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This is excellent news. The entire world needs to move away from American companies, American products, and the American dollar. Once America is no longer "too big to fail" then we'll see how much their brain dead politicians are willing to run their mouths and antagonize the rest of the world with their ridiculous nonsense like extortion tariffs and threats of economic sanctions.

Also, I can't wait to see what happens to America when their current 40 TRILLION dollar debt explodes to 100+ TRILLION in the next decade and they're unable to pay the interest rate on it, considering they're already paying over a TRILLION dollars a year in interest already. The solution to just keep printing more money and increasing inflation isn't something they can keep doing forever.
Politically charged hatred. How very constructive. The whole of the USA populace shouldn't be held responsible for the bad behavior of one of it's loony citizens(yes, I'm talking about orangeboy). Otherwise we all would have to hold your nation responsible for your complete failure to understand basic economic theory.

Instead how about we focus on the fact that Microsoft products are something to be avoided. Switzerland seems to be making the right move.
 
The whole of the USA populace shouldn't be held responsible for the bad behavior of one of it's loony citizens(yes, I'm talking about orangeboy). Otherwise we all would have to hold your nation responsible for your complete failure to understand basic economic theory.
You're correct that the whole of the USA shouldn't be held responsible but it's very apparent that most Americans have no idea of the impact of Trump's policies either on themselves or on other countries. I suspect your news outlets don't examine what's going on and instead just react to each new crazy announcement.

Today's one from Trump is that all American adults get $5000 if the republicans get in after the midterms - in Europe you'd be arrested for election fraud but there's also the issue of basic maths of 270m adults x $5k is $1.35 trillion. America doesn't have that money unless it prints it. If it prints it then mortgages and car loans jump up in cost.

Please wake up over there!
 
Today's one from Trump is that all American adults get $5000 if the republicans get in after the midterms - in Europe you'd be arrested for election fraud but there's also the issue of basic maths of 270m adults x $5k is $1.35 trillion. America doesn't have that money unless it prints it. If it prints it then mortgages and car loans jump up in cost.

Please wake up over there!
The funny thing is the republican hypocrisy in everything they say. I could go on and on about some of the comments here not baked in reality relating to world policy but there is no point in talking with brain rot. You cant reason with it. Ill just say, majority of historians and experts do agree, its a genocide. Thats all there is to it. History didn't start on oct 7th as it didn't start on sept 11th. Those are responses to something but folks cant think beyond their hatred for a populace that has been living in an open air prison for generations without any form of sovereignty. They talk about Palestinian rapes but dont mention that Israel's IDF defended their right to rape prisoners to death publicly. The world is definitely waking up.

Any time there were talks about debt forgiveness or restitution, republicans cried about how dems were trying to buy votes. Then Elon comes in and literally pays people to vote, trump promising checks if he wins (still waiting for our DOGE and Tariff rebate checks) is just the icing on the cake. Where are the republicans crying about buying votes? Haven't we already been promised several checks that never came through already by this administration? You would have to be in a coma to fall for that... again...

And 5000? While the president racks in billions of personal wealth by fleecing Americans... They cried about Hunter selling a painting for a few thousand and yet crickets when Trumps family rakes in millions in profits and billions in business deals.

I see republicans running on affordability... AFFORDABILITY! They created this mess, they own the house, senate, scotus and white house. They started illegal wars and raised the prices of everything and now are crying that they are the party to lower prices... I just cant even with these people.

This country pisses me off so much. The partisan non sense just flys off the hook. Sure the dems do it too (I can certainly rant about them but its a joke compared to what is happening) but the scale and level that the repubs do is just laughable to compare it to anything else.

If a politician lies so blatantly as the president did last night at the RNC, they should be immediately removed from office regardless of position or party.
 
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Today's one from Trump is that all American adults get $5000 if the republicans get in after the midterms - in Europe you'd be arrested for election fraud but there's also the issue of basic maths of 270m adults x $5k is $1.35 trillion. America doesn't have that money unless it prints it. If it prints it then mortgages and car loans jump up in cost.
Promises mean nothing to those who make them, only to those who believe them.
 
Israel is an apartheid democracy where millions of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank are not allowed to vote.
Gaza and the West Bank aren’t part of Israel… so why would they be allowed to vote?

And how about most of the DICTATORSHIPS surrounding Israel - where NO-ONE gets to vote?

