He'll also be responsible for our retreat

by KGB, Belly o. the Beast, Thursday, April 30, 2026, 09:38 (26 days ago) @ BPH

from superpower status. Everyone assumed Ukraine would crumble in their war with Russia due to Trump's lack of support. Turns out they don't need us at all. The rest of Europe is figuring out the same thing. Any country that's fucking ignorant enough to elect a shit-for-brains troglodyte to its highest office *twice* cannot be counted on for support or even basic competence. And over time, the rest of the civilized world will figure out that they can manage capably enough on their own in most respects. "America First" will ultimately prove to be the biggest goddamn own-goal on the world stage over the past 75 years.

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gas price anecdote - Jay, 2026-04-30, 07:51
- Who cares? - Grantland, 2026-05-01, 08:12
  - Pretty simple. Based on the Prosperity "Gospel," this - BillyGoat, 2026-05-01, 09:45
- Heading back to Eswatini Tuesday with another class - ndphilo, 2026-04-30, 08:36
  - The Dems really need to start screaming from the rooftops - BillyGoat, 2026-05-01, 06:41
    - I filed my taxes 6 weeks ago - terribletr, 2026-05-01, 13:52
    - Schumer and Jeffries need to go. - Bryan (IrishCavan), 2026-05-01, 07:13
      - Absolutely useless - MattG, 2026-05-01, 09:13
        
        I survived on rotisserie chicken in law school. - San Pedro, 2026-05-01, 09:24
        
        I hadn't heard about that - Aaron (Shakespeare), 2026-05-01, 09:21
        
        He says it should be broader & allow all hot food - MattG, 2026-05-01, 09:26
        
        hang on - Jay, 2026-05-01, 09:39
        
        It had overwhelming bipartisan support. - MattG, 2026-05-01, 09:42
        
        not a big Jeffries fan, but this seems calculated - Jay, 2026-05-01, 09:46
        
        You're correct. - domer.mq, 2026-05-01, 12:04
        
        I don’t see the point - MattG, 2026-05-01, 12:45
        
        it's not at all like a presidential veto - Jay, 2026-05-01, 12:47
  - good luck, safe travels - Jay, 2026-04-30, 10:15
    - Definitely, will do. - ndphilo, 2026-04-30, 10:57
- Read an article that this crisis will electrify the world - irishoutsider, 2026-04-30, 08:11
  - His attempted retreat to the 1950's hits another snag - Jack, 2026-04-30, 11:17
    - No offense to Fordham… - atxND, 2026-04-30, 11:33
      - He paid a smart kid to take the SAT for him -- - omahadomer, 2026-04-30, 20:56
        
        What offends me about this - Mark, 2026-05-01, 08:58
        
        Is it possible that James Bond movies helped lay the - BillyGoat, 2026-05-01, 09:50
        
        We should call it what it is - ndphilo, 2026-05-01, 09:34
        
        It is fucking bananas what has been normalized by this - BillyGoat, 2026-05-01, 09:37
        
        I see what you did there and its getting there. - Grantland, 2026-05-01, 10:08
        
        Companies partially owed by his sons were recently awarded - Bryan (IrishCavan), 2026-05-01, 10:02
        
        And to add insult to injury - Mark, 2026-05-01, 13:39
      - That's kind of stepping on the point I was making - Jack, 2026-04-30, 13:34
        
        Both points are true - atxND, 2026-04-30, 14:37
  - Wouldn't that be something? - BPH, 2026-04-30, 08:56
    - You mean gravity is undefeated? - atxND, 2026-04-30, 10:37
    - He'll also be responsible for our retreat - KGB, 2026-04-30, 09:38
      - The super power suicide is progressing - Mark, 2026-04-30, 09:56
        
        The problem for Putin - Jeff (BGS), 2026-04-30, 19:04
        
        Yeah, I saw some data - Mark, 2026-05-01, 08:52
        
        The Cold War - Bryan (IrishCavan), 2026-05-01, 10:06
    - And Musk supported him. - domer.mq, 2026-04-30, 09:28
    - UK today was 95% renewable and had "negative" daytime rate - irishoutsider, 2026-04-30, 09:10
- The tragic idiocy and evil of one man - BPH, 2026-04-30, 07:56
  - No kidding. And the idiocy of the folks who elected him. - oviedoirish, 2026-04-30, 07:59
    - Hard not to be mad at the NYT piece with the disaffected - atxND, 2026-04-30, 11:39
      - I would like to know what promises he made... - domer.mq, 2026-04-30, 13:19
        
        I would like to know why anyone would think he is capable - Grantland, 2026-05-01, 07:24

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He'll also be responsible for our retreat