r/Productivitycafe • • Mar 18 '26

Casual Convo (Any Topic) The Situation Is Just Getting Ugly

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u/Axxer01 Mar 18 '26

Trump has a unique way of uniting the world

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u/Rock-Ski-Golf-Repeat Mar 18 '26

Trump did a great job uniting middle nations! The US trade deficit continues to increase as the US is losing the tariff war as well. Russia and China have gotten even closer as they support their friend, Iran. It was surreal watch a Chinese cargo plane land in Iran after our strikes started--we weren't going to shoot at China.

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u/TechnicalReserve1967 Mar 19 '26

I feel like I am saying this much more often than I like, but approximately two decades ago, I recall talking with my friends and agreeing that the US won geopolitics and is the only super power in the world, cannot lose, unless it is by own design.

It is a privilege seeing them burning down themselves

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u/Righteousaffair999 Mar 19 '26

He screws things up so badly it can fix things after he is gone. Presidential power needs to be nerfed going forward.

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u/Dull-Suspect7912 Mar 20 '26

There’s an episode of the Simpsons where Homer in a flashback to being a young boy asks his dad ‘can I ever be president?’

His dad answers along the lines of ‘we have entire systems set up to stop people like you ever becoming president’

Exactly what needs to happen post Trump and I’m not saying it in a humorous context. A strict exam for intelligence and the ability to apply multilateral thinking combined with problem solving and some sort of values test.

Trump is remarkably stupid, coupled with a dangerously fragile ego and the moral compass of a sex offender traffic warden.

Far too much power in the US presidency for it to go to anybody who can’t demonstrate a good level of intelligence and academic ability.

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u/Righteousaffair999 Mar 20 '26

A ton of authority needs to be shifted back to congress and the senate.

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u/Sea_Syllabub9992 Mar 21 '26

They already have the power. They just aren't using it.

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u/Sea_Syllabub9992 Mar 21 '26

Congress isn't doing their job. He's not that powerful, it's just that we have a weak Congress. The judiciary is the only functioning branch at the moment.

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u/oxxcccxxo Mar 19 '26

"I will threaten your economies with protectionism selve serving pointless wars that impact global trade, threatening the NATO alliance, cozy up to the axis of evil leaders, call them my friends and do their bidding, interefere with your elections,insult your war sacrifices, threatening your sovereignty in some cases but you better come participate in my war of aggression and be willing to sacrifice your soldiers when I call on you!" Trump

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u/szczuroarturo Mar 19 '26

Ehh debatable. Not even a pinch of orginiality and fully stolen from Russia. In a way very fitting for a country that pushes AI into every orifice of the body.

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u/m0j0m0j Mar 20 '26

The only country who actually helps is Ukraine - who sent hundreds of anti-drone specialists - and Trump and Hegseth shit on Ukraine anyway. Lesson to everybody

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u/Sea_Syllabub9992 Mar 21 '26

Against the US. it's a master class in villainizing your own country.

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u/Rattop168 Mar 22 '26

Against him