Americans Aren’t Buying Trump’s Shutdown Blame Game

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Americans Aren’t Buying Trump’s Shutdown Blame Game

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I can assure you Trump supporters are buying it. I live in the south and they want Democrats rounded up into camps and put to death and want him to be a dictator. It's bad here
- Or they know trump is bullshiting, but they still want democrats rounded up.
- I see the same sentiment where I live in the south.
  
  I live in Cali, and rural folks are basically eating his shit with the best silverware they can find. So yea....it ain't looking good man
For good reason? The only reason.
Good. "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" meant something. It was a teaching moment for all the little children.
yea yea sure they aren't. I lived most of my life in other places with similar shit shows and the abundance of "now they have crossed the line" or "now they are fucked" news never ceases in such scenarios. And they can go on for decades without causing any problems to fascism. To this day I don't know if they exists because they help people cope or they are a part of the shitshow itself so that people don't lose all hope and run away or descend into complete rioting. Probably mix of both.
Does it matter? Not trolling just don’t see their opinion having any real life impact
- It does! He recently hit an all time low for approval ratings.
  The more people that turn on him, the less likely a true civil war is. Civil War is the worst case scenario for America right now. I don't believe Trump is capable of actually pulling a Hitler (though he's trying, he's just too stupid and demented). Civil War, however... This could happen, and it would be bad for everyone.
  This said, a replacement could do worse. Hard to look into the future right now when we're all taking things one day at a time... But Trump's cruelty seems to be the glue of the GOP. When he dies, since he's an old ass man with dementia, things could fall apart for them.
  So... For now it's a very good thing when Trump loses support.
- It starts matter when things progressively start falling apart.
  His last record was 35 days.
  
  It starts matter when things ~~progressively~~ conservatively start falling apart.
  Sorry, couldn’t resist the obvious joke there.
- It only matters when the magats join the protests against trump, and that’s not likely.
They aren't? My MAGA family sure is. As well as every other MAGA that I have the misfortune of knowing.
Shouldn’t they be on the streets overthrowing this corrupt government? I’ll care when they do.
- That’s a bad idea when he told the military that he is declaring war on American citizens and kegsbreath said he is encouraging extreme violence and humiliation be done to American civilians by the military. We need a peaceful solution like a general strike because they are trying to incite violence so that they have an excuse
  
  I'm so stealing "Kegsbreath".
  
  A general strike is the way. It kills capitalism quickly and once the rich turn on Trump, it’s over. He can’t justify using the military against that action like protests or riots. He’s impotent to do anything about it. If he tried to force people to work or some other insanity, the whole world would boycott the US. Just a couple days of a general strike would scare the living hell out of the owner class and Trump has no power without them behind him.
Like so much else, the variance is heavily predicated on which media you consume.
But the curious thing is that I see Republicans undecided as to whether they want to blame Democrats for the Shutdown or Own The Libs by leveraging the Shutdown to do what they were going to do anyway. Lots of "Fuck Around, Find Out BITCH!" posting on social media, with the AI Generated Crying Blue-haired Liberals all filing out of a government building with their lay-off boxes.
The Republican brand has become so much of a "We don't need Big Government!" bravado line that the libertarian wing of the party is once again enthusiastically supporting the current state of affairs. Not unlike what happened in 1995 and 2013 and 2019 and 2024, incidentally.
I’d love to believe it, but I just don’t.
I mean, ALL the propaganda is being used against Democrats so no, probably not. Interestingly enough, though, confirmation bias might just keep people as entrenched on this issue as always so we probably won't even see a change in the blame game regardless of what happens.

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