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[–] MimicJar 169 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 116 points 3 months ago (6 children)

It's so fucking crazy this whole situation - I live in Europe yet somehow it feels like this election will influence not only the states but Europe as well..and I find that kind scary..

So if you Americans please could change the way your politics work, that' would be much appreciated!

[–] JWBananas 113 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"We cannot leave the security of Europe in the hands of voters in Wisconsin every 4 years" says France's Europe Minister.

https://x.com/davekeating/status/1849915556335407543?s=46

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Good, so sanction the US then.

[–] Kayday 63 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago

Thank you i know you are ❤️ keep on fighting!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago

live in Europe yet somehow it feels like this election will influence not only the states but Europe as well..and I find that kind scary..

American politics affect everyone, and yeah they have an outsized impact on Europe because they embolden y'all's right wing demagogues too.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Trump's influence can be felt around the world already with the right gaining ground everywhere. No matter who wins the election, Trump won already, no need to be president a second time.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think it's more correlation than causation, Russian interference being the common cause.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's one thing, the adoption of his rhetoric by right wing candidates all over the world is a different issue though

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Trump is not original, most right-wingers in Europe copy Putin and Hitler, so does Trump in a lot of ways.

[–] Botzo 7 points 3 months ago

The underlying problem is that the winners have no motivation to change the system.

[–] Kaput 4 points 3 months ago

Lining in Canada. I agree.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if he already has.

[–] Etterra 5 points 3 months ago

Oh course he already has.

[–] Mostly_Gristle 71 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They fucking better, because he's definitely going to.

[–] FenrirIII 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And Republicans will do everything legal and illegal to get the presidency

[–] CitizenKong 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

And then declare the illegal legal in hindsight via the Supreme Court.

[–] Dkarma 42 points 3 months ago

Just a reminder that as a seditionist trump is ineligible to hold office.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just because you claim you won something does not mean it's a fact. And almost ALL republicans are liars.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes 3 points 3 months ago

Which would be an insane generalization if they weren't basically kicking people like Liz Cheney out of their party for failing to tell the right lies.

[–] RampantParanoia2365 16 points 3 months ago

Shoot him in the face a lot?

[–] twistypencil 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But they have a plan for Johnson.?

[–] Dkarma 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, wait until the next Congress when he's not speaker.

[–] Burn_The_Right 7 points 3 months ago

They will be cheating at the state level to make sure they hold power in congress. That's part of their plan.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Whatever the plan might be, it had better include detention of corrupted Supreme Court justices too. Otherwise they'll just hand it to him.

[–] londos 7 points 3 months ago

Would love to know the plan against this https://youtu.be/EySCQI3WEi0

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Ignore him? Keep counting?

[–] peopleproblems 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You know, if I had any influence over like law enforcement, I'd tell em something like "Yeah, we lost. But guys, this is a great opportunity to flex - on the people who screwed it up most for us. The damn ass hats that kept saying the quiet part out loud!" Or summer shit that like