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Aussie105

(7,239 posts)
7. Not so fast!
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 04:07 AM
Sep 15

Other countries don't sneer at and condemn the US government, they are more targeted than that.

What is on the nose globally:
1. Having a non politician and semi functional destructive egomaniac in the White House.

Flowing on from that:
2. The people Trump appointed, also not experienced, and destructive in their need to kiss Trump's feet - eg Musk.
3. Disdain for the voters who forgot what it is supposed to be all about, and voted for Republicans.

4. Victimization of minority groups.

5. Effect on the average citizen, mostly negative, eg tariffs.

6. Misplaced adoration for rabble rousers, like Kirk.

(Government for the people? Not any more.)

And the big one:
7. No checks and balances that could have stopped this trainwreck from ever leaving the station and gaining momentum.

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