Randahl Fink

Picture 1: Zelenskyy arrives in Washington. No American reception, no red carpet, Trump is not present.

Picture 2: If only he had been a Russian dictator, Trump would have been standing on the red carpet, waiting for him, like when Putin came to Alaska.

The American people deserve a western leader.

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Show threadRenéDec 29
@randahl typical, he ones called #zelensky also a dictator 🤷🏻‍♂️
Show threadEnrique Comba Riepenhausen🇺🇦Dec 29
@randahl it’s so disrespectful and disgusting
Show threadRobert BergerDec 29
@randahl
#FckTrmp
#FckMAGA
The orange colored Russian Asset in the White House needs to be put into jail.
His suporters too.
Show thread^[[200~MichaelDec 29
@randahl Who is welcoming him, Lips Leavitt?
Show threadJoe GANIO-MEGODec 29
@mnf @randahl He is welcomed by Ambassador Olga Stefanishyna.
Show thread^[[200~MichaelDec 29
@joeganiomego @randahl Now that makes sense, he seems happy to see her, thank you.
Show threadembedding-shapesDec 29
@randahl "The American people deserve a western leader." Do they? Seems like democracy disagree with you, and Americans got exactly who they deserve.
Show threadLeelooDec 29

@embedding_shapes @randahl
"Democracy".

A two party system doesn't have much in common with a democracy. A two party system with two far right parties, even less.

And a two party system where one party insists on losing is no democracy at all.

Show threadembedding-shapesDec 29
@leeloo @randahl surprisingly, there is more ways of doing "democracy" than just one or two different ones, and they're all as "much democracy" as the other.
Show threadLeelooDec 29

@embedding_shapes @randahl
They are not.

There is a scale all the way from a single candidate (e.g. North Korea) to enough options that every voter can find someone to vote for. And on that scale, two far right parties, one of which insists on losing is closer to a single candidate than to a free choice.

Show threadembedding-shapesDec 30

@leeloo @randahl

> There is a scale all the way from a single candidate

I was talking about democracy, you're clearly talking about something else if there is only a single candidate.

Show threadLeelooDec 30
@embedding_shapes
You were the one claiming that every way of doing "democracy" is equally valid.
Show threadembedding-shapesDec 30
@leeloo Indeed, are you implying there is a contradiction here somewhere?
Show threadLeelooDec 31
@embedding_shapes
I'm trying to tell you which argument was your own, but it's clearly easier to block you.
Show threadJason Bellew,💻🤠🏳️‍🌈🐻‍❄️🖖🏻Dec 29

@randahl I don't think the United States deserve a great leader. Almost half chose this. Really look not at precedent but at the founders you find that history leads here; it has always been about money.

This becomes less and less unlikely and more likely to have happened.

The founding fathers fought against, and FOR this. History shows us Rich people don't want Kings unless it's theirs. In Trump they found the one they want. Yes, he's a moron but aren't all fascists and rich people? (1/2)

Show threadJason Bellew,💻🤠🏳️‍🌈🐻‍❄️🖖🏻Dec 29

@randahl The aberrations: fighting for equality across ethnicity, and incomes. How the US ended up creating great leaders, who couldn't stop from being racist/elitist is fascinating and shows they weren't so great.

The founding of the US is about the money. The rich don't want educated citizens, as the founders may have wanted; so the US is now getting mediocrity.

Even the rich people aren't well educated. They just know how to manipulate the system for money. (2/2)

Show threadDreyDec 29
@jasonb @randahl - Absolutely
Show threadDreyDec 29
@jasonb @randahl - Absolutely
Show threadDreyDec 29
@jasonb @randahl - Absolutely; rich people are Mamas Boys.
Show threadKerplunkDec 29

@randahl
No red carpet for Selensky, a Leader not a disgusting criminal shitbag in a suit like trump.,

But
grave risk both while travelling to and from usa also while in that disgusting failed state.

He is between trumps criminal gang of putin puppets and billions of dollars to be made from stealing and exploiting large he areas of Ukranian territory.

All the while trump in in close cooperation with his revered leader and adviser pootin.

Show threadDreyDec 29
@Kerplunk @randahl - true
Show threadxs4me2Dec 29

@randahl

Trump is a lover of dictators, he wants to be one…

Show threadInc Hulk 🧪Dec 29
@randahl About 30% of USA voters decided the Orange liar/criminal would be their President.
Funnily enough, about 30% of German voters decided that Adolph should be their leader, some years ago.
Show threadPatrick Loftus 🖖Dec 29

@randahl We, unfortunately, are getting exactly what was voted for.

I’d like to believe humans deserve great leaders; which I would not define or limit as Western.

Show threadDMTomDec 30
@pwloftus @randahl yip, came to say the same - american people deserve this. they voted for him - for the second time. It was not an accident that fell on the shoulders of this great nation - it is a self inflicted wound(s). They were not deceived - the orange man said exactly what he will do and half of Americans said - fuckyea! you have my vote… they deserve every second of this circus.
Show threadPatrick Loftus 🖖Dec 30

@DMTomas @randahl I agree not deceived.

Deliberately undereducated, misinformed, under-informed, and distracted.

Individually many choosing willful ignorance or ‘doing their own research’.

I think Carl Sagan states it quite well:

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/632474-i-have-a-foreboding-of-an-america-in-my-children-s

A quote from The Demon-Haunted World

I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time -- when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly al...

Show threadBarry Cook 🇨🇦Dec 29
@randahl - well, the US is currently a puppet regime of Putin's and is only putting forward terms that serve Russia, not Ukraine.
And maybe I should take out the word 'currently' - as past US governments did not honour agreements in the 1994 Budapest Memorandum. To protect Ukraine against aggression. Didn't happen in Crimea. Didn't happen 4 years ago.
#US #Trump #Putin #Ukraine #BudapestMemorandum
Show threadNicole ParsonsDec 29

@randahl

America deserves a democracy.

Instead its got a fossil fuel funded fascist state.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/koch-network-2024-election-trump.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/27/koch-americans-for-prosperity-trump-tax-breaks

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/guardian-koch-trump-tax-cuts-extension/

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/20/charles-koch-anti-tax-groups-harden-gops-tough-shutdown-stance/86798757007/

Koch Political Operation Spent Nearly $550 Million During 2024 Cycle

The huge sum shows that while the Koch network may not hold significant power at high levels of the Republican Party, it remains a financial juggernaut.

The New York Times
Show threadJimDec 29
@randahl
More pathetic behavior from Trump and his goons. He should have trolled Trump by wearing a giant gold medallion
Show threadBill Of Earth42Dec 29
@randahl I will say it again: President Zelensky is the Leader of the Free World.
Show threadBarbara MonacoDec 29
@randahl A word that comes to mind is "shameful". Also "disgraceful" and "inexcusable".
Show threadKen Walker Dec 30
@randahl "Need" may be more accurate than 'deserve" given American voting history.