• madjo@feddit.nl
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    8 days ago

    Given that Trump’s USA is no longer an ally to us in Europe, I’ll never set foot in that country again.

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      8 days ago

      It’s not “Trump’s USA”, he’s just one tiny, orange facet of the same beast, which is world-wide (with USA being the source).

      NVIDIA, Apple, Amazon, Walmart, et al find Trump very useful as he is motivated by greed alone.

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          How so? USA is money central, the capital of the biggest economy since at least WW2.

          I’m not saying the original source, I didn’t mean to imply that. I think that would be the banks if I had to pick just one.

          Who do you think is the source today or how far do you go back?

          Ha! I guess.

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            Based on what we learned in the very short window when Twitter let people see location information about specific accounts, I think we can trace a lot of Trump’s “grassroots” support back to Russia.

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              Russia has a much smaller economy, not even equivalent to California.

              I think you give them too much credit, Trump even played a rich businessman on TV; he’s an “ideal” Republican candidate (name recognition and for sale to highest bidder)