right now.
(American here) These messages are actually making me emotional 😭 those of us who are sane tried so fucking hard to change the MAGA brainwashed in our orbit and it came to *nothing* is just heartbreaking. Just know that so, so many of us are profoundly sorry and are absolutely haunted by it all
Like Geert Wilder PVV in the Netherlands, but they are still a minority. 1/3 voted far-right in the Netherlands, so 2/3 did not
I heard it's about the same in Germany?
Let's keep hope and strength to fight the far-right
Greetings from Germany. You can be sure that we know and appreciate that. We even have the same problem with our right-wing extremists. It just hasn't progressed that far yet. Head up high! 🤗
I read in the news that because of our (US stupidity, that Trudeau is doing better than the right wing, currently. Just maybe one ounce of good in this shit show
Thank you from a horrified American. It’s pure evil that the Trump administration will steal from and kill off the most vulnerable among us, only to further enrich themselves. Continuing to take Putin’s side, Russia has something horrendous on 47. I’m thinking pedophilia. Head up high to you. 💕🥹
I hope this little foray into "electoral self harm" serves as a dire warning and not a self help instruction book on how to build a more efficient vulnerable citizen killing machine to enrich a south African nonempath and an orange blob king russian tyrant. 🤬
American, so ashamed of our fellow countrymen & women. I still don’t believe Elon & (DOGE BAGS) didn’t swing the election to Rump. Steven Spoonamore, Greg Palaste and others have been in tech and statistics. Just enough to have a run on each the presidency, the House & Senate. https://Gregpalste.com watch!
Brit here…. You were robbed. There’s no way that orange idiot won and we all know it. We were totally blindsided by the lack of Democratic action after he claimed a win. No recount? They just gave up as if to say “You asked for it. You’ve got it. Do your worst and deal with the fallout yourselves.”
Yep. Same. From UK.
USA will never be trusted again after this even if a new “normal” President comes in in 4 years time.
They’ve betrayed us once. They could do it again. It’s over and I hope they like their new Russian friends and their slowly diminishing status in the world. 🤮
America has been a diva nation forcing everyone to put up with its bullshit since ‘20 (1620, obviously). Its entire identity has been wrapped up in wars of attrition between bullies for centuries. Of course it ends with Trump/Putin vs The World/Basic Decency.
My god, the way those of us who are *sane* fucking tried so hard to snap all the MAGA assholes we know out of it, the way it made no difference at all against all reason … 😭🤬 We tried, we failed, we’re sorry to the rest of the world.
I voted for the green left, but because of the immigration issues, disinformation around methane curbing, artificial distrust towards journalists, and liberals being counts, people were driven to the far right.
They need to cut us off in every way in order to starve the Russian tumor metastasizing at the top of our government. It’s the only way to salvage our country and protect themselves and the whole world.
With great power comes great responsibility. It feels like we’re in the game of our lives. Knowing full well congress and the senate could wield their power.
Yes!The world should unite against the US to save itself!That’s the only option or trump will destroy the world as we know it.We have to stop the fascists, traitors, saboteurs and billionaire grifters, by any means necessary!They are the enemy within the gates! Power to the people! Long live Ukraine
Trump is the disease. Musk is a severe systemic complication of the disease. Smallpox manifested itself with a rash and high fever, however the most deadly aspect of the disease was the severe systemic complications, including bleeding, low blood pressure, multi-organ failure, and pneumonia.
I'm a history major. Studied in Europe on the battlefields and in the camps. I talked to survivors and Nazis both. Feel free though to be a moron and twist it as you need. Trumps our hope for peace. This danger is real and you're being an idiot.
Lol. We just laugh at your idiocy now. There is no reason for anyone to take you seriously. You've become demented and moronic. But jeep the faith lol. We have new homes coming for you soon...
I hear them talking war, not peace. I lived in Germany. I studied the wars there. Russia is surrounded by NATO now. I'm scared for us all and they want to egg on missles, tanks, and send their kids. I'm 100000% on Trumps side
The international community is talking big and kissing his ass...because they know he is incoherent and is a big danger. But i agree ...they will never rely on the USA again.
Respectfully, I think that the world will breathe a collective sigh of relief when Trump is gone. They know that what is happening is the will of one man, and not done on the behalf of the American people. But, the MAGA ideals need to be drowned out and forgotten to history for that to happen
so, with any luck, what he breaks now can be fixed through rational diplomacy when he’s gone. We just have to make it to that point without him destroying the world completely first.
Agreed. I don’t think it will necessarily be by trying to change the constitution, but look for him to stir up something here so that he can invoke martial law and suspend elections.
When he's gone we can start over and hopefully the world will forgive us. My concern is - who will be the right leader for our country then and how do we go about finding him/her?
Even if he were gone, the mental rot is deeply rooted in US society now. The global community won't be coming back since the US could as easily boost another Trump (Don Jr, Eric) or Trumpian (Vance, RFK Jr, etc.) into the Presidency & throw any agreements into chaos again.
Unfortunately, what we and the rest of the world have learned is that much of what we all thought was rule of law was mostly inherent decency and a respect for protocol and the ideals written in our founding documents. It can ALL be destroyed in short order. We can no longer be trusted.
With respect, the way Trump is able to do business highlights a flaw in the checks and balances: one party dominance. The House, the Senate and SCOTUS in the hands of one party and the unwavering attacks on free press and the judicial system. As long as that isn't fixed, it can happen again.
