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  • FuzzChef@feddit.org
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    3 hours ago

    But I thought the Russian-Ukrainian war was supposed to start ww3 like years ago.

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      2 hours ago

      Any war that involves NATO (proxy wars included, ofc) could possibly escalate into WW3 nowadays because regional powers have gained greater power to fight back. Maybe that’s why the fears today are a bit more warranted? Idk.

  • Kindness is Punk@lemmy.ca
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    10 hours ago

    I mean anyone who took the incoherent ramblings of Trump as anything of value at this point brought it on themselves.

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      The saddest thing is, a lot of those who voted for Trump did think his incoherent ramblings were harmless. How many people went shocked Pikachu face when they learned Trump actually put in tariffs? Or that heard his “dictator for a day” comments and brushed it off?

      Somehow, a lot of people 1) heard Trump’s ramblings, 2) assumed he was lying, and 3) they still voted for him, even while believing he was full of shit.

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        I know it’s probably not you. But I don’t understand how people can even step over 2. Who wants a president that lies more often than speaks the truth? Even if you think the lies are harmless, how would you ever trust such president? The reasoning doesn’t add up, because I don’t think reasoning was involved. Voting for far right is usually an emotional choice, not a logical one.

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          You’re absolutely right. How anyone can accept he’s a liar and still believe him is baffling to me, as well.

          I’m just glad I picked this username.

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      10 hours ago

      In fairness, the real problem is that they maintained that everything is fine, actually the economy is fine from my numbers, now everyone remember not to vote for the insurrectionist felon we did nothing about for 4 years

      They could not be more half assed and milquetoast. They were so busy trying not to make any enemies that they totally failed to meet the moment

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    10 hours ago

    Still waiting for the $5000 promised to me in February so I can invest it all in crypto and be a billionaire by the summer, any day now…

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    Don’t worry, WW3 has been brewing for a while now. And so has a civil war in the U.S.

    Hes just trying to speedrun the ending. So we can pick up the pieces and get back to normal. Honestly, its a big brain move by a very stable genius if you ask me.

    All he wants is for the U.S. to be great again.

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    8 hours ago

    Actually of all of those promises I believe inflation is holding steady and pretty low around 2.6% through Trump’s term so far. But it’s a trend that’s been going since July 2024, so pretty much just a continuation of the prior state of the economy?

    Either way its surprising given all the fluctuations and instability of the markets with Trump’s tarrif threats / inceptions / backdowns - I dunno, I’m not a market guy but the market guys in media don’t seem to have an explanation.

    I’d guess that steady rate too will also fly out the window if the US declares war special military operation on Iran, so give him time I’m sure he’ll mess this up too.

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      The markets are disconnected from reality. There’s a crazy amount of wealth at the top and they gotta put it somewhere. So it’s basically just a gambling site were rich people bet on what’ll happen next in a soap opera. Some of the rich people get to see the script before everyone else does. It’s now relatively stable because they’ve convinced themselves that TACO futures are safe.

      The economic conditions are basically the same as in the late 1920s and Trump’s tariff policies are the same thing they were doing back then. But don’t worry about what happened 1929… TACO TACO TACO BUY BUY BUY!

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    7 hours ago

    It ain’t WWIII, authoritarian regimes have a limited shelf life and Iran and Russia are past their expiration dates.