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Jan. 16th, 2026 05:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nebrisFor the first time since 9/11, I am scared on a 'global level'. This Greenland madness of Trump has the possibility to go a truly terrifying place; open hostilities between the United States and NATO/the European Union. That's a war that would utterly ruin us economically and isolate us politically...in this modern interconnected world, that spells national death.
On the face of it, the above seems an insane idea, but remember, Donald Trump is fuckin' nuts...
Now, I do some have hope that some kind of bullshit agreement will be hashed that is presented as giving Trump 'a win', which is all he really wants anyway, even more than money. Ultimately, money is just how The Grift keeps score.
However, even if all this drama is resolved in a non-catastrophic fashion, trust in the United States had been broken, even if Trump choked on a chicken nugget ten minutes after you've read this. Even if the Dems sweep the midterms. Even if Jasmine Crockett got elected President in '28.
Our European allies can never be sure we won't get another Fascist lunatic in the White House and will now have to act accordingly. Trump has fatally poisoned the American Empire.
Of course, my darkest fear is that he knows he's finished, and hated, and might decide to burn the whole gaddam shithouse to the ground while he can still watch it happen. His last Big Win is everyone else losing.
On the face of it, the above seems an insane idea, but remember, Donald Trump is fuckin' nuts...
Now, I do some have hope that some kind of bullshit agreement will be hashed that is presented as giving Trump 'a win', which is all he really wants anyway, even more than money. Ultimately, money is just how The Grift keeps score.
However, even if all this drama is resolved in a non-catastrophic fashion, trust in the United States had been broken, even if Trump choked on a chicken nugget ten minutes after you've read this. Even if the Dems sweep the midterms. Even if Jasmine Crockett got elected President in '28.
Our European allies can never be sure we won't get another Fascist lunatic in the White House and will now have to act accordingly. Trump has fatally poisoned the American Empire.
Of course, my darkest fear is that he knows he's finished, and hated, and might decide to burn the whole gaddam shithouse to the ground while he can still watch it happen. His last Big Win is everyone else losing.