Crosspost from https://lemmy.ml/post/46137934
Well obviously, he’s the embodiment of America. They elected him. Twice.
they keep blaming russia for that one
100%
“bBuT I dIdN’T vOtE fOr hIm” - every American I ever spoke with.
…after bitching for four years that every Russian is complicit in Putin’s actions, because any single Russian didn’t bother to john-wick Putin out of his position as the head of the mafia.
Hell, he only got the popular vote once.
Do you not understand that in America, people will still get elected regardless of whether or not the entire population voted for him?
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This is all fine except I would say that the problem with him dodging the Vietnam draft was not cowardice, but being a hypocrite in that he’s a warmonger in office.
Why not both? He’s a coward and a hypocrite. Everything about the man is fake, a gold-painted edifice to hide the rot beneath. I remember him from the 80s as a joke, a real-life satire of “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous”, as he sleazed his way around Atlantic City. He was rather constantly in the news because he was always bankrupting another casino or marrying or divorcing another trophy wife. It felt like he was a twisted reflection of the Reagan-era obsession with entrepreneurship and success. If it weren’t for The Apprentice, that’s how everyone would remember him. Instead, his infamy got rehabilitated as the big boss who says “you’re fired!”, but it’s all an act. He was playing a scripted reality-TV tough guy.
But in real life? He’s the world’s smallest man. Cowardice might be his defining character trait. He’s afraid to confront anyone unless it’s behind a shield of depersonalization. He fired multiple people in his first term via tweet. Hell, look at the way he insulted Mayor Mamdani online, and how he fawned over him in person. He lashes out at anyone who challenges him on anything, demeaning and dehumanizing them, because he is terrified of looking weak. That’s his entire personality.
Because dodging the Vietnam draft was a morally correct choice. If they were to institute a draft today to go fight Iran I wouldn’t hold it against anyone dodging that, either. We aren’t talking wars of defence, here.
That’s not why he dodged.
That doesn’t matter. Dodging the draft for a war of imperialism is good even if not participating in imperialism isn’t your driving motivation.
I can’t really disagree. And maybe if people start posting that, tagging #ComradeTrump… 🤔
And I’m definitely not saying we need to cherish this guy for doing something that was incidentally good. Just that we should hate him for the many, many bad things he’s done.
I get you, 100%. And I don’t hate him. I do think he needs and has needed institutional care, intensive therapy, and medications, maybe for the rest of his life, though, along with intensive education without a Western bent.
