President Donald Trump's United States of America

[Richard White]

Other than Epstein, what would you say about all the last Congressional votes makes you think there is a substantial number of rebel Republicans?
Right now there are people like Tom Tillis talking about standing up to him, but we have been here before. They talk big on TV before the vote, but once they are on the floor, they vote for his policy agenda.
These people are true believers in him. It will take a major electoral defeat to shake that.

The GOP are beholden to special interest groups. If their pocket books get hit or their backers are affected you can bet your ass they will dump him faster than you can say impeachment.

Talk is cheap but once it affects them personally, watch how quick things change.

 

[kEiThZ]

Yes, exactly. As long as other countries want to hold USD, they can borrow money and pay for that military forever. Or even a bigger one.

It's 3.5% of GDP. The entire US Intelligence Community (18 agencies + military affiliates) costs them 0.35% of GDP. They can pay for all that by raising taxes. It's not the massive colonial enterprise that all these youtube philosophers or conspiracy theorists make it out to be. The Americans have grown way too accustomed to running large deficits. And it would be massively politically unpopular and painful to balance the budget. But doing so wouldn't actually end the US. It would just end the party in power that did this.

By the way. Just difference in healthcare spending between Canada (13% of GDP) and the US (18% of GDP) would pay for their entire defence and intelligence budgets and close a chunk of the deficit. It would, of course, require them to adopt a public healthcare model though.....

 

[kEiThZ]

I don't agree with Orban and I am actually voting for the Tisza Party in the upcoming election.

I know that. But Orban and Hungary aren't the only problem. Just an example here. And all it takes one veto. The EU-Mercosur deal was just vetoed by Poland and Hungary. And somewhere between Poland, Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia and occasionally Italy there's always a veto against the common European interest.

 

[wopchop]

The GOP are beholden to special interest groups. If their pocket books get hit or their backers are affected you can bet your ass they will dump him faster than you can say impeachment.

Talk is cheap but once it affects them personally, watch how quick things change.

Right and so far he basically placed tariffs on the whole world, costing many companies a lot of money, and not much has changed. Has it?

It will affect these politicians personally if and when they lose a primary or an election.

 

[Mihairokov]

Trump is a symptom of the American system. Him being removed from office doesn't change the fact that the system allowed for him and will continue to allow for others like him. Without a major overhaul they will continue to democratically slide backwards.

 

[Richard White]

Just a thought.

If the US is demanding they be given Greenland, can Canada demand they be given Alaska for continuity?

 

[kEiThZ]

Just a thought.

If the US is demanding they be given Greenland, can Canada demand they be given Alaska for continuity?

Not continuity. You have to say it's for "National Security". That's the magic words.

 

[kEiThZ]

Trump is a symptom of the American system. Him being removed from office doesn't change the fact that the system allowed for him and will continue to allow for others like him. Without a major overhaul they will continue to democratically slide backwards.

"America isn't the way it is because he's president. He's president because America is the way it is." - David Cochrane on CBC.​

 

[Full Metal Junkie]

But as Trump gets more and more deranged, his endorsement is being seen as a kiss of death.

If Senators and Representatives think they are heading up Schitts Creek they will start to distance themselves from Trump.

All this talk of primary challengers and republicans waking up, seeing the light of day, and distancing themselves from Trump... I think you guys have a poor understanding of American public opinion of Trump, tbh.

Trump enjoys an ever-growing 89% (!!!) approval rating among republican voters according to the freshest polling:

Trump's approval rating hits three-month high with Republicans

Month-to-month polling suggests the president has continued to consolidate Republican support heading into 2026.

www.newsweek.com

Which republican congressman in their right mind would distance themselves from Trump when their cult leader is so popular? You say a word against Trump now or during the primaries - you'll get voted out faster than you can say 'bye-bye'.
And the general election? They may pander to so-called "independent" voters a bit (with Trump's blessing and implicit understanding that they don't mean it) and go back to pandering to their base and sucking up to Trump after the election.

 

[Full Metal Junkie]

And for the record, I don't believe for a second that republicans will suffer as big of a slaughter at the midterms as many people believe here. It's wishful thinking based of the media narrative biases from a single side of the political spectrum.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

An iconic photo of PresiConvictedFelon trump sitting alone and being ignored by real world leaders

 

[Cobra]

For those wondering why Carney speech infuriated Trump this much...

•Power resides where men believes it resides.
That's what Carney took a swing at

 

[Mihairokov]

"America isn't the way it is because he's president. He's president because America is the way it is." - David Cochrane on CBC.​

I quite like Cochrane but I didn't think he'd stoop to such a level as to paraphrase me.

 

[lenaitch]

All this talk of primary challengers and republicans waking up, seeing the light of day, and distancing themselves from Trump... I think you guys have a poor understanding of American public opinion of Trump, tbh.

Trump enjoys an ever-growing 89% (!!!) approval rating among republican voters according to the freshest polling:

Trump's approval rating hits three-month high with Republicans

Month-to-month polling suggests the president has continued to consolidate Republican support heading into 2026.

www.newsweek.com

Which republican congressman in their right mind would distance themselves from Trump when their cult leader is so popular? You say a word against Trump now or during the primaries - you'll get voted out faster than you can say 'bye-bye'.
And the general election? They may pander to so-called "independent" voters a bit (with Trump's blessing and implicit understanding that they don't mean it) and go back to pandering to their base and sucking up to Trump after the election.

The one thing observers have to remember is the American public - via their Electoral College system - directly elect the president. Certainly, party affiliation, fund-raising, seats in Congress, etc. are important, but the US voter, probably much like ours, don't really dwell on foreign affairs matters. Until such time as middle America starts losing its job, house or health, or simply can't afford to buy its Coors, I'm not convinced all the shenanigans about Epstein, Greenland and the country's reputation in world are going to amount to a lot. This is particularly true for the generationally dyed-in-the-wool Republicans.

 

[Mihairokov]

The one thing observers have to remember is the American public - via their Electoral College system - directly elect the president. Certainly, party affiliation, fund-raising, seats in Congress, etc. are important, but the US voter, probably much like ours, don't really dwell on foreign affairs matters. Until such time as middle America starts losing its job, house or health, or simply can't afford to buy its Coors, I'm not convinced all the shenanigans about Epstein, Greenland and the country's reputation in world are going to amount to a lot. This is particularly true for the generationally dyed-in-the-wool Republicans.

Supposedly Miami-Cubans are turning on the administration as their brothers and sisters are being detained and deported by ICE. That's a big bloc of voters that voted Trump last time out. I feel like this sort of death by a thousand cuts - Cubans in Miami, farmers in the Midwest - will do the GOP in, but the median American voter doesn't exactly vote rationally, much like our voters don't here, either.