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The comment above says “Friendly reminder to please not confuse the Trump administration with all U.S. citizens.” Nobody is saying he doesn’t officially repres
by tene80i 1y ago
The comment above says “Friendly reminder to please not confuse the Trump administration with all U.S. citizens.”
Nobody is saying he doesn’t officially represent the USA. It’s about not assuming ALL Americans agree with what the administration is doing. A reasonable ask, no?
- petralithic 1y agoYou can say that about any country though, of course the leader doesn't represent all of the population, just a majority, if they're a democracy, which is rare these day.
- onlypassingthru 1y agominor nit: The US doesn't require a majority to win the presidency, only a plurality, which was ~32% in the most recent election.† † https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States_presidential_elections https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States...
- mrheosuper 1y agoThe Americans expect the world to constantly make distinctions for them while American foreign policy affects everyone regardless of who individual Americans voted for.
- orwin 1y agoHonestly, if you're not protesting, you're enabling. That's why I dont think all Israelis agree with their government, or all gazaoui agree with Hamas. Protests, regular ones, are happening, on both side. I don't see a lot of those in the US to be fair.
- cameroncarlg 1y agoI live in Seattle. You must not be looking hard enough. There are demonstrations every weekend.