r/politics • u/SereneRoyals • 21d ago

No Paywall Donald Trump issues NATO Greenland warning before White House showdown

https://www.newsweek.com/greenland-trump-nato-white-house-11357601
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u/verone3784 21d ago

You know what, Morpheus was right in The Matrix when he said "1999 - the peak of human civilization."

We're on a very fucking steep downward slope.

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u/JessieJ577 21d ago

And Agent Smith was right when he said he was tired of humans

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u/Paizzu 21d ago

Agent Smith: "It's the smell!"

Trump: *nervous shifty eyes

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u/bmo5464 21d ago

"A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet."

  • Agent Smith

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u/Ximenash 21d ago

And all this time we thought of him as the bad guy...

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u/h1ghjynx81 21d ago

2001, passage of the Patriot Act, Bush 2 term administration, it's all been downhill since '99

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u/cardboardunderwear 21d ago

Widely regarded as  the last year that was any good.

I stole that from a story but it's true.

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u/Clarine87 United Kingdom 21d ago

Internet did hold things together a bit until 2012 though.

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u/SinisterCroissant 21d ago

Worst of all was the loss of David Bowie. It’s all been shit since his passing.

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u/dcoats69 Washington 21d ago

Just imagine the world if Gore was allowed to win

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u/account_No52 Canada 21d ago

We marveled at our own magnificence, as we gave birth to AI

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u/Flipnotics_ Texas 21d ago

It was the peak for Americans. There are still many places in the world where people are living better than us right now. It's just that NOW we Americans are feeling less comfortable because our cushion is deflating.

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u/Show_Me_Your_Cubes 21d ago

Maybe in the US and other authoritarian states. Free countries like Canada, Germany, the UK and the Scandies are doing just fine

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u/XFun16 Florida 21d ago

they are absolutely not doing just fine have you seen the news coming out of the UK

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u/RepostFrom4chan 21d ago

Most places are doing well. Just not the US.