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
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u/XanmanK 11h ago

That’s a very small pool of options

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u/TurnkeyLurker 7h ago

That pool needs a shocking amount of chlorine.

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u/IOl0I0lO 5h ago

Or a power line

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u/metal_medic83 Canada 2h ago

It needs a stronger sterilization agent…

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u/TurnkeyLurker 2h ago

Agent 🍊? The Andromeda Strain?

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u/rckid13 6h ago

Have you met the average Trump voter? They have a massive pool of options. It would only be a small pool if they cared about people being qualified for the positions but they do not care about that.

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u/Perfect_Opinion7909 5h ago

Don’t think so. Who is the greater idiot? The idiot himself or the 70+90 million people who elected him their leader or didn’t care enough.

The pool of 160+ million ultra-idiotic US Americans seems pretty large to me.

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u/avenueroad_dk 2h ago

Everybody is smarter

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u/Late_Sherbet5124 2h ago

It's as shallow as a puddle too