@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.social"Malgré des semaines de couverture médiatique négative, des déportations très médiatisées de migrants et d'étudiants munis de visas, et une décision négative de la Cour suprême, l'immigration reste le dossier le plus populaire de M. Trump : 47 % l'approuvent, tandis que 51 % le désapprouvent, selon un sondage New York Times/Siena College réalisé ce mois-ci."
#Trump
@castarco@hachyderm.iouspolitics, trump
I keep seeing smart people writing stuff like
> [the US] kept peace through strength balanced with restraint, and wielded influence through culture, values, and diplomacy
I understand that #Trump is terrible and some people feel tempted to idealize what they had before him, but we should be more discerning, or otherwise it becomes impossible to understand how this happened in the first place.
Let's start with some questions:
- peace where? and for who? was it true peace, or "Pax Romana"?
- are we going to take seriously that statement on "restraint"? after all the lies, internal witch hunting, sanctions, coups, wars, invasions, genocides, and last but not least, 2 unnecessary nuclear strikes on Japan?
Now, on "culture, values, and diplomacy". Sure. Why not. Not everything was going to be bad, right?
But the thing is, abusive husbands aren't bad all the time either. From time to time they know how to be sweet and seem to care: one present here, flowers the next day, a little bit of gaslighting, and fake apologies after that "accidental" slap.
Given enough time (if the wife is still alive), at some point the victim decides to leave, and then all hell breaks loose. Trump is the manifestation of that moment. He does not represent a change in #USA's nature, but a hidden side that was "always" there, just waiting to play its role.
Others believe this is because #US citizens have been intentionally dumbed down by a combination of propaganda and a disfunctional education system, and I'm sure it's partly true... But let's see what many of their most brilliant and educated citizens are choosing to do with their lives today: https://sfstandard.com/2025/03/12/stanford-students-want-in-on-the-military-tech-gold-rush/
So, all I'm asking is: please drop the act. It was always a clusterfuck.
@cwilcke@bildung.socialNationwide "Hands Off!" 50501 protests against Trump continues for second weekend
https://eu.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2025/04/19/protest-resist-trump-rally-photos/83173515007/
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@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.socialPaul Krugman : "Trump est un Parrain Š l'envers, faisant des offres que les autres pays ne peuvent pas accepter."
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-is-the-godfather-in-reverse
@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.socialTactique répressive soviétique bien connue...
https://www.ledevoir.com/monde/etats-unis/872986/dissidence-envers-donald-trump-reduite-etat-folie
@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.social"The most effective countermeasure is simple: tariffs for oligarchs. Countries should tie market access for foreign multinationals and billionaires to fair taxation. As soon as Trump follows through with tariffs on Canada and Mexico, those countries should retaliate by taxing US oligarchs."
https://
@cwilcke@bildung.socialAnti-Trump protesters turn out to rallies in New York, Washington and other cities across country
https://apnews.com/article/trump-protests-hands-off-revolutionary-war-anniversary-34218e384bef12bdf3a75a40959f4ede…
@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.social @cwilcke@bildung.socialAbsolut geniale Grafik! Artikel- Illustration von #theatlantic
#trump :
"Americas Mad King"
@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.socialSelon une étude de l’Université Yale, la facture des droits de douane de Trump pour les ménagés américains pourrait même grimper jusqu’Š 3400 $ par foyer.
Difficile de mieux se tirer une balle dans le pied que ça.
https://budgetlab.yale.ed…
@cwilcke@bildung.social @castarco@hachyderm.ioI guess there's no real need to explain why I'm doing this, but there's always someone who was lucky enough to be living in the jungle for a while (or something like that), disconnected from everything.
Hypothetical jungle person: I envy you.
Summary: I'm tired of big corporations stealing everything they can to train their #LLMs, and I'm also tired of companies like #Microsoft being active collaborators of the Trump regime.
@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.socialSteven Levitsky: "Nous assistons actuellement Š l'effondrement de notre démocratie. Sous Donald Trump, les États-Unis glissent vers une forme d'autoritarisme. Cela ne sera sans doute pas irréversible. Mais le fait est lŠ : en ce moment même, les États-Unis cessent d'être une démocratie."
#USA
@cwilcke@bildung.socialDavid Brooks: "What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal"
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It’s time for a comprehensive national civic uprising. It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the scientific community, and civil servants and beyond to form one coordinated mass movement. Trump is about power. The only way he’s going to be stopped is if he’s confronted by some movement that possesses rival power."
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@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.socialÇa commence Š paniquer :
'Musk demande aux employés de Tesla de conserver leurs actions dans un contexte de protestations"
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-03-21/musk-reassures-tesla-employees-stock-e…
@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.socialMagnifique : les ventes de Tesla divisées par deux dans l’UE au premier trimestre !
#TeslaTakeDown #Svasticar
@cwilcke@bildung.social @jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.social#F35 #killswitch
« Bien sûr, il y a un bouton d'arrêt. Tout ce qui est équipé d'un logiciel ou d'une connectivité internet est doté d'un kill switch. C'est comme ça que ça marche - bienvenue dans la société moderne ».
@cwilcke@bildung.socialTrumps Regime nicht "Faschismus" nennen ist Realitätsverweigerung - Volksverpetzer
https://www.volksverpetzer.de/analyse/trumps-faschismus-nennen/
@cwilcke@bildung.socialYEZZ! Lead by the #IndianaUniversity in the #usa #universities bond together to fight the #trumpcoup
