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[–] lemmy_user_838586@lemmy.world 34 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

How many times are we going to hear 'he can't' or 'he won't' from people regarding Trump. I had a social media post all the way back in 2017 that said "if you're saying things like 'he can't or 'he won't' you're in denial about what's happening..."

8 years later and here we are, friends were saying things like 'he can't' or 'he won't' when before the election I expressed extreme concern about his chances of dictatorship, and here we are with politicians and the media saying 'he can't' or 'he won't'.

[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Feel free to take the first shot.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Thats the problem. Its still not a "we" thing. Its still a "I've got to protect mine" thing. If we're going to do anything we're going to have to do it together.

[–] aramova@infosec.pub 3 points 6 days ago

Gonna take a lot more shared pain to push folks to that.

Someone already did and nobody took the hint. Sometimes I wonder how things would have gone if he’d been able to wait a few months.

[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

The second shot?

[–] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Do you have the ability to do something about it? Because if not, guess what? He can, and he did.

If you think a court order is gonna give these people their jobs back, you haven't been paying attention.

[–] Apricot@lemm.ee 14 points 6 days ago

Fired Fed jobs have been reinstated because of court orders, what made them follow those?

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And the Court AGREED! THEN sent Trump a STERNLY WORD LETTER telling him what he was doing was ILLEGAL and if he DIDNT Reverse Course they would send ANOTHER letter!

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago

BOY o BOY! It sure sounds like President Trump is in trouble this time!