As an outsider (I live in Belgium) it feels very weird and dystopian to see everything happening in American politics with Trump and Musk.

On one side, it’s very interesting and almost entertaining; on the other side, it’s scary. I can’t imagine what it must be like to live in the USA.

Americans, how do you cope? What’s your take on the situation?

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    lol, Donald Trump ripping apart the American democratic underpinnings of Check and Balances, and driving a wedge into post war Western alliance so deep Europe can no longer rely on the US to fire at Russia ever again, coupled with threatened worldwide reciprocal tariffs which are sure to plunge the country and rest of the world into the greatest global economic depression (coincidentally) since the 1930’s. Nope, not much going on over here, how the weather where you are?

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      Isn’t it ironic that Trumpyboy is ruining a lot of things righ-wing patriots care about and they themselves don’t see the problem?

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        Republicans would light their own children on fire, if it meant that “mud people” (look it up), MIGHT have it worse than they do. This is the philosophy that has driven the American Republican Party since the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and ensuing Southern Strategy. Christofacsist racism, misogyny, and homophobia. They could not argue the merits of their political aims on their face and win for 60 years, so their hatred drove them to support simply burning it all down, and that’s exactly what Donald Trump is doing now.

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      It was freezing this morning. Right now the sun is shining which results in mild temperatures. Going to be a lot warmer later this week!