Rally-style series of boasts does not include much in the way of plans to address affordability crisis
Donald Trump on Wednesday used a nationally-televised address to deliver a campaign-style rant in which he blamed his predecessor for the economic woes Americans are feeling a year into his presidency while offering little in the way of proposals to address the higher prices caused in large part by the massive tariffs he has placed on almost all American imports.
Speaking from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Trump opened by claiming to have “inherited a mess” that he was now “fixing.”
What followed was a partisan rant indistinguishable from the signature rallies that have been the centerpiece of his political movement, in which he rattled off a list of grievances while blaming his predecessor for the state of the country nearly a full year after he took the oath of office.
That was…interesting. I’m Canadian, it’s not my place to comment as it has to do with American internal politics. I will say it was an absolute assault on the senses anyways. I’ve never heard a politician lay claim to so many feats, like I think this guy just claimed he’s gone more than all the presidents combined, solved every war and completely solved the economy. That’s quite a bold claim!
No, please, do feel free to comment on American politics as a foreigner. We nonstop cram this shit down your throat whether you want to listen to it or not, so you deserve to have an opinion on how batshit crazy this all looks from the outside looking in.
As an outsider, you have a different perspective and your comment absolutely has a place regarding US politics. You don’t have to live here to hear the dumb shit that he says and to know how fucking absurd and stupid it is. I would argue that an outside perspective, if taken with and is accurate to current context, carries more weight than 35+% of US opinions. Especially being geographically near by, which seems less and less relevant as this dumb mother fucker keeps talking and bombing Venezuelans, I think the state of US politics is significant in the state of your country.
Best of luck Canada. Fight the fascism. Fuck this turd.
Yeah, as an American, every other country has a right to speak their mind on our politics. The bullshit that the US constantly pulls affects every single person on the planet via knock on effects. The countries closest to us are being deeply affected by the insanity that US leadership is currently undertaking, and their opinions deserve to be heard.
As one of our nice neighbors (Canada & Mexico), you have every right to weigh in, as his actions effect you as well.
Do we have any non-nice neighbors? Before he pissed off Venezuela, I mean.
I think basically everyone out to the russian and chinese borders were, if not cool with us, at least happy to be non-aggressive and accommodating. And this was the plan all along, to have a big “friendly border zone” around us. It was working pretty good!
I meant as “next door neighbors” and we only have two. But at this point our horrid criminal “president” has alienated every global neighbor we could ever have.
Yea, that is how Trump is all the time. He claimed he coined the phrase “prime the pump”, which he most certainly did not.
It’s funny how many super common phrases and words are “invented” just now according to him… like the word affordability…
I America has outsized influence, particularly on its direct neighbors, so you commenting on American politics is totally appropriate. In fact, we need all the criticism we can get in order to make the stupid half realize what fuck ups the Republicans are, and what the worldwide consequences are. They only really understand the most caustic and mean language, so feel free to pile it on.
He might have gone more than any other president
I think my phone autocorrected that from done to gone, but yeah it’s strangely apt at the same time.