Trump says he will nominate Matt Gaetz to be his attorney general
Trump says he will nominate Matt Gaetz to be his attorney general
We are in the dumbest possible timeline.
I'm sorry, but, as a group, Americans have got to be the dumbest bunch out there. You elected Trump and you get Matt Gaetz as the AG. Lol. I hope you learn from all this. Not holding my breath.
No one will learn from this. I have spent my adult life fighting this brand of stupid here in Texas and you can see how that's going. Nope, we will keep blaming others for the puddle of piss we wake up in every morning even though we sleep alone.
It's not about smart versus dumb, it's even simpler than that. The majority of Americans don't have the time to stay up to date on events and politics. They're too busy working dead end jobs with stagnant wages living paycheck to paycheck worrying about everything else.
Then, the little bit of politics they see here and there comprises one party saying "things are bad, we'll fix it" (never explaining what that means and never intending to follow through) while the other party saying "it's not that bad actually" (which is technically true, in context).
So if you're living paycheck to paycheck, maybe working multiple jobs to get by, with no visible career opportunities and maybe getting an annual raise just below inflation, being told "it's not that bad" is a slap in the face, even if it really isn't in comparison to where it could be.
Look at the actual number of votes, Trump didn't actually get any more popular, 14 Million Dem voters just didn't vote this time. All the Dem talked about was how bad Trump would be, and that it wasn't that bad. They didn't say they would try to make it better.
I'm sorry but I just don't buy that. They don't have time to talk to anyone who's actually paying attention? They can't take ten minutes over the course of several months (for Harris) or years (for Trump) to listen to the candidates speak and see which one can speak in coherent sentences?
No, they're just too stubborn to listen to anyone who tells them anything other than what they want to hear. Or too racist to vote for a Black person, too sexist to vote for a woman, too brainwashed to ever vote for a Democrat, etc.
The venn diagram of those of us who can learn from this and those of us who voted for Trump is two distinct circles.
Americans have got to be the dumbest bunch out there.
Of the countries that score above a 0.9 on the human development index, the US is definitely among the stupidest, if not the stupidest. But, that's kind of misleading. The US shouldn't be compared to places like Switzerland or Norway, nations that have populations of less than 10 million. The US is more comparable to the EU as a whole. We should be seen as a union of nations rather than a single nation, and like the EU we have some states that are much more developed than others.
So, we're not one "bunch" of people, anymore than Europe is one "bunch" of people.
The EU is nothing like the US. The EU is made of individual, sovereign nations with each their own language and culture and political system and laws and regulations. Most of these countries have very little in common except the fact that they happen to be on the same continent. The only thing that keeps them from being at war with each other is trade. And that's where the EU comes in.
As an American, I think you're spot on. I keep thinking how America is portrayed in the series "Years and Years" might happen this time around.
Documentary.
Our brand, coming to a town near you, unfortunately.
Don't be sorry.
Shouldn't this dude be in prison for sex trafficking?
And sex with a minor.
and my axe!
Milquetoast would never! It's too political
On a random note, not sure how many Monkey Island fans there are around here, but I can't see Matt Gaetz without seeing Stan the used boat salesman.
How dare you compare that iconic character to Gaetz. Ugh.
I know! I hate myself for it but I can't unsee it. I think it's the chin that does it for me. That and the sleaziness...
Rape was back on the table when Trump was elected.
This puts child rape back.
Turns out trump actually is smarter than Biden... He picked an AG that will do what he wants.
That or Biden knew that appointing Garland would lead to a wasted four years and American voters turning their back on his party.
I just wish trump was dumb enough to "reach across the aisle" as much as Joe did.