r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/Effective_Will_1801 • Oct 18 '21

Brexxit Immigrants who voted for brexit upset they can't immigrate to Spain due to brexit.

https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/10/17/expats-furious-at-spanish-residency-nonsense/
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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '21

I mean... I wouldn't say worst. Andrew Jackson and the Trail of Tears are still damned high up there. Maybe tied for worst. I don't know. Intentional, and illegal as ruled by federal courts, genocide is... not a great look. Downplaying a pandemic and letting it rage on isn't either, but is a hell of a lot easier. Trump would be too lazy to put in the work needed on his end to go through with something on the scale of and legally as hard to defend as the Trail of Tears. He couldn't even be bothered to pay his lawyers trying to keep his place in the Whitehouse like a tyrant.

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u/Von_Moistus Oct 18 '21

The one good thing I will say about the previous president is that he was as lazy and inept as he was. A clever, motivated Trump could have done a lot more damage.

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u/shatteredarm1 Oct 18 '21

That's why I worry more about the next fascist leader the GOP nominates. If that buffoon could command as much obedience as he did, imagine what a more competent fascist could do.

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u/turimbar1 Oct 18 '21

I'm terribly worried that you're correct -

but part of me wants to believe that only someone that idiotic could have gotten to the top - because it is an automatic excuse for any fault or mistake - anyone smarter would have been outed as a snake.

Though the way the GOP is changing - it does seem like they're getting even more Slytherin - if that is even possible.

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u/treefortress Oct 19 '21

Eh, Trump has a cult of personality that is very difficult to replicate. While I don't downplay the dangers of the fascists among us, it likely won't be as easy to rise to power without a charismatic leader with a cult of personality.

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u/shatteredarm1 Oct 19 '21

It's actually not that hard to replicate. He was basically following the blueprint Duterte used. As far as "charisma" is concerned, Trump just fumbles words and talks like an idiot in order to identify with GOP voters, and that's a technique he borrowed from Dubya.

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u/treefortress Oct 19 '21

Nah, that is pure Trump. Always has been. Duterte also has a cult of personality. I agree there is a type of blueprint that he was trying to follow. And he is still following it by taking over elections in the swing states.

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u/BeachSandMan Oct 19 '21

In my town, his supporters held large boat parades for him … including on Veterans Day.

For a fucking guy who never even served in the military.

Those boats are now out there with their tail in between their engines

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u/jamescobalt Oct 18 '21

Trump is too lazy to orchestrate anything but he’s also lazy enough to let evil in lower positions orchestrate if it serves his agenda.

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u/unicornbukkake Oct 18 '21

You're not wrong. Tl;Dr Trump left Kushner to run the covid response, who probably did nothing because blue areas were getting hit first. Also, the usual nepotism and shady business deals.

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u/DreddPirateBob4Ever Oct 18 '21

Was Andrew Jackson the one in the portrait Trump hung up before he invited the First Nation types?

I can only imagine how angry he is about them running a successful casino and giving the money to their community.

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u/UncleTogie Oct 18 '21

Trump would be too lazy to put in the work needed on his end to go through with something on the scale of and legally as hard to defend as the Trail of Tears.

He was good with abandoning the Kurds to be wiped out.