Agreed, and this is a system that he has been manipulating for the past decade to lead him to this point. The true test will be whether or not the system holds, but I’m not sure that all these constitutional loving conservatives wouldn’t for the abolishment of the constitution if it kept them
In power. Hence, the constitutional crisis that we now find ourselves in. But everything that is happening is the result of Trump’s win propagated by an emboldened phalanx of Yes Men that are willing to agree to everything he says. I have hope that the Sup. Court chops him off at the knees.
Cognitive dissonance is plentiful , within mis informed Trump supporters. Now ,Fix Fox news et, are working hard to deflect , but each excuse statement, is an admission of guilt.
You are 100% correct, but the kind of change you are talking about comes from full acknowledgement of how badly flawed the current system is. That comes out of revolution, and we can see that the people who lost the last civil war did not acknowledge their defeat. They just waited for round two.
This is basically what I have been saying, that it is going to take this kind of murderous destruction for everyone and I do mean EVERYONE to wake the hell up and start trying to get back to where we started and what this country stood for. We have been sinking into this horror since Reagan.
Agreed. And hand in hand with fixing the clearly flawed system & separation of powers, we need to dismantle and eradicate billionaires and the ability for people to amass/horde that amount of money and influence.
The fact that the replacement of judges of the supreme court are nominated by the POTUS is a huge vulnerability in the balance of the power in USA. Executive and Judicial power cannot be on the same hands. Voltaire is twisting in his grave.
The way democrats bowed down and didn't put Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court was the beginning of the nightmare. If you don't count Reagan, that is.
He's just the current figurehead. Everything he's doing has been planned and orchestrated by others. When (if) Trump leaves, it'll be the next stooge up.
I don't mean this in a disrespectful way, but I hope Trump will be a life lesson for Americans. For decades now the US gov has used it might for creating monster like him, training dictators and tortures, ending democracies on a whim. The world has been weary of the US long before Trump
It heard it said the other day that the only people that think America is the greatest country in the world are Americans, and not all of them. I certainly don’t feel like it is. No disrespect taken. It’s a solid point.
You’re wrong though. This is not the will of 1 man. This is a decades long movement by a group growing in power. Trump is nothing more than a carnival barker they found who got the gullible & hateful into the tent. Perhaps when he’s gone many will leave the tent but I’m not sure I’d count on that.
I think that they — the republicans — would gladly vote to allow for a third term, if it meant keeping his dumb-ass in power to do their bidding for them. That is the truly scary part. Or him creating enough dissent and disruption to enact martial law, thereby suspending elections. Terrifying
No doubt he’s been a boon but those aligned w/this movement have been entrenching in positions of power for decades & since finding him, their carnival barker, they’ve rapidly increased their power grab but at some point they’ll no longer need his ability 2 con the people but our pain won’t be over.
The maga ideology dissapearing is something that will probably never happen. Here in the UK found that out during the brexit vote. the fascists are still here, still having children and spreading their hate in the UK & Europe, with Musk helping out.
Unfortunately not. There still be the reality that 80 million people voted for him. That not gonna go away for more than a generation, because the rest of the world will not be able to trust the US.
Unfortunately, the Harris Foundation isn't going away, & their plan is intended for any GOP president. We'll be fighting their ideology & white "christian" nationalists for a long time, sadly. They're desperately hanging on to white male dominance, fighting all progress made for diversity/equality.
Respectfully, you are delusional. Its not just Trump anymore, its MAGA and it is spreading through out the world. Even your hero in CA, Newsome, is trying to rebrand himself. Get use to it. The only thing that is fading from history is the so called liberal world order. Long live MAGA.
I don’t agree. I am from Europe and here it’s quite clear we can never trust you like we did before. Because of non proliferation we depend on you for nuclear deterrence. This was not only our idea. Ukraine now just is crippled and blinded by you. If push comes to shove, we could be next.
I understand that, but I don’t think any other leader, other than Trump, would have aligned themselves with the dictators and despots of the world. Trump has always been a wannabe tough guy, and so he sees this as his way into that club. So many Americans are horrified by his actions, and oppose him
I dont think any country would ever put as many eggs in American basket again as nato members have before.The UK has america Nukes, bases, troops and weapons on our soil. Reverse the scenario and tell me would you feel safe with a possible alie to enemy state with that power in your counrty today?
It’s not one man. It’s the heritage foundation. Trumps just the front. It’s long-standing, back-to-Nixon Roy Cohn shyster republicans trying it on.
They just won’t live as easy post trump because he’s their Trojan horse
Don’t you worry, he didn’t get there by himself!! He’s not that bright. This is much more massive a conspiracy than you think. He doesn’t have oodles of Russian ties through all his people and himself for nothing…
Yes drowned but not forgotten. We can never let this rise again, though sadly the world said this at the end of WWII. Unlike other beings on this planet, humans just don't learn from their mistakes. We repeat the same damm shit over and over.
There will always be a small group who will think that he is amazing, but what worries me more is that so many are unwilling to come out of the echo chamber long enough to see the long-term damage that he’s doing, and will only continue to see him as being a disruptor instead of a dictator
That, if given the chance, would vote for him over and over and over again, which I think will be something we hear about during the midterms — the Third term
They’ll be here, but hopefully with the loss of jobs and the skyrocketing prices, they’ll understand that he’s not about them, and never will be. Here’s to hoping at least.
