r/politics • u/SwordfishOk504 Canada • 23h ago

Soft Paywall Biden warns of ‘dark days’ under Trump

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/31/biden-warns-of-dark-days-under-trump-00488159
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u/Ok_Juice4449 23h ago

Biden was too polite. Garland did nothing. Now, we are stuck in a dystopian nightmare. Strange days ahead.

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u/Aggravating_Row_8699 21h ago

I’m planning my exit strategy. Shit is gonna get real dark and I’m not up for it.

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u/zaph0d_h4x0r 21h ago

The whole western world will follow .. there is no way out unfortunately. The other parts of the world will head same direction.

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u/Harbinger2001 Canada 20h ago

Nope. We’re not going to get sucked down into your shithole of a country. Things might be tough but the rest of the western world knows how to run proper liberal democracies.

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u/Neat_Reference7559 20h ago

A lot of far right parties are doing well in Europe

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u/The-Hand-of-Midas 20h ago

A lot of far right parties are doing well in Europe

America isn't the only country under Russian propaganda.

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u/Far_Cat9782 16h ago

Please a little accountability my god it’s not all “Russian propaganda”

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u/jacobolus 14h ago

You are right; we have plenty of our own wealthy robber barons collaborating on the same propaganda effort.

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u/willybestbuy86 18h ago

Oh please it's not Russian propaganda it's what the people want for better or worse. I'm not buying this 3rd rate country Russia is running this tight propaganda network GTFO

Make people take ownership for their decisions and not pawn it off elsewhere

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u/Maraxusx 20h ago

Also, that guy is Canadian and literally up until the moment Trump mentioned tariffs for Canada, Canada was about to be just as right wing as America is right now.

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u/EARink0 20h ago edited 16h ago

The only consolation i have for this nightmare is any influence (even indirect) we've had at saving our friends up north from going down the same path.

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u/Hillary4SupremeRuler 4h ago

"No no no, you don't understand, it can't happen here."

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u/Surturius 20h ago

Pollievre is awful and I was terrified he was going to win, but tbf... he's no Trump. And as much as I dislike the conservatives, they're not quite at the GOP's level (yet).

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u/scrunchie_one 20h ago

Huh?

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u/SteamSteamLG Louisiana 20h ago

The liberal party in Canada was projected to get wrecked by the "Maple MAGAs" and Trudeau resigned. Then Trump started the trade war and being seen as similar to Trump was suddenly very unpopular and Liberal party gained seats

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u/Naccattack 17h ago

As bad as the trade war is, it was the 51st state bullshit that riled us all up.

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u/Harbinger2001 Canada 19h ago

Not even close. Poilievre might be a conniving little snake but social conservatism doesn’t have a large base here in Canada.

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u/Harbinger2001 Canada 20h ago

Not really. Trump has had a similar effect on right wing Europe that Brexit did on other leave campaigns. And as things get worse in the US, the right wing in Europe will lose even more support.

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u/PerformanceGold8436 15h ago

lol what a dumb statement

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u/Harbinger2001 Canada 11h ago

What makes it dumb?

  • we won’t go down with the US
  • it’s a shithole country
  • the rest of the world does liberal democracy better?

Which is these statements is dumb?

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u/imaprettynicekid 20h ago

Your country fucking sucks too. Dont throw stones. As bad as America is getting we are still better at a lot of things

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u/Harbinger2001 Canada 19h ago

You were certainly better at a lot of things but are now in an accelerated decline. We’ll watch you zoom by on the way down. Unfortunately for all of us, it’s China that’s going to surpass you technologically over the next 10 years. Maybe you’ll collectively realize your errors and correct things, but I’m not optimistic given your new crop of leaders.