There is a chance that Trump will inadvertently weaken the US long term

He already did that the first time.

This time he’ll double (or triple) down on that.

The End of American Exceptionalism

But not the end of them claiming it regardless of the reality.

Then again, their claims of being the bestest ever at everything have been false for a very long time already.

Presumably because it’s much cheaper.

There are reasons why it’s cheaper, and none of them improve your life.

Thanks. I hate it.

Except they didn’t get what they claim to have wanted, they got a result that is much worse for Palestinians.

Do not call a congressperson that isn’t your own. They are not required to listen to you, you are not their constituent.

Unless they happen to be chairing a committee that you have an opinion on.

Then it’s fair game.

It’s the exact same components I would have bought at a local store if there were any.

The last one closed almost 20 years ago. (Long before Temu, aliexpress and banggood)

Assuming he doesn’t change the rules and appoint himself president forever, then the limit is 2 terms, consecutive or not.

Even if a person started their presidential mandate partway through a 4 year cycle (as happened after Nixon stepped down and after Kennedy was shot), it’s still 2 terms, not necessarily 8 years.

If Trump dies in the next 4 years, Vance could serve out the current term and would only be eligible to become president for one additional term.

If you were under the illusion that Trump is going to improve the situation for the Palestinians in any way, I have a bridge to sell you…

Inconsistency is the only thing Trump can be counted on to do reliably.

2 Trump administrations, 2 pandemics…

You don’t fix things by picking the worse option on purpose.

That’s exactly what the electorate just did.

That’s utter lunacy.

I fully agree

goons to wield guns

Such as Hegseth?

That seems to be all he was when he was enlisted.

holding any such event in a country culturally and ecologically most similar to Mordor seems weirder.

Maybe they’re hoping for a “This is what your country will look like if everyone continues to ignore this problem” reaction from the attendees?

Or maybe it’s just the place that offered the most kickbacks to the organizers…

If nukes are an excuse to prevent all conventional intervention, then nukes are a free pass to commit any crimes one wishes against non-nuclear powers

That is the assumption Russia is operating under.

More precise than dropping a bomb on an appartment building, I suppose…

But, yeah, not the best example of preventing collateral damage.

this is a fringe right-wing party with one seat in Japanese Parliament’s lower house.

One seat too many, if this is the attitude of their leader.

should keep the rest of the world entrained.

Sorry, but you guys stopped being fun to watch a while ago.

It’s now gone well beyond train-wreck levels of horrified “can’t look away” viewing.

Now we can’t even band together against a pandemic disease that is obviously killing people right in front of us (as opposed to the less visible to the average person ozone hole), and we sure as hell won’t be able to move against climate change in any uniformed way before its much too late (as we can already see).

Now they’re seeing the ideas outlined in there and probably freaking out.

As they should be.

Hopefully they’ll wake up enough by mid-terms to vote for some level of damage control.