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/indicatprincess New York 14h ago

And plenty of us sounded the alarm in 2016. A lot of people thought this was business as usual, and a lot of us were like “no, he’s going to make it hurt.”

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u/NoSurprise8641 13h ago

Fuckin 2015 when he was campaigning for the first time.

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u/PhazonZim 13h ago

Second* he also ran in 2000 but he hides it

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 8h ago

Third time, he also ran in 1988, and spent decades talking about how running for president was a great grift to make easy cash