Alright, so Iāve been seeing these videos floating around where people are legitimately surprised by things Donald Trump has doneāthings he actually promised to do during his campaigns. The common thread in all of these reactions is something like, āWell, he said heād do it, but I didnāt think heād actually go through with it!ā
And hereās the thing: if someone votes for a politician who doesnāt follow through on their promises, isnāt that kinda bad? Like, wouldnāt you want the person you voted for to keep their word? So why is this a thing now? Is this just people messing around and trolling, or did they genuinely think Trump wasnāt going to do what he said heād do?
I mean, maybe itās because of how unpredictable Trump was during his presidency. He had a habit of saying things one way but then doing the opposite, which couldāve made some people doubt whether heād actually follow through on his big promises. But now that he is following through on some of those things, it seems like people are genuinely caught off guard.
So hereās what Iām wondering: is this something to celebrate? Like, is it a good thing that people didnāt think Trump would keep his word? Or is it just another example of how the political landscape has changed in ways no one expected?
Most of what trump was on about sounded so ridiculous, his base just wrote it off as ārattling the libsā. Dems wrote him off as ātheres no way an idiot like this would get electedā, twice. Both got surprised in their own way.
Most of my dem circle knew what was coming.
My fam is still freaking out at the small shit. He hired this person, he fired that person while the more sweeping horrors are almost passing over them without notice.
Iām like Focus! Compartmentalize! I donāt care that they replaced the head of the FBI and fired all the generals, that was a given. Watch what he does with those seats. Watch what Russia does. Weāre under new ownership and the call is NOT coming from inside the house.
Iām not so worried about his people - theyre just the distraction. But some of the policy changes are,.wow.
Any idea what could happen once the tipping point is reached? I mean, how likely is it that the houses of representatives flip on their current stance?
We are an oligarchy now. You canāt just change out the head of the organization and fix that. The vast majority of Congress is owned by corporate greed.
The only change thatās going to work is going to be big ugly nasty change.
Hopefully it never comes to that. That line from interstellar. Brrrā¦
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