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I know things were pretty fucked - I haven't been a lifelong cynic for no reason - but still, it's amazing how quickly snd completely the US has descended into screeching insanity.
And all at the hands of this demented lunatic, his psychopathic enablers and his legions of angry and stupid followers.
What a world....
And all of it because billionaires want to fuck children and not pay taxes.
Exactly, that's all we want. Why is that so bad?
— billionaires
Not even the end of Y1
That's the most astonishing part of it to me.
Reality has gone completely off the rails. Virtually every day, I read another account of blithering insanity, and painfully obviously dangerous and destructive insanity, from this administration, and then I watch as all of the official entities that are meant to check that sort of insanity just treat it as another day and another press release from another President's office.
It's like The Emperor's New Clothes, only far far worse.
And all in less than a year...
It's unclear if Nigeria asked the US for help but they seem to be accepting it.
Nigeria's government has said armed groups target both Muslims and Christians, and U.S. claims that Christians face persecution do not represent the complex security situation and ignore efforts to safeguard religious freedom. But it has agreed to work with the U.S. to bolster its forces against militant groups.
At this point though, that's just noise.
Unfortunately, the mass media is complicit in the insanity - they've abandoned principles, integrity, honesty and accuracy in pursuit of profit and/or the owners' agenda, whichever might be deemed more important in a given organization.
That's not to say that that story is necessarily false. It's simply that if it's a spin that serves someone's agenda, as this obviously is, then it will be published somewhere, entirely regardless of whether it's true or not, so the fact that it has been published means nothing at all.
I never would have thought that the recipient of the great FIFA Peace Prize would do something like that 😮
It’s in the game!
From the article:
"In November, CNN reported that the president’s initial threat against Nigeria came after he watched a Fox News segment about violence in the country."
So the solution is to introduce more violence?
For the US, generally, the answer is "yes."
tRump is trying to play to his base. He doesn't care that Christians are committing the same atrocities as ISIS.
He also needs to try to distract everyone from the Epstein files.
U.S. military's Africa Command confirmed it had conducted a strike that killed multiple militants at the request of Nigerian authorities.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-us-hit-isis-232435995.html
It's a little unclear if Nigeria asked for it but they seem to be going along with it.
Nigeria's government has said armed groups target both Muslims and Christians, and U.S. claims that Christians face persecution do not represent the complex security situation and ignore efforts to safeguard religious freedom. But it has agreed to work with the U.S. to bolster its forces against militant groups.
So, that's the thing, right? We're so used to everything this administration does being Absolutely horrible. Rightly so.
But they took out Islamic State(TM)? That would be a win for humanity. . .but is it true? Sheesh, that's the hard part. Who's to say? It's always more complicated than a single headline or news article can contain.
We're almost entirely in a post-truth society at this point.
Sometimes the why can be just as important as the action.
Did this happen because Donald Trump wanted to do a good thing that would benefit someone that isn't him? Probably not.
Did this happen because headlines are flying around that Donald Trump is a child rapist/baby murderer and any distraction is a good distraction? I'd say the timing is pretty fucking on point for a new conflict or a newly publicized conflict.
I feel like this is something that could have possibly been the right the to do, but I am more than certain that it wasn't intended to be.
Who's to say?
Who knows man
World police again!? Didn't our diddler and chief explicitly say he was against this. What a moron.
The real morons are the people who voted for him thinking he's the anti-war candidate.
Another Epstein diversion.
The really sad thing about this is I think you're right
How old ARE the kids he fucks? 4? 5?
Put a blindfold on this mother fucker and tie him to a pole atop the Capitol Steps.
"I really deserve a peace prize" > bombs people for Christmas
I hate this man so very much.
THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR IS PEACE
THE RADICAL LEFT IS SLAVERY
FOX NEWS IS STRENTH
HAIL BIG BROTHER
Other presidents had families they spent Christmas with, Donnie. This motherfucker spent it in some bunker ordering murder across the world
Attacked Venezuela. Largest oil reserves in the world.
Bombed Nigeria. Largest oil reserves in Africa.
Expressed an interest in invading Greenland. Guess what?
I'm just so grateful that all the previous presidents refused to do this and setup safeguards to ensure that Trump will be punished. \s \s \s
Previous presidents are only part of the equation.
The other part is having a society that isn't stupid enough to elect a felon rapist pedophile insurrectionist.
The situation we find ourselves in is as much American's fault as it is our politicians. Actually moreso, since those politicians are only there because of American's decisions.
the pEaCe pReSiDeNt
Trump is a terrorist
Every day I see a new headline and think, it's almost like this guy is trying to instigate WWIII by any means necessary because he wants to kill us all.
You know how these fascists are obsessed with patriarchy and authoritarianism? Sometimes narcissists commit familicide before they off themselves.
Yardley, Wilson, and Lynes divide familicides into four groups: anomic, disappointed, self-righteous, and paranoid.
In this typology, the "anomic" killer sees his family purely as a status symbol; when his economic status collapses, he sees them as surplus to requirements. The "disappointed" killer seeks to punish the family for not living up to his ideals of family life. The "self-righteous" killer destroys the family to exact revenge upon the mother, in an act that he blames on her. Finally, the "paranoid" killer kills their family in what they imagine to be an attempt to protect them from something even worse.
I have Trump pegged as the anomic type. Possibly disappointed.
It should be mentioned that the Nigerian government says they requested the strike
Oh, so this is what the rhetoric of " they're persecuting Christians in Nigeria" was leading up to.
The road to peace. Give that man a prize! Oh yeah...Epstein files will bring you down you old beast.
And just like that, the name "Epstein" is forgotten by "The News."
The Trump Crusade has begun. India has recently been having attacks against Christians, so let's see if he starts bombing them, too.
wild that the only reason he knows or cares about the violence in Nigeria is because he saw something about it on Fox News.
his distraction escalates as epstein news escalates.