Comment by sandworm101
4 days ago
Not yet. Once the anger metastasizes into a new wholly anti-american government, new targets will emerge.
Trump is far from universally loved, but just imagine what the US would become if an outside nation swooped in and captured him. 100% of the american people would be screaming for blood.
> 100% of the american people would be screaming for blood.
Absolutely not. I'd be out celebrating.
I'd be concerned about exactly what price would be asked. No one country spends their cash and soldiers to "liberate" for free. I've turned down free gifts before because I knew they came with strings attached.
People say that, but the sight of say Russian/Mexican/Chinese/Canadian troops parachuting onto the whitehouse lawn to abduct a sitting president, no doubt killing many in the process, would be such an afront that domestic politics wouldnt matter.
I assumed they would be parachuting in on Mar-A-Lago or some golf course somewhere.
C-canadian??
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I think you vastly overestimate the value that people place on Trump. The GOP would swear in President Vance and count their blessings.
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... and then President Vance maintaining the status quo would bring you back to reality.
One fewer enemy of the US in a position of power is worth celebrating even if it's not all of them.
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I doubt Vance is capable of getting the support from Congress and the maga voters that Trump has. Once Trump is gone, the Republican party is going to have a hard time putting itself back together.
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> 100% of the american people would be screaming for blood.
Honestly, at this point, I wouldn't be one of them.
I would not be screaming for blood. It is the world order he wants, and perhaps the only possible lesson in why we shouldn’t give him that world order.
Most polls put it at 30%. (And 30% of those that could vote, didn't—so here we are.)
Capture might not be the aim. The coming decades will see anonymous effective asymmetric warfare with USA infrastructure and the USA political establishment as prime targets. That's the big concern.
Huh... they better build some readily-available hyper-powerful infrastructure, pronto, or that next election could hand power to folks that don't have the best interest of the country in mind:
https://thedreydossier.substack.com/p/trump-isnt-building-a-...
A new cold war effectively, but with the goal of cementing local power.
That is a very real risk. Action -> reaction.
Trump is Russia's guy. There is no way I'd be screaming for revenge over a horrifying complicated nightmare becoming even more toxic, even more complicated, and even more nightmarish. If anyone comes and gets Trump it ain't Russia: he is already theirs, and acting in such a way as to further all their aims and all their narratives.
Maybe, but from observing US politics from afar for a decade, 50% would be screaming for Trumps blood to lock in the win.