America and Americans are screwed!

[Canada Kid]

Goodbye USA! The government of your country is carving up your way of life right under your eyes. Social programs, education, health care, economic assistance programs, departments dedicated to safety and health at all levels are decimated, your very laws governing rights, religion, racial equality are all being suppressed or eliminated. Day to day values no longer matter. You are being turned into a large North Korea. Everything that America represented to the world is now a farce. Trust, reliability, support...all shot to hell in the eyes of the world. This is all caused by ONE player who has managed to surround himself with types who think like him and are quite willing to throw away any scruples they might have had to generously line their pockets. Goodbye USA!!

[FadedMullet]

1. Canada - I appreciate the "tough love" that your comments represent. Please don't lose faith in us just yet.

[Hiawatha Pete]

2. "Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, spoke with the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen."

"The leaders discussed working together to strengthen collective defence and security, including as close partners in the Arctic and at NATO."

And that's where we're at.

https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/readouts/2025/05/08/prime-minister-carney-speaks-prime-minister-denmark-mette-frederiksen

[Frasier Balzov]

3. Don't you have something like a SEAL Team you can send?

[BigMin28]

4. The criminal is the symptom.

He has had all the help money and power can buy. From republicans, the media, the wealthy, and millions of American voters. He isn't smart enough to pull this off by himself. He never has been smart.

[stillcool]

6. yeah...the dream has always been there

and they've been at it for a very long time. Universities, Lawyers, Health-care, the EPA, Taxes, Social Security, Voting rights, all three branches of government, and on and on. The only thing spared is the military, and spy agencies. Dreams coming true. I imagine there are those who oppose the way it's being done, but as long as they get the results they want nothing else matters. Ever.

[republianmushroom]

5. Yup

[ITAL]

7. The thing that most worries me

Was this item buried in the text - "No court of the United States may use appropriated funds to enforce a contempt citation for failure to comply with an injunction or temporary restraining order if no security was given when the injunction or order was issued"

Not that the rest of the bill isn't bad, but that is the biggie.

[Mblaze]

8. At least we get our bump stocks and don't have to register silencers anymore.

Snark

[Bev54]

9. This one man was assisted by 77 million Americans who voted for him

That is why there is a total loss of trust from the rest of the world. Even when Trump is gone, nobody can be sure this will not happen again. That is the big problem.

[Aristus]

10. Bunch of brain-dead zombie hillbillies who want to turn the entire country into Squalor Holler.

That way, anywhere they go in the country, they'll feel right at home.

[krkaufman]

13. Concur.

We were forgiven for the first term; but this one proved our country was off the rails.

[Bonx]

11. Not again. Happens at least three times a week.

[krkaufman]

12. "This is all caused by ONE player"

Nope. Oligarchs, their media machines, and the GOP politicians they’ve purchased are all at fault. I

[Be Leave On]

15. market-driven

Fans of "the market" want money, not a livable society that works for real humans.

[progressoid]

17. Yep,

They own the message delivery machines.

[Warpy]

14. Short term, yes

and we're taking a lot of the developed world with us as King Adipose continues to mess up a world marketplace that was working, but did need some tweaking here and there to become fairer to Americans. Subtle changes aren't his style, he's a big idea man, and he pulled ridiculously big numbers out of his big, fat butt like he always does and now things are chaotic.

The danger alll along is that the developed world, having realized it can do very well without cheap oil and gas from Russia, can also do with all the stuff from the US. If that happens, we're screwed long term.

It's going to be a long 3.5 hears, so buckle up

[Evolve Dammit]

16. A little empathy might be appreciated. We sure as hell didn't vote for him or his ilk. n/t

[Martin Eden]

18. Trump is a symptom, and an accelerator who spreads the disease of a pre-existing condition.

Of a corrupt electoral system and a public that is uninformed, disinformed, disengaged, and/or poisoned by a variety of tribal mindsets.

[Kaleva]

19. It's going to get much worse worldwide when climate change kicks in

Enjoy today because tomorrow will get biblical

[Hope22]

20. I hope you feel better for posting this.

What was your objective……….

[Torchlight]

21. I wish I could blame it all on one person

The ethical convenience doing so would bring me would be immeasurable... but I would find it absurd.

The direct efforts of thousands, the indirect efforts of ten of thousands, and the passive efforts of millions brought us to this day. Money, effort, and the sacrifice of reality on a national scale were also required.

I place as much cause on the goober with the primer-gray, duel-exhaust truck sporting confederate battle symbols as much as I do on Agnew, Limbaugh, Cheney, and the degenerate in the White House.

[Oneironaut]

22. Pretty much.

We’ve been taken over by lunatics.

Tell Carney to build a giant wall and crocodile moats. You don’t want this shit over there.