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patphil

(9,095 posts)
20. Great summation.
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 12:23 PM
19 hrs ago

It's going to take a decade or more to repair the damage done to our position in the world. And even then we won't be looked on as a nation that can be trusted to do the right thing when the world is in need.
It's not just this stupid war, the dismantling of USAID has resulted in over 750,000 dead, with about 2/3 being children.
And then there's the tariffs that shook the world economy, and resulted in many nations shifting their markets away from the United States.
And the use of a brown shirt army in the streets of America, with it's violence, mass incarcerations, and deportations.
Also, the monetization of the White House by the Trump family.
And the acceleration of the transfer of wealth from the middle and lower classes to the upper class.
This is just to name a few of the things Trump did in less than 15 months to pervert the image of and destroy the reputation of the United States.

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Spot on. FalloutShelter 23 hrs ago #1
Mr. Rhodes summed it up quite nicely. Swede 23 hrs ago #2
Great summation. patphil 19 hrs ago #20
Back when competent people were in charge... Damn I miss it badly. Dave Bowman 23 hrs ago #3
That is excellent... Spazito 22 hrs ago #4
This goes back to 2018... sop 22 hrs ago #5
And, PRE DT, the republican party actively attempted to sabotage it Cosmocat 20 hrs ago #17
Trump is like the firefighter who sets a fire in order to be the hero who puts it out. Ocelot II 22 hrs ago #6
You are so right. murielm99 22 hrs ago #8
He's stopped another war--- lastlib 21 hrs ago #13
One other accomplishment he's pulled off. calimary 16 hrs ago #22
This is what losing feels like. We lost. Period. Johonny 22 hrs ago #7
We lost when the American voters pulled the lever for Chump FakeNoose 22 hrs ago #11
The economic trauma is just starting Farmer-Rick 21 hrs ago #12
A nice statement of the obvious state of affairs. K&R NNadir 22 hrs ago #9
And yet Trump, and the media, will portray it as a complete and total victory by the US. TheRickles 22 hrs ago #10
Pres. Obama got a MUCH BETTER DEAL WITH IRAN, but racist TACO just had to tear it up. MLWR 21 hrs ago #14
Wow. Spot on....unfortunately. hamsterjill 21 hrs ago #15
This was such a foreign policy fuck up. Buckeyeblue 21 hrs ago #16
Krasnov is such a ultralite001 20 hrs ago #18
I'm gonna keep saying it.. IMPEACH THIS MOTHERF*CKER. Joinfortmill 20 hrs ago #19
And I'm gonna keep echoing it. calimary 16 hrs ago #23
And this is why Figarosmom 18 hrs ago #21
I suspect in 2 weeks that everything will be great. chouchou 13 hrs ago #24
TY & Ben Rhodes Cha 11 hrs ago #25
Trump has been a black cloud over the US ever since his 2nd inauguration. Fla Dem 11 hrs ago #26
Ben is rather articulate and well informed vapor2 10 hrs ago #27
he is indeed Skittles 7 hrs ago #28
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