No! The only good thing I can say about Trump is that he has been transparent in what he wants. And he won the election. So when the house cheers when he is talking about invading Greenland/Panama/Canada/Gaza, we take it for face value. America has its moral compass, and we are acting accordingly
This is not the will of a single person. Dems do nothing because they also profit from exploiting their power. Our entire system does not serve its citizens. We have no representation. Getting rid of Trump doesn't change any of that.
It’ll take a massive amount of time and energy to rebuild trust in the USA after the debacle of #47’s hostility to previous allies.
MANA
Make America Normal Again
Speaking as an expat in Europe, the US will never be trusted again. The every 4 year extreme shift is no way to build trust. Plus, we are experiencing Putin's hybrid attacks somewhere on a near daily basis.
2/2 Vs Immigrant: “Someone moving to a new country for a better life. Lots of struggle and hardship learning the new language, dealing w/ bureaucracy, etc.”
They mean roughly the same thing but have vastly different connotations and cultural meanings. What people think when hearing expat: “Someone from a wealthy country moving to a lcol country who works remotely from their computer on the beach.” 1/2
We had 4 year changes of administrations for 250 year. We’ve only had this problem since the Felon got involved.
It’s not the system, it’s the systematic destruction designed by the right and who are willing to sell the country out & burn it all to the ground to get a little more money & power.
Are you implying that Carter to Reagan to Clinton to Bush to Obama to Trump to Biden to Trump weren't policy whiplash?!
Methinks you have some reading to do. It's more severe now, yes, but from a perspective from abroad, we are consistent in our wild inconsistency in terms of foreign policy.
Oh, you don’t have to tell me. I lived thru all of them. Yeah, there’s always policy swings with an election, but that’s NOT what this is.
This is an attempt at the overthrow of our democracy by a cabal of greed.
Burnt boats are not rebuildable and Trump is burning all he can find, including democracy in the USA. Come on the Good Americans, time to sort this out!
I spotted a line of starlink satellites marring the beautiful early morning sky over my little piece of paradise in the woods. It gave me a serious case of the icks.
We deserve it because we let those fuckers build a propaganda network. And then when the most loathsome shit-hole ever born managed to steal an election, our fucking Democratic Party got obsessed with looking polite and handed our government over to the shit-man. So yeah, we deserve it.
So if someone else rigs an election that someone evil wins, I deserve punishment because it was still called an election?
even if it was entirely “fair“, and the one I voted for lost… I deserve to be hurt by the one who did win? And I deserve to be seen as supporting the one who won?
2 Hour Flight Delays —Caused By Another SpaceX Experiment—Blowing Up Across Airways And Onto Anything In Its Path Below!
Elon Fire FAA —Directors, Security Personal—Who Fined Elon’s Last Dangerous Explosions—SO HE FIRED THEM—PAID NO FINE! Maybe… Airlines Will Sue Elon.
Launching rockets 65 years after the space race started has been fairly routine but not for Sissy Space-X. Yet he's getting tens of billions of tax dollars and allowed to take over the FAA and NASA.
bad news: SpaceX is probably the only rocket company that actually *does* do routine launches, AKA a Falcon 9 nearly twice a week instead of once a month or less
He is getting richer , w Uncle Sam's money , without paying any taxes, but congress is due sale, to the highest bidder .. so let's see how that will turn out, this time.
Move fast and break stuff is fine when you work in software.
Not at all when you’re launching an experimental rocket over populated areas of the world. SpaceX has got to have set record for most rocket failures since 1985.
If you agree with Mr. Onion, please don't just share on this forum. Tell your reps in DC what you think. It only takes few minutes and it doesn't cost any money. We don't need money in politics. We just need people participate. https://www.nationalfinancialplan.com
Yes they are,I watch them daily, dancing and jumping up and down with glee! Clapping and smiling so merrily,for it’s Christmas morning everyday for weeks! For the fascists and traitors called the MAGA elite! But what do you wonder, what will happen to thee? Think 1930’s and the Nazi regime! 😱 Fight!
Why is one man alone allowed to do this?? If everyone can do this it’s be very dangerous.he controls all communication on earth?? Must this not be regulated somehow somewhere? Also look at Ukraine is Elon pulls the plug their war is lost. Scary stuff
Not to mention hastening the possibility of the Kessler syndrome. If that happens NO ONE is going to Mars and it may cripple us technnologically for generations.
He has no intention of going to Mars himself.
I read he has a goal of transporting at least 80,000 people or more to Mars - and immediately I wonder if this will be voluntary or if he will round them up and treat them as slaves.
Plus, sustaining life on an unhabitable planet has to suck!
Yes you’re correct. His handlers want destruction in order to boost him into dictator role. He is just the ugly orange face of a puppet to oligarchs, Putin, billionaires. He’s owned & they should all be taken down.
Let's face it: if a single NASA rocket exploded, Trump would be shrieking about how useless they were, cutting their funding, and blaming it all on "woke DEI hires." Whereas Musk has billions in contracts, and is talking about sending human beings to Mars.
Sadly yes. A collective punishment for the actions of the few. But if people want out of this situation perhaps next time they don’t just stay home on election day and act like their vote doesn’t matter, when it clearly does.
I'm so sorry for my kind, generous American friends. Not all MAGA are abusive. But Americans have let themselves be dominated by big money since the 80's. It's time to take your country back, my friends. Where is that spirit that beat the biggest power on earth during the American Revolution?
But always remember that’s not really related because Reagan hated Russia and all it stood for. Russia is behind all of this and Reagan would have blown them off the face of the Earth for what they are trying now. This is why the military must step in ASAP.
