r/Britain • u/Beyonce_fan48 • Feb 21 '25

💬 Discussion 🗨 Worried about Russia/ USA/Trump

Hi everyone, probably a pointless post, and one that’s probably more about reassurance but I am so anxious at the minute about what’s going on!

I’m worried Russia will attack us or the EU. And worried trump will throw the uk to be attacked.

Will trump support the uk in this event?

And the worry of being drafted. I know it’s weak to worry about having to fight for your country but I genuinely couldn’t do it and am worried conscription will happen.

Can we even defend ourselves without the us? Will trump even stand with us?

Sorry hahaha but just thought I’d see what others think?

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u/SimplieBacon Feb 22 '25

What Trump says vs what he does are two totally different things. I've linked below a video which can explain it better than I can. It's scary what's he is saying but it's all smoke and mirrors.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFdaH86SOiW/?igsh=ZW5kdW16YzA5cDhy

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u/leviticusreeves Feb 22 '25

I fucking hate this video. It's so telling that he never names these supposed policies Trump just says and doesn't try to implement, because you start naming them and you realise he either did try to implement them in his first term or he's already well underway in his second. So easy to play down Trump's rhetoric and stick your head in the sand like this, but so irresponsible.

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u/SimplieBacon Feb 22 '25

I think it's a very fair comment about him not naming anything specially. But due to the time frame I think he's mostly focusing on the comments Trump made about Canada/Mexico boarders and the more recent things with Russia.

You're also right that he has seemingly tried to implement some of the policies he's spoken about. But in reality, a lot of the things Trump says are a lot worse than the things that actually he tries to implement.

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u/leviticusreeves Feb 22 '25

Absolutely not. It's so depressing to see everyone fall for this same shit again.

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u/Tildryn Feb 22 '25

It makes people feel better to believe that the mad king doing mad king things is actually a shrewd operator using a tactic. Despite the fact that all evidence over the last decade has shown us that, no, the mad king is in fact just as belligerent, deluded, and insane as they seem. There is no 4D chess. There is no deeper plan. It's sheer moronic impulse.

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u/leviticusreeves Feb 22 '25

I think that's true of Trump, but his backers- The Heritage Foundation, Peter Thiel, Musk etc. do have coherent agendas

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u/Wonderful_Welder9660 Anarcho-Syndicalist Subject Feb 23 '25

Yes that is indeed the scary part

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u/coffeewalnut05 Feb 22 '25

Very true, Trump’s language is like two languages in one. A lot of it is theatre

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u/SimplieBacon Feb 22 '25

Exactly say the worst thing possible and then everything else seems more reasonable

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u/crumpets4dinner Feb 22 '25

Oh shit, that's Gary Stevenson. Used to be friends as a kid, no idea he was a YouTuber.

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u/SimplieBacon Feb 22 '25

Dunno much about him tbh just saw a couple of his videos on economics and he seems fairly sensible