On Friday morning, West Coast port officials told CNN about a startling sight: Not a single cargo vessel had left China with goods for the two major West Coast ports in the past 12 hours. That hasn’t happened since the pandemic.
  • KingPorkChopOPMEnglish
    21·
    6 months ago

    I love this for the USA.

    They elect a known criminal and idiot who threatens our country and the livelihoods of our people. Criminal idiot severely thrashes trade for own country while the other countries he threatened gave him the finger and are chugging along just fine and working strong trades with each other.

    Well done, chumps. Maybe you shouldn’t have elected a toxic slime mold as your leader.

    • hddsxEnglish
      11·
      6 months ago

      I wish we didn’t elect Trump either. It’s like everyone forgot how racist and terrible his first term was. He was very good at uniting the world against him.

        • hddsxEnglish
          1·
          6 months ago

          Not Trump should have been good enough

            • hddsxEnglish
              2·
              6 months ago

              I really appreciate your condescending tone.

              First of all, let’s put this into perspective here. The election of Harris or the re-election of Biden would have meant the continuance of the Republic. The signs were there before Trump was re-elected and to ignore them is, to put it lightly, shortsighted. Now that Trump has indeed been re-elected, we can be more specific:

              • The complete erosion of due process
              • The gutting of the federal government that /directly/ affects the lives of people world wide and /indirectly/ affects the livelihood of many Americans
              • Blantant bribery and corruption in the executive branch
              • National security issues stemming from the lack of security protocols from DOGE
              • The access to data by an unelected official by someone not confirmed by the Senate with more power than a confirmed or elected official
              • The direct attack on states, institutions, and the free press
              • The continuing attack on the right to prompt and preventive medical care, especially concerning abortion
              • The complete and utter destruction of the economy at the whim of the President
              • The complete flaunting of the rule of law.

              At no point did I mention that Biden, Harris, or any of the Democrats were good candidates. Neither did I mention that I am a Democrat or a Republican. For the record, I don’t have a party. So again, I really appreciate your condescending tone. But, the reality is, not voting is also an affirmative choice to affect the election. By not showing up to the polls, you have indicated your support or indifference to the listed points above. Like it or not, you are responsible. It’s not “Trump”, by the way, it’s everything his administration has done to erode the rights of Americans. This would not have happened under a Biden or Harris administration.

              Your attitude is also “I’ll let the world go to shit if I can’t get better”. It is sophomoric at best. Nobody said that the people could not continue to fight for improvements under a Biden or Harris administration - we can. But, llike science and all things reasonable, we have to choose the best option we have while we continue to find better. And Harris was the best option we had at the time.

              Or, perhaps in your language:

              Do you find Gaza, the economy, and the state of health care better now?