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I wonder if things go back to the way it was in the next administration
Doubtful. After one Trump term, sure, we could have chalked that up to a one off aberration. After them re-election him, I'm guessing it would take more than a few terms of them electing normal people.
It's a pendulum swing for a lot of nations. I see authoritarian conservative parties are winning elections across the globe. May be it takes a major event to turn the tide.
I hope that the Orban loss is the start of reversing that pendulum swing.
Who qualifies as Normal People in modern politics?
https://youtu.be/jYiexkNTgKY
No chance. There has been irreparable harm. Even if we move to better relations this administration has shown we cannot depend on that continuous support in the future. We'd be stupid to relapse.
Build a wall
History tells us that there are steps that a country takes that can't be reversed.
Weaponizing the judiciary, cult of personality, paramilitary force that terrorize parts of the population, extreme politucal polarization,...
Trump will go eventually, but his reign is an example for many ambitious men who will have or gain the power to impose their will on their fellow citizen and the world. Some will draw their power from anti-Trumpism, others are already building their career in his wake.
The last 20 years have been a roller coaster of fear, resentment, political violence and pure hatred. Anyone who brings a sense of hope and security will grab the country like a ripe fruit and bring one form of the other of fascism.
There is no coming back.
The Vance administration or Trump’s third term? You get those choices.