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I still can't wrap my head around the fact that the guy who made his campaing on ending wars the first thing he does after being elected changes the name from DoD to DoW and starts new wars.

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Arodex 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Why is it so hard? He is a liar and a known conman, has been for decades before he pivoted to politics. Why do you (and apparently millions of other Americans) act surprised when he does what he has done all his life?

Serious question btw. I mean, the Simpsons were already making the case against him in 2000!

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sandworm101 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

>> changes the name from DoD to DoW

But he didn't. That requires congressional action. The DoW is just a "secondary" name attached via executive order. Contracts still say DOD. The only reason people are saying "DoW" it is to appease certain forceful personalities.

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Capricorn2481 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yes, surprising in a "I can't believe this is happening" way, not in a "this was unexpected" way. He made his campaign on ending everything. Diving headfirst into the first conflict he could with 0 understanding is the most expected thing that could've happened.

	▲	cjbgkagh an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Americans consistently vote for less war and they consistently get more war. If they voted for more war I’m pretty sure they would still get more war. I think blaming the American public for these wars is a deflection from the actual mechanisms that instigate them. We are more governed by blackmail than we are by voters. I do wish there was even more resistance though, war has been effectively pitched as costless or even as a boon. Perhaps if this war bites there will be more resistance to future wars. At the very least the Iran war being such a disaster may have saved us from a more costly war with China - which the US was and in some ways still is gearing up for.

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krapp an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I still can't wrap my head around the fact that the guy was well known for being a liar and a charlatan and yet he was apparently the only politician Americans took implicitly at their word.

Like you'd think Americans would have learned after "read my lips, no new taxes" even if they somehow memory-holed Trump's entire first administration. But I guess not.

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wredcoll 41 minutes ago | parent [-]

It is ridiculously hard to understand. I don't get it either. There's something about not just knowing they're a liar but constantly being told that? Trump benefits a great deal from friendly mass media.

	▲	dfxm12 3 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Most mass media is conservative owned. It follows that they'll be friendly to conservative politicians.