Trump is hell bent on destroying America from within and his followers (who we are not supposed to criticize) are A-Ok with that.
Soon to be seen in a theater near you in Europe as well.
No he isn't. Those kind of ridiculous hyperbolic statements don't help anything.
You may disagree with Trump's policies and platform. But "intent on destroying America" is a silly charge. And it is equally silly when (as often happens) it is leveled at the left.
What you think is hyperbole is merely extrapolation from the last two weeks over a period of four years. You'll see a world order remarkably different than the present one, one in which America's role will be greatly diminished and where the American economy will be much smaller than it is today or even worse.
It's about May 1914, time is running out to get the train back on the rails before momentum will take over.
June 28, 1914 was the day Franz was murdered. Before that day there weren't really any more danger of a war in Europe than there were the year before.
It was a wildcard and nobody predicted what would happen it could have happened 10 years before and it could have happened 10 years later. Had there been a couple decent diplomats left in Europe the war could have been avoided. Had the Moltke plan been followed maybe Germany really would have won early. Too many variables to predict.
In summary, please don't compare this to 1914, it makes no sense.
> Had there been a couple decent diplomats left in Europe the war could have been avoided.
Cf Trumps twitter feed.
We may end up in a very strange situation where the largest political party will not be part of government and where the prime minister will be part of that party (a constitutional crisis, historically the largest party has always delivered the minister president because they always were part of the coalition, it has never happened that the largest party was not part of the coalition but it just might happen). I'm waiting for the first wave of articles pointing this out and trying to decide whether largest party meant largest party in the coalition or largest party in an absolute sense.
Like you I hope that there will be some kind of vaccination effect from the damage Trump is wreaking on the USA but that may just end up being wishful thinking.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_general_election,_1977
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_general_election,_1982
Or it might show them that it's possible to "take action against the muslim/refugee threat" and they'll demand the same from their candidates.
The most terrible nuances, like the ban affecting permanent residents, weren't reported in the news here. Most people wouldn't understand how the US system works anyway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_Czechoslovakia
Unfortunately we have Yugoslavia as counter example, it started off well but ended up extremely bloody.