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It's actually been quite nice here in Canada lately, in the last few years we've been quite politically divided but once Trump started talking about annexing Canada it seemed like everyone I know came together to be like he can fuck right off lol.
Our household is still refusing to buy anything American or go anywhere near the place until (at the very least) Trump is gone and the US can demonstrate that something like this won't happen again.
Turns out most of the world doesn't like felon rapist liars.
'Merica does though.
Don’t forget they don’t like people who are best friends and love to party with pedos
Color me shocked.
Careful, that might get you detailed. No colors allowed.
You’d have to mad to want to go to the clown show Nazi pedo-nation.
No, no, MAGAs keep insisting that the world finally respects us again!
To be fair. Respected and loved are two different things. I don't think the rest of the world respects the US more than 1 year ago, just saying.
Respect? A LOT less.
As a non-American, I can say that amongst the people I know it was the re-election of Trump that really did it. The first time you could write off as an anomaly - he managed to fool enough people at just the right time or something like that, and then you guys got rid of him after a single term. Pretty bad but shit happens.
But then after that he showed everyone exactly who he was for eight years straight and then he got in again. And since then he's really been ramping it up to insane levels of fascist nonsense and nobody's kicked him out or even made a serious run at removing him from power yet. When I talk to people the vibe is very much "What the hell is going on over there?"
TBH I don't know why he wasn't over as soon as the "Grab 'em by the pussy" tape was leaked. I feel like that would have tanked most candidates.
TBH, I lost a fair bit of respect for America when they nearly elected the clearly-none-too-well-informed George W Bush and then pushed him over the line with clearly broken legal shenanigans.
But Trump makes Bush Jr look clever, knowledgeable, statesmanlike and wise. I didn't think that was even possible, but it's not even a narrow thing.
Trump's a complete moron, has the emotional maturity of a toddler, the charm of a slug and the kindness and bonhomie of General Hux.
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Trump is the symptom not the disease
He's a cancer, and it has spread.
I think US popularity is collapsing in the US as well. I know I'm starting to hate it here.
US ~~popularity~~ is collapsing - FTFY.
Yup, half our population is now defending human trafficking and statutory rape.
Never in my long life have I considered leaving America, but I'm looking at options now.
nowhere more than in the us. Ugh these flag wavers. If you want pride in the country the country first has to act and function in a way that elicits pride!
I think a lot about something I read years ago. It said something like, "Some people love their country the way a child loves a parent. The parent is the smartest and the best and perfect. Some people love their country the way an adult loves a peer. They see the strengths, the potential, but also the weaknesses and problems that need to be addressed."
Conservatives are generally children. Driven largely by emotion with a very simple moral framework. Much like you will likely struggle to explain to a toddler that taking the other kid's toys, screaming constantly, and shitting in the sandbox won't make a lot of friends, explaining politics to a conservative is likely to be an ordeal. They don't care. They have feelings and that is their reality.
It's also kind of funny how conservatives are the ones who typically say "reality doesn't care about your feelings". Everything is projection.
