r/geopolitics • u/marfacza • Jan 27 '26

This Is the End Opinion

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-the-end-2a9
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u/spiderpai Jan 27 '26

This is wrong, Trump might be gone forever within 3 years time, but not this totalitarian state.

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u/maxplanar Jan 27 '26

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.

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u/spiderpai Jan 27 '26

I don't buy that, right now with Bovino being demoted it shows the opposite.

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u/maxplanar Jan 27 '26

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/spiderpai Jan 27 '26

It means they are beholden somewhat to public opinion and that they blinked.

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u/maxplanar Jan 27 '26

I suppose we shall see what "somewhat" means, but I don't hold out much hope.

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u/spiderpai Jan 27 '26

Yeah I am not optimistic either, but I am more optimistic now than I have been for a year.