Imagine if in 1944, President Roosevelt had sat down at his desk to write and congratulate Hitler and express his commitment to the success of Nazi Germany.

This US administration is killing the American brand faster than a forrest fire consumes dried-out pine trees in August.

Dear Americans, get rid of your turncoat government.

Source: https://www.state.gov/releases/2025/06/russia-national-day/

@randahl It's certainly a shabby display, from a regime that's known for that, but your analogy is hyperbolic and inappropriate. We are not in a state of war with Russia. The situation is not even slightly comparable to the US-NSDAP situation of 1944.

The problem, too, is not our government. It is we ourselves. We elected these people. WE are to blame for their actions. What we need to "get rid" of is the cancer within ourselves, the body politic.

@wesdym I disagree with your statement “we are not in a state of war with Russia”.

Here in Scandinavia, our sea cables are being sabotaged by Russia. So are our undersea radars. In Germany, Russia has tried to kill the leader of a military company. In the Czech Republic, Russia has blown up weapons depots, and we have seen internet cable sabotage in France, while a civilian has been murdered by Russia in Spain.

Meanwhile, EU's ascension country Ukraine is being bombed every single day.

@randahl @wesdym America may not be at war with Russia but Russia is certainly at war with the American people. We're losing that war, badly.

@crazyeddie We're not in a kinetic war with each other, never mind the largest one either of us has ever fought. That's what makes this analogy absurd.

The problem is, this is the kind of talk that ends up getting used against us, very successfully. We should avoid it.

@wesdym @crazyeddie Some wars can be won without a shot being fired. The contention about the US brand being set fire to is entirely accurate.
@samueljohnson @wesdym The brand isn't *actually* on fire though. That's just a metaphor. :p
@crazyeddie @wesdym Right, there will be no tangible results at all. 🙄