Countries outside of the Western world and Asian neighbors have been siding with China over the US for a while now, probably due to all the invasions and coups.

And the targeted application of soft power.

A game which the US also used to play, but has recently decided to rapidly abandon.

This guy doesn’t care what he bible says, he prays to the Book Of Mor(m)on

That whole “invasion of immigrants” has been FUD from the beginning

As was “they’re ripping us off” and “fentanyl flooding across the Canadian border”.

Pretty much *everything * Trump has done, he’s tried to justify it with easily disproven lies.

Does that include the judge they arrested?

I cant wait for all the 2nd amendment preppers to fight against this tyranny

I’m sure they’ll get right on that any day now…

I hope your optimism can become reality.

But we thought Trump’s blatant corruption and criminality the first time would be more than enough to keep the Republicans out of power for a few decades…

The real world isn’t binary, bud.

Why does society need to have billionaires?

It doesn’t. In an ideal utopian society there wouldn’t be billionaires.

But, given the reality that billionaires do exist, I’d rather have them using their accumulated wealth on disease curing/prevention than them just sitting on the money or using it to actively fuck over entire populations (like Musk has been doing).

That doesn’t mean Gatws or Buffet are *good billionaires *, it means they are less bad.

Shades of grey exist. Nuance is a real auseful ful thing.

None are preferable.

Yes, that is accepted.

But, given the reality that billionaires do exist, one that spends his money curing diseases is less bad than one who is closing hospitals serving war round populations or actively starving people.

and don’t they even get to swear an oath to it daily?

Such a creepy cult-like ritual.

I think the problem here is that most Americans can’t tell minorities apart,

The greater problem is that they think someone’s ethnicity should impact how they treat that person.

Technically everyone is the same race - the human race.

Pariah state is the designation I have started to use.

Learn?

The Americans are doing the opposite - they’re complaining that AFD has been labeled an extremist organization.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/02/marco-rubio-germany-afd-00324283

The US is no longer trustworthy.

And it will take a lot of time and effort from the Americans to regain the trust of the international community.

Once again demonstrating how unreliable the American government has become.

It will be a very long time before the international community trusts America.

All that said, I hope that Carney instead chooses to build consensus.

As I understand it, that has been how he has operated in his previous roles.

They’ve also “deported” (exiled is a better word) actual citizens. Someone on a green card has less protection than that.

He sounds like he’s ready to spend on capitol projects at the moment.

In his book he calls for government spending on capital projects in order to kick-start private investment in expanding their businesses (and payrolls, ultimately leading to more employees in better paid jobs and therefore at a higher taxable level)

it sounds like the Bloc really wants a rematch.

I doubt they’ll try to topple the government until the threat of Trump is neutralized. Or at least significantly muted. They have a common goal with the rest of the country on that issue.

Plus, what’s their warchest look like at the moment?