I keep hoping this is a MAGA extinction burst and then we can rebuild this country for the better. But I fear the racism that spurred all of this will never go away.
In the American revolution you had the French as friends- they are not very friendly just now. You do need to put the lunatics in the madhouse as they can’t be cured.
Most maga are verbally abusive. They’ve been programmed that way to protect their delusions. Most are poorly educated and easily fall into the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories. The consistency of belief among them is classic cult behavior.
you are right about not being bad people but they voted for a rapist and are part of a cult. I’m sorry they are not part of my life anymore. Can’t compromise my values for their stupidity.
Can’t prove you wrong, but we’re yet to see any evidence. Willing to update my priors if new information comes to light. Until then good old “they’re both as bad as each other” voter short-sightedness is where I’m laying the blame 💁🏻♂️
I grew up being told I am responsible for climate change. Not megacorps, not countries. Me a poor kid. But if any one individual is actually responsible for killing the planet. It's people like elon musk, oil barons, etc.
It's the same strategy chemical companies used Susan Komen for. Tell women they've responsible for constantly checking themselves, but don't ever ask why breast cancer rates have skyrocketed over the last century.
Feel free to destroy your environment and your country. You'll need to hurry up - else your government is THAT fast in doing so that you'll miss all the action.
There are statistics on this and you are wrong. The polluters are corporations and rich people. But go ahead and stop using plastic straws, that’ll make a difference over the billions of tons of pollutants being released into the air
No, we weren't given choices, especially those we clearly demanded but which were ignored in favor of corporatocracy by and for the american oligarchy.
You sane Americans need to update your political system and your constitution to the 21st century - a two party system and a dysfunctional constitution enabled your present sh**show.
In Europe, the Green parties emerged in the early 80s - 4+ decades ago!!!
It's crazy that people don't get this. Corps absolutely have done culpability, but taking multiple multi hour flights per year is basically unsustainable, who's responsible for those?
Lmao most of us rely on a daily basis on what corporations put out, if their products and their services were by default environmentally friendly the 8 billion humans would have to work overtime to destroy the planet
Yes. We do too. We matter to fix this mistake by holding those damn mega corps and politicians accountable for the damage, since they're too corrupt to do so themselves
"The only solution is for everyday Americans to recycle more"- Plastic megacorps hiding data showing that recycling was utterly ineffective and often amounted to sending trash to faraway landfills.
They told the lie to avoid regulation and when we found out they weren't punished.
It's the megacorps.
Ever tried to buy stuff that's not coming wrapped in 3 layers of plastic? It's possible - corporations sell what the customers buy. If you refuse to buy, they need to change their behaviour or they'll go out of business.
Ah yes the lie of free market. Where is we don't like the product we simply buy the one we do like. We "reward" the correct company and the incorrect company adapts or dies. Imagine if that's how anything worked in reality.
He probably thinks it's perfectly wonderful that he's so powerful that he could cause all that trouble and inconvenience so many people and still have time to destroy some vital government departments.
I don’t think it’s gonna happen in our lifetimes. The damage done by this administration and the profit-brained corporate interests will pretty much ensure that.
We will never, ever put boots on Martian soil. Not only are there insurmountable problems (eg., humans can't live trapped in a half-bath for 9 months), but there is nothing to be gained scientifically or economically by landing humans there
[1/2] I get your point but I disagree. We’ve been in space longer than 9 months. We can get there faster if we wanted to for example by nuclear thermal propulsion. You’re right that economically there’s not much to gain but scientifically? Mars would be a gold mine for scientists.
[2/2] Mars is critical for understanding planetary habitability, potential past/present life, and comparative geology. In person exploration enables complex sample collection realtime decision making, and maintenance of sophisticated equipment that robots simply cannot match.
We've had people in space for longer than 9 months in a habitat that is significantly larger than a spacecraft meant for interplanetary travel. If there is an emergency aboard the ISS, they can hop in the attached Soyuz capsules and return to Earth immediately. (1/4)
Horrifying. I knew #Harris won by unprecedented votes. #Dems not calling for audits when #trumplard won all 7 swing states by high margins but down-ballot #Dems in those states still won? Across the country, 88 blue counties switched red but no red counties switched to blue? No. That didn't happen
We are going to Rally against America's injustices toward the International Community but not to hurt America but rather to protect ourselves from it America is the one doing the hurting
yes, our brand has been already damaged from trump episode 1 and because we've now shown that that isn't a fluke, and we never learn, and a large portion of the country are assholes, the damage is now irreversible.
What you haven't cottoned on to yet but the rest of the world has, is that Trump, if he survives, will never give up power. The Constitution means nothing to him, as he is showing time and again in recent weeks. Do you seriously expect him to go quietly? That is just not gonna happen!
Uh, yeah. Believe me when I tell you EVERY American knows Trump won't just give up power at the end of his term. But that doesn't mean he'll still be in power at the end... If he makes it that long.
I sincerely hope that you get through this dark chapter and can heal. And if you do, the world won‘t turn it‘s back. But the emergence of a new world order is inevitable.
I disagree, we don’t deserve anything but friendship from our allies! You don’t kick a friend when they’re down! Even Europe is dealing w/Musk interference! We are 350 million, even 1/2 of us are bigger than most European countries! We fought hard but you can’t beat a cheater!
In an ideal world we would never have this. Unfortunately I have read enough history to know that this cycle happens over and over. It's a CONSTANT fight against Fascism and Dictatorships. You have to know when to defend yourself lest you be lost to chaos and danger. Goes for living off grid too.
