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As an American I’d like Europe to stand up to Trump. If little Iran can, so can Europe.

bulbar 2mo ago
You don't necessarily need to, because he can be played like a guitar quite easily. Just look what Iran did. Look what Europe did when Trump wanted them to join the war (nothing). The western world has already started to adapt, building a world order without the US in the center. Trump is quite helpful here, basically driving the process. Biggest question is, who gets the best pieces, Europe, China, Russia, India? Trump's burning through political capital that was built over decades, but it's a zero sum game so he essentially sells it for cheap prices. The US want to concentrate on themselves? Sure why not, great Britain as well was a super power not to long ago. Nothing lasts forever and we most likely see the beginning of the end of an US dominated world here.
gwerbin 2mo ago
You can elect a Congress that will stand up to him in 2026. Step 1: continue primarying out establishment candidates from the Democratic Party, because they're largely complicit. Step 2: Vote for said non-establishment candidates in the general election. The only challenge will be that the White House and complicit state governments are moving to disenfranchise as many people as possible before then, and likewise the White House will almost surely claim election fraud if Congress flips, and try to invalidate or even interfere with vote-counting.
- AnimalMuppet 2mo ago
  The establishment Democrats are not complicit in Trump's nonsense. So don't vote for non-establishment candidates in the primary; they're more likely to lose in the general election. If you want to win in the general election, you want as many "normal" Democratic candidates as possible.
  - gwerbin 1mo ago
    > The establishment Democrats are not complicit in Trump's nonsense Oh yes they are! They vote to approve his cabinet picks, they campaign harder against left and progressive primary challengers than against the other party, they engage in the same insider trading as the other party, they take money from many of the same PACs and lobbying groups (Israel, AI, military-industrial complex), and... > If you want to win in the general election, you want as many "normal" Democratic candidates as possible. ...and they continue to stick to the old strategy of "be centrist and try to flip upper-class urban moderate conservatives". This has been a proven consistent failure for 10 years now. Of course one can't expect every progressive and DSA leftist to win in November. But it's also not the 90s anymore. People still want to drain the swamp, as it were, and they don't see any hope in the establishment. They thought Trump was their anti-establishment man, but now, finally, after 10 years, they see what he really is, and there's an opportunity to really give the people what they want. And the best you can offer is more proven-failed centrism? Hell no. Schumer and Pelosi and Wasserman-Schultz and all the rest are complicit in the existential threat we face today. Primary them all out and send them to the dung heap of history.

You don't necessarily need to, because he can be played like a guitar quite easily. Just look what Iran did. Look what Europe did when Trump wanted them to join the war (nothing). The western world has already started to adapt, building a world order without the US in the center. Trump is quite helpful here, basically driving the process. Biggest question is, who gets the best pieces, Europe, China, Russia, India? Trump's burning through political capital that was built over decades, but it's a zero sum game so he essentially sells it for cheap prices. The US want to concentrate on themselves? Sure why not, great Britain as well was a super power not to long ago. Nothing lasts forever and we most likely see the beginning of the end of an US dominated world here.

gwerbin 2mo ago

You can elect a Congress that will stand up to him in 2026. Step 1: continue primarying out establishment candidates from the Democratic Party, because they're largely complicit. Step 2: Vote for said non-establishment candidates in the general election. The only challenge will be that the White House and complicit state governments are moving to disenfranchise as many people as possible before then, and likewise the White House will almost surely claim election fraud if Congress flips, and try to invalidate or even interfere with vote-counting.

AnimalMuppet 2mo ago
The establishment Democrats are not complicit in Trump's nonsense. So don't vote for non-establishment candidates in the primary; they're more likely to lose in the general election. If you want to win in the general election, you want as many "normal" Democratic candidates as possible.
- gwerbin 1mo ago
  > The establishment Democrats are not complicit in Trump's nonsense Oh yes they are! They vote to approve his cabinet picks, they campaign harder against left and progressive primary challengers than against the other party, they engage in the same insider trading as the other party, they take money from many of the same PACs and lobbying groups (Israel, AI, military-industrial complex), and... > If you want to win in the general election, you want as many "normal" Democratic candidates as possible. ...and they continue to stick to the old strategy of "be centrist and try to flip upper-class urban moderate conservatives". This has been a proven consistent failure for 10 years now. Of course one can't expect every progressive and DSA leftist to win in November. But it's also not the 90s anymore. People still want to drain the swamp, as it were, and they don't see any hope in the establishment. They thought Trump was their anti-establishment man, but now, finally, after 10 years, they see what he really is, and there's an opportunity to really give the people what they want. And the best you can offer is more proven-failed centrism? Hell no. Schumer and Pelosi and Wasserman-Schultz and all the rest are complicit in the existential threat we face today. Primary them all out and send them to the dung heap of history.