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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 59 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Do this enough times and eventually no one will want to do business with the US or it's government.

Who the hell wants to do anything with a leadership that constantly flip flops on everything they say, never means a thing and constantly lies?

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Other than the UK and Israel.

[–] seeigel@feddit.org 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests."

This is not new. Even England had a shakedown before WW2 support.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 15 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Those interests have historically been very stable over time so it was easy to tell if you were going to be a friend or foe. But they suddenly changed with the current administration and we have no idea what they are anymore.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

we have no idea what they are anymore.

There's no knowing for certain, but "Trump's ego" and "Vladimir Putin" make for relatively good educated guesses.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 3 points 21 hours ago

That's the thing. There's a long line of hands taking turns in stroking his ego. Which one was last to do it? How long before the next one and who is it going to be? We don't know any of that.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

Do this enough times and eventually no one will want to do business with the US or it's government

Literally the goal

[–] regrub@lemmy.world 97 points 1 day ago (3 children)

For now. The US is proving to be unreliable on the international stage.

[–] VeryVito@lemmy.ml 50 points 1 day ago (2 children)

On the domestic stage as well.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 13 points 1 day ago

Can confirm, am American. Whole sectors of our economy depend on grants/government spending and they're very uncertain about their futures

[–] Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Pretty sure the turkeys are still backstage “warming up”.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 9 points 1 day ago

Trump and Musk are mentally unstable, thats a fact... So...

[–] Cocopanda@futurology.today 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

i’ll keep apologizing for our buffoonery. But don’t write us all off. We will find a way to fix this. Inevitably. Just takes time in democracies.

[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 1 points 5 hours ago

Ha, that is if you get to keep yours. It's not looking good.

[–] regrub@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The democracy you speak of is degrading right before our eyes.

[–] Cocopanda@futurology.today 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just like how every democracy has gone through troubling times. You can’t give up hope. It will stand this.

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Revolution when? Pls hurry

[–] Cocopanda@futurology.today 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Sadly. Thats never really an option here because of the military state of the police. I wouldn’t feel comfortable telling anyone to go up against the police state. They’ll happily shoot other Americans. They want to.

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

You outnumber them. It happens all the time that mobs overrun armed defenders.

[–] Cocopanda@futurology.today 1 points 18 hours ago

I hold a security clearance. So I don’t tend to talk about that stuff publicly. Just peaceful coexistence till next election.

[–] Flaqueman@sh.itjust.works 56 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If I were Zelinsky, I wouldn't trust that "intelligence"!

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago

i'd like to think enough anti-putin republicans were ready to turn on krasnov that he flip-flopped.. but ya, this is the more likely scenario: the pentagon is gonna feed some bad intel, and a lot of ukrainians are gonna get killed as a result.

[–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago

This geriatric asshole is a one trick pony. Slap on tariff, remove the next day. Suspend aid, release the next day. I hope my country completely ditches the US and makes some new friends so we can all just ignore this asshat and get on with our lives.

[–] Potato@feddit.org 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Does he wake up every morning and do a d20 roll on what his opinion is going to be that day?

Seriously though, I guess he REALLY wants his name on the peace deal, whatever the cost, so he can go on to demand a Nobel Peace Prize. I expect him to get real pissy if he doesn't get one, whining about how Obama got one.

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 day ago

No, he does whatever the last person who praised him tells him to do. I remember this from last time, he's really that easily manipulated.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

His blood-sugar level apparently has an effect.

[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Yeah, we’re a really reliable source these days

[–] match@pawb.social 11 points 1 day ago

i guess Mohammed bin Salman called a stockholders meeting