Well, to the outsiders looking in, it looks like these protests are non existent and not effective. Doesn’t seem to be much stopping Trump, with the courts now siding on Trump regarding deploying the national guard. I gotta be honest with you, it looks like your democracy is on life support at the moment.
My point is that the courts are not always siding with Trump about the National Guard or really any other issue. He has both wins and losses. And so there’s no need to be an armchair doomer.
Armchair doomer, I like that. I’m not an American, I just have family and friends there, as I write this from a west African nation where I am a foreign worker, we had a supposed coup attempt. I’m looking at Europe vis a vis Russia and things don’t look peachy. I’m originally from Lebanon, and the entire Middle East is fucked outside of the petro bubble that are the Gulf Dictatorship Monarchies. So forgive me my pessimism when the supposed “Leader of the free world” is trying to dismantle the democratic state which will have far reaching effects on the world as a whole.
Shit is fucked in the U.S… and it sounds like elsewhere too. All I was pushing back on is the idea that the Trump regime is untouchable, legally or otherwise. That should give us a sliver of hope and one lever to push on. In fact there are several such levers…
I truly hope more judges grow a pair and actually do their jobs as per the constitution. Agreed he’s not untouchable as made clear with the Kilmar Abrego Garcia fiasco. I’m crossing my fingers for all you normal people!
Well, to the outsiders looking in, it looks like these protests are non existent and not effective. Doesn’t seem to be much stopping Trump, with the courts now siding on Trump regarding deploying the national guard. I gotta be honest with you, it looks like your democracy is on life support at the moment.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/20/court-ruling-trump-national-guard-portland
My point is that the courts are not always siding with Trump about the National Guard or really any other issue. He has both wins and losses. And so there’s no need to be an armchair doomer.
Armchair doomer, I like that. I’m not an American, I just have family and friends there, as I write this from a west African nation where I am a foreign worker, we had a supposed coup attempt. I’m looking at Europe vis a vis Russia and things don’t look peachy. I’m originally from Lebanon, and the entire Middle East is fucked outside of the petro bubble that are the Gulf Dictatorship Monarchies. So forgive me my pessimism when the supposed “Leader of the free world” is trying to dismantle the democratic state which will have far reaching effects on the world as a whole.
Shit is fucked in the U.S… and it sounds like elsewhere too. All I was pushing back on is the idea that the Trump regime is untouchable, legally or otherwise. That should give us a sliver of hope and one lever to push on. In fact there are several such levers…
I truly hope more judges grow a pair and actually do their jobs as per the constitution. Agreed he’s not untouchable as made clear with the Kilmar Abrego Garcia fiasco. I’m crossing my fingers for all you normal people!