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I'm from the UK and the general feeling is not just distrust of the US government but also the complete disbelief that the American people could vote that fat traitorous wanker back in yet again. It is completely unfathomable.
He is a committed and provable liar, and has been for decades...yet you vote him to be president, twice!
After his first term during the many court cases etc there was, for a shortish time, a feeling that you had all come back to your senses and were doing the right thing.
Making amends, even.
That whilst he wouldn't go to prison for his many (MANYyyyyyy) crimes that he would be embroiled in the mire of shit for the rest of his life, and never again would someone like him be allowed near the power of office.
And that he would die a failed and monumentally dishonest 'politician', just as he is a failed and monumentally dishonest 'businessman'.
But no, he got voted in again.
Yet just a cursory glance in the direction of some of the facts show that he's quite obviously compromised at best. A full Russian puppet/asset at worst. And he got voted in, AGAIN!?!
It boggles the mind.
It's not just about the politicians, the tariffs, how your 'ruling class' see Europe etc etc, but also the how the general voting populace of America also can't be trusted to do the bare minimum of not vote for the very worst of the worst.
Yes, not all of you did vote for him. And yes I'm being harsh here, but it's not like it didn't happen before, this is the second time. And it's not like it's not deserved.
I'm in the US and I have the same feeling. Surrounded by coworkers who have.
I honestly have lost all faith in the people of this country.