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Offered him a tower and a plane. They're trolling the US.
Next they’ll offer him another very similar tower, perhaps twin-like.
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I hate corruption in all forms, but I love the fact that Israel (edit: Israeli government) is freaking the fuck out right now because the Middle East just realized all they have to do is bribe Trump.
Israeli government is pissed right now, and that’s awesome….
But also, stop pretending like just about every politician in Washington doesn’t also take legalized bribes
This is bad. And these same people the Republicans where trying to find anything on Biden about bribery. But are silent on this stuff that Trump is doing in the open.
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I find in endlessly funny that we've been screaming at the democrats to leverage Israel more to end hostilities in the ME without any real movement from them, but suddenly Trump is willing to say 'fuck it' just because the right people happen to be bribing him.
If the right people keep trump's palms greased for long enough we might actually end up on the right side of history by accident, and if that's not comedy I don't know what is.
Someone posted a good picture of the locking mechanism called the "ratchet effect" that democrats/neo-liberals provide for the ruling class.
Essentially, Republicans get to do whatever they want to enrich our rulers, and democrats are there to stop the workers from reversing any of the gains.
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I am not arguing with the obvious corruption, but to provide a counterpoint to the second part of the argument: if we aren't allowed to make peace with former terrorists, then we can never stop fighting each other, and if we keep fighting each other, then we will keep creating the next generation of terrorists.
My first thoughts of Al-Sharaa was that he was serious about reform from the Assad regime. I realized I haven't followed up much on how things are going though, so if y'all wanna correct me go for it.
Its the same neocons who wanted Biden to stay in Afghanistan. Anyone who thinks neocons have a popular base is a gigantic moron. The amount of neocon voters is roughly equivalent to Americans with a transatlantic accent.
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The crowd that went on about a laptop for 5 years suddenly don't care about The President getting a whole ass jet and tower as a gift. But they aren't a cult. Only decorum and the law matters when Dems are in power.
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The really ugly thing here is, al-Sharaa is the best thing to happen to Syria in decades. Most people have been urging recognition of his government and the relaxation of sanctions because he's about as good we can expect a leader of Syria to be.
And he is still bribing Trump.
This isn't merely corruption. This is the *normalization * of corruption. Even countries that abide by democratic norms and international law are going to need to grease palms to conduct regular diplomatic relations. The EU and UK and Canada might be able to weather his bullshit until he folds like he always does, but developing nations will be stuck trying to bid for American favor.
Welcome to the Chinese century.
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He did quid pro quo with Ukraine his first term and he got away with it so why not keep doing it.
Here's my most optimistic take for Americans. This guy is not as bad as Hitler. He's out to scam the world, not conquer it militarily. So that's a plus, for now. If his successor is Vance then the invasion of Canada and Mexico might actually happen.
Yeah, at least he aint sending anyone he doesn't like to labour and death camps, replacing everyone with loyalists and doesn't talk of invading random neighbours
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This guy is not as bad as Hitler.
The jury is still out on that, but it's not looking good. Hitler took power in 1933, and didn't start his first euthanasia program until 1936, and it didn't really get going until after the establishment of the first death facility in Chelmno in 1941. Between those years, Hitler consolidated his power, reconfigured the government, and began rounding up his enemies.
HitlerPig took power in 2024, and is already making the exact same moves as Hitler. If he sticks with a similar timeline, he starts murdering his enemies in 2027.
Hitler's first victims were the mentally and physically handicapped. HitlerPig's henchman RFK, Jr., has already announced that they're starting a database of Autistic people, which they want to pretend doesn't really exist. We've already seen that these scientific Neanderthals think that the best way to improve concerning statistics is to get rid of the statistics (Remember how HitlerPig didn't want a Covid testing program because that would increase the numbers?), and so the most efficient way to win the "war" on autism, is to get rid of all the aughties, and prohibit anyone else to be diagnosed with it. Hurray! MAGA cured autism!