Can't us Blue states just jettison the Red states? Stop paying their way w/our Federal taxes, keep that money for ourselves, & let them struggle along without science or experts to fix their roads, schools, & energy grids! Do like their Dear Leader & say: You didn't want democracy, so YOU'RE FIRED!
1) look at a county level, pop adjusted election result map. Your blue state is not as blue as you think. 2) all that energy development, the mining, drilling, mega solar/wind farms, geothermal, fracking, nuclear, that you refuse to let in your state but benefit from, that's in our icky red states.
California has a ton of energy development, thanks, solar, wind, geo, nuclear & otherwise. If you count people, not miles of empty land, populated states are pretty damn blue. California, world's 5th lgest economy, cd get along just fine w/out a single red state. Doubt your state could go it alone!
Agreed. The U.S. has largely been immune to facing the global repercussions of stupid leadership. Not anymore and we deserve every bit of blowback we get from the global community for electing a 34 count felon, grifter, conman, rapist, cop killer so-called leader.
To be clear, we are getting the country MAGA deserves. Don't lump us all into one category. Otherwise, I have nothing against calls from the outside world to isolate us.
I agree. R’s had their successful coup while Dems were inside trading and allowed it to happen. I voted against that thug 3 fucking times, donated, knocked doors and phone banked. I don’t want to hear how because I was born here, I inherently deserve this shit.
He was not elected! If you look at the data it's clear. Harris didn't flip any counties in any swing states which is unheard of! Additionally swing states are shown to have a larger discrepancy between party votes than red states which is also unheard of!
I'm sorry to say it but yes. We absolutely intend to, and we will make our leaders punish the US, or at least isolate it as much as we can. I feel sorry for those who are innocent, but we've endured America's bs for too long now
Conservatives are stupid enough to believe this is working out for them, citing Russia as an example and ignoring how Russia survived because their oligarchs were being handed money from the Right in other countries hand over fist.
My family has suffered greatly under Trump and the fact that he is President tells me all I need to know about the U.S. right now. It is a failing country, rotting from within and unless its citizens wake up and realized they put a fox in the hen house, there will be no fixing it.
I think the election was tampered with. Russia interfered the first time. Does anyone think they didn't this time? I'm trying not to be too harsh with the moron MAGATS.
I end up deleting the post and starting over. HA. But yeah an edit could be helpful. Though it would need to be able to show the edits to 'out' those who try to edit truth to fit their narratives.
America and you, whomst ever you are need to learn yours fucking history and why hitler started offing people. Guess what happened first, that schmuck tried to give immigrants and jews an out, but the rest of the world said no, then he locked the doors and started gassing people.
Now reread your post. Many americans as pacifists and just want to leave, your countries aren't even opening doors to people from
gaza, let alone lgbt people from the US. And you want to see them hurt. Ok nazi.
And i read the post trying to put words in my mouth that was deleted. Did I say that, nope you said that, hitler was gonna do what hitler was gonna do eventually, just like trump and vance and musk are gonna do.
Well, please just remember that half the country didn’t vote for this. Trump has effortlessly poisoned the minds of our most vulnerable and sadly- they are more of them than there are of us at the moment. God willing, in 2026- things change for the better with the midterms. 🗳️🩵
I agree. We deserve it. The flip side is that our military and police forces have been infiltrated by MAGA(ugh hate that) and Nazi's, who, given the word, would crash into our homes, drag us out and we'd never be seen again. I truly believe this.
I’m pretty sure they are crashing the economy on purpose at this stage. You know. Buy cheap and then rebuild once they own everything. Anyway, america is losing. The world is allied against trump and Russia.
Team World here, but living in the 47th oblast, formerly known as the USA. Resisting, but mainly hoping the rest of the world recovers even if USAians are now Western Russians doomed to poverty and even greater ignorance. 😢
"I told you once before that there were two times for making big money, one in the up-building of a country and the other in its destruction. Slow money on the up-building, fast money in the crack-up. Remember my words. Perhaps they may be of use to you some day." - Rhett Butler (GWTW)
Turning it to Bitcoin...someone shorted Bitcoin stock when stock market crashed Mon and Tuesday,, they bought 500mill in Bitcoin at 5x the rate if it dropped...Trump tanked it by talking Tariffs, and someone made 50 Billion. Then he backs off Tariffs...hmmmm??
Something Stinks
When he was more open online Musk used to state that earth was fine for. No salavaging it. Pretty sure they are accumulating wealth to build spaceships for the elite. Grimes has said she is now fully dedicated to “The Mission”
In musks mind he owns the planet. It’s his toy & the majority of people allow him to act that way. He certainly never needs toilet paper. trump & james vance are at the head of the queue.
A week before Donald Trump took office the musk received a letter saying he could no longer let off rockets without prior approval because of the disruption he caused. The FAA director resigned the day. Trump took office, he knew the retaliation was coming.
Just a thought.
10 years from now!
Elon Musk saves the world by blocking sunlight w/ his star link satellites from global warming!
20 years from now!
Elon Musk causes space junk disaster destroying worldwide communications disruptions.
40 Years from now!
Elon Musk cause new Ice Age.
I hate Musk and Trump for doing this to our country, for destroying our relationships with our allies. I did NOT vote for this 💩. This is on the Republican party and the people dumb enough to vote for a felon.
Include the people who rather didn't vote at all than vote for Harris, for democracy and the rule of the law. It was the non-voters who opened the doors to the White House for Trump.
