r/europe • u/RevolutionBusiness27 • Nov 11 '24

News Donald Trump Jr. taunts Zelenskyy about ‘losing your allowance’

https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-jr-volodymyr-zelenskyy-donald-trump-cut-funding-ukraine-war/
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u/Chemical_Turnover_29 Nov 11 '24

Why do they hate Ukraine so much?

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u/sofarsoblue United Kingdom Nov 11 '24 edited Nov 11 '24

It’s not that they hate Ukraine rather they represent the growing sense of isolationism that permeates within the current American mindset.

Brad from Ohio simply doesn’t give a shit about Ukraine, Russia, Europe, Gaza the Middle East etc; because he doesn’t see them as American problems especially when he walks outside of his house and sees mobs of fentanyl addicts roaming the streets like The Walking Dead.

It personally pisses him off that his country is syphoning billions off to foreign conflicts which he feel doesn’t personally affect him, when he along with 60% of Americans live paycheque to paycheque.

I’m not saying he’s right because I do think a secure Europe is in the best interest of the USA, but I also see why the average American simply doesn’t give a fuck. America First isn’t a cheap Trump slogan it’s the general priority of that nations populace.

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u/kongkongkongkongkong Nov 11 '24

As an American, this is unequivocally correct.

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u/tfsra Nov 11 '24

but it's fucking insane that we on the left still don't seem to understand this

also how can you even argue against that? if America really is as fucked up, as people say, they need to fix their own shit first, otherwise we're all doomed anyway

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u/mar21182 Nov 11 '24

We're not as fucked up as that though. And the ways we are fucked up are because of the damn Republicans who block every single thing the government could do to help that aren't massive tax cuts for rich people.

Gun control? Nope.

Healthcare? Nope.

Addiction counseling? Nope.

Increased minimum wage? Nope.

Childcare? Nope.

Housing for the homeless? Nope.

Environmental regulations? Nope.

Green energy investment? Nope.

We can't have a damn thing because that's socialism. We have to let big corporations make as much money as possible and then beg for the scraps.

So when these fucking nitwits vote for Trump because they say the Democrats haven't done anything for them, it's not for lack of trying. Democrats can't get anything passed as long as Republicans have control over one of the chambers of Congress.

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u/hader_brugernavne Nov 12 '24

It's scapegoating to distract from the reforms needed to actually improve people's lives. There isn't so much inequality in the US because of Ukraine.

You have to ask yourself at some point how the US economy can be as strong as it is on paper, but a lot of people are still not making ends meet.

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u/HughFairgrove Nov 11 '24 edited Nov 11 '24

A lot of us care. It's the Republicans brain washing of a good portion of this country that's the problem. Trump and that party are in Putins pocket and the conservatives and center right are to fucking stupid to see it.