• Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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    4 months ago

    Trump literlaly started a crisis with the DPRK and coup'd Bolivia while I was in the country lol

    A fascist uprising at that.

    "Donor focus"

    is more of a Trump thing and he gets the most donors and the largest and most right-wing ones too.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      4 months ago

      Trump literlaly started a crisis with the DPRK

      We'd been in and out of crisis with the DPRK all during the Obama era, thanks to their restart of nuclear testing and long range missile testing. That's in no small part thanks to Obama inheriting Bush Era Pentagon officials, rather than shitcanning them on day one.

      and coup'd Bolivia

      The MAS party resigned itself out of office and handed the keys to a Social Democrat. Possibly the stupidest thing a party leadership has done since Allende appointed Pinochet as General Chief of Staff of the Army. That wasn't Trump's magic fingers, it was an own-goal by Bolivian national government which the US pounced on in their moment of weakness.

      he gets the most donors and the largest and most right-wing ones too

      He's been far less successful at fundraising than his predecessors, in large part thanks to Citizen's United fracturing the old PAC coalitions and letting every billionaire run around doing his or her own pet project. But he's brought in a ton of new voters that guys like Romney and McCain failed to engage.

      • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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        4 months ago

        "We'd been in and out of crisis with the DPRK all during the Obama era"

        And Trump did the same lol

        "The MAS party resigned itself out of office"

        No, it was forced to resign by the military. I saw guards outside the palace. Get outta here.

        "He's been far less successful at fundraising than his predecessor"

        Actually, no, even Sheldon Adelson donated more compared to most candidates.