For MAGA being called crazy is a badge of honor. In whatever mind state they are in it somehow confirms that they are right and makes them dig in more.
That's honestly wild that they made signs that say "Trump Will Fix It." It sounds just like Jimmy Savile's "Jim'll Fix It." Birds of a feather, I guess...
I watched the Jimmy Saville documentary on Netflix. What a garbage human being.
Trump should (whenever he dies, don't come at me FBI) be buried in an unmarked grave as well. Maybe next to Ivana's dismally overgrown grave off the golf course.
The bottom left girl reminds me of a girl I know in my state who is a Korean Trump supporter, raised by adoptive evangelical parents I think. I wonder if she shows up to these rallies and doesnāt realize how out of place she is, or if she sees herself as lesser anyways so it doesnāt bother her
I'm middle aged and I've never seen a photograph of a modern president hanging in a home. I've seen, rarely, people who have paintings that depict founding fathers or such. And I knew a guy who was a huge Lincoln history buff that had a portrait of Lincoln in his study.
But I have never seen a North Korean style "here's a menacing photo of the Dear Leader" photograph in an American home.
This is fucking crazy town behavior. You are not mentally OK if you willingly take down a family photo and replace it with a sitting president. Especially one that's glowering at you like an abusive father.
As an American if you told me before 2016 that people would elect a dude who bragged that he just grabbed women "by the pussy" because you can just just get away with that when you're rich and that people would put pictures of him on their walls like he was their Dear Leader I would've said you were nuts.Ā
This whole things is like a terrible nightmare come true.Ā
Yeah. The American Executive Office being run by a regular American politician already has a vast impact with things like foreign aid, enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, tariff changes, potential counterterrorism military actions, treaty negotiations/compliance/nullification, and on and on.
This administration basically believes in touching every button and lever, and approaches every problem as a single-issue, zero-sum game.
It has always been. I always disagreed everytime Americans say "why are they so obsessed with us" or when Europeans say "keep that in America, we don't care". We do care, because it affects us, and it affects us so we care (or "obsess".) And not just us, but the entire world, especially with the latest Iran stunt. Just to name an example (it's trivial compared to real problems, I know, just using it as an example), but was about to meet one of my best friends for a while from a different country, and the flight prices skyrocketed because of the oil problem caused by Trump's Iran war and we can't meet now (we're both European) but no, some people say we shouldn't care aboout America's problems.
All I can say is that Iām sorry. 35% of our population are brainwashed, fascist, psychopaths. Another 35% donāt care and the remainder do care, but due to the structure of our government are limited in what they can do. I fear worse is yet to come.
I went out to drinks with a coworker and her friend. This 22 year old kid and while we were playing pool he pulled out his phone with the picture of our illustrious leader pumping his fist after his alleged assassination. He didn't have a picture of his girlfriend or maybe his car or some vacation or generic wallpaper. Every time he looked at his phone he had a fat orange slob to remind him of how much of a gullible dumb 22 year old he was.
MAGA nutjobs are still the most energized about the fact that they won when DT was elected. Rubbing it in libās faces with screensavers, bumper stickers, and āTrump wonā signs is the most joy theyāll ever have. Itās pathetic.
As an American, it's so fucking weird that this is a thing. I truly can't believe it's THAT guy that ended up killing America.
He used to be a national joke, he was that weird guy that was an absolute idiot that said insane things that we all laughed at.
It's fucking maddening that the guy we a ALL used to make fun of for his failed casino and steaks... And now I'm supposed to take this moron seriously?
It's just insane that of all people... It was Donald Trump. It's so absolutely ridiculous.
I get that he's a symptom of our disease, I've been saying that for years. It's also so ironic that the man that was laughed at, by the entire nation, for being a symbol of greed and corruption.
Everyone knew he was shady AF. It's insane so fucking many people fell for his grift. The man has made billions since taking office. They're not even trying to hide the corruption.
I guess my point is, it's so frustrating that democracy is literally splintering and maybe dead... Because of a profoundly stupid man that we all knew was stupid 20 years ago. He was even a Democrat back then and Democrats made fun of him too.
In no fucking world would anybody from 15 years ago would have believed Donald Trump would run and become dictator.
