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Jeff Wild's avatar

Destruction of American higher education and the loss of foreign expertise.

The purging of seasoned FBI, and other national; security personnel.

Destruction of our medical research.

Destruction of the CDC's global reputation.

Setting the stage for the end of the dollar as global currency

Ending our means of exhibiting soft power through the destruction of USAID and Voice of America

Deporting farm hands and construction workers

Depleting our weapons reserves in an insane war with Iran

Creating animosity with our closest neighbor and ally.

Raising our national debt by trillions in his big ugly bill.

Alienating our allies to the point where they are seeking alternatives to American defensive partnerships.

Sending masked and heavily armed goons to terrorize America cities.

Creating distrust of our elections.

Setting up systems of mass surveillance.

Purging the miliary of flag officers who are not blind loyalists.

How would a Manchurian/Moscow agent behave any differently?

Charles Bastille's avatar

Damn, I should pin that.

Katharine Valentino's avatar

What does Russia have on Donald Trump? Actually, I can't imagine that Russia has anything on Trump that America doesn't have on him. Since everything Americans--even MAGA--know about him has not been enough to topple him, what could it be?

Charles Bastille's avatar

Probably true, but Putin isn't Bondi. All he has to say is, "Release the Kraken!" and Bondi's cover up is over. So that's a pretty big thing to be able to hold over Herr EpsteinTrumpDiddyGriftenFührer

Sue's avatar

Murder of children during sex

Katharine Valentino's avatar

Well, you and I both have heard some of the evidence for this, and we both hope that would be (will be?) enough to turn Trumpers away from Trump.

Charles Bastille's avatar

And yet… that 30-35% wall remains, no matter what he does.

Eddie Spaghetti's avatar

Appointment of $$Patel as Director of FBI gets a vote

Alexandra Barcus's avatar

I believe with Russia’s backing he is taking every conceivable step to destroy the country. I have thought this from the moment he returned to office. But now his willingness for the Russians to help the Iranians with targeting us is the final straw.

JR's avatar

Yes.

JR's avatar

I love your icon. I’ve been trying to think of something to of something to fill that ugly blue/orange bubble. Thanks.

I passed the link to Psalm of Vampiresto my other. She’s been a fan of your genre as long as I’ve known her. Long time: she claims she met that Nosferatu guy on a date once. Didn’t work out. No commitment there.

It was the sort of relationship that if you had a stake in it, it would end it.

I gave the link to Magicland to my grandson

Charles Bastille's avatar

"I love your icon." Thanks! Branding! :-) It helps that I was a graphic designer in one of my previous professional lives.

I have a writer friend who gushes over the main character in Psalm of Vampires, the narrator, so careful there with your other. I think my friend, who's married, fell in love a little. She was quite public with her infatuation. You've been warned. :-)

Seriously, I appreciate you forwarding the links. I hope they both enjoy the books if they read them. They're quite different from each other. MagicLand is very YA, no cussing, etc., whereas Psalm of Vampires is a bit raunchy, but not overtly so, more conceptually than anything, although there's a bit of gore.

JR's avatar

Thanks for the warning but I think they’ll be fine.

One was a Fortnight gamer and thinks Vinge is SciFi’s greatest writer and the other is a reader: Everything from the Bible to Shakespere. Plenty of “raunch” in just the two mentioned to harder any reader.

I‘ll have them send their critiques.

Sue's avatar

All part of Project 2025…end goal, take over and create the theocracy, run gov’t on AI.

Elizabeth's avatar

Of course this is intentional

wayne spencer's avatar

Yes.

WrightsCreekWolf's avatar

Destroying the CDC and encouraging doubt about vaccines

Charles Bastille's avatar

And a million Covid deaths, which I thought about while I was working on this but then spaced out on it.

Malcolm J McKinney's avatar

You have put flesh on my outline.

Cliff Lake's avatar

Enough with the dirty talk.

omg this place's avatar

stupid question. next

Sara's avatar

No. He’s too big a fool to know that that’s what he’s doing.

Doug Drape's avatar

How different would his actions and behavior be if his intent was to damage the United States of America?

Charles Bastille's avatar

Good question. It's impossible to know, because he's clinically insane.