Hitler ordered the construction of Dachau in his first year in power (1933). HitlerPig has already started building his first American concentration camp in Guantanamo Bay to hold 30,000 people. To provide context, the average maximum security prison in America hold 800-1200 prisoners, with the largest being the prison in Angola, LA, which holds 8300. That means the new concentration camp is almost 4x larger than our largest max security prison, which is already several times larger than the average. They are already sending people to El Salvador, and are negotiating a deal with Rwanda as well. Clearly, they intend to lock up a lot of people.
It needs to be stressed that HitlerPig's closest advisor, Stephen "PeeWee Himmler" Miller, is an avowed Nazi. In his mind, the only thing the Nazis did wrong is that they weren't decisively harsh enough. He has said that he wants to reduce the population of America from 335 million to 100 million white people. That's 235 million people, about 70% of our current population, far more than the paltry 6 million deaths is assigned to Hitler.
I think your statement should be amended to read:
This guy is not as bad as Hitler...
...YET
if you've heard about Alfred Hugenberg you would know that this is currently going exactly the same as Nazi Germany, down the exactly how Musk is influencing the media. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-alfred-hugenberg-the-elon-271993970/
like it's almost to the letter the nazi playbook. saying this isn't as bad as Hitler is just ignoring history.
“One of the great ironies of how democracies die is that the very defense of democracy is often used as a pretext for its subversion. Would-be autocrats often use economic crises, natural disasters, and especially security threats—wars, armed insurgencies, or terrorist attacks—to justify antidemocratic measures.”
“Because there is no single moment—no coup, declaration of martial law, or suspension of the constitution—in which the regime obviously “crosses the line” into dictatorship, nothing may set off society’s alarm bells. Those who denounce government abuse may be dismissed as exaggerating or crying wolf. Democracy’s erosion is, for many, almost imperceptible.” ― Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
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What a world we live in, where calling someone not as bad as Hitler is an optimistic take
not as bad as Hitler
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All of those January 6th people who were freaking out about losing their country... where are they now? Hmmmm.
Fucking hypocrites.
Yes, I'm sure that the thing that will finally get Jan 6'ers to turn on Trump is checks notes lifting sanctions on Syria.
Well it was US who backed them in the first place.
The sanctions on Syria should be lifted, but WTF. I mean honestly. It will be interesting to see what Israel does from that as they generally want Syria destabilised. Could further add to the rift between Netanyahu and Trump.
Yeah, this, the Saudis getting closer to him and the Quatari plane gift sounds like he's slowly realising the Arabs in general have more money while he's perhaps the one politician in the US who is immune to the AIPAC trying to primary him. And I would guess Israel hasn't even said thank you.
It will be interesting to see what Israel does
Interesting? I'll predict the future right now: The zios will continue to invade, murder people, and steal land.
My new conspiracy theory: Vance is a made man for the Technate, and the plan has always been to get him into the Presidency. Trump will be enabled to act as corruptly as he wants, until an impeachment succeeds. Vance will step in and fulfill Thiel's program. Trump lands softly, and the Matrix is built.
until an impeachment succeeds
I found a flaw in your theory
dammit. I think you're right.
always has been.
the al-quaeda turned into what it was because of US money and support.
Americans will just get mad post on Reddit and then go back to watching YouTube, Twitch in the hovel of their choice until ice comes for them and they will say no no not me you said it was the “others”. They are not watching the news. Bills to make furries the bad guys. Bills to make 2SLGBTQIA+ bad guys. Starting to grumble(by grumble I mean “we need to outlaw this stuff” talk) about what should and should not be on Twitch and other platforms. Grumbling about gamers and certain games. The list of buried stuff in the bills that are coming out is staggering.
They Came by Pastor Martin Niemöller
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
What do you propose?
You're not going to Luigi the guy, security is far tighter and he's had a couple "attempts". Protesting is happening and barely accomplishing anything. The judicial system is doing more than i expected but he's ignoring it in many cases. Congress WILL NOT impeach him unless there's a switch in party majorities but that's a ways off.
I am not an american. All I know is if citizens just keep doing nothing the us will become just like the fascists in Germany did in WWII. It is up to them to do something or nothing. Time will tell.
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