That’s true, but he will still need new buyers because his previous allies, whom he has alienated greatly, will very likely reduce their order volume considerably.

I think that this so-called statesman, with his petty power games, has once again overestimated himself on this issue - as with others issues but in the same stupid manner.

That doesn’t seem unlikely to me, since Trump has destroyed the basis of trust with his allies and is thus doing considerable damage to one of the few US industries that is still functioning well, namely the arms industry.

Perhaps he somehow thought that Europe would buy the weapons needed to equip itself because he has unilaterally terminated NATO protection from US companies. Maybe a few that you can’t get anywhere else, but the EU would be incredibly stupid to buy from a nation that is now hostile to it.

So other buyers will probably have to be found - although Russia has its own arms industry and is also on good terms with China. Moreover, unlike Trump, Putin really isn’t an idiot.

But hey, maybe the EU can negotiate a billion-euro arms deal with Russia to get better conditions for Ukraine.

It would hardly be any different from buying weapons from the US.

Never mind. Russia is calling the shots on their side anyway.

Yes, he probably just couldn’t cope with all this hypocrisy.

Well, many Germans also thought at the time that they might be able to get rid of Hitler in the usual way - unfortunately we all know how that turned out.

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Every US citizen who wants to prevent the same thing from happening in the States should go and protest today. Find an event near you and show the fascists that they can expect resistance.

Best of luck from Europe.

Absolutely nothing - on the contrary, they even supply the weapons with which these shameful murders are committed.

And Trump and his band of criminals are not even alone in this - my home country, Germany, is also aiding and abetting these terrible war crimes.

I simply cannot understand how a country like Israel, which is actually completely irrelevant on the world stage, not only gets away with genocide, but is even supported by many of those countries that otherwise always play the moralizer.

The only way I can explain this is that the fascist regime in Israel is taking advantage of the fact that this country is a leader in surveillance and espionage technology. Other than by blackmailing foreign state representatives, I simply cannot explain why so many countries persist in supporting all these terrible atrocities - in democratic countries even against the will of the people and at the massive expense of votes.

I’m aware that this is conspiracy theory, but I simply can’t explain it any other way because it is so incredibly absurd and shameful.

I mean, Bibi has long been the subject of an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Courts.

It is of course quite clear that no government official in the USA is interested in this, but the fact that European countries, which recognize this intuition as binding, are also thinking about how Netanyahu could be invited as a state guest without having to arrest him immediately is simply telling. And then also supplying weapons to a war criminal?

How?

There have already been several attempts to adapt the series as a movie or TV series, but unfortunately nothing ever came of it.

And yes, given the scope, a series would probably be better, but it would certainly require a high budget.

Red Rising by Pierce Brown.

With the entire book series, there is plenty of material for sequels.

These pigs really do everything they can to distract from their criminal activities - with even more criminal activities.

Well, looks like the US says it’s OK to purchase a Von der Leyen from the EU…

Yes, that’s true. I just find it funny that Amazon named this line of business after a fraudulent device. For some of the things you can do with it, it’s probably quite the fitting name.

A perfectly legitimate question, especially since this misleading approach is precisely why Amazon’s Mechanical Turk is named like that.

The Mechanical Turk, also known as the Automaton Chess Player, was a fraudulent chess-playing machine built by Wolfgang von Kempelen in 1770. It appeared to play chess autonomously but was actually operated by a skilled human chess player hidden inside. (Source)

I don’t know the answer, but I assume that it probably has something to do with money and power…

If there is something to criticize, everyone should do so. Criticism is a good thing: you don’t necessarily have to share it, but you can learn from it.

Exactly. It’s insane that, these morons somehow always forget that it’s already Trump’s second term - and even in his first he was a terrible president who only enriched himself and his billionaire patrons. And his criminal history … it boggles my mind why these people don’t want to understand that there could hardly be a more unsuitable person for the presidency.

