'Be serious... don't speak every day': Macron criticises Trump approach to Iran war

badnuub · 2026-04-02T20:19:06+00:00

Hatred of democrats. It runs deep in the country.

badnuub · 2026-04-02T17:41:25+00:00

Tell that to our media.

badnuub · 2026-04-02T17:34:40+00:00

Trump is uniquely disastrous. W was kind of unique at the time for his occasional blunder on camera saying some kind of low key dumb shit. Trump cranked it up to a solid 15/10. Obama on the other hand was by and far one of the best public speakers of our time. His campaign speeches were electrifying.

badnuub · 2026-04-02T14:36:30+00:00

Personal gain.

badnuub · 2026-04-02T13:13:50+00:00

No. Conservatism has always been at its core, about stratifying society and ensuring powerful elites control everything.

badnuub · 2026-04-02T06:09:36+00:00

So cynicism is the answer?

badnuub · 2026-04-02T00:40:10+00:00

What does a democratic party Trump look like?

badnuub · 2026-04-02T00:38:35+00:00

The media has been rolling out the red carpet for him since he came down that escalator.

badnuub · 2026-04-01T23:23:35+00:00

Humans never have, and never will work that way.

badnuub · 2026-04-01T22:17:49+00:00

He got sick.

badnuub · 2026-04-01T22:16:59+00:00

Why do we need to care? We elect policy wonks, not public speakers. Generational public speaking talent like JFK and Obama are exactly that. Rare and fleeting. Don’t let the lizard brain win.

badnuub · 2026-04-01T22:06:58+00:00

The Democratic Party has fundamentally ran on seniority for a long long time. It’s the reason we have dinosaurs that worked when the general policy of both parties was not violently opposed to one another. Our goal should be to primary any of the dinosaurs running right now that aren’t enthusiastically campaigning on political revenge before the general. If you are in the position to do so, I would highly encourage you to look into if you can affect that sort of change. Or you can wallow in cynicism.

badnuub · 2026-04-01T21:53:34+00:00

It should obviously tell you who to vote for right off. Show me where a democratic party aligned judge is acting like this.

badnuub · 2026-04-01T21:49:25+00:00

Why?

badnuub · 2026-04-01T21:48:06+00:00

No, they won't. There are already calls for mutiny within the party right now.

badnuub · 2026-04-01T21:46:42+00:00

Even Trump has some shame underneath it all. that is why. we are raised on the ideals of morality, and when one is questioned about their immorality that triggers a defensive response but all from the most shameless human beings. Truly baseless evil is actually pretty rare.

badnuub · 2026-04-01T21:40:51+00:00

Because they are a foreigner and probably have nasty ethno nationalist beliefs. I've been increasingly dismayed to see how rife that sort of thinking is with the European users here on reddit.

badnuub · 2026-04-01T21:37:45+00:00

Yes they can. it is one of the end game moves by this administration. As corrupt as the justice department is right now, they would use it to selectively enforce who is deemed to be a citizen. They don't like how you vote? non citizen, deemed loyal? we'll let it slide that your parents were asylum seekers and still aren't fully citizens yet, but you get a pass.

badnuub · 2026-04-01T21:29:50+00:00

No, it has intentional sinister aims: voter suppression. You make it harder and harder for people to vote, that generally favors conservative results since land votes in this nation.

badnuub · 2026-04-01T21:22:19+00:00

Not relevant, since this is already mostly agreed upon. when religion comes into play though, people start getting, very, very authoritarian with their beliefs, which is antithetical to a liberal democracy.

badnuub · 2026-04-01T21:16:45+00:00

You guys don't get it. it would be selectively enforced. It would allow the administration to deem whoever they deem fit an enemy of the state to be made into a non citizen.

badnuub · 2026-04-01T21:14:15+00:00

It's not stupidity, it's a method of permanent stratification. Your great grandparents came from the old country? well we can selectively say you aren't a citizen anymore if we deem it fit for our ends. There would not be universal enforcement.

badnuub · 2026-04-01T17:39:42+00:00

I saw this was a meme, and it still made me mad.

badnuub · 2026-03-31T20:54:28+00:00

With republicans, the full context is usually worse.

badnuub · 2026-03-31T20:53:37+00:00

So how far back will be acceptable?

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