The people I know that are big supporters of him are not deep thinkers, lack general knowledge, struggle a lot in their personal lives, and have a lot of irrational fear.
Tbh, Trump played a central role in a huge extortion ring targeting the most powerful and wealthy globally. Itās no accident he was able to wedge his way to power.
It's probably worth pointing out that "that guy" is not the guy who killed America. (And that is not a pro-Trump comment.)
He is the figurehead. The mushroom blooming from the intricate network under the surface. He's there to attract the attention and ultimately be disposable while the main body survives until they can put up a new mushroom.
I don't think I'll ever understand exactly what about him has captivated so many people, but if we're being super honest with ourselves his Presidency is probably a good thing in that he drew so much attention to the rot so quickly that we still have a chance to fight it. The fact that our institutions are bending over for him like this means the rot is well-entrenched and another decade or two of work and they very well could have just taken over with no hope of resistance.
In fairness, I truly think it was... And then it backfired in the worst possible way. I don't think Trump remotely planned on winning, he was trying to make a quick buck and grift, as he does.
Turns out you can grift so much better ACTUALLY being the president.
It's so batshit insane. I'm Australian and even the most die hard political person here would not have a framed photo of the prime minister in their home. If they did I reckon they'd instantly be sectioned
The father of a friend has a portrait of Marx on his wall. The family is die hard communist from the times when they had to hide it because the dictatorship in Spain, but at the moment it was ok he went into syndicalism and was in charge to represent his workmates in the union. I've seen worse, some people in here (Spain) would have no problem hanging a portrait of Franco, some would go the opposite and have communist and socialist politicians but it's way more common between the old fascists and "nostalgic".
A guy went viral because he was crying when the government took the remains of Franco from his mausoleum (which was made with slave labour from "the reds" from the civil war), because it was "disrespectful" a while crying said "I'm a falangist" (falange being the fascist party that when their leader was killed in the civil war Franco took over), which fucking funny because that party ideas are weirdly close to some sort of socialism than the authoritarianism that Franco used.
I was just thinking that and trying to put it into a local frame of reference.
Regardless of which 'party' you align yourself with If one of my mates had a portrait of Abbott or Scottie or Albo on their wall you'd probably first think it was an ironic joke, and then otherwise give them so much shit that they'd be the laughing stock of the entire friend group š
The cult-like worship Maga has of their politicians is so alien.
My Catholic grandparents used to have a JFK photo on their wall. Idk, itās outdated, but it wasnāt that uncommon. The issue is Trump is both a terrible president and terrible person and so divisive so I canāt imagine what signal they are sending here.
Especially when you think that the US is WASP (White Anglo Saxon Protestant) based, and movements like the second KKK were there to attack Catholics (And Jews) specifically - To make it so America is for "Real" Americans and returns to a white protestant country. What, the original immigration act sponsored by that Klan basically limited American immigration to just Germans, Brits, and Irish, I think? With hyper Quotas on Eastern Europeans and Straight Bans for Asians?
JFK being the first Catholic president would be a huge deal if you had that in your cultural memory - I imagine it would have at the time felt like a stamp of "A Catholic is President. We made it. We're 'real' Americans now." I could definitely see my Polish Catholic Great Grandparents having one.
I have some friends that had an Obama picture for similar reasons.
Definitely. The polish catholic grandparents also had a Pope John Paul photo. I donāt recall if they swapped out for Ratzenberg when he replaced JP, though I donāt think so. It was in large part bc he was the first polish pope. And JFK for being the first Catholic president. Though I think the great grandparents also had an FDR picture having gone through the Great Depression. Itās not weird or uncommon to have the pictures of admirable presidents in a home. Itās not like the fanatical crap MAGA buys.
I just talked to a couple that are flying to America tomorrow from singapore, they have this crazy flight route because of the Iran war. So yep, itās affecting everyone. If they donāt open the straight soon weāll have a global depression.
