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The office of a mad US president in spe threatening the EU, neighbours and a former colony with violence is newsworthy.
If it were any other US president it would certainly be newsworthy and incredibly alarming. But old Don, as we all know, is completely full of shit and just says things A.) because he's a fucking idiot and B.) to distract from what he's actually up to.
One cannot "fuck around and find out" in nuclear diplomacy. Threats are threats and relying on distraction theory here is denial.
Distraction theory may work domestically, but not in diplomacy. Well, unless there's evidence for something worse planned (compare Russia in the security council 2022-02-22).
What happened the last time he was president and made these threats?
Nothing.
He's a troll and world leaders know it. News outlets love him for the clicks.
This is the reason he won again. The “press” makes so much more money when they have tabloid fodder and reality tv drama. Remember how boring it was when the adults were running things in the first 2 years before campaign “season” started again? It was so nice.
"Nuking Hurricanes" is way more interesting than "inflation."
This is the bad thinking that must be extirpated at the root.
Shut the fuck up. You fucking moron. What happened the last time he was president? He tried to assassinate foreign leaders and was stopped by Mattis. He summoned his militia to the capitol and mounted an insurrection.
He's only a troll to you because that makes you feel better.
Stop it. Stop spreading your stupid ignorance.
Oh, he definitely does malign things that hurts both the US as a country and Earth as a whole... but not everything he says is indicative of what he does. If you simply take everything he says at face value, you will get so mired in bullshit that you won't be able to pull yourself out when something meaningful does happen.
That's stupid!
You haven't actually been paying attention. Every single time he says something, he's tried to do it.
The declaration of the possibility of the use of military force in Panama has to be taken at face value. Don't be a fucking moron.
It'll be ok. Take a breath.
The difference for me personally is if news articles start with “Trump says“ or with "USA does“. I am very much done with the former, just to keep my mental health intact.
Dissociation and denial are understandable in times of despair. Sometimes, denial can fuel further despair though.
I don't think my disinterest in most of the things that fall out of Trumps mouthhole is a sign of denial. Most of these are outright lies, baseless accusations, exaggerations, narcissism, and pure hatred. I'm not obliged to let this affect my life. I'm also an EU citizen and as such I have a natural distance to US politics. (I know that the orange turd's actions have grave consequences for EU citizens too, to be clear, and this is something I can't ignore)
Our societies should in ernest gather the will to increase the distance to US politics. Plenty of countries have bad developments, but they don't affect us so substantially like US politics do.