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If they thought that annexing Canada was stupid and still voted for Trump, they obviously didn't think it was THAT stupid.

Let's stop coddling Trump supporters. They're adults, they knew who they voted for, and don't get to pretend to be surprised or outraged when he acts the way he does.

When tariffs spike inflation and folks watch their 401ks and SSA payments decline, I personally will have zero sympathy for anyone who voted for this guy.

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> When tariffs spike inflation and folks watch their 401ks and SSA payments decline, I personally will have zero sympathy for anyone who voted for this guy.

It's interesting that you assume the value of their 401ks is among their top concerns, when only about 50% of Americans (even older Americans) have retirement accounts at all, and among those who do, the median value is 30K.

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/08/who-has-retir...

> They're adults

Most people are idiots.

I'm in no way interested in coddling Trump supporters, but he wasn't saying this shit about annexing Canada during the campaign.

His unhinged antics were a known thing. It doesn't matter what he said or didn't say, he's unhinged and people still voted for it/him. They made their bed, now lay in it. No pass for folks that voted for an unhinged megalomaniac, that was all on display before this election.

Fair enough!

However, he has been on the "acquire Greenland" train since his first term, and has excused other land grabs like Crimea. If anyone was surprised that the man wants to grab land in his 2nd term, they are stupid or willfully ignorant.

It is understood by all, though, that a vote for Trump is a vote for belligerence and chaos. So those supporters are getting what they asked for and deserve, even if they’re blindsided by the specific manifestation.

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