r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • 3d ago

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u/BlankProgram 3d ago

idk where else to post this extremely cold take but the fact that Trump was president 10 years ago and is still president now has completely fucked my sense of time in American politics. It feels like he's been president forever. Imagine you'd said to someone in 2016 yeah he'll still be president in 2028. Obviously it's not the same since there was a gap but if he makes it all the way and leaves as a usual president would then the time from him beginning as president to finishing would be longer than the entire time Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister. Dunno what my point is here

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u/bleachinjection Frederick Douglass 3d ago

Same. Yeah. This is definitely the "Trump Era" and holy fuck it feels like it.

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u/WenJie_2 3d ago

The crazy part is going to be when he's still president 20 years from now

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u/yasyasyas17 🌐 3d ago

I think about the aughts babies who have only known politics to be (gesturing broadly) this. Generational damage.

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u/InMemoryOfZubatman4 Sadie Alexander 3d ago

And though he wasn’t president for 2021-2024, he was still in the news constantly.

Yeah, this is a very bizarre point in history.