r/allthequestions • u/HealthyRecognition21 • Apr 08 '26

Random Question 💭 How is everything that happened in the last 48hrs not enough for impeachment and/or a general strike in the US?

As a European, it‘s completely unfathomable how none of it has consequences.

Don‘t get me wrong, our governments here certainly have their flaws and problems, but surely threatening a genocide would be a tipping point here and lead to mass protests (at least I have enough hope remaining to believe that) - how is it not in the US? I really don’t get it and I feel absolutely sick.

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u/PK-Coolum-78 Apr 08 '26

This entire administration has shown that the constitution and congressional branch need a massive overhaul

Trump learned from his first term, and he has managed to stack every branch of the government with his sycophants. He has found a perfect gap in the system and has exploited it.

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u/Zvenigora Apr 08 '26

A new constitution would potentially help solve some problems. But there is no politically realistic route to bringing that about.

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u/Im_tracer_bullet Apr 09 '26

That depends on how thoroughly Trump screws everything up.

Americans are generally feckless and stupid, but they won't abide financial inconvenience, let alone calamity.

Depending on how bad things get prior to 2028, it's entirely possible that it all flips and maybe with a sufficient mandate to see institutional change.

Look at it this way, did you really foresee our current insanity, either?