(February 19, 2025 at 11:34 am)AFTT47 Wrote:(February 19, 2025 at 8:29 am)emjay Wrote: I just cannot believe what I'm seeing from Trump these days... and his cringey lapdog Vance wanting more free speech, presumably for the Far Right, in Europe... I can barely tell him apart from Putin. Is that what counts for "negotiation" in his world, just offer Putin everything he's been asking for all along and more, throwing Europe and Ukraine under the bus along the way... that'll only embolden Russia if it hasn't already. I just truly can't believe what I'm seeing. He wasn't as bad as this the first time round, wtf has changed? We live in terrifying times, now coming from both East and West
Give me a break. Trump was exactly the same 8 years ago. He hasn't changed a bit. What's different is that he wasn't surrounded by spineless yes men in his first term. His administration was full of gullible fools who didn't initially recognize him for what he was but aside from that, many of them really were "adults in the room." This time, Trump made sure to surround himself with mindless, spineless idiots who will just happily do his bidding no matter how insane it is. That's the only difference.
I just mean i've never seen him so aggressive before... warmongering, in the guise of peacemaking. I'm not American and I've never followed him or his politics closely before, but this time round feels very different... here I feel I have to watch his every move like a hawk, waiting with baited breath for whatever fucked up thing he might do next that could have catastrophic consequences for the world.
