Very powerful speech. He pretty much bluntly put what’s wrong. And the short amount of time that he spoke, he spoke volumes. It’s time that Americans to wake up to the fact that their country is no longer of high regard anywhere in the world because of one man and the group that supports him. The last time he was in office the whole country was in chaos this time it’s worse. He has destroyed every relationship with every leader around the world and he doesn’t care. The biggest thing is he doesn’t care about anybody except himself and how he looks. Then he wonders why the rest of us can’t stand him. We who live outside the United States have had enough. We are all ready to move on and leave the United States in the rearview mirror. Unfortunately, we also need to realize that there are Americans who need us to support what they want to do to put an end to this nightmare administration. There are those of us that have family in the United States. This aberration of an idiot has caused families and friendships to fracture. This person is a piece of human garbage and I don’t say this lately. If we the rest of the world have this problem in our own country we need to step on it and stop it now. The only way is by standing up and saying no more lies no more fake news. That may mean getting off social media and speaking, face-to-face and talking out loud about what is going on around us. Unfortunately, there are those people who will always believe garbage and will not look at true facts. I don’t know what else to say.
Thanks for your thoughtful comment, you do make an excellent point about it not being just one man. I do believe when people support one man and in this context it has become about the power that they have been given and how they have abused this power to cause so much pain and hurt and they don’t care. It has destroyed years of loyal friendships with many countries around the world. Those in power down south have no true understanding how this has hurt the reputation of their country at all. Hopefully this can be undone before it is too late.
it's already too late and it's already undone. What's required is rebuilding. Americans thought they were protected by the Constitution but the law can't be upheld if the defendant owns the police. A toothless tiger can do little but pontificate.
The United States of America could elect a genuine Democratic Socialist as President in the next election cycle. It wouldn’t change the reality of the gerontocracy that is the House and the Senate. Or anything about the pervasive white nationalism. That kind of transformation would certainly take generations.
So accurate on all accounts. Thank you for this post. It dovetails nicely with other important realizations and I would not have known about this accurate presentation otherwise: trust requires drop by trustful drop behaviors.
You are right. The world is changing. It’s not breaking, but it is reorganising, into a world independent of the USA. The states will not be irrelevant, it is too powerful to be, but the new power blocks will be able to withstand its vagaries. Whatever happens to the US will no longer have such an impact, not irrelevance, just a total loss of hegemony.
One can conservatively speculate that 50% of the US CONgress is on the take and/or terrified of mob threat "accidents" to their immediate families. Mafia muscle and tactics live in the cellar of US intelligence. Once "inside" the system rhat deeply, congress' only choice seems to be to double down on declaring a vacation if decent governance might require a response (eg- drunk Lindsey with princess wand). If they truly communicated and cooperated with each other, ways to manuveur could emerge but details about how it all started and was sustained in the first place further haunts them. Treason is an exclusive but completely repugnant clubhouse. When "honorable" (as they continue to address each other-- cue bulb horn honks) men & women stubbornly refuse to admit personal/professional guilt, it's no wonder every challenge becomes a holy war. All that said, "ever" being able to trust or interact with a legit govt here isn't something many US citizens have or will abandon.
My comments are not based on a hunch. Danny Sheehan, among several others, has meticulously documented and litigated the "players" behind numerous landmark scandals here. See: The People's Advocate (2013)
Anonymity is an invisible foe almost impossible to challenge. The secret govt is apparently about 300 strong from "old money".
We agree on substance but not style. Within our nations, other nations reside and indigenous people have PLENTY to say about what's really going on behind closed back room doors. What I'm writing about is so horrifically depraved, it's too repulsive to even contemplate. That's exactly what "they bank on" (pardon the expression).
Very powerful speech. He pretty much bluntly put what’s wrong. And the short amount of time that he spoke, he spoke volumes. It’s time that Americans to wake up to the fact that their country is no longer of high regard anywhere in the world because of one man and the group that supports him. The last time he was in office the whole country was in chaos this time it’s worse. He has destroyed every relationship with every leader around the world and he doesn’t care. The biggest thing is he doesn’t care about anybody except himself and how he looks. Then he wonders why the rest of us can’t stand him. We who live outside the United States have had enough. We are all ready to move on and leave the United States in the rearview mirror. Unfortunately, we also need to realize that there are Americans who need us to support what they want to do to put an end to this nightmare administration. There are those of us that have family in the United States. This aberration of an idiot has caused families and friendships to fracture. This person is a piece of human garbage and I don’t say this lately. If we the rest of the world have this problem in our own country we need to step on it and stop it now. The only way is by standing up and saying no more lies no more fake news. That may mean getting off social media and speaking, face-to-face and talking out loud about what is going on around us. Unfortunately, there are those people who will always believe garbage and will not look at true facts. I don’t know what else to say.
There’s a lot of frustration in what you’re saying… and some of it’s earned.
But I’d dial one piece back a notch.
It’s not one man.
If it were that simple, the fix would be simple too.
