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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 126 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

So how does that work since he's turned the US into a third world country?

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 61 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Nobody in or out. North Korea style.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 46 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

They're certainly trying to trap all trans people inside for some reason. I say this as a trans citizen who fled and is still getting fucked over by their passport policies.

[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 18 points 11 hours ago

for the same reason the Jews had a hard time fleeing Germany.

All that being said I'm very happy for you that you were able to get out. Good luck I'm hoping the best for you.

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[–] _chris@lemmy.world 64 points 17 hours ago

Clearly that was one of the goals

[–] Fit_Series_573@lemmy.world 63 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

But we are a third world country… Last month there were churches all over the world raising money to help feed American children while our government was shut down and couldn’t help cover subsidies for food.

Make it make sense 🤡🌎

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 33 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Third world means "brown people country" to him, that's how it makes sense for them. Almost every question about why this administration does or says anything can be answered with "racism" or "pedofilia".

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

"third world" is an outdated Cold War term that referred to countries that weren't aligned with either the US or USSR.

It's loosely bandied about these days to indicate an undeveloped country. Out of the developed countries, the US cares the least about its citizens. But anyone who thinks it isn't a developed country hasn't been to undeveloped one.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

As someone who was born and raised in an undeveloped country, and also has been to Europe, the US, Africa, Asia and all over Latin America. US ain't all that.

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[–] watson@lemmy.world 58 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (3 children)

Does he even have that power? I feel that’s a very important question that no one is asking.

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 42 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Per all his bullshit. He can get a little done until the courts stop him, then endless legal battles. He has no real policy and it all can be erased by the next admin.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 16 points 12 hours ago

Then he can keep doing it even if the court blocks it because "defies court order" is the most common phrase proceeding "Trump DOJ".

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 12 points 16 hours ago

In the same way that I can resume making a desk that i began carving 3 years ago, after running my wood chipper continuously for the last 3 years, destroying all of my lumber. It’s not just building the table, it’s finding new sources for materials, motivation, resetting tools, remembering plans. He’s loaded president 48 with labors. None of them Herculean but all of them frustrating and time consuming.

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 19 points 16 hours ago (6 children)

It's a question that doesn't matter, since he doesn't give a shit and nobody is stopping him.

[–] watson@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

That doesn’t make the question any less important, it just makes the rest of us all the worst for ignoring it

And that is why he gets away with it

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[–] Catma@lemmy.world 11 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Who is going to stop him? Congress aint doing shit. Maybe the courts will rule against them but who is going to enforce the ruling?

[–] grindemup@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

The people. Time to rise up, no?

[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 hours ago

Can't, got work on Monday

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[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 44 points 17 hours ago (3 children)
[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 25 points 14 hours ago

The former CIA asset who was just recently granted asylum? Yeah, it’s a false flag.

[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 14 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Of course it was. Just like all previous attempts to get the American people angry enough to revolt. They'll keep doing it until they have enough justification to issue complete nation wide martial law. The end goal here is to get the country to the point where the administration and republican party decides that holding elections are "unsafe" until "all this blows over" thus granting the cheeto a third term. It's about solidify power for the next several decades.

Someone read the Watchmen and took it as a playbook.

[–] manxu@piefed.social 5 points 10 hours ago

That would certainly explain why the administration leaned so heavily on Zelenskyy to allow for elections. It wasn't (only?) because Putin told them to, but also because the obvious refusal would serve as later explanation for the potential indefinite delay in voting in America.

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[–] Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca 35 points 12 hours ago (9 children)

Does this whole scenario seem sus to anyone else? There was NOTHING about this on Wednesday and by the time I saw reporting on Thursday they'd already resolved thr situation, somehow captured the guy without killing him (he's got the wrong skin colour to be captured alive), and spun the whole thing into their typical escalation of anti-immigrant rhetoric.

Am I slow in hearing about this, or did they work with this formar governmental collaborator? Seems like a false flag?

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 22 points 11 hours ago

Sadly everything that’s happening during this administration is highly questionable, even if it’s 100% legit it will always come with a shitload of questions.

[–] tym@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

that or manchurian candidate patsy

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[–] SkibidiSigmaRizzler@feddit.org 35 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

'Permanently Pause' seems like a oxymoron

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 11 points 8 hours ago

Yeah that would be ending it, stopping it, banning it. Permanently pause is weasel language that they like to complain about.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

nah, they're a full moron

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 31 points 17 hours ago

Including South africa?

[–] thewebroach@lemmy.world 31 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I kind of wonder if the shooting was planned when looking at the facts

  • shooter background was an Afghan CIA operative
  • shooter was vetted and given asylum by Trump administration in April 2025
  • months ago Trump deployed National Guard to DC without justification citing "crime", despite crime rates dropping
  • a week ago, a judge ruled the National Guards deployment in DC was unlawful and he lacked authority or cause for it
  • two days ago, operative shoots 2 guardsmen not far from white house and immediately surrenders
  • Trump and Hegseth immediately respond saying not only are the national guards presence there legitimate and justified, but they are activating 500 more to head to DC

Curious.

[–] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 hours ago

Don’t forget that less than 24 hours earlier there were the reports about potentially firing kash.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 19 points 16 hours ago

Shit...

Hole....

Country....

[–] ISuperabound@lemmy.world 18 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Should be noted that his justification is a lunatic the CIA hired and then brought back from Afghanistan.

[–] CptOblivius@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

Should be noted this is a lunatic brought back from Afghanistan, who Trump threatened to vet refugees from before the attack. If returned back to Afghanistan now would likely be put to death. That adds a lot of fear into these people. And life and death level of fear is dangerous.

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

permanent

pause

Pick one.

Does he even know what words mean?

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[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago

United Whites of America strikes again

[–] SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 9 points 7 hours ago

Oh, so its the Muslin Ban: Part 2

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

He should stop migration from every single Red Oblast in the USA, they're all beyond 3rd World.

[–] aarRJaay@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

Aren't some of these people needing to come in became 'Merica bombed the crap out of their country?

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

Coz that makes sense

[–] Wubwub@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 hours ago

I am getting whiplash from how quickly this man contradicts his own statements

[–] EgoNo4@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

The problrm couldn't possibly be the fact that in the US you can buy guns at Wal-Mart...

[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 hours ago

Anyone can say "permanently".

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