dermanus

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[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 30 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Mine will last until there is major reform. Trump is just the most visible expression of some very deep issues in the country. It might fade away when he dies, but it's still going to be there.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago (4 children)

That's assuming the teams show up. If I were brown I'd be really hesitant to go to the US. Hell, I'm white as can be and I don't wanna go.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

We should tarrif them to cover the costs of our border security with these Dangerous and Malicious Foreigners!

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

This is one of those "an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" sort of situations.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 months ago

More soft layoffs. It's short term thinking obviously, the people with options will leave, the people who can't do better will stay.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sucks for those involved, but it was a bubble built on a flood of international students. It was never sustainable.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

It would, but how are they going to grift off of that?

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If I understand right, they think the radars are the things changing the weather.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

Always? We've been underfunding our military for generations. This new spending is badly needed catch up to get us functional.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 16 points 5 months ago

That's the game everyone is playing. Just stall and run out the clock. There's no point in working on a deal, because he'll break it the moment it's convenient.

Put up a show of negotiating with the US, and work more with other countries. The public in the US seems to forget that the rest of the world are not NPCs in their own internal struggle.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They'll try anything except solving the real problem.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They'll get deported on their way out of the stadium.

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