Maybe look up the definition of Apartheid? What rights do Jews have in any of the surrounding Muslim nations? I’d rather be Arab in Israel than Jewish there… heck, unless you’re one of the ruling elite, I’d rather be Arab in Israel than Arab in the rest of the Middle East.
Prior to that Israel had built 300 illegal settlements on Palestinian land and occupied them with 1m Israelis. Palestine and the International Court of Justice demanded that they leave but Israel ignored them. I understand Israel is now doing the same thing in Lebanon and Syria. Netanyahu, Israel's leader, is also a wanted war criminal. Israel also took the water supply for Gaza and simply turned it off on a periodic basis to make life untenable in Gaza. The water was diverted to Israeli fields.
While the “illegal” settlements have been contentious within and without Israel, the reality is that the rest of the world (except the US) has basically seen Israel the way you do - and Israel has realized that they need to take matters into their own hands. They have seen that once a few generations goes by, no one cares how your people got there - just that they’re there now.

Much like the “Palestinians” living where they do now… there’s a reason why Jordan, Egypt and the rest don’t want them back and refuse to accept them into their nations.
 
This is excellent news. The entire world needs to move away from American companies, American products, and the American dollar. Once America is no longer "too big to fail" then we'll see how much their brain dead politicians are willing to run their mouths and antagonize the rest of the world with their ridiculous nonsense like extortion tariffs and threats of economic sanctions.

Also, I can't wait to see what happens to America when their current 40 TRILLION dollar debt explodes to 100+ TRILLION in the next decade and they're unable to pay the interest rate on it, considering they're already paying over a TRILLION dollars a year in interest already. The solution to just keep printing more money and increasing inflation isn't something they can keep doing forever.

Actually, they just need to tax the rich and give zero tax to everyone making less than 100K or less.
From what I've seen economists say that would not just pay the 1 trillion interest but also raise close to double the current federal budget.

The middle class would grow, next up universal health case would cost 1.5 trillion in stead of almost 3.

And last raise the minimum wage to $20/hr.

it not a hard plan to implement, but the wealthy will oppose it.
 
Gaza and the West Bank aren’t part of Israel… so why would they be allowed to vote?

And how about most of the DICTATORSHIPS surrounding Israel - where NO-ONE gets to vote?

Maybe look up the definition of Apartheid? What rights do Jews have in any of the surrounding Muslim nations? I’d rather be Arab in Israel than Jewish there… heck, unless you’re one of the ruling elite, I’d rather be Arab in Israel than Arab in the rest of the Middle East.

While the “illegal” settlements have been contentious within and without Israel, the reality is that the rest of the world (except the US) has basically seen Israel the way you do - and Israel has realized that they need to take matters into their own hands. They have seen that once a few generations goes by, no one cares how your people got there - just that they’re there now.

Much like the “Palestinians” living where they do now… there’s a reason why Jordan, Egypt and the rest don’t want them back and refuse to accept them into their nations.

The difference is none of those countries have subverted America's politicians in the way Israel has nor do they receive anywhere near the amount of foreign aid and military support. Imagine if my state, Texas, had anti-BDS laws in favor of South Africa, or any other country. Israel is a cancer.
 
I hate to say it as an American but the current system needs to fail. Housing is something even more ridiculous because everyone says there house is worth a $1,000,000 but no one has any money to buy it. A big problem with this is the "delisted" homes in my home city of Pittsburgh. We have entire ghost neighborhoods surrounding the city and they're all owned by the same 3 investment firms who built all the "luxury apartments" in 2010. They're creating an artificial shortage to keep prices high and expecting people making $15/hr to pay $2000/m for a 1bedroom apartment. Then you see the tax breaks these people get because they're financing the properties and actually get to write them off as losses since they aren't being rented.

And that's just one of the systemic issues that the American system promotes and then blames workers for not being able to afford living in the world they created.

Its worse then that; just look at the number of empty properties relative to the number of people lacking housing. There is absolutely no supply problem; the problem is strictly a *market* problem. Because we gotta justify those profit margins.

But yes, the US is at a tipping point where the entire thing is going to collapse, and I suspect it will be worse then 1929. I'm not convinced the US exists in a decade the way its headed.
 
Actually, they just need to tax the rich and give zero tax to everyone making less than 100K or less.
From what I've seen economists say that would not just pay the 1 trillion interest but also raise close to double the current federal budget.

The middle class would grow, next up universal health case would cost 1.5 trillion in stead of almost 3.

And last raise the minimum wage to $20/hr.

it not a hard plan to implement, but the wealthy will oppose it.

Rather then a set dollar amount (which ignores inflation) I'd just remove taxes to anyone making less then 4x the poverty line.

Same deal with the minimum wage; rather then a set amount it should be tied to some metric so it naturally adjusts with inflation.
 
