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California officials warned that Trump’s order to release massive amounts of water nearly caused severe flooding for farmers.

Trump boasted about the move, claiming it would help fight wildfires, but experts said the water couldn’t reach affected areas, which are over 200 miles away.

The Army Corps of Engineers initially planned to release water at maximum capacity but scaled back after urgent pushback.

Experts warned the water could have been better used months later for irrigation.

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[–] Aeri 33 points 6 hours ago

This motherfucker really is all four horsemen of the apocalypse all at once huh?

[–] [email protected] 63 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I have driven by countless large signs from California farmers supporting trump. I hope they enjoy the flooding.

[–] taanegl 29 points 10 hours ago

It's a face eating extravaganza - for the leopards that is.

[–] Freefall 80 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

He is a complete moron. He is wrong about literally everything and it is pathetic.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

He's so cartoonishly moronic, he makes Portal 2's Wheatley look like a Harvard graduate.

[–] sol6_vi 7 points 11 hours ago

I! AM! NOT! A! MORON!

[–] rayyy 5 points 11 hours ago

He’s weak, confused and incompetent.

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 16 points 12 hours ago

What an idiot.

[–] dx1 19 points 12 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 171 points 18 hours ago (6 children)

Why did that shooter have to miss?

[–] Red_October 1 points 13 minutes ago

"Inches from a better world" has been a common phrase on my mind, with the added benefit of really needing a lot of context before the magastappo get pissy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

When it comes to presidential assassinations, there's really no replacing the efficacy of Marine Corps marksmanship training.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 hours ago

"I went forward in time...to view alternate futures. To see all the possible outcomes of the assassination attempt."

"How many did you see?"

"Fourteen million six hundred and five."

"How many were successful?"

"All but one."

[–] [email protected] 37 points 15 hours ago

Because it was a stunt to make the fat orange idiot look like a hero.

[–] [email protected] 87 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

He didn't miss, he hit people in the crowd.

It's about what I expect from conservative shooters. Shooting everyone except the people who should be shot.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Ironic that the gun nuts absolutely suck at handling their guns. Much like there is a huge car scene where I live, but nobody can fucking drive.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago

When you’re the right flavor of stupid and arrogant, things like getting training, following the rules, and keeping things calm & predictable are just signs of weakness and lack of confidence.

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[–] BetaBlake 31 points 18 hours ago

Everyday I curse him for missing

[–] eran_morad 113 points 19 hours ago (19 children)

damn bruh, it's like he's trying to fuck the country in order to please a foreign adversary and spare himself an unpleasant fate.

[–] Raiderkev 1 points 7 hours ago

Naw man, murica first. He's clearly playing 8d chess. Canada ain't never dun nothin

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[–] [email protected] 130 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

How can a president in a democratic country order a dam opening, and this is left unchallenged by knowledgeable experts affected by the dam and stake holders? There seems a deep flaw in the system when it comes to the singular power of the US-president?

[–] dx1 11 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

We have three branches in the federal government - executive, legislative, judicial. Legislative creates laws. Judicial basically decides when they apply/arbitrates their implementation. Executive branch is the actual meat of the entire thing, containing basically every other federal government institution, which is (in broad strokes) a giant hierarchy with the President at the top, with the ability to override every decision. It's because the people who designed this system had monarchism as their primary frame of reference and basically designed "monarchism with a couple restraints". People like to think it's democracy with checks and balances, but the democratic elements are worthless and the checks and balances have completely failed.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 27 minutes ago

We elected Trump. The Democrats had the opportunity to run an opposition candidate, and opted not to.

[–] wiLD0 19 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

The dams are entirely the responsibility of the Army Corps of Engineers, and the US President is the commander-in-chief.

The only ways for this to not happen is for the President to have their mind changed, or the President is removed from office, or, the order is refused enough (at cost of being fired/court-martialed) that nobody will carry them out.

The great powers of the US Presidency is meant to expedite government action. We are currently far from the scenario where Congress, by the will of the US voters, will remove the current President.

[–] fox2263 52 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

In his previous term there were people in all positions that would say no. He didn’t like that and fired people constantly, rotating through an inordinate amount of staff.

This time round they pre-planned everyone in every inch of federal government. All loyalists. No one will say no. They all fall in line and do as they’re told.

Trump and his handlers will strip mine and destroy the country from top to bottom completely unchallenged. And any challenge will simply be sidestepped or simply ignored.

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[–] SpaceNoodle 102 points 20 hours ago

Easy: it didn't happen in a democratic country.

[–] shish_mish 238 points 23 hours ago (15 children)

I think he has no idea what he is doing, and he has dismantled all the guardrails. According to project 2025 the entire country needs to be razed and dismantled. So they can rebuild it as Musk/Trump's techno fascist state.That's why Musk wants access to social security numbers, health data and addresses. Musk now knows where you live, what colour your skin is, your gender, your income and debt, and all your weak points. The Nazis did this, it helps with identifying perceived enemies of the state, deportation of immigrants and jailing or execution of political rivals. I am so sorry for those of you in the states who didn't vote for this monster.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Side-note but this is exactly the reason why my country never asked for my ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation (and AFAIK is not legally allowed to do so). We learned from WWII that this is too great of a liability to entrust to future, potentially hostile governments. The Nazis poured over every written registry of Jewish population census to make a handy murder list, maybe we shouldn't facilitate their job next time?

(Side-side note: because of what I just said it is very surprising that Germany keeps a registry of everyone's religion for tax purposes, like maybe just find any other way to allocate subsidies?)

(Side³ note: I'm going to guess unfortunately my government does have "legally trans" people in a database due to the logistics of changing legal gender)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 25 minutes ago (1 children)

Well, now maybe you understand why republicans are so against DEI initiatives.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 minute ago* (last edited 34 seconds ago)

Because of potential data abuse? That’s a good one

[–] [email protected] 127 points 22 hours ago (12 children)

I think he has no idea what he is doing, and he has dismantled all the guardrails.

He knows exactly what he’s doing, or at least, someone else proposed this and explained it to him. What he is doing is: ruin Californias agriculture. This water would’ve been needed in summer, when the place runs dry.

So come August, chances are, California agriculture is withering on the vine with no way to water it. At which point Orange Führer will blame the state government, just like he did with the wildfires. CA will suffer politically and economically, which is the real goal here.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 17 hours ago

It's so fucked that someone willingly followed the order to release the water. I'm sure it won't be the last time

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[–] CharlesDarwin 32 points 18 hours ago (6 children)

They are just trying to destroy California.

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[–] xenomor 57 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

This is literally terrorism.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Terrorism is when you do it. Politics is when the establishment does it.

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[–] fluxion 67 points 21 hours ago (4 children)
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[–] ZILtoid1991 34 points 19 hours ago

I have a feeling that the republicans are now weaponizing "incompetence", so they won't be called out as much.

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