(9 hours ago)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(10 hours ago)Paleophyte Wrote: One of the things that astounds me with this is that the Americans appear to have bred a population too stark stupid to understand that this betrayal will have consequences for them. It's as if they think that unilaterally selling out a European country might not make other nations view them as a pack of inbred hicks with atomic weapons. I suppose it isn't that surprising, given that they've managed to engineer Americans that will violently oppose their own healthcare and education, but it'll still come as a shock to certain Americans when the rest of the world decides not to join them at the rail as they take turns pissing into the wind.
On the bright side, Bel's screed really reads: "Trump's Moscow Handlers Give Him New Marching Orders as European Leaders Point and Laugh."
Take care not to confuse the current Administration's outlook with the American population at large.
While I'm mindful of the distinction between the two, it's difficult to miss the fact that Trump is empowered by a large proportion of that very same population. Hillary Clinton's mistake wasn't calling voters "a basket of deplorables". It was underestimating the size of the basket.
