Hikuro93

The bar is now so low that you could even have a thief, a serial killer or a regular rapist of adults, and it still wouldn't top having a PDFile Rapist Nepo Baby megalomaniac with authoritarian and racist, genocidal tendencies.

Seriously, worse than him I'd think only the likes of Hitler. And there's still a lot of time and leeway for him to become worse than Mr. Funny Mustache in the history books, if allowed. Imagine surpassing the worst man in history by triggering mass nuclear destruction across the globe, ending billions of lives, and for what it'd likely be the pettiest of reasons from a small excuse for a human stain.

Well, I mean...Not for nothing, but Texas being one of the reddest states there is, and even being willing to double it down by heavily gerrymandering themselves for Trump worship, means that they did vote to serve their deep state and oligarch overlords. Which is quite ironic for the small government party. And that's coming from me, who believes in the potential of AI for humanity in the long-term, but only if used responsibly and not at the cost of people's quality of life to satisfy the corrupt elite.

But then again, irony is in their DNA, starting with all their preaching about "keeping kids safe". Speaking of which, Trump files where? I need to check if Epstein's name comes up in those.

Yeah, that's the saving grace of the UK deal, it's that it was very visibly a deal just to keep appearances of cooperation and buy time. And the terms of the deal (especially the import of US meats/poultry) indicated this.

Now this with the EU, with the military spending and energy, I'm way more concerned since those are big sensitive areas where the EU is in a very disadvantageous position and might very well cave in all the way with enough pressure, especially when we bring Russia's energy stuff into the mix.

Of course it was, since he successfully managed to break EU into a deal unfavorable to itself. Especially on the military part.

And because this has way more implications than "EU bends the knee", since the EU is one of the biggest trading blocs in the world, which now gives Trump way more leverage in bullying other partners.

What happened to standing with Canada, UK, Mexico, and so on? What about all the bravado and strong worded letters? Where's the action to go along with all that talk?

I really hope EU long term keeps doing the work to be an independent power, otherwise just like now it won't have anyone else to blame for being susceptible to pressure from outside.

Ashamed to call myself European today, for how easily we caved in. And hopefully new, more reliant leadership comes soon.

Yeah, that's my one hope, to be honest.

I understand needing them for now, because there's kind of change needed is just that huge. But I hope we actively put in the work to break away from this dependence long term.

Ashamed to be European today. For all the tough talk and strong worded letters we really can't blame anyone else about being so dependent on other forces when we capitulate so easily to these thugs.

For all the talk about holding the line with other allies such as Canada, who are much closer and keeping their elbows up, this is truly disgraceful. Plus with all the far right influence popping up all over the west at the same time, which isn't a coincidence.

Besides, with the way the US is going, Trump or not, how long until this deal is null and void by them?

This, most of all. While Trump's main argument is 'if these files could harm me/us Biden/democrats would have already released them'.

Maybe. Or maybe they don't want to take you down bad enough that they get dragged along. Seems like a way more plausible scenario to me.

That's the thing with corruption - once your hands get dirty you lose the ability to judge others for having dirty hands. And wherever one looks all they see is dirty hands or hands buried in the pockets.

The whole system is compromised.

Do it. But not really. Unless you want to.

Oh my. Many would do it for free, but with this much incentive perhaps someone more "skilled" might want to get some skin in the game and expedite results.

Under other circumstances I'd find this kind of effort deplorable, but oh well. I'll label it balance/Newton's 3rd Law and call it a day. When you have these elephants dancing around with billions of lives there tends to be a push back of some kind, sooner or later.

Even if not now, with this specific effort, someday the bill will have to come due to those involved. Just like Hitler managed to get pretty far in his quest to spread suffering but eventually got his comeuppance. A marathon, not a race, as they say.

Been saying it for years. Sadly there are too many at the bottom mesmerized by the elite propaganda telling them "you can also be like me, if you work hard", as if they earned billions that way without any dirty tactics along the way, and despite even with success still needing such tactics to take more and more.

Kudos to you. I don't drink, but I may do my own version of this, and more people should too.

To these so-called "great leaders" who want to leave their idea of a great legacy even if they have to set the world on fire for their ego, few things are more powerful than that ever-present thought that can never go away from the back of their minds:

• "Somewhere there's these many 'insignificant' people just patiently waiting to pop the cork when I bite the dust, and I'll be dead and they'll be celebrating it."

Try as they may to ignore it, their ego will never let it go. And that's good. Let them know in their core that their legacy won't be what they want it to be.

What was he gonna say?

"Oh yes, yes. Mr. Garcia enjoyed the finest torture available in El Salvador, courtesy of me - the self-proclaimed world's best dictator. Everyone's welcome, we have great torturing facilities and the best staff for you and your loved ones. 💝"