Here’s your exact quote:
you can’t get out of it this time. he won the popular vote. not voting is voting.
So these tariffs are the will of the people or the will of the president? In your comment, you “scolded/teased/attacked” someone for saying that there is a difference. Your argument is that “the people”, ie everyone, blindly accepted and approved of whatever idiotic policy simply because Trump won the popular vote. I don’t accept that.
I’m sorry but that’s just not how democracy works. Remember let’s go Brandon, remember #notmypresident, remember those “I did that” stickers, clearly this goes both ways. Being a democracy means that there is supposed to be some middle ground, some compromise, as well as room for dissent. Trump doesn’t do that, we are watching democracy die in real time and you think that this is what the American people want. Some, sure. But not all. I thought the dictator was supposed to be the guy in the White House, not some random little bitch in the comments section of one of the smallest social media platforms on earth crying that the the popular vote doesn’t allow for anyone to disagree with the president.
I’m the one agreeing with the guy that said these tariffs are solely the presidents fault and idea. You are the one saying they are the American peoples fault and idea because Trump won the popular vote. Am I missing something here?
I see where the confusion is. It’s 2 things:
Tariffs were originally sold as being for China and any company that threatened to take production outside our borders in order to stimulate the US economy while not harming the average American…wild applause. But also lies. He is now adding tariffs to anyone(countries) that annoys him. He altered the deal, let us pray he doesn’t alter it further. Spoiler, he will. Nobody wanted this. Canada tariffs aren’t a thing before last week, AFTER he was elected. Didn’t really uphold the campaign promise if he never made it. At least we agree that he isn’t the type of person to keep a promise anyway. That’s why there is an article on the community for THEONION…
The only reason I jumped in this thread was because you “attacked” someone for saying that the American citizens didn’t want or vote for any of this, or is that my fever dream again. So by your logic EVERYONE has to agree with Trumps decision because YOU don’t allow for anyone to disagree with Trump and calling that democracy. Why, because he won the popular vote? Again, you “attack” those that disagree with your POV. You are right, you didn’t say everyone voted for Trump but you also don’t think it matters that people have disagreements with his actions/policies/rhetoric/ramblings(because at this point they are the same thing) because like you said “you can’t get out of it this time” as if we, the people that DIDN’T vote for him, are responsible.
A big factor that lead to Trump winning was because of all of the minority support, not just the protest non-votes. Don’t forget the voter suppression, or my personal favorite election fraud. Minorities, specifically Latinos, are already the first to protest on any significant scale, not that it matters. LGBTQ is probably next in size. As more time passes and he continues to fuck over the American people, and ultimately the world, I see that popularity starting to wane. Especially after he starts firing more people and runs out of people to blame for everything hitting the fan. Buyers remorse is real. Not that it matters with all of the talk about having voting fixed so good for the next election. We couldn’t stop him as an ordinary citizen, what the fuck makes you think we can stop him as “lord king” even with your precious popular vote.