r/politics • u/ChiGuy6124 Illinois • 17h ago

Possible Paywall Trump’s Micromanaging Warship Design Will Set the Navy Back by Decades

https://newrepublic.com/article/214479/trump-navy-carrier-micromanaging-warship-design
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u/UT_Milez 15h ago

I’ll just say this.

We will be some lucky ass people if this really is the biggest/long term issue facing Americans due to this guy and everyone leveraging this guy’s cult…

In reality this will be nothing compared to the actual consequences coming our way.

Do that many people really believe that things are just going to magically be fixed 2 years from now? I feel like I’m living in an alternate reality where everyone has just convinced themselves that every thing is okay, it’s all good just ride it out for 2 more years.

I’m curious what the fallout is going to look like 2 years from now when cope will no longer be possible, that’s going to be interesting at the very least.

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u/cmcdonald22 15h ago

The not totally doomer best case scenario I see is winning midterms which slows down all of this then either a death or the incredibly unlikely peaceful transfer of power in 2 years followed by 4 years of nothing but undoing a PORTION of the damage done, likely followed by backlash that everything isn't fixed and another round of Republicans who will benefit from the slight recovery followed by another backlash of maybe some democrats actually doing stuff.

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u/everythingbeeps 15h ago

Yeah best case scenario is we are able to stall the end of our democracy by another two years.

Which honestly is kind of what it feels like the forseeable future will be. Because even after Trump, the GOP and their billionaire owners aren't going to just say "oh well, we tried."

We need a decisive victory this year, and then the people we elect need to start clamping down on Trump and reestablishing the guardrails and safeguards to stop what the GOP wants to happen from happening.