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I think the US will come back quickly to its

Posted on August 14, 2026 at 02:27:25 PM by jhamm (edited August 14, 2026 at 02:29:15 PM)

former position as world leader. We just have to flush all of the fascist and MAGAt turds down the drain.

As HCR has pointed out previous times in its history when US has periods like this it ushers in a progressive period. The one after the Republican Great Depression was a pretty good run into the 1970’s. Yes, please.

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The thing about Trump, and the US now more generally, is how can you negotiate or enter into agreements with a country that is so fickle and mercurial? - By Alpo August 14, 2026 at 02:04:21 PM
- As far as Canada goes I'd say it's comparable to a spouse having an affair, the trust will never again be 100%* - By Connollywasthere August 14, 2026 at 08:12:19 PM
- We are all on the decoy plane* - By Cincywolve August 14, 2026 at 03:16:39 PM
  - Indeed we are, lol.* - By Ev August 14, 2026 at 03:29:30 PM
- "we cannot leave the security of Europe in the hands of voters in Wisconsin every 4 years" * - By BlueMoose1 August 14, 2026 at 03:07:27 PM
- Trump has altered the landscape of world politics forever. The US will no longer be the preeminent nation on earth... ... - By FleetwoodDiner August 14, 2026 at 02:55:28 PM
  - Addendum, that begs the question of who will take our place... - By FleetwoodDiner August 14, 2026 at 03:17:57 PM
    - "Europe" doesn't want the responsibility or the expense. In the absence of American leadership the vacuum will be filled by China. BUt we are still a long way from that.* - By Alpo August 14, 2026 at 03:30:18 PM
- I think the US will come back quickly to its - By jhamm August 14, 2026 at 02:27:25 PM
- This was known in 2016 when Trump tore the nuclear deal with Iran.* - By crumbs August 14, 2026 at 02:27:25 PM
- And that credibility isn’t just going to immediately return… - By Craig August 14, 2026 at 02:21:20 PM
  - Exactly. It’s the same dynamic as regaining someone’s trust after violating it repeatedly, or rebuilding a solid GPA, credit score, or physically healthy body after tossing it into the shitter, except on the macro geopolitical level.* - By LKLIII August 14, 2026 at 02:27:45 PM
    - Or reconciling with a domestic abuser*** - By Cincywolve August 14, 2026 at 03:42:46 PM
- That’s absolutely right. Broader view; how can you negotiate with a country that could elect a guy like that? - By brick August 14, 2026 at 02:08:50 PM
  - We're done as superpower. It'll take a little while, but if AI doesn't wipe us out first, we've begun a slow steady decline that can never be reverse post-Trump* - By Poster P August 14, 2026 at 02:25:24 PM
  - I remember saying to my parents on election night 2024: this says a lot about our country, none of it good.* - By Bender August 14, 2026 at 02:19:17 PM
  - I mean *he* negotiated the USMCA! It was the greatest deal ever! Seven years later he basically incinerates it and says it was terrible! It's bonkers.* - By Alpo August 14, 2026 at 02:17:32 PM
    - That’s right. It wasn’t President Data Nerd, it was Trump himself. And he bashed the USMCA in the 2024 campaign - By brick August 14, 2026 at 02:27:51 PM
  - This is the real problem - US is a broken country* - By syrfan August 14, 2026 at 02:10:14 PM
    - "How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." ~Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises.* - By LKLIII August 14, 2026 at 02:15:21 PM
      - Easily and frequently. - Trump* - By jjwalker August 14, 2026 at 02:18:34 PM
        
        LOL.* - By LKLIII August 14, 2026 at 02:24:19 PM
      - Or, put a different way:(m)(image) - By LKLIII August 14, 2026 at 02:18:11 PM
- Trump has ended the US as a great nation* - By Rich August 14, 2026 at 02:06:56 PM

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