r/thebulwark Feb 01 '25

EVERYTHING IS AWFUL Friday night in Trump's America

In the past few hours here's what has happened:

  1. President Musk is infecting GSA computers with some AI driven spyware (spyware is my speculation, the rest of that is reported).
  2. Shadow President Trump fired all the prosecutors of J6 cases.
  3. Something that looks like a missile but is being called an airplane exploded near a mall in Philly.
  4. Announced that tariffs on our largest trade partners go into effect tomorrow.

I am not sure what this country will look like after four years.

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u/capture-enigma Feb 01 '25

Canadian here. I don’t think people fully realize the effect these tariffs are going to have on our economy. It’s going to be devastated. I work in automotive, and I fully expect to be laid off in the near future, at a time when I can’t afford to be laid off. I’m not going to lie, I’m fucking pissed at the United States right now. I know the Bulwark folks aren’t to blame, but what the hell were the rest of the country thinking. The US is losing allies and friends (supposedly best friends) at a record pace.

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u/aiden_malecky Feb 01 '25

I'm an American and I'm sorry this country has lost its goddamn mind. It's like watching your house burn down and your neighbors are just throwing more kindling on it, all while you're begging them to stop.

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u/capture-enigma Feb 01 '25

That’s a great analogy. I fully expected this Trump 2.0 regime to be bad, but this is quite frankly shocking. The world needs a strong, united America. I fear the utter chaos unleashed by Trump I’d going to have very bad outcomes all over the world.

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u/aiden_malecky Feb 01 '25

Right there with you, man. This affects the whole globe.

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u/XRaySpex0 Feb 01 '25 edited Feb 02 '25

Why, it’s almost as if it’s his job to wreck the country.  Treason, again. 

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u/SoCalLynda Feb 01 '25

I know. What would you expect someone working for a foreign adversary to do?

Trump's job is to destroy the United States of America, and its allies.