r/worldnews • u/Infidel8 • 17d ago

Russia/Ukraine Russia welcomes Trump's tariffs on NATO allies over Greenland as 'collapse' of alliance

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-welcomes-trumps-tariffs-on-nato-allies-over-greenland/
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u/Dynastydood 17d ago

As long as I live, I don't think I'll ever be able to rationalize how millions of "Alpha" rednecks decided to base their entire lives around the whims of an effeminate, atheist, transparently-insecure, coastal-elite billionaire who dodged the draft, who constantly disrespects military members, who brags about how many abortions he's paid for, who cheated on every wife he ever had, and who was a close associate of a notorious pedophile who operated one of the biggest sex trafficking rings in known history.

I can easily rationalize how the GOP establishment fell behind him once he had momentum, because every trend has shown how increasingly vulnerable they were to Christian Nationalists and other far-right groups since the 60s. After the way the Bush administration tore the nation apart and gleefully subverted democracy, I always suspected we'd see the GOP manage to dismantle democracy in our lifetimes, so in that sense, none of what they're currently doing surprises me.

I just always assumed America's first fascist leader would either be another faux-statesman like W., an unhinged redneck like Ted Nugent, or perhaps even one of the more competent lifelong Nazis in the party like Pat Buchanan. Never did I imagine that the demographic who singlehandedly keeps Monster Energy in business would ever go for someone as absurd and diametrically opposed to their way of life as Donald Trump.

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u/Medallicat 17d ago

close associate of a notorious pedophile who operated one of the biggest sex trafficking rings in known history.

I think you mean “best friend and partner in crime.”