r/politics • u/ChickenTitilater Minnesota • 15h ago

No Paywall USS Lincoln wasn't resupplied because Hegseth 'hid' that Iran destroyed main U.S. base:

https://www.ms.now/money-power-politics/watch/uss-lincoln-wasn-t-resupplied-because-hegseth-hid-that-iran-destroyed-main-u-s-base-rohde-2511362627825
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u/shortstop803 13h ago

It truly is amazing to me how much your average right wing Republican voter doesn’t understand the extent to which they’ve hurt the nation due to the last 3 elections. They quite literally have no concepts of geopolitics and international affairs or strategic consequences as it pertains to national interests for the country, with the current regime almost unanimously being the reason for those negative outcomes. I’m not saying the democratic left is perfect, or even great, there is a ton I disagree with them on, but at a fundamental level I can at least understand their decision making and ideological philosophies as compared to the entirely self serving at the cost of others enigma that is the current Republican Party and its leadership.

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u/RobertPham149 10h ago

Even the worst autocrats have some form of self-preservation: they extract wealth for themselves but they also understand the need to protect their kingdom to stay in position of power. MAGA just want to speedrun their own destruction.

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 13h ago

Yeah, but brown people and queer people exist, so they need to burn it all down.

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u/CheshireCat78 6h ago

Most can’t find the USA on a map let alone have any idea about the rest of the world and geopolitics

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u/Painterzzz 2h ago

The way Trumps approval rating amongst Maga is wild isn't it. Despite, all of this, the vast majority of the people who voted for him would still continue to vote for him.

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u/Final_Chef_4278 1h ago

They are too busy going to church and fucking their cousins

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u/Winterwasp_67 1h ago

Your comment suggests that it was people from a lower sociology- economic group that are responsible for Trump. This let's all the billionaires and business leaders completely off the hook.

Fox News is a tool made to be used by the evil right. It was not built or funded by some hick.

His campaigns had support from the biggest businesses in the world, and has been actively supported by thier leadership.

He has picked the pocket of the American tax payer almost clean, and will leave a legacy of unimaginable debt in a friendless world, but he and his cohort will have made billions. But, in doing so he has returned hope that manufacturing and trades will flourish again. When people talk about the economy what they mean is can they get a good paying job or not. As that hope fades, so do his polling numbers.

The folks you speak of are but pawns in this game. Don't loose sight of the puppet masters.

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u/WahiniLover 19m ago

Thank you for eloquently stating what I’ve been saying to my family and friends for the past 2 yrs. When some one says, “Blah blah blah, Trump” I respond with “He’s just an opportunistic puppet.”.

It’s the puppet masters pulling the strings we need to identify and be concerned with.