There is a chance that Trump will inadvertently weaken the US long term

He already did that the first time.

This time he’ll double (or triple) down on that.

The End of American Exceptionalism

But not the end of them claiming it regardless of the reality.

Then again, their claims of being the bestest ever at everything have been false for a very long time already.

2 Trump administrations, 2 pandemics…

You don’t fix things by picking the worse option on purpose.

That’s exactly what the electorate just did.

That’s utter lunacy.

I fully agree

goons to wield guns

Such as Hegseth?

That seems to be all he was when he was enlisted.

it is easy to see why people might be feeling disenfranchised and might just not vote

And now they get to see the results of their letting perfect get in the way of good.

If you don’t think Trump will actively accelerate that you’re deluding yourself.

In the reality of the current election, the only 2 options available are the lesser evil or the greater and more chaotic evil.

people who won’t vote for genocide,

Would you prefer to vote for the candidate who has been calling for a cease fire, or the one that has bent over for Netanyahu in the past and fully plans to do it again?

Because those are the only 2 options available.

However the American presidential election and the consequences of it’s outcome certainly is in large part about Donald fucking Trump.

Imagine being a “party official” for the very party that would “crack down” on you for your reading list.

Anyone parroting those tired talking points who thinks Trump would be less of a problem for Gaza or the Palestinians needs to get their head examined.

Trump has already demonstrated that he’s Netanyahu’s bitch.

Well yeah, they’ve been doing this for decades.

And not only in Canada. Pretty much anywhere there are Chinese students or expats.

Unless this is a different interview than I heard, he refused to say that Trump and Vance were lying about it.

The R beside his name wouldn’t let him call them out directly.

all it takes is one phone call from a US Pres

What an amazingly simplistic view of geopolitics.

Checkout Trump’s history of making his “close personal friend” Bibi happy if you want to be even more angry.

the actual “issue” here does seem to just be that the US isn’t able to compete with China in these fields anymore.

That’ll happen when you outsource all your manufacturing for a few decades in the pursuit of quick profits for wall street.