He later said: “So, we need, I, I would really, I’m demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory because it is their territory, it’s the place from which they get their energy and they should come and they should help us protect it.”

Then came the line that quickly sparked reaction online:

“You could make the case that maybe we shouldn’t even be there at all because we don’t need it.”

It’s Iran’s terrority, and Iran is defending it after being attacked…

But I really think he’s getting pressure from Christian extremists to abandon Israel. Their endgame was always Israel getting wiped out by its neighbors to start Armageddon and rapture Christians.

If no one joins against Iran, trump will likely try to slink away and Bibi holding the bag.

And he threatened NATO, who by all his accounts “stood back from the front lines” When Article 5 was called during the bullshit second Gulf War. And now he DEMANDS they help. Sure buddy.

I just love the quote:

So, we need, I, I would really, I’m demanding…

He starts with needing help, starts to say he just really wants it, then pivota to demanding it.

The fact that he went thru those steps shows how much pressure he’s facing.

His two biggest wings of influence has been Israel and American christo-fascists, if they start pulling him in opposite ways, he can’t hold onto both.

He’s fucked, but so are the rest of us by extension. Hopefully just till midterms at least.

The thing is, as a foreigner, and speaking bluntly, this is on the entire American population, voting him in once was one thing, but not dealing with Jan 6 harshly under Bidens administration did nothing more than encourage them and their billionaire backers. IF there’s no false flag operation to cancel the midterms and IF presidential elections are held and the democrats get into power, you lot are going to have to overhaul your entire system to ensure another Trump doesn’t happen. And honestly speaking I can’t realistically see that happening.

The thing is, as a foreigner, and speaking bluntly, this is on the entire American population

No problem.

To put it bluntly I don’t expect Americans to understand our political system, so I’m not surprised when foreigners clearly don’t.

I just wish more would ask questions instead of sharing uninformed opinions as facts, but maga thinking isn’t reserved for Americans…

In the age of misinformation and people using influencers and podcasters as “news and information” it’s become the norm unfortunately. I tend to try and get as broad a view as possible and filter out the bullshit. And admittedly I don’t understand the PAC system or the electoral college, and I can’t condone lobbying as we’ve seen it’s detrimental effect on general rights to Americans as well as pushing policy. Again, these don’t affect us as foreigners, but they tend to push certain policies that end up with wider reaching effects.

or the electoral college

That’s the part that’s relevant…

Whether a state goes 51% of 100%, counts the same.

This leads to depressed turnout and obviously no elections being on “all Americans”. Most of our votes for president don’t matter because most states go one way or the other.

That’s rather f’ed up.

That’s not even the worst…

Our House of representatives is supposed to make up for it, but each rep represents over 20x the people they did when the country was founded.

The reason we lost so much representation, is the room they occasionally meet in would be too cramped if they kept adding chairs to it.

But just in general, it’s almost always best to blame political leaders for a government’s actions and not just blame every person living there.

Good and bad.