The World’s Reaction to the Present-Day United States
To the author of the meme here, I would respond:
Regardless of the U.S. presidential administration and the general character of the president himself, very few people laugh at the United States, given that it’s the world leader, both economically and militarily.
Certainly no one is laughing now, considering that Trump has teamed up with the planet’s wealthiest man to dismantle the federal government, while aligning himself with one of the world’s most notorious dictator/butchers.
The most common response from the world’s people is a blend of horror and astonishment that our nation could have imploded morally so quickly and completely. Few people saw this coming.
At left are the words of former U.S. labor secretary Robert Reich.
At left we see what really is happening here, but it’s not going down quite the way Khrushchev imagined 70 years ago.
It’s hard to disagree with the words at left, given that it’s the kid’s decision.
As Bernie Sanders puts it, “We cannot allow that to stand.”
The nonsense shown at left serves as a reminder of an extremely important fact about life here in America, albeit a sad and disgusting one. There is absolutely nothing that Trump can do or say that his supporters are unable to spin as a positive.
While I care deeply about my country I understand that a) a plurality of voters elected Trump, a man they knew to be a pathological liar, and b) my vote doesn’t count any more than that of some hateful moron. This is what these people wanted, and it’s what they got.
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Virtually every day we have shocking news concerning America’s self-destruction in terms of domestic policies and externally, on the world stage.
In conversations with senior energy analysist Glenn Doty, he’s warned me of the dangers of promoting ideas like “Mother Nature,” or other suggestions to the effect that the planet is animated by a kind of spirit that protects it from humankind’s atrocious behavior.
