Four out of five Canadians say they have no confidence in the U.S. under President Donald Trump’s leadership, with existing tensions expected to be exacerbated by latest tariffs
I think part of the problem is that Trump wasn’t prosecuted for January 6th. Some people won’t believe it happened, or won’t believe it was a serious issue, unless it is prosecuted. Right now, I think my grandmother doesn’t believe Trump is as bad as I say he is because she has enough faith in legal systems that she believes something would be being done about it if he were actually committing such serious crimes. To be clear, my grandmother recognizes Trump is bad but not as bad as he really is.
That’s part of the problem sure. But when seeing what went down on Jan 6 and you’re reaction is “this is fine”, there’s something deeper going on. The lack of prosecution shouldn’t make people think “well maybe he didn’t do anything wrong” it should make people think “why the hell isn’t he in prison already?”
A lot of people have been made to be paranoid of “them”. Who is “them”? it’s very arbitrary, could be black people, trans people, gays, Jews, Asians, Hispanic people, anyone can be considerd “them”. You should be cautious of “them”. “They” are probably up to all kinds of nefarious things. Things aren’t as good as they could be because of “them”.
Trump represents a deep seated paranoia of the other. Even if they understand that Trump is a terrible person, they feel that he (or someone like him) is necessary to protect us all from “them”.
This feeling exists in every society, but it’s particularly malignant in the US. This isn’t going to be over when Trump kicks the bucket.
That excuse might have worked in the first term. But after Jan 6, there was no doubt about what Trump is. Americans voted for him anyway.
This is just who Americans are. There is no reason to believe someone like Trump (or worse) won’t get into power in the future.
I’m genuinely surprised at the number of people who think Trump’s first term was fine …
The COVID dead didn’t vote in 24.
Ignorance is bliss.
Yeah…the deflection is tedious. They wanted Trump. Now they’re all like…
As if they won’t do it again.
I think part of the problem is that Trump wasn’t prosecuted for January 6th. Some people won’t believe it happened, or won’t believe it was a serious issue, unless it is prosecuted. Right now, I think my grandmother doesn’t believe Trump is as bad as I say he is because she has enough faith in legal systems that she believes something would be being done about it if he were actually committing such serious crimes. To be clear, my grandmother recognizes Trump is bad but not as bad as he really is.
That’s part of the problem sure. But when seeing what went down on Jan 6 and you’re reaction is “this is fine”, there’s something deeper going on. The lack of prosecution shouldn’t make people think “well maybe he didn’t do anything wrong” it should make people think “why the hell isn’t he in prison already?”
A lot of people have been made to be paranoid of “them”. Who is “them”? it’s very arbitrary, could be black people, trans people, gays, Jews, Asians, Hispanic people, anyone can be considerd “them”. You should be cautious of “them”. “They” are probably up to all kinds of nefarious things. Things aren’t as good as they could be because of “them”.
Trump represents a deep seated paranoia of the other. Even if they understand that Trump is a terrible person, they feel that he (or someone like him) is necessary to protect us all from “them”.
This feeling exists in every society, but it’s particularly malignant in the US. This isn’t going to be over when Trump kicks the bucket.
You make a good point.