Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by stickfigure on Saturday January 03, 2026 @02:37PM
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There's Option 3: Trump built a campaign on lies, a significant minority of the American public were gullible enough to believe him, and many of those people regret it.
Option 3 is consistent with national polls. This fact is not flattering to the American public, but it's also not damning. Unfortunately, our electoral system has a slow cycle rate so we're stuck with the consequences for a while.
Assuming you are European, I can only offer these small words of consolation: I feel confident that a significant factor Trump's plummeting approval ratings is his anti-Europe and pro-Russian rhetoric. Everyone was pretty aghast when Trump declared the new public enemies (Canada and Greenland) on his first day in office.
Americans generally have very positive feelings towards Europe. We all just need to make it through the next three years.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by mensetmanusman on Saturday January 03, 2026 @08:06PM
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But #1 is so poorly framed, you would think it would be written by someone who only knows America via the corporate media.
The thing is, from the perspective of a foreigner, there are kinda two options:
1. Trump won fair and square, because Americans like him. They support his policies - like "threaten your close allies", "foreigners aren't welcome in America" and "foreign trade isn't welcome in America" - because the average American doesn't much like foreigners (like you).
2. That isn't the case.
From the perspective of such foreigners, 2 is actually seen as assuming more good faith, on the part of Americans, than 1.