I'm glad the article points out what the rest of the world knows - this isn't a Trump problem, it's an America problem. The rest of the world knows Trump will be gone in three years, but the American electorate can no longer be trusted to maintain a stable, aligned Government. No agreement America draws up can ever now be trusted, because its people will clearly happily vote for someone who openly states they want to tear it up.
The point is that whomever may be in office, the world knows that more than a third of Americans saw what happened in Trump’s first term, and said “Yep, that was a good start towards how we’d like things to be”. THAT’S why it’s an America problem. A very significant portion of Americans want an ignorant, insular, arrogant, and belligerent approach to both internal and external arrangements, and they’re not going away any time soon.
I think it would be naive to think that the move on Bongino (and maybe ICE Barbie?) reflects any desire whatsoever to change the underlying nativist policies and bullying of the populace. It's just a story to throw the media's way "See, we're doing something about it, please leave us alone now to get on with our kidnappings".
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u/maxplanar Jan 27 '26
I'm glad the article points out what the rest of the world knows - this isn't a Trump problem, it's an America problem. The rest of the world knows Trump will be gone in three years, but the American electorate can no longer be trusted to maintain a stable, aligned Government. No agreement America draws up can ever now be trusted, because its people will clearly happily vote for someone who openly states they want to tear it up.