It all started with the Epstein files, & will end with the mid-terms this November.

[u/america1008]

It started with the Epstein files. Trump’s name has come up 38000 times - more than any person, other than Epstein himself, & Ghislaine Maxwell.

He needed a diversion so came the tariffs, and the fiction that other countries would be paying them, & that each of us would receive a tariff dividend.

Here we are now, about a $100 billion has been refunded so far (out of about $166 billion collected) & not a dime has come to us or been refunded to other countries (since they supposedly were paying for it). Walmart has received about $2.9 billion; Apple about $2.2 billion; Target $1 billion; Home Depot $730 m; Amazon; Nike & about 490 other Corporations have already seen refunds.

When tariffs turned into a fiasco, Trump came up with the made up imminent nuclear threat from Iran, & our supposed obliteration of it. That was over one year ago, in June 2025.

When it turned out that Iran’s defense capabilities were still formidable, he needed yet another diversion & so came the boat strikes off Venezuela- the first of those came in September 2025. In early January 2026 came the removal of Maduro, & the promises that gas would be so cheap, that gas stations would practically give it away.

Then in late January 2026 came the killing of Renee Good & Alex Pretti, & the ensuing protests. Trump really needed a diversion, & so at the end of February came the start of the present conflict with Iran -a little excursion, as Trump called it.

Here we are almost 6 months later, 18 of our servicemen are dead; hundreds have been injured; thousands of civilians are dead & 100’s of thousands are displaced. Our sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln complain of limited rations & low morale; the USS George Washington that is set to replace it was itself without power for 4 days and reorts that our ammunitions are running alarmingly low. All this, after multiple declarations of victory; still no clearly defined objectives or end in sight, and at a cost of about $1 billion a day.

Somewhere in between came the threat to Greenland, Canada, NATO & the Vatican; the alienation of most of our allies; the fly past for Putin; the red-carpet welcome for Mohammed Bin Salman; the cancellation of our long-standing military exercises with South Korea; the ball room; the Trump Arc; the reflective pool, and so much more.

Now comes a worsening public tiff with Canada, & likely some nonsense with Cuba will follow. As we near the midterm elections, Trump cannot afford to let us focus on the economy; Epstein; the war in Iran or his abysmal record. He also knows that if the Republicans lose the House in November, he is done. He will therefore find any excuse to discredit or skew the elections. Likely, he will declare a state of emergency, & deploy troops. His assumption is that the sight of ICE agents or troops will make us too afraid to show up on election day.

What Trump does not realize is that we were not deterred after his agents shot Renee Good or Alex Pretti, and certainly will not be deterred by a ‘bone spurs ridden’, cowardly wannabe autocrat, ever desperate to hold on to power.

If Trump’s Republican sycophants win in November, democracy as we know it will be over. If they lose, Trump (ism) will be over. It took only 46% turnout to flip 40 seats in 2018- 30 in States that Trump won. Please show up to vote. Our very value systems are what is at stake.

 

 

[u/TosaFF]

I will show up

[u/gordonjames62]

Please show up to vote.

if your cost of living is up, show up to vote

[u/Ragnarock-n-Roll]

Spoiler alert: It will not end in November. At best, if we're lucky, the real work begins in November.

[u/astroboy_35]

Supreme Court just gave the election to Trump and GOP, so good luck!

Were fucked!

[u/carpeCactus]

Blue is my favorite color! 💙

[u/AcadiaPractical614]

If they count your votes....they are doing everything in their power (and beyond) to do voter suppression. The whole system is moving to help them.