How should Europe deal with a more hostile US?

[PurpleTree]

„Boycotters attempt to unplug from tentacular US tech sector“

 

 

[Elliott]

56 minutes ago, DocWatts said:

That's assuming we still have free and fair elections in 2026 - it's a safe bet that Trump and his Project 2025 backers will be doing everything in their power to make sure that doesn't happen.

Trump has already said 'Blue states will be wiped off the map', and that MAGA 'wont have to worry about voting anymore'. The Cheeto Man just signed an Executive Order trying to mandate proof of citizenship in order to register to vote (ie a passport or a certified birth certificate, which a large chunk of the country doesn't have). He's trying to dismantle the post office, which would effectively end voting by mail. He's been weaponizing fringe, bad-faith interpretations of the law to interfere with the  Democratic Party's ability to fundraise.

We may be less than 30 days away from Trump using a manufactured crisis at the Southern border as a flimsy excuse to declare martial law through an Executive Order, and has been purging the military of servants who place their oath to the Constitution above their personal loyalty to Donald Trump for just that purpose. 

Trump has been using ICE as his personal gestapo, abducting people off the streets in order to terrorize dissenters into anticipatory obedience - not a stretch to imagine that this will only increase going forward, since there's so far been zero consequences for this Nazi-like behavior. Hell, we could be in a shooting war with Canada or Mexico or Panama or Greenland by 2026, for all we know.

In short - we're in uncharted territory here, don't assume anything about 2026 will resemble 'business as usual'.

Elections are ran by individual states.

He was talking to republican governors.

The deported student broke the law, trespassing.

 

 

[PurpleTree]

1 minute ago, PurpleTree said:

„Boycotters attempt to unplug from tentacular US tech sector“

 

 

Hihi the journalist said your best attempt is just to throw your phone in the river 😵

[Twentyfirst]

I wonder if Greenland will have a McDonalds after the Americans steal it