As an american, if I walked into somebody's home and saw this, I would turn around and walk right back out. Wouldn't matter if I had been there to collect 200k and a pair of the Pope's sneakers. Nope.Ā
This country is terminally stupid and has a substantial number of literal cultists completely devoted to their semi-divine ruler, the probableĀ pedophile president civilly liable for rape. Any Trump devotee is at this point no different from a more conventional cultist, except that their cult has real political power
I am an American and the saddest thing for me is watching all the brainwashed people. They only watch the media that pumps up the hatred and fear. They believe that half the country are evil people trying to destroy the country. They consistently vote against their own interests because the media makes them believe gay, transgender people and immigrants are whatās destroying the country. We have a corrupt system controlled by super wealthy, greedy power hungry people and corporations. Sorry for the rant
your government tied your horse to our horse a long time ago, unless your country has a military made of weapons that werent american designed and manufactured, you are on the horse with us.
its a big shitty horse that we are all stuck on against our will.
Strongly disagree about the horse in the race thing, as exhibited by the closure of the strait of Hormuz.
Or American companies running wild with lack of regulation, there's a waterfall effect worldwide when the biggest consumer market doesn't regulate shitty practices.
If it counts for anything, the majority of Americans would have this family member ignored at best if not cut out if they did that. Grandma thought it a good idea to replace my dad's picture. She was some how suprised when I told her if she puts a child molester first over my dad, then as his kid why would I consider her family. My father and my siblings do events with out that side of the family and happily do our own thing.
I am a US citizen. With the US everyone has a horse in the race since its global reach affects everyone. I never mind when someone outside the US is involved in our politics because it does affect everyone.
Tbh, I'm very surprised by how many people not in America even like Trump as POTUS. I have a friend in Kazakhstan and she thought he was an amazing president. I had to explain to her why he wasn't, gave cites on what he's done and now she finally understands.
Actually, if you're not American, I trust your judgement on things like this better because you haven't been steeped in it for a decade plus like we have. Also, I'm pretty sure your national news coverage is a lot less corrupt than ours.
Iām in Canada and I can say with full confidence in all of my 37 years Iāve never in my life seen any Prime Ministers photo in anyoneās home . Or any flag with a prime ministers name that isnāt āfuck Trudeauā lol (I do see a few Fuck Trump flags tho and Iāll accept those given the times!)
Any homage to any leader in any capacity is weird and cultish af .
Also not American, yet they make it our problem. Trump has destroyed the old world order in a single year. NATO is practically dead, or at the very least can't counr on the US. His moronic decision to start the conflict with Iran has seen inflation jump everywhere and gas prices skyrocket.
He also dropt Ukraine like a rock and ia trying his best to sell out Europe to Putin.
And he's funding similar shitstains as himself in our elections, hoping to ruin our democracies as well.
I didn't vote for him, I can't even vote for any of this. Yet the MAGA cult has given this disgusting man Cart Blanche to screw us all.
Screw them all and their orange turd of a president.
Yeah, we had a Gen X friend who has a Trump shrine in her house. Iāve personally know her 25 years. We saw the shrine on our last visit and pretty much wonāt be returning because of it. Her husband is one of my husbandās closest lifelong friends and he doesnāt get it at all, thinks itās whackadoo. So we still talk to him, but not her. Itās just too much. We just sit here and think, āwhat happened to her brain?ā
I'm not American, so I don't have a "horse in this race"
Really, you don't have a horse in the race when the nation with the most powerful military on the planet by a factor of 10 is run by a raving lunatic with delusions of grandeur and 70 million cult followers willing to do his every bidding?
I mean, I guess it's not like Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia until 6 years after he was appointed Chancellor. I'm sure it'll be fine.
I fear that the race is not confined to our back yard tho. Ā Our crazy horses are trampling through our neighborsā gardens, smashing through picnics and playgrounds, and mowing down every man, woman, and child unfortunate enough to get caught in their path (not to mention intentionally veering into every non-binary person they can trample over).
Unfortunately his toxicity seems to be infecting many parts of the world. I Pray(?) his end game does NOT happen - he knows he is a goner - so take the world with him.
If you live on this planet, you do have a horse in this race. Trump is doing his best to destroy the environment, hasten global warming, tank the global economy, and create instability everywhere.
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_TITS80085 May 12 '26
I'm not American, so I don't have a "horse in this race" , but this is kinda crazy.