This is some bullshit. Airport infrastructure can’t just absorb the shutdown of several major international airports. That is to say that Trump can’t hurt some airports without hurting all of them.
Witness the power of the sharpie.
Its as stupid as it will be ineffective. I don’t think NYC is going to suffer as much as everyone else if people have to take connecting domestic flights from some red backwater. Its just stacking stupid on cost at this point.
Not to mention Chicago. O’Hare is kinda a big fucking deal.
Trump wants to provoke people so he can declare civil war and make himself el presidente` for life.
So he’ll continue to ruing everything until he provokes the response he needs.
Remember, he needs a civil war to try to extend his term and avoid prison
Seems like a Monkey’s Paw sort of wish. A guillotine is very freeing from the prison known as the mortal coil.
Everyone looks at me funny when I tell them that I’m not traveling to other countries anymore because I don’t know if the president is going to do some stupid shit while I’m away and I won’t be able to get home and this is like the third stupid thing he’s done that would cause people to be stranded in another country in the 1.3 years of this term. (Not that I want to come back anyway, but I’d like to be able to move my dogs if I’m going to be living in another country.)
This is my dream. Get stranded somewhere in the UK. Contribute to a society that isn’t completely soul sucking.
I know it ain’t perfect, but what is🤷♂️
Isn’t UK like the second worst option in the so-called western world?
I mean better than the US, but try and get stuck anywhere else in western Europe and you’ll probably be better off
UK is USA’s twin in almost every sense. The only difference is that UK isn’t led by a far right, but it is on the verge of happening.
That sounds like exactly when you want to leave the US.
I remember how he basically gave the middle finger to people in the middle east when he started his war in Iran, but what were the other 2 again?
This new one that the article references and also when he kidnapped the president of Venezuela, people got stranded there.
dont forget child murderer
Out of the top 10 busiest airports 6 are in democratic states and/or cities. Out of the top 5 international airports 3 of them are in democratic states and/or cities. If he did this it would literally grind our entire country to a halt.
>would grind our country to a halt
I am getting the distinct feeling that this is by design and is the actual goal. Because it kind of is. It would explain the absolutely carefree demeanor of Trump- his dementia aside, because it seems like what they’re doing is quite literally dismantling society so that they can seize complete power and control the land and make their own, “new and improved” one where they are in charge, own everything, and dynastic rule is reinstated.
Yes that sounds like a conspiracy theory, sure, because it is. The thing with conspiracy theories are most often the complete lack of evidence to support them, but in this case, you know, there is so much and it’s so blatant that I feel it’s kind of warranted to make an educated guess about the fairly obvious conclusion.
Destroying and replacing the US will not affect their bottom line in any other way than positive, either, because remember, they can all rob the planet blind through the markets on insider information because their guy in the White House will tell, or sell, them information about the next thing he’s gonna destroy.
I am getting the distinct feeling that this is by design and is the actual goal.
One’s chaos is an opportunity for another.
Just wait until you realize what the point of a border wall actually is.
He literally started a war over nothing. At best it was to distract us from the fact he’s a pedophile rapist. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I don’t think he really cares about our country.
I don’t think It’s about the files. I don’t think they care, like really do not give a shit about the files. Sure It’s annoying and a thorn in their side but really, they know we are powerless to stop them, that it’s all just about perception and public opinion. They know they will never see any consequences.
This war is about money, explicitly. Alwayshasbeen.jpg
For the same people and networks that are in the files no less.
I’m aware. I’m just saying that it’d be catastrophic for all of us.
Never stopped him before. A million of us died during Covid because he absolutely does not give a single shit about anybody else.
And nearly a million have died from the gutting of USAID and additional domestically after cuts to food and medical assistance…and the stupidity at HHS.
The cuts to medicaid/medicare and the slashing of general policy around a lot of medicines, and treatments not within those policies alone, will result in 10-12 million excess deaths in the net 10 years.
I heard Ebola is making a comeback!
Guess we can eat raccoon penis as a precautionary measure. It’s cheaper than actual treatment, therefore superior.
Because he knows the world fucking hates his guts.
He does care about rich and powerful people. Instrumentally only, but still. The truly powerful he glorifies and pretends to adore to hide the fact that they’re stronger than he is and that he can’t bully them, so he hides his resentment by pretending he is on their side.
It’s so fucking pathetic.
This is all catastrophic for us.
That’s kinda on-brand for him, now that you mention it. It’s like he’s a bitter old pedo who wants the world to burn on his way out.
So maybe it is finally the time to organize a general strike? close accounts in all big tech companies, refuse to buy anything in any corporate outlet, etc? maybe?
We are already being shut out of the economy, and the few people who actually have a middle class job and lifestyle are in complete denial about what is going on in this country. The most we can do right now is support the growing calls for unions as a prerequisite for union leaders to organize a real general strike. Individuals are not just going to wake up one day and sacrifice their current comfort for our collective future.
Another government shutdown, here we come!
Catastrophe already actively in progress. Countermeasures also need to be actively in progress. Find a resistance group to join. There are lots of options.
Fair enough. I took it to mean more “he wouldn’t do it because it would be catastrophic”. I see now it was meant more to draw attention to the issues it would cause.
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States, sure, but which city is busy enough to have a top-10 or top-5 airport but isn’t run by Democrats?
I was curious as well…
My quick searching revealed that DFW(Dallas/Fort Worth) is a split and MIA(Miami) flipped from blue to red somewhat recently. The rest are either blue city/states or red states with blue cities. Just kind of glanced at the top few results for ‘<city> political leaning’ so take that as you will.
That’s what he wants
They’re gonna do something last minute before the World Cup because they think that will punish blue states…
All it’s going to do is make the internationally wealthy who are flying in pissed off at trump.
Like, even for the World Cup, most people wouldn’t come to America even if they could afford tickets. The only ones coming are trumpets or people so wealthy they didn’t think Trump’s bullshit would effect them.
But they don’t realize in this context even millionaires are “the poors”.
This whole thing is gonna blow up in everyone’s face. And since only the wealthy and stupid are going to the games, I’m fine with just letting that happen. No rational person is going within miles of any of the games.
They sort of tried this once already, by threatening to suspend TSA Precheck during the shutdown, even though Precheck does legitimately save time all around for everyone. They backed off of that pretty quickly.
What’s up with billionaires and getting inside shit that is bound to implode? Do they know something we don’t, about implosion?
What’s up with billionaires and getting inside shit that is bound to implode?
Survivorship bias, and it’s fucking our society up in a lot of ways.
We’re built to ignore negative consequences if we never see them happen to anyone. So when society (for better or worse) prevents consequences, people think there’s no consequences and start acting like it.
Lots of people who are very wealthy in their home countries think they are insulated by their wealth from the consequences of what’s happening here. So they’re gonna show up expecting to be part of the in-group cuz they’re wealthy.
Wth! I guess America doesn’t care !!
I remember when everyone laughed at Ron Paul saying that the border wall will be used to “keep us in”.
Seems right on target now.
“They won’t let me do whatever I want so waaah! WAAAH!!! I’m not going to do anything I’m supposed to do until I get my way! WAAAH!!!”
-A diaper-wearing child
I hope they do Houston, our mayor insists that cooperation with ICE keeps us safe from Trump’s wrath but he’s wrong.
what in the actual fuck
It’s The New Low of the moment!
