This was always how it was gonna end. A century of warmongering and terrorizing the rest of the world is coming home to roost.
& there's a new group ready to replace the previous group
(as if none of that ever happened).
Life IS strange.
Remember when he said he knew the best people before he chose his cabinet for his first term?
I love that his biggest criticism of Biden was that he doesn't fire anyone. Firing someone means you failed to pick the right candidate. Biden didn't fire anyone because he made good choices. Trump always has to fire people because he has no judgement of character. He just goes with whoever compliments him in that moment.
as a non american in America I've come to find that's an American egregore: that firing people means you're a good leader.
Nope, you are confusing Dumps reality TV show with actual reality. I guess it does get a little confusing as his whole presidency seems to be a parody. People who voted for him truly are some of the stupidest human beings to ever exist.
I've heard it as a criticism of Peter Thiel and others, and, as a manager edging towards director, I get asked about it in interviews too
In real life firing means you made the wrong pick and is not looked upon as a good thing unless you are a sociopath. I suppose if you came into a company to clean house some would view it as correct but they are probably shareholders who have perverse incentives.
Long story short, Americans don't generally like bosses and don't approve of firings unless it is obvious the choice was correct, for instance firing someone who is toxic.
Having had to fire someone as a director myself I would think it strange to be brought up in an interview and probably a red flag.
Personally, I agree with you. However last several organizations I've been in have had a "we trial you to see if you're an A-player, and if not we next you" attitude
I am sorry that you have to deal with people like that. It sounds like their organizations are dysfunctional.
I think there are a couple of people who could return... He's still on ok terms with Roger Stone and the guy who just got out of prison, right?
and he killed his first choice for DOJ head: Jeffrey Epstein.
We haven't heard about Ivanka and Jared yet.
I was hoping the Never Trumpers, those scorned by Trump, and the Democrats could come together and say "We can't let Trump or anyone like him happen again."
But that would have made sense...
Feel like that on you for still having had hope
Guys not gonna lie I feel scared. I am not even American. I'm scared for all of you
I'm super scared for women
53% of white women voted trump
.4. He didn't pay them.
What's also crazy is that there are people lining up saying "Surely that won't also happen to me."
His fallout with RFK JR and Musk is gonna be epic.
I still haven't decided if making Leon and Vivek Co leads of DOGE is a dig at Leon or Vivek. I'm sure Leon thinks he's the "real" lead.
I never thought the leopards would eat MY face
They are playing a different game.
They are not swimming with sharks but are the scavengers that get the leftovers.
"Those people were losers. I am very smart so it won't happen to me"
actually the people coming back know that he demands loyalty. they might have to sell part of their soul to be loyal, but they know that up front and are committed to doing it.
"How much money can I steal from taxpayers before I get knifed in the back?"
Why does the political landscape of the supposed most powerful country in the world look more like what you'd expect if Charlie Brooker decided his next project was going to be a satirical gameshow? I want off this fucking timeline.
It's crazy that most of the country looked at that and said either "I want that" or "That's fine, I don't care".
A large chunk of the population gets their info from Fox News and News Max etc. Many of my extended family unfortunately. They think that is reliable information and can't be convinced otherwise. When I try to bring up facts they give me this look like I'm the crazy one spreading the lies. It's a really sad state of affairs, they are genuinely good people otherwise. I think there are too many assumptions that people just wanted what we're about to get.
Sorry no. If they voted for trump they’re not good people. They’re either assholes or too stupid to be making decisions for the country.
Anyone who votes for mass deportation is not a good person. Anyone who votes to take away health care from a huge chunk of the population is also not a good person.
It's an environment issue for them, their belief system and past experiences shape their decisions. The DNC had opportunities for real change and did not take them, and that feeds into the establishment/ "drain the swamp" rhetoric. Calling people stupid isn't going to help anything, they are heavily misinformed and tuned out living in a busy world. I don't give them a full pass here, but if we're going to change anything we need to figure out how to communicate with this segment and recognize their grievances.
Nah. They got themselves into that information bubble because it validated and made them feel ok with their misogyny, their xenophobia, their general bigotry. If you watch just a little Fox, Infowars, Rogan and decide, "hey, this is good stuff and deserving of my attention", you weren't a good person to begin with.
They didn't look at that. This is the frustrating truth we have to come to terms with. People are fucking oblivious. They vote for a single issue at most, and don't understand what they signed up for.
It's brexit mentality. People voted for change from the status quo.
Most don't imagine that change ~~will~~ could make their lives worse.
It's almost like someone has been systematically dismantling your education system for 50 or so years so they could reach this point.
In his defense, he probably has some members of his family returning to positions in the white house.
Now that the divorce with Melania has gone through, I hear Ivanka is getting promoted to First Lady!
lol. Tbf I really wished that was true news about Melania. For a moment I started gaining respect for her.
Stephen fucking Miller is tapped to return. The administration is shaping up to be more detestable than I could imagine. I’m waiting to see where the bottom goes from Betsy DeVoes as secretary of edu
I'm not impressed with your imagination. It was clear as day this was going to be an absolute shit show.
Bold of you to think there will be a DoE to need a secretary.
I’m thinking the shaman guy for secretary of education
I’ll be disappointed if he doesn’t pick him
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