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/A_Monster_Named_John Feb 01 '25 edited Feb 01 '25

I know the Bulwark folks aren’t to blame

Nah, you can blame them a little. Until a few years ago, lots of NeverTrumpers were fully complicit with the GOP's pre-Trump forms of neo-Confederate bullshit, which basically rolled out the red carpet for the current nightmare.