What we’re seeing is deeper than that...
trust slipping, institutions getting tested, people digging into positions instead of questioning them.
That’s why it feels bigger… because it is.
And you’re right about something important at the end there...
Real conversations don’t happen in comment threads.
They happen face-to-face… where it’s harder to dismiss each other as “the enemy.”
That’s probably where any real repair starts.
Thanks for your thoughtful comment, you do make an excellent point about it not being just one man. I do believe when people support one man and in this context it has become about the power that they have been given and how they have abused this power to cause so much pain and hurt and they don’t care. It has destroyed years of loyal friendships with many countries around the world. Those in power down south have no true understanding how this has hurt the reputation of their country at all. Hopefully this can be undone before it is too late.
it's already too late and it's already undone. What's required is rebuilding. Americans thought they were protected by the Constitution but the law can't be upheld if the defendant owns the police. A toothless tiger can do little but pontificate.
The United States of America could elect a genuine Democratic Socialist as President in the next election cycle. It wouldn’t change the reality of the gerontocracy that is the House and the Senate. Or anything about the pervasive white nationalism. That kind of transformation would certainly take generations.
You’re not wrong about the timeline.
Big systems don’t turn on a dime… they drift, then they shift
usually slower than anyone wants.
But I’d push back on one thing...
It’s not just who’s sitting in Congress or the White House.
It’s what people are willing to accept… or stop accepting.
That’s where change actually starts.
Messy, uneven, and yeah… generational.
But it never begins at the top.
True. The systemic racism, among other things, has always existed. Trump only gave them a reason to flaunt it.
So accurate on all accounts. Thank you for this post. It dovetails nicely with other important realizations and I would not have known about this accurate presentation otherwise: trust requires drop by trustful drop behaviors.
You are right. The world is changing. It’s not breaking, but it is reorganising, into a world independent of the USA. The states will not be irrelevant, it is too powerful to be, but the new power blocks will be able to withstand its vagaries. Whatever happens to the US will no longer have such an impact, not irrelevance, just a total loss of hegemony.
That’s a fair read… and probably closer to reality than most people want to admit.
It’s not collapse.
It’s diversification.
The world isn’t lining up behind one centre anymore...
it’s building alternatives so it doesn’t have to.
And once those alternatives exist… they don’t just disappear.
The U.S. doesn’t become irrelevant.
But it does lose something it’s had for a long time...
The benefit of being the default.
From here on out, influence has to be earned… not assumed.
That’s the real shift.
One can conservatively speculate that 50% of the US CONgress is on the take and/or terrified of mob threat "accidents" to their immediate families. Mafia muscle and tactics live in the cellar of US intelligence. Once "inside" the system rhat deeply, congress' only choice seems to be to double down on declaring a vacation if decent governance might require a response (eg- drunk Lindsey with princess wand). If they truly communicated and cooperated with each other, ways to manuveur could emerge but details about how it all started and was sustained in the first place further haunts them. Treason is an exclusive but completely repugnant clubhouse. When "honorable" (as they continue to address each other-- cue bulb horn honks) men & women stubbornly refuse to admit personal/professional guilt, it's no wonder every challenge becomes a holy war. All that said, "ever" being able to trust or interact with a legit govt here isn't something many US citizens have or will abandon.
That’s a pretty dark read of the situation Eddie.
I get where it comes from...
when things stop making sense, people start looking for what’s behind the curtain.
But I’d be careful about jumping to that level of explanation.
You don’t need secret control or mafia tactics to explain what we’re seeing.
You’ve got...
career incentives
party loyalty over country
fear of losing power
and a system that rewards going along instead of pushing back
That alone can create the kind of dysfunction you’re describing.
It’s less dramatic… but honestly, more believable.
And probably harder to fix ... because it means the problem isn’t hidden.
It’s out in the open.
My comments are not based on a hunch. Danny Sheehan, among several others, has meticulously documented and litigated the "players" behind numerous landmark scandals here. See: The People's Advocate (2013)
Anonymity is an invisible foe almost impossible to challenge. The secret govt is apparently about 300 strong from "old money".
I hear what you’re pointing to.
But there’s a difference between documented scandals… and connecting everything into one hidden control system.
History’s full of real corruption cases.
No argument there.
Where it gets tricky is when separate events get stitched into one all-powerful explanation...
that’s where things can drift away from what can actually be proven.
The uncomfortable truth is usually less dramatic...
You don’t need a secret group of 300 people to explain what we’re seeing.
Power protects itself.
Institutions resist change.
And people, once inside the system, tend to play along to get along.
That’s messy, visible, and frustrating…
but it’s also something that can actually be challenged.
Once it becomes “invisible enemies,” it gets a lot harder to do anything about it.
We agree on substance but not style. Within our nations, other nations reside and indigenous people have PLENTY to say about what's really going on behind closed back room doors. What I'm writing about is so horrifically depraved, it's too repulsive to even contemplate. That's exactly what "they bank on" (pardon the expression).
Good morning 🙏 thanks for sharing 👍