We’ll us dumb ass voters put him back in office so, yeah, the civilized world should consider us all pariahs. That’s what we are. Gonna take a while to get our respect back. Probably not in my lifetime unfortunately.
If I were the astronauts stuck at the Space Station right now, I would not be psyched about the upcoming Elon “rescue”.
“Thanks, Dude. We’re good. We’re just gonna sit up here and play Scrabble until NASA wants to swing by”
All of that is true, but until Reagan elected officials still wanted to govern. Starting with him, it was all just about power for the GOP and enriching the wealthy.
New, yes. Better or Worse - either is possible. But if worse society may never recover.
Did Nero set fire to Rome on purpose just so he could rebuild it and maintain control? Does it matter why Rome burned? Absolutely! But regardless of why, it burned.
In a country where schools can teach creationism, kids can get shot and killed, and teachers seem to be more worried about girls clothes than anyone’s actual learning - no the American people don’t deserve to hurt for decades. They deserve consistent, adult, leaders, healthcare and education for all
You deserve education etc but the problem is you don't fight for it although you have constitutional access to guns.
It's like you LET your leaders destroy the planet. You have responsibility the way you think other countries citizens are responsible for their leaders' mistakes and you bomb them
Well, yes,but firstly; there ARE protests even though the media aren’t covering them. Secondly; give them a little more time; two months ago they thought they were a democratic nation and their failures were not that obvious. When they protest and topple the tyrant we should be rooting for them.
We should be expecting them too. If a lot of people act like this is the fault of the average American, and that they are isolated, how will they get the will, the internal power and the belief in a future that will be worth revolving for. Revolution is not guns, but courage and genuine hope.
Yes, i know and what i said was to clear any confusion of what is what. When i said that the us citizens let their leaders do their thing, i didn't do it to blame them but to give perspective.
It's really hard to start going against the establishment after years of comfy capitalism.
No, we're not into guns and wars. That's Maga. We're trying to do it legally, as our children are watching. We'll survive. We're still in the battle and we appreciate the support. I'm in my 60s and this is like a nightmare. People are brainwashed and it's scary. Canada was right to restrict our news
No revolutionary really craves for war but it's the only way against authoritarian regimes.
You can't just ask politely your oppressors to give you freedom and then get it. It's actually the only reason you have your second amendment in your constitution. I hope you can resolve it peacefully though
Disagree.I'm a US citizen. We don't let them do shit. They bulldoze over us for everything.Unless you live in the US and understand the culture,then stop talking.The US is many great things,but the world often fails to see its not as great as it's portrayed.Its always been a disaster.
Yeah it a great excuse the "we don't let them, they just do it".
And let's say you a right, if you don't let them, what do you do to prevent them?
When you di nothing to prevent them, you are literally letting them do it
The people you’re talking to are often poor/broke, and live in isolated places with limited transportation and high stakes for the loved ones we support if we vanish. We call reps, we vote, we participate in what protests we can access. We are “fighting,” but fruitlessly. What do you suggest?
Yeah and that's why we are all living in the fear of taking many bullets, but i understand what you mean and it's exactly why things won't change.
Capitalism and its comforts destroyed any will of the human to be free and self governed
The US is so fucked. This madman is literally an economic crisis worldwide-and our elected officials from both sides do nothing but speak out against it. We need action. He needs to be removed from office and so do all his cronies. It is not sustainable allowing this to go on.
I'm from the UK and have to agree. I'm not sure we'll ever really trust you again. The US will struggle to get any support from many countries when you most need it. And earning our trust will be decades of work.
You are absolutely right, bikertime, and no one regrets that more than I do. I can't imagine our former allies trusting us again. I don't trust members of my own family at this point.
Even a bit before that, there was some stereotypes about Americans forgetting the rest of the world even existed (the jokes about the World Series have been around for yonks), and the gun culture and use of Imperial didn't help.
Regardless, every nation has bad stereotypes, so I'd give it a pass.
We rarely see ourselves the way other people & countries see us but I admit Americans can be self absorbed. I like the old joke about "If someone who speaks several languages is multilingual, what do you call someone who only speaks one language? An American." Our country is broken and needs fixing
P.S. Who the fuck are you? Using my long weekend to check you out (because my hobbies mostly take place during the week) shows you are a nobody with no points to make.
I find it funny how everyone is mad about this comment specifically because I dissed the imperial system. It's apparently perfectly fine to call you gun nuts that don't care about the rest of the world, but you guys will lynch me for criticizing inches and miles.
I agree with you on everything but dissing us for using Imperial. I privately use the metric system because it’s so much easier but I need to publicly explain things in Imperial. It’s worth pointing out the UK still uses miles. But dissing us for how we measure really says more about you than us.🤷♂️🙄
I don't know what you're talkin about. I couldn't care less how you measure things. We are slowly learning metrics . I run 5k and 10k races, not 3.1 mile and 6.2 miles races
this is the man who talks efficiency and the company that will ensure safety at FAA. Hard to even feel the schadenfreude as this crap adventure is subsidized by our taxes and our planet absorbs its toxic waste.
NASA explicitly does not want to build and launch rockets, that's why they use commercial launch providers like SpaceX. The single rocket NASA manages is effectively two decades late and tens of billions of dollars over budget.
Personally I think NASA’s time period with Wernher von Braun should have been the only time they worked with Nazis.
Their last contract with spaceX is for the deorbit platform and going by past results Elon is just going to crash into the ISS
Musk had Trump fire the FAA top official on Inauguration Day and brought in a reality show actor to run the agency. Elon owns the FAA, they won’t fine him. He can blast off rockets daily now, cause airplane accidents with rocket debris, no penalty. He’ll do what he wants until USA people stop him!
