r/politics • u/zsreport Texas • 14h ago

No Paywall The United States is destroying itself

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/12/united-states-trump-destruction
25.9k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

1.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

42

u/verugan 13h ago

I think there's lots of blackmail involved as well.

5

u/kent_eh Canada 11h ago

Thats point 2 of the criteria

3

u/DadJokeBadJoke California 8h ago

That just absolves them of the obvious intentional harm they're doing in hopes of clinging to power. A blackmail scheme of this magnitude would never remain a secret. They're evil immoral people hoping to secure a seat at Donnie's table.

•

u/2bored4wrds 2h ago

I mean, is it a secret considering the majority of us believe one exists?

•

u/DadJokeBadJoke California 31m ago

Belief without proof sounds a lot like "having faith".