Ian DuntYou can still be shocked can't you, even after years of this shit. That sentence chilled me to my bones. To see an American president say that. To see him boast about it.
Maybe he'll do it. Maybe he won't. He is an insane old man motivated only by hate and bitterness. His intellect leaves him constantly defeated but his emotions are too primitive to handle that defeat without escalation. Who knows.
Anyone who contributed to this event - the politicians and journalists who normalised him or submitted to his narratives, around the world - should hang their fucking heads in shame. They've put us in the most dangerous geopolitical situation for a generation and left a people at risk of genocide.
IanMoore3000@iandunt.bsky.social I would also blame the voters who put him in the top job despite knowing what he was like from the previous time he held it. Fuck them all.
Nichol Brummer@IanMoore3000 @iandunt.bsky.social .. and those that skipped voting because they didn't quite like the alternative enough..
A direct presidential election is inherently problematic .. but via a ranked choice election it could be a lot better