Currently Elon's estimated worth is 350 billion so he should just have enough to pay for it himself. I won't hold my breath that he'll pay a single dime though. 🙄
Considering what he's doing to multiple government departments is what he's done in his various businesses, how diligent do you think folk would be with safety checks and completing paperwork for his flight?
I say "Go For It Ellen!", prove you're the engineering genius making space travel safe.
I don’t know how to begin to process the sadness I feel. The senselessness of it. The sheer inanity. All so people who have more money than they could ever spend in 10,000 lifetimes can accrue even more undeserved wealth at the expense of the entire planet and all of its living inhabitants.
The point of Republicans gathering wealth is so that their politics will remain around long after they fell out of fashion. They don't need it themselves, they use it to make sure that things like "women shouldn't work" are still being talked about a hundred years after they're dead.
It's been a horrible country, for a lot of people, to a lot of people, for a LONG time. Welcome to the reality most of the rest of the world has been aware of for decades
What makes me question Space X is this is the same issue that caused the previous explosion and crash. If Musk is so effing smart why is he repeating the same mistake? That’s our money going up in flames and for what? NASA may have been slower, but they were safer.
We deserve everything that is coming our way. Trump broke alliances we never thought were in jeopardy. We have set the world up to be taken over by dictators! The land of the free no more.
Did the idea of making Musk the richest man on Earth begin with George Bush? Why didn't anyone in Obama's or Biden's administration raise some questions about whether this was good idea - giving so much wealth to one crazy man?
I mean, he fooled me until he took off his mask when those kids got stuck in that cave. He had a dumb idea and when the rescue team didn’t use his dumb idea he called the rescue team pedos.
That was a mask off moment for me and when people show me who they are, I believe them.
He builds cars that crash themselves, rockets that explode, and seems personally astounded by the notion that the government employs people, and also he doesn't build hyperloops. Is there no beginning to his talents?
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Make a show then let everyone else clean up after him.
Is it uncertain? Or is it why the Greenhouse Effect has accelerated?
From MIT:
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/09/1108076/satellite-reentry-atmospheric-pollution/
So I’m pissed at 2/3 of this country
Space flight for financial reasons is a terrible waste of resources.
Following you now and would love an fb
And he's the worst one I've ever seen.
It's all pretty interesting stuff imo. Thankfully it happens exclusively to bugs and other small creatures.
Speaking of fighting, one of the Democrats going to do something besides wring their hands? I don't know about y'all, but this is not what I voted to send them to Washington to do!
We're not trying to hurt you! We are just trying to protect ourselves against your president. We are working to become independent from the US, so we will never have to rely on the US again
Trump betrayed you and the rest of the allies of the US
I feel sorry for you!
So you don't have to ask for forgiveness 🙏
Those measures are going to hurt us, but no one with even a semblance of morality or rationality left in them will ever hold that against you.
It's time to stand indeed foor ourselves 💪
interesting
like a mussolini & a stalin all over again
and then everyone sold lies and teamed up...
We have such crazy rightwingers, too.
You speak for us all in Europe.
If you ask the people who voted for him would they vote for him again in almost 9 months, they would all say no. His labour is identifiable with the past labour goverments.
I heard it's about the same in Germany?
Let's keep hope and strength to fight the far-right
USA will never be trusted again after this even if a new “normal” President comes in in 4 years time.
They’ve betrayed us once. They could do it again. It’s over and I hope they like their new Russian friends and their slowly diminishing status in the world. 🤮
America has been a diva nation forcing everyone to put up with its bullshit since ‘20 (1620, obviously). Its entire identity has been wrapped up in wars of attrition between bullies for centuries. Of course it ends with Trump/Putin vs The World/Basic Decency.
Gonzofrog.
Denmark
I'm a socialist, standing for democracy!
*stares off into the distance haunted by this truth*
Now they must suffer the consequences
So no idea why people think Musk is a fucking genius! 🙄
Canada has had tariffs on the U.S. for years, what gives?
Plus the USA will no longer be the leader in the free world,
It will be down to china or EU who will now lead the world
And don’t say DonOld.
Muskrat can’t get clearance - unless his DOGE babies clean up all the evidence in the next 3 years. Possible.
I don’t see JV stepping up his game.
Besis? Zuck?
Americans couldn't even get that right.
The maga ideology dissapearing is something that will probably never happen. Here in the UK found that out during the brexit vote. the fascists are still here, still having children and spreading their hate in the UK & Europe, with Musk helping out.
They just won’t live as easy post trump because he’s their Trojan horse
MANA
Make America Normal Again
Considering the health system in the US, had the debris fallen on a population centre.
Who pays?
And they're an immigrant wherever they went to. 👍🏻 BUT Amerikans don't like to describe themselves that way.
It’s not the system, it’s the systematic destruction designed by the right and who are willing to sell the country out & burn it all to the ground to get a little more money & power.
Methinks you have some reading to do. It's more severe now, yes, but from a perspective from abroad, we are consistent in our wild inconsistency in terms of foreign policy.
This is an attempt at the overthrow of our democracy by a cabal of greed.
My stress in prior comment is on the validity of arcticfox87's frustration with extreme swings in policy even before our current circumstance.
The rich traitors won’t suffer. They have a lot of options.
