this is sad, of course, just as everything he's been allowed to do falls somewhere on the ever-expanding scale of sadness
but the bitter, dark, canadian part of me is glad he's leaving physical marks on the landscape as a record of his brutality. he won't be forgotten in 2029 (he might even still be in office then)
he's making sure his mark is permanent. i just hope americans remember it the next time they're voting for the leader of their country
his presidency wasn't some accidental, one-off fluke. it happened twice
I am an American who voted against him 3 times. We had 77 million racist greedy morons who voted for him and additional pathetic 90 million who didn't vote at all. So, yes, you are 100% correct. You cannot trust the US any longer.
as an american who also NEVER voted for him, i suspect that (at the very least) the last election was stolen. and we are watching as they are trying to do the same thing this upcoming november.
Same. I’m in a deeply red state and I don’t keep company with only dems. I know all of one person who did not vote for Kamala. The repubs I know either also noted for her or didn’t vote.
I'm American, I concurr and I also apologize to all Canadians on behalf of those who fought to keep him out of office. We exist, we tried everything, and it wasn't enough. I'm sorry.
We didn't try hard enough. The first time around we thought there was no way. The second time we pushed back just hard enough. The third time... there's no excuse for that.
There were people here that gave it everything. Depressing, really. To think that they gave their heart and soul to the fight and so many Americans shrugged and said it wasn't their problem.
It's telling that he won when running against women. Fundamentalist Christian misogyny is woven deeply into many Americans' identity and thought processes.
Never forget the dems that wouldn't get off their asses and vote for the one candidate that would have defeated him. To this day they blame anyone but themselves for this BS. I will never forget or forgive those fencesitting POSs.
I'm still fighting. I go to every protest I can, I help my candidates campaign, I help write articles in the newspaper, I attend every political event I can, I speak with every candidate I get the chance to as well. My mom does all that and more too, she's an old hippie and I'm proud to work with her through all this.
But it never feels like it's enough. We do more than most and there's always more to do, and it never feels like it's enough. But still we fight, because how could we not?
As an American and as a Canadian, I cannot and will not stand idly by and watch this country go into the shitter without a fight.
I work in political tech and I just want to tell you how much it matters to the folks working in politics seeing folks like you show up and work hard for this country. The day to day stress right now is almost unbearable and seeing folks turn out for their communities is sometimes the only thing that keeps me going. We deserve a better country and it insoires me to see folks out trying to make that happen.
I worked really hard organizing and it’s WM who were shrugging their shoulders and doing jack shit. If you wanted to find a way to help- you’d likely have a woman trainer or organizer. So now men insist no one worked hard. We did and you refused to even engage.
I have to say, the constant apologies from Americans are very cold comfort for ever country/nation/continent currently being attacked/harassed/invaded by the USA.
Yeah, I get it. For me, I'm absolutely horrified at what Trump has been doing to everyone, and I feel powerless to do anything to stop it. I can protest, I can write to my Senator or Representative, but the only real power I have is voting in November. The Republicans are in charge, and they refuse to do anything to hold Trump accountable. There is the mere thought that we could be on the verge of invading Canada and Greenland, and there is nothing I can do to stop it.
What country do you live in that’s being harassed by Trump? Because unless you’re Ukraine or Iran I guarantee America itself is suffering more. Try being from Minnesota. Can’t go anywhere without ICE agents.
Americans are so self-centred, they think a country's sovereignty being threatened by America is better than living in America. They aren't a serious people.
I had to stop and think about this— you’re absolutely right. I’m mid-30s and I’ve only ever voted on one presidential ballot without Trump’s name on it, and with the way things are going, his name might be on the next one as well.
I think that’s a comforting fiction. There’s no real evidence for it other than what Trump blathered about on stage, and none of what he says has any basis in reality. There were polls immediately before the election that exactly predicted the outcome.
Idk if anyone else feels this way, but I’ve never believed we’ll ever be a non morally corrupt country. There’s no agreed upon way to deal with the learned hatred and apathy that’s systematically built into our society. Humans don’t like change or outsiders, our brains will target people we feel threatened by(even if there is no genuine threat)
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this is sad, of course, just as everything he's been allowed to do falls somewhere on the ever-expanding scale of sadness
but the bitter, dark, canadian part of me is glad he's leaving physical marks on the landscape as a record of his brutality. he won't be forgotten in 2029 (he might even still be in office then)
he's making sure his mark is permanent. i just hope americans remember it the next time they're voting for the leader of their country
his presidency wasn't some accidental, one-off fluke. it happened twice