The difference is none of those countries have subverted America's politicians in the way Israel has nor do they receive anywhere near the amount of foreign aid and military support. Imagine if my state, Texas, had anti-BDS laws in favor of South Africa, or any other country. Israel is a cancer.
How has Israel “subverted” US politicians? I’d argue that the various Arab and Muslim nations have subverted EU nations far more effectively…

As for anti-BDS laws… why don’t we boycott Syria over their treatment of their citizens? Instead, the UN made them the chair of the human rights committee…

It’s easy to pick on Israel since they don’t have any natural resources anyone wants - and plenty of people are anti-Semitic so it comes naturally… but they’re the only real democracy in the area - yet they’re evil and the terrorists who attack then are the victims…
 
Gaza and the West Bank aren’t part of Israel… so why would they be allowed to vote?
You invaded their land and killed their government and now call the land "greater Israel" but these people don't have any say in their lives. The Israeli settlers living on the same land do get to vote because they're Israeli.

Maybe look up the definition of Apartheid?
I'm happy to follow Amnesty International's guidance and they quite clearly state it's apartheid as do the United Nations, the World Court, and the International Court of Justice.

While the “illegal” settlements have been contentious within and without Israel, the reality is that the rest of the world (except the US) has basically seen Israel the way you do - and Israel has realized that they need to take matters into their own hands.
I think this is exactly what the Germans did at the start of WWII with their policy of "Lebensraum" which roughly means creating living space by killing of those in neighbouring countries and taking their land for themselves. It's frowned upon.

there’s a reason why Jordan, Egypt and the rest don’t want them back and refuse to accept them into their nations.
You seem to be implying they're subhuman but no country wants immigrants at the moment. This is true for Gulf states, European countries and America.

How has Israel “subverted” US politicians?
The Israeli lobby in America is huge. Miriam Adelson alone gave $250m to Trump and the republicans before the war.

It’s easy to pick on Israel since they don’t have any natural resources anyone wants - and plenty of people are anti-Semitic so it comes naturally
People are criticising Israel simply because of it's actions, it's not anti semitic. There's the invasion and large scale occupation of your neighbours lands (Palestine, Syria and Lebanon). There's the genocide in Gaza. There's the direct targeting of hospitals, schools, universities and mosques. There was the stealing of the water supply to Gaza. There was the targeting and killing of journalists, doctors and aid workers. There was the withholding of food and medical aid to the survivors in Gaza. I believe Bibi will be arrested for war crimes if he steps foot in any civilised country around the world. There was the use of pager bombs to blind and kill the leadership in Palestine. There was the bombing of the Iranian leadership that's led to chaos around the world. I could go on ...
 
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If a neighbouring nation invades, kidnaps a bunch of civilians, rapes, tortures then kills over 1000 other civilians - what should they do?

If these terrorists had tried that with Russia, China, Iran or any other dictatorship, they’d be radioactive dust…(or just dust if the nation they did that to didn’t have nukes).

Israel’s response was far lighter…
Israel has kept the Palestinians in camps for over half a century. And there is a very, very long list of Israel's crimes against humanity. Pretending they are not committing genocide is ignoring facts, that is like saying the Nazi did not commit the holocaust.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/06/1167790
 
The funny thing is the republican hypocrisy in everything they say. I could go on and on about some of the comments here not baked in reality relating to world policy but there is no point in talking with brain rot. You cant reason with it. Ill just say, majority of historians and experts do agree, its a genocide. Thats all there is to it. History didn't start on oct 7th as it didn't start on sept 11th. Those are responses to something but folks cant think beyond their hatred for a populace that has been living in an open air prison for generations without any form of sovereignty. They talk about Palestinian rapes but dont mention that Israel's IDF defended their right to rape prisoners to death publicly. The world is definitely waking up.

Any time there were talks about debt forgiveness or restitution, republicans cried about how dems were trying to buy votes. Then Elon comes in and literally pays people to vote, trump promising checks if he wins (still waiting for our DOGE and Tariff rebate checks) is just the icing on the cake. Where are the republicans crying about buying votes? Haven't we already been promised several checks that never came through already by this administration? You would have to be in a coma to fall for that... again...

And 5000? While the president racks in billions of personal wealth by fleecing Americans... They cried about Hunter selling a painting for a few thousand and yet crickets when Trumps family rakes in millions in profits and billions in business deals.

I see republicans running on affordability... AFFORDABILITY! They created this mess, they own the house, senate, scotus and white house. They started illegal wars and raised the prices of everything and now are crying that they are the party to lower prices... I just cant even with these people.

This country pisses me off so much. The partisan non sense just flys off the hook. Sure the dems do it too (I can certainly rant about them but its a joke compared to what is happening) but the scale and level that the repubs do is just laughable to compare it to anything else.