Yes, that’s true. I’m more concerned with whether US citizens, whose past administrations more or less invented the term, can now recognize for themselves that they are no longer on the side of the “good guys” with this administration at all, but are now the “terrorists” themselves - the very thing that past US administrations denounced (at the time, of course, already completely speciously).

Edit: Trump himself has even brought the term back to a certain extent - and he is not only the personification of evil for the governments of other countries. I just want to make it clear that it’s the same here as with almost everything he does: it’s projection - whatever he accuses others of, he and his corrupt gang are the ones doing it.

Edit 2: Please don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying this because I believe that Europe, for example, would be much better - I’m saying it because I’m from Germany and we have the history that you all know. It’s not too late to put a stop to Trump and his Nazi colleagues, but it will take civil resistance. If there is no vehement resistance, I fear that history will repeat itself. Nobody in their right mind can want that.

Probably not unimportant even for you: the fact that women’s right to self-determination regarding abortions has been effectively abolished in the US. This of course contradicts any civilizational progress and cannot be interpreted as anything other than a severe violation of human rights - I would never have thought that this would be possible in any Western country, but what do I know.

It doesn’t stop there - not by a long shot. I don’t even want to go into the illegal circumstances under which the USA operates a barbaric torture prison in Guantanamo Bay, or the numerous crimes against humanity that the USA has committed over the years. For the moment, let’s stick to the things your fascist government is up to.

The Trump administration’s policies have raised significant concerns regarding human rights both domestically and internationally. Key areas of restriction include:

• Immigration and Asylum Rights: Policies have dismantled protections for asylum seekers, expanded immigration detention, and criminalized immigrant communities. Refugees have been blocked from entry, and asylum applications by undocumented migrants have been banned, violating federal law[1][2][4].

• LGBTQ+ Rights: Executive orders prohibit transgender individuals from serving in the military and deny federal recognition of transgender identities, mandating recognition only of binary sexes[1].

• Birthright Citizenship: Efforts to end birthright citizenship for children of undocumented parents could render many children stateless, affecting access to healthcare, education, and identity documents[1][5].

• Policing and Civil Rights: The administration reinstated “no-knock” warrants and choke holds, increasing risks of police violence disproportionately affecting marginalized communities[2].

• International Human Rights Engagement: Withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council, defunding UN refugee agencies, and sanctions on the International Criminal Court undermine global human rights frameworks[3][7].

• Humanitarian Aid: Suspension of development aid and humanitarian assistance worldwide impacts vulnerable populations dependent on U.S. support[1][5].

These actions collectively erode protections for marginalized groups and weaken international human rights systems.

And that’s just a glimpse. If you think the US does not suppress human rights you are plain wrong.

Sources: [1] Trump’s Executive Orders Threaten Broad Range of Human Rights https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/01/22/trumps-executive-orders-threaten-broad-range-human-rights [2] What Trump’s First Moves Mean for Health and Human Rights - PHR https://phr.org/our-work/resources/what-trumps-first-moves-mean-for-health-and-human-rights/ [3] The Targeted Chaos of Trump’s Attacks Against International Human … https://www.aclu.org/news/human-rights/the-targeted-chaos-of-trumps-attacks-against-international-human-rights-law-and-justice [4] The Trump Administration Human Rights Tracker | Helping … https://trumphumanrightstracker.law.columbia.edu/ [5] Ten Harmful Trump Administration Immigration and Refugee Policies https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/02/20/ten-harmful-trump-administration-immigration-and-refugee-policies [6] Trump Administration Civil and Human Rights Rollbacks https://civilrights.org/trump-rollbacks/ [7] What do the Trump administration’s sanctions on the ICC mean for … https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2025/03/what-do-the-trump-administrations-sanctions-on-the-icc-mean-for-justice-and-human-rights/ [8] President Trump’s Alarming Human Rights Agenda at Home and … https://www.americanprogress.org/article/president-trumps-alarming-human-rights-agenda-home-abroad/

Ah yes, the usual patriotism…

That’s why I wrote “…now definitely a rogue state”. Not that there was much of a question before but now it should be obvious even to US-citizens.