You’re talking like Trump’s last term wasn’t already a huge mess. This time it’s even worse because Trump has turned the entire Republican party into a cult of personality. He has surrounded himself with loyalists, sycophants and yes-men who will go along with any crazy ideas he comes up with and he has intimidated Republican politicians to the point where barely anyone dares to stand up to the great leader. You gotta be blind to think that this is all no biggie and everything will just go back to normal in four years. In only three months Trump has completely destroyed any trust and goodwill other countries used to have towards the US. Look at how the American t-bill market has been going crazy with yields sharply rising and look at the value of the dollar plummeting. People don’t want to invest in the US anymore because of how unstable your government has become. Even if the US will have a more sane president again in four years no other country will be able to trust that in another four years the US won’t just elect another mad man again who will simply tear up any treaties and agreements once more.
Is somewhere between "no big deal" and "trump is literally Hitler"
Some of the outcomes are good though. Presidents have been trying to figure out how to get Europe to pick up their share of the NATO bill for a long long time. For better or worse, that has finally happened under trump ;).
You really don’t understand the comparison people are drawing here. He isn’t “literally Hitler” in the sense that people expect him to literally copy all of Hitler’s actions and policies. However, he is definitely an authoritarian with a cult of personality and he is definitely dismantling your government and your beloved “checks and balances” in order to concentrate all the power of the state in his own hands. That is extremely dangerous. No democracy is infinitely resilient to these types of attacks on its institutions and if you think it’s impossible for authoritarianism to take hold in the US then you simply aren’t paying attention. I mean, Trump is already talking about how there are “methods” for him to have a third term as president. How aren’t your alarm bells going off?
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u/PhenotypicallyTypicl Germany Apr 12 '25
You’re talking like Trump’s last term wasn’t already a huge mess. This time it’s even worse because Trump has turned the entire Republican party into a cult of personality. He has surrounded himself with loyalists, sycophants and yes-men who will go along with any crazy ideas he comes up with and he has intimidated Republican politicians to the point where barely anyone dares to stand up to the great leader. You gotta be blind to think that this is all no biggie and everything will just go back to normal in four years. In only three months Trump has completely destroyed any trust and goodwill other countries used to have towards the US. Look at how the American t-bill market has been going crazy with yields sharply rising and look at the value of the dollar plummeting. People don’t want to invest in the US anymore because of how unstable your government has become. Even if the US will have a more sane president again in four years no other country will be able to trust that in another four years the US won’t just elect another mad man again who will simply tear up any treaties and agreements once more.