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[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world -4 points 1 day ago (13 children)
[–] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

Unfortunately Trump currently represents our country on the international stage. Hard to say we arent responsible when we elected this jackass twice.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 14 hours ago

Wasn't the Untied States government supposed to theoretically be organized in such a way as to not allow one person so much power? If only one man was the problem, it would be very easy for the Untied States to just not let him have power

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 14 hours ago

The Untied States as a country is responsible for this mess. Not every individual, plenty voted against this, but the country is responsible. The government of the Untied States allowed Trump to be elected instead of properly punishing him for his crimes, and is enabling his behaviour. Congress and the Supreme Court have been going along with him. And the reason this was all allowed to happen is because a significant percentage of the population voted in favour of it

[–] Vergissmeinnicht@lemmy.ca 8 points 22 hours ago

Congress isn't stopping him.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 8 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Lmfao.

No, it's the US.

Trump is not an aberration, he is an exact representation of American values. He did not rise from a vacuum, he rose from decades of Americans blindly following Republicans to their doom.

You cannot say that he does not represent the US when he was voted into office on two non-consecutive turns.

America is a shit hole country, filled with shit hole people, who vote for shit hole representatives. There may be occasional flecks of not shit in there, but you're just hollow husks of corns in a sea of shit.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

USA meaning the government of that country. It's not just Trump.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 8 points 1 day ago

Sadly seems Trump only has yes men in goverment. Can't believe its thats easy in America.

[–] Captain_Buddha@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Its *Republicans and neoliberal fascists... and, admittedly, 30-50% of the USA.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

but apparently enough to silence the other mythical 70%

[–] Captain_Buddha@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

I like your optimism!

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago

The US elected the orange turd, and represents what the US has become very well.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 23 hours ago

No it the usa . Trumo is just the current figurehead

[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 5 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

He is a human embodiment of everything wrong with America

[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 2 points 13 hours ago

Sure yeah I guess he's not jazz and jambalaya and the ADA what else does it get right

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Its Trump… Not the usa

Trump is the most American president the USA ever had

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 4 points 23 hours ago

More importantly it is the whole cabal of billionaire oligarchs.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

77mlion Americans support this.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thats not true at all actually

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

77 million Americans supported this enough to vote him In AGAIN

[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago

Yeah no shit. They saw Trump 1.0 and still inflicted him on the world again. Americans fucking suck.