I have many friends, family and neighbors facing job losses and financial difficulties. My community is in turmoil. People in countries I care about are being abandoned. The values and principles I worked for my entire life for are being betrayed. Eventually, we’re all caught in Trump’s tsunami. 🧵 - ThreadSky

alexhh.bsky.social • 21 days ago

I have many friends, family and neighbors facing job losses and financial difficulties. My community is in turmoil. People in countries I care about are being abandoned. The values and principles I worked for my entire life for are being betrayed. Eventually, we’re all caught in Trump’s tsunami. 🧵

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alexhh.bsky.social•21 days ago

I can’t imagine the stress and terror of people across America, wondering if their neighbor or co-worker is going to turn them in as an undocumented immigrant, or a DEI hire; if their job will be next to be axed, their project shelved, their agency disbanded, their business sunk by tariffs 🧵

alexhh.bsky.social•21 days ago

I can’t imagine the desperation of vulnerable people across the world, who’ve only been able to survive war, famine, illness, autocracy, abuse only through the generosity and support of America. Now, abandoned.

alexhh.bsky.social•21 days ago

I can’t imagine how the planet itself will survive, as Trump rolls back environmental protections, abandons Paris accords, and doubles down on fossil fuels - giving free rein for countries like China and India to do the same. Pollution knows no boundaries.

alexhh.bsky.social•21 days ago

Does any of this make America stronger? Safer? Richer? No. It makes America hated. American strength never rested purely on its hard power. Its secret weapon was its soft power; its values; its ideals; and its alliances. Going, going, gone.

alexhh.bsky.social•21 days ago

Trump might think it’s better to be feared than loved. He’s wrong. The damage to America’s reputation, standing and influence is massive. No one will trust this country ever again. This is not hyperbole. In just ten days, the world has shifted on its axis.

alexhh.bsky.social•21 days ago

Trump has unleashed demons, who will drag all of us down. Unless someone, somewhere in Congress, very soon, finally finds the courage to face him down. Where the F are you? Open your eyes? Find your spine.

pguin.bsky.social•21 days ago

It’s like Brexit all over again. Knowing we just lost a decade of opportunity in the UK, I feel sorry for America and its citizens for all that’s yet to come.

green-t72.bsky.social•21 days ago

But not really. It's just a facade falling. America has always been about greed. It isn't that overarching principle that's changed it's the target. The people who profited from America's might - the public - are now in the firing line. But it's the same the world over, just more naked in this era.

buchanan101.bsky.social•21 days ago

In under two weeks….

hiyeahheyitsme.bsky.social•21 days ago

Trump doesn't understand being loved, because he never has been.

johngage1.bsky.social•21 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/strandjunker.com/post/3lgj76pw5vk26

metaphorqu.bsky.social•21 days ago

Already hearing from someone who works in DEI here in the UK that the Trump take on "equalities" is catching on in some quarters. Looks like some high status white males plan to cash in.

mylorjames.bsky.social•21 days ago

The restructuring of the US state into a tool of the executive is a danger to all of us in the world. RFK ending herd immunity will kill thousands. Cuts in foreign aid will kill tens of thousands and open the gate to China in places where we need resources. America is becoming a malevolent force.

martinott1.bsky.social•21 days ago

Disturbing, heartfelt thread by a former UK diplomat based in America. Land of the fee ⬇️

iamnicksimpson.bsky.social•21 days ago

Europe needs to become a beacon of sanity, now more than ever.

The UK needs to be part of that. Quickly.

chillaxbcn.bsky.social•21 days ago

Reading this thread made me emotional 🥺

bmmw.bsky.social•21 days ago

Din’t forget the Resistance!

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