Who suffers? Everyone BUT the rich, the paid-off magats, the assets; traitors, wherever they may be.
even if it was entirely “fair“, and the one I voted for lost… I deserve to be hurt by the one who did win? And I deserve to be seen as supporting the one who won?
I would never judge a person by who happens to be ruling the country they live in. I expect that same mindset from everyone else!
After all, no one has a choice of where they’re born, and not everyone is wealthy enough to change that
Elon Fire FAA —Directors, Security Personal—Who Fined Elon’s Last Dangerous Explosions—SO HE FIRED THEM—PAID NO FINE! Maybe… Airlines Will Sue Elon.
Not much of a sit-com, more a tragic reality show. Truth always stranger than fiction.
Move fast and break stuff is fine when you work in software.
Not at all when you’re launching an experimental rocket over populated areas of the world. SpaceX has got to have set record for most rocket failures since 1985.
earth below was criminal.
#elonmuskisabellend
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome
https://defenders.org/blog/2024/10/terrible-irony-of-destroying-earth-search-of-planet-b-spacexs-impacts-boca-chica-0
I read he has a goal of transporting at least 80,000 people or more to Mars - and immediately I wonder if this will be voluntary or if he will round them up and treat them as slaves.
Plus, sustaining life on an unhabitable planet has to suck!
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Think Caligula, Hitler.
justify blowing up
all that money into
space
vs
Actually helping
veterans, the poor,
the homeless with
those billions.
Why is another
plant more important
than humanity ?
America needs a
reset. Bring back
education &
critical thinking.
#USboycott
#buyCanadian 🇨🇦💪🏼
One could argue that Reagan was a worse president than Trump. The last 6 weeks have me rethinking that.
"I never thought the leopards would eat MY face!" has never been more of a truism.
Our head of FBI, the DOE, fhe Sec of state, the AG are all not white men. But they’re a pretty big problem.
The real problems are the corporations running our entire country
Greetings from civilization 🇪🇺
Even our recycling efforts are a sad joke.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/opinion/trash-recycling-global-waste-trade.html
In Europe, the Green parties emerged in the early 80s - 4+ decades ago!!!
Don't kid yourself.
Our planet remains everyone's responsibility
They told the lie to avoid regulation and when we found out they weren't punished.
It's the megacorps.
See Tesla tanking like a lead balloon ..
It's the mega corporations which are the big contributors, and they can afford to do something about it yet they often won't.
It would have been worth…more than I might ever see.
But it would have been blood money.
We are not going to Mars
This is why nation states should run their space programs. NASA had some debris fields from Challenger and I assume from other rocket experiments.
https://electiontruthalliance.org/2024-us-election-analysis
gaza, let alone lgbt people from the US. And you want to see them hurt. Ok nazi.
Something Stinks
Or, I'd take exploding Leon too.
10 years from now!
Elon Musk saves the world by blocking sunlight w/ his star link satellites from global warming!
20 years from now!
Elon Musk causes space junk disaster destroying worldwide communications disruptions.
40 Years from now!
Elon Musk cause new Ice Age.
“Thanks, Dude. We’re good. We’re just gonna sit up here and play Scrabble until NASA wants to swing by”
The capsule that will take them home has been there since September.
The alternative is the next Starliner flight (which started this mess, and is still uncertified) or Russia.
The entire country is wicked and evil because it was founded on wicked and evil things but as long as you say “god is good” it justifies everything.
Maybe it’ll be better. Maybe it’ll be worse. But it’ll be New.
Did Nero set fire to Rome on purpose just so he could rebuild it and maintain control? Does it matter why Rome burned? Absolutely! But regardless of why, it burned.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Rome
#CowardTrump
The American public also don’t vote at all and
they both have to bear responsibility for the state of the nation.
It's like you LET your leaders destroy the planet. You have responsibility the way you think other countries citizens are responsible for their leaders' mistakes and you bomb them
It's really hard to start going against the establishment after years of comfy capitalism.
You can't just ask politely your oppressors to give you freedom and then get it. It's actually the only reason you have your second amendment in your constitution. I hope you can resolve it peacefully though
And let's say you a right, if you don't let them, what do you do to prevent them?
When you di nothing to prevent them, you are literally letting them do it
Capitalism and its comforts destroyed any will of the human to be free and self governed
Regardless, every nation has bad stereotypes, so I'd give it a pass.
Personally I think NASA’s time period with Wernher von Braun should have been the only time they worked with Nazis.
Their last contract with spaceX is for the deorbit platform and going by past results Elon is just going to crash into the ISS
does another
failed launch
cost?
I can think of
a billion things
better to do with
all that money than
blow it up into
space.
This flight achieved no new milestones, meaning nothing paid out, effectively zero cost for NASA.
all his money &
no taxpayer grants
or funds were ever
used to build the ship
or
pay for employees
building the ship?
Zero taxpayer money?
I’m doubtful,
can you confirm
with sources?
SpaceX only gets money from NASA for progress towards contract goals.
Put more bluntly, SpaceX doesn't get money for failure.
They don't get money upfront, they get money once they succeed.
Contract details are private, but payments aren't
https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80MSFC20C0034_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Video with script to call your congressmen
https://www.facebook.com/reel/3849074098741911
I say "Go For It Ellen!", prove you're the engineering genius making space travel safe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnVfLeMNDOY
That was a mask off moment for me and when people show me who they are, I believe them.
He builds cars that crash themselves, rockets that explode, and seems personally astounded by the notion that the government employs people, and also he doesn't build hyperloops. Is there no beginning to his talents?