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Demovictory9

(37,113 posts) Sat Apr 12, 2025, 05:12 PM Apr 2025

Whoever is elected the 48th president won't be able to easily rebuild what Donald Trump is busy destroying. [View all]

Whoever is elected the 48th president won’t be able to easily rebuild what Donald Trump is busy destroying. Countries can and will move on without the United States. Their firms will establish new supply chains and pursue other markets. Even if the U.S. were the ultra-dominant trading partner it used to be, the credibility of the nation’s promises, its treaties, its agreements, and even its basic rationality has evaporated in just weeks.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/trump-tariff-chaos-unfixable/682419/

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Whoever is elected the 48th president won't be able to easily rebuild what Donald Trump is busy destroying. [View all] Demovictory9 Apr 2025 OP

The rest of the world can't wait around to see what the voters in Wisconsin do every year. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #1

agreed. the world won't forget that the people of the USA voted for this monstrosity. Demovictory9 Apr 2025 #2

It IS all on tmp; most had no idea he (and mk) would go so far. elleng Apr 2025 #5

Trump has a 32% base of voters that back him no matter what. Demovictory9 Apr 2025 #9

until his actions are actually FELT; elleng Apr 2025 #12

Agreed Demovictory9 Apr 2025 #42

Voters, congress, courts, supreme court, media, law firms, Trump Gestapo federal officers. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #7

That is true. Much is lost forever. It cannot be like it was. taxi Apr 2025 #10

Decades of relentless ruthless GOP propaganda has been devastating to the US. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #13

The straight, white, Christian, males are a very big portion of the Venn diagram. taxi Apr 2025 #18

Speaker Johnson is a menace to going forward. He believes women should be at allegorical oracle Apr 2025 #22

He is a worm. Nothing but a worm. taxi Apr 2025 #26

We have to decide if we want to live in a democracy, rule of law, bill of rights, constitution. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #23

Let us present them as the minority government. taxi Apr 2025 #29

Yes the USA is under minority rule. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #30

The time has come to tell the public. taxi Apr 2025 #32

I know, it is a mystery. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #34

CLEARLY won't be 'easy' to rebuild, elleng Apr 2025 #3

President of what? tavernier Apr 2025 #4

Our,... our,... our,.... done in collaboration,.... magicarpet Apr 2025 #6

that prez would need a massive congressional majority to get things set right nt msongs Apr 2025 #8

Right. HOPING for sanity within Congress. elleng Apr 2025 #14

I keep hearing that but I just, perhaps hopefully, don't agree. Trump and Trumpism is just such a complete aberration.. FadedMullet Apr 2025 #11

YES! elleng Apr 2025 #15

Thank you. Let's remain hopeful now and a little contrite later. FadedMullet Apr 2025 #21

Agree. But it will take all of us. Not just Congress. delisen Apr 2025 #17

Could not agree more. Heck, I'm up for the state's doing a Constiutional Convention to bypass Congress and.... FadedMullet Apr 2025 #24

"We're not villains..." but B.See Apr 2025 #20

You're right, of course. Trump has enabled America's "dark side" and the battle will continue once he is gone. FadedMullet Apr 2025 #27

It's going to take a generation to rebuild America after tangerine toddler destroys it. aeromanKC Apr 2025 #16

We need to concentrate on getting Trump out first. hadEnuf Apr 2025 #19

I KNOW!!!!!!! a kennedy Apr 2025 #25

People are still blaming Reagan for all sorts of things MichMan Apr 2025 #28

Couldn't stand him, but he seems mild by comparison, now. nt allegorical oracle Apr 2025 #33

Take some doing Timewas Apr 2025 #31

You mean whomever ascends to the White House when Trump dies misanthrope Apr 2025 #35

No, but they'll be blamed if they can't do all of it, and more, in only 3 years chowmama Apr 2025 #36

We'll have experienced a moonscape Apr 2025 #37

If we don't want another Trump - we need to acknowledge the damage propaganda is doing to this county. Initech Apr 2025 #38

Especially as climate change gets worse Kaleva Apr 2025 #39

Yes. 45 could be seen as an aberration. But he was elected again. The U.S. "brand" might recover... pat_k Apr 2025 #40

True and they are already considering Don jr as political heir Demovictory9 Apr 2025 #43

It seems like it but... Dem4life1970 Apr 2025 #41

Yes but 4 years of resource starvation of science, universities, cultural infrastructure is gonna hurt Demovictory9 Apr 2025 #44

Whoever is elected the 48 President of the United States will have to be magnanimous William769 Apr 2025 #45