If a politician lies so blatantly as the president did last night at the RNC, they should be immediately removed from office regardless of position or party.
All politicians are crooked in their own way.
 
And why would a proportional response be called for, or desired? Israel's response was basically "Let's teach this bunch of stone-age murdering savages a lesson ". I don't blame them. If I was an Israeli decision-maker, that's exactly what I would have planned.
So you're saying killing civilians including children is also what you would have done! Are you that evil or just informed talking BS?
 
The funny thing is the republican hypocrisy in everything they say. I could go on and on about some of the comments here not baked in reality relating to world policy but there is no point in talking with brain rot. You cant reason with it. Ill just say, majority of historians and experts do agree, its a genocide. Thats all there is to it. History didn't start on oct 7th as it didn't start on sept 11th. Those are responses to something but folks cant think beyond their hatred for a populace that has been living in an open air prison for generations without any form of sovereignty. They talk about Palestinian rapes but dont mention that Israel's IDF defended their right to rape prisoners to death publicly. The world is definitely waking up.
OK... hard to believe you actually believe this... While Amnesty International and the UN might have called what Israel is doing "genocide" (but the UN has Syria on their human rights council, so... hard to trust them), the majority of historians and experts agree to no such thing...

As to the IDF defending their "right to rape prisoners to death publicly" - that's just an outright lie. Reuters even published a "fact-check" on this and found it was untrue..

It's really easy to fact-check... While Israel might no be blameless, Hamas, Hezbellah, Iran and Syria are FAR worse than anything Israel has done. And ONLY Israel has a democracy!

Yet... people will post on here (and other places) saying that Israel=the devil... well... I'll call it for what it is... ANTI-SEMITISM. Now kindly fact-check your lies before you make yourself out to be worse than you are...
 
How has Israel “subverted” US politicians? I’d argue that the various Arab and Muslim nations have subverted EU nations far more effectively…

As for anti-BDS laws… why don’t we boycott Syria over their treatment of their citizens? Instead, the UN made them the chair of the human rights committee…

It’s easy to pick on Israel since they don’t have any natural resources anyone wants - and plenty of people are anti-Semitic so it comes naturally… but they’re the only real democracy in the area - yet they’re evil and the terrorists who attack then are the victims…
The difference genius is that I legally can't work for the state of Texas if I boycott Israel. More than half the U.S. states have similar laws. At the state level. Even mayoral candidates are getting flown out to Israel and receiving AIPAC funding. What other country writes U.S. legislation at will?
 
So you're saying killing civilians including children is also what you would have done! Are you that evil or just informed talking BS?
I'm saying "An eye for an eye"................The Book of Exodus. "An eye for an eye" (Biblical Hebrew: עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן, ʿayin taḥaṯ ʿayin)[a] is a commandment found in the Book of Exodus 21:23–27 expressing the principle of reciprocal justice measure for measure.

So why wouldn't the Jewish people want it? Of course, all the "From the river to the sea" useful *****s wouldn't agree.
 
If a neighbouring nation invades, kidnaps a bunch of civilians, rapes, tortures then kills over 1000 other civilians - what should they do?

If these terrorists had tried that with Russia, China, Iran or any other dictatorship, they’d be radioactive dust…(or just dust if the nation they did that to didn’t have nukes).

Israel’s response was far lighter…
The ending of the lives or taking the land of a bunch of civilians who had nothing to do with the attack is not at all a valid response. Which terrorist organization got bombed by Russia after the attacks at the Crocus City Hall attack? Who did they turn into radioactive dust or just dust?
 
OK... hard to believe you actually believe this... While Amnesty International and the UN might have called what Israel is doing "genocide" (but the UN has Syria on their human rights council, so... hard to trust them), the majority of historians and experts agree to no such thing...

As to the IDF defending their "right to rape prisoners to death publicly" - that's just an outright lie. Reuters even published a "fact-check" on this and found it was untrue..

It's really easy to fact-check... While Israel might no be blameless, Hamas, Hezbellah, Iran and Syria are FAR worse than anything Israel has done. And ONLY Israel has a democracy!

Yet... people will post on here (and other places) saying that Israel=the devil... well... I'll call it for what it is... ANTI-SEMITISM. Now kindly fact-check your lies before you make yourself out to be worse than you are...
Saying others are far worse doesn't make what the Israeli government has done okay, that isn't a valid excuse, what they've done is still wrong. Being against what the Israeli government has done doesn't make someone anti-Jewish. A person can be pro-people and anti-government.
 
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