Comment on Following Trump’s lead, his allies lash out at Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and suggest he may need to resign

• DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  And how are we going to be actively damaged exactly?

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  • LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Exactly by what Trump and Musk are doing. Are you not keeping track of all the shit your heroes are doing? Damaging regulations, education, research, environment, consumer protection, security, immigration, freedom of press, etc. Social security and Medicare are next…

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    • DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I like what they are doing so far. And so are the people who vote them in. They were voted in to do this stuff. It’s great.

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      • just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        What have they done so far?

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  • Batman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Everything you buy with wood aluminum and gas will increase by 25%. No less. Domestic suppliers will hack their prices up because the price customers are willing to spend is a part of every business’s pricing model. It becomes the normal price and bam, the tariff is a sales tax in everything but name. Much fiscally responsible. Very moral. Wow.

    Americans being able to buy less is hurting them. Families need food to eat. This takes that food away.

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    • DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      We’ll be fine. You act like this is a major hardship.

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      • T00l_shed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Again missing the point that many of your fellow countrymen will suffer.

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  • Muehe@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The argument you are getting and setting here seems to be a domestic one primarily, but I think from a foreign policy perspective it becomes much clearer, especially given what this post is about.

    US global hegemony after WWII rests on a several aspects, a few key ones of which are free trade with US dollar as the world reserve currency, a system of international alliances, and resulting from that the ability to have bases all over the world for immediate power projection anywhere.

    Trump is practically giving all of that away for no discernable reason whatsoever. He basically just publicly announced to all of Americas allies that your word, like as a country, is worth nothing.

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    • DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      And how has any of that damaged us? Give me some real world examples, not theory. What has changed? How are we damaged?

      My day isn’t any different.

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      • T00l_shed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Classic conservative thought, i am not affected therefore nothing is wrong.

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      • WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        The Canadian boycott of US goods and travel.

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      • Muehe@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        It has damaged your reputation as a country. It hasn’t damaged you domestically (yet), which is why I advised looking at it from a foreign policy perspective.

        And make no mistake, just giving up on global hegemony will hurt you domestically as well in the long run. Not that I’m opposed to it, on the contrary actually, it just strikes me as utterly misguided since it’s done for selfish, and I think foolish, reasons.

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