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What is wrong with people these days?
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“You will own nothing and you will be happy”
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Orange man bad
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In Trump’s case that’s not a good thing. He hijacked a major political party, turned it into a fascist cult of personality, and is taking a sledgehammer to both the American republic and the post-WWII order in order to enrich himself and prevent accountability for his many crimes.
Influential ≠ positive
Rising Star
Yep even Hitler won Time’s Person of the Year.
Chief
And Adolf Hitler is considered one of the most influential figures in world history…
Chief
Influence, by itself, means nothing. It’s how you use that influence that defines your legacy.
A president with the kind of political gravity he commands, having the rare ability to energize millions and dominate every news cycle could have used that power to change the country for the better.
He could have brokered a real immigration deal, securing the border and modernized the system. Tackled the Social Security crisis before the trust fund dries up. Pushed for lasting health care reform that works across party lines.
Any one of those would have cemented him in history as a transformational leader.
But instead, he’s chosen to use his influence not to build, but to dismantle. Not to unite, but to divide. Not to serve democracy, but to bend it to his will.
That’s what’s tragic. It’s not that he didn’t have the power. It’s that he had it and wasted it.
Chief
EY - The U.S. immigration system is one of the most complex systems to navigate globally. Family & employment based green card wait times are 10-20+ years. Immigration courts are underfunded and have a 1.5M+ backlog of cases. If your visa is set to expire and you apply for an extension, it could be years before that extension is granted. Meanwhile, if an ICE agent or the agency itself, doesn’t do the work to verify that the extension is in progress, you run the risk of being deported; even though you followed the process. Then you may be subject to a re-entry ban, if it’s deemed that you were here illegally, which seems to be the going rate today.
Democrats tend to favor legal pathways, DACA protections, and humane border processing.
Republicans tend to favor border security, deportation, and reductions in legal immigration.
Comprehensive reform has failed repeatedly (1986, 2007, 2013, 2021) due to: disagreements over border enforcement vs. legal status, political fear of “amnesty”, tying immigration to broader partisan issues. Although it’s one of the top 3 issues for voters, cycle after cycle.
The U.S. immigration system isn’t “broken” because it lacks laws, it’s broken because it can’t enforce or modernize them.
It is 2025 and he has been leading the Republican Party for approximately half of the century, having been an influential endorsement prior to running for office in 2016.
So this seems rather straightforward and Enten isn't a hack
Rising Star
Looking forward to the rubble in the post Trump GOP. Like Berlin 1945.
Chief
The history books are going to be crazy.