Yes I know the cliche saying of “every president is war criminal” blah blah blah. But last president atleast were attacked or provoked by recognized threat.

And there you are. What you’re now doing for Obama, Bush and Biden the establishment is willing to do for Trump. Either they’re all terrorists or none are. For the record I believe “terrorist” as a label does more harm than good; I prefer terms like “fascist,” “imperialist” and “war criminal,” but also half the things you just listed have nothing to do with terrorism and the other half has clear equivalents for past presidents.

No other president has caused this much global terror in the modern era.

Uh… ever heard of the War on Terror?

Now to answer your question, the reason Trump is (mostly, some people are doing so) not being called a terrorist is that “terrorist” is actually a pretty mild label in the grand scheme of things; other labels (again, like “fascist,” “imperialist” and “war criminal”) better reflect the sheer depth and breadth of the depravity. Also some definitions of terrorism explicitly restrict it to non-state actors.

Uh… what the fuck are you even talking about? Reported for incivility and baseless accusations, and for the record fuck Xi.

That’s not what that word means though. There are plenty of reasons, from self-enrichment to ideology, one might want to become a dictator that have nothing to do with insecurity.

Is he an insecure baby though? He’s definitely a brutal dictator, but nothing he does strikes me as insecure. And to get ahead of that particular argument, not tolerating challenges to one’s authority is just authoritarianism 101.

I mean sure but “how to build the best possible society” and “how to build the best possible capitalist society” are different questions with different answers. The state is/can be superfluous under socialism, but under capitalism it’s an unavoidable arena for fighting over political power, and the less political leadership is paid the more that arena is rigged in favor of the rich. Also you could multiply those hundred million dollars by ten and it’d still be a rounding error in the wider US government budget, so it’s not like that money is actually competing with anything.

Absolutely, 100%. There’s a reason those 17 (???) sanctions packages didn’t hit all at once in February 2022.

I mean things can get damaged in transit or go bad or anything else, so not really. Maybe if everyone in the MCD did so (since 10 to 11 is a ~9% reduction in sales), but if it’s only this guy it’d easily go unnoticed.

It’s not about worth; it’s about opportunity cost. Worse paid people are easier to bribe. It just shouldn’t be possible to buy off people with that much authority with a luxury cruise or a cushy K-street job. You can’t do that with, say, the CCP and it shows.

Even with everything going on in America right now, it definitely doesn’t suppress free speech more than Germany or Britain. I mean the Palestine Action thing is still happening (while Reform gets to yap all day long, mind you).

I mean, the free speech folks have been seriously vindicated by Zionist crackdowns on Palestinian solidarity in post-Oct 2023 Europe, Germany and Britain being the most famous culprits. And it’s not like the far right in either of those countries has been meaningfully impeded by hate speech laws, so why even bother?

I mean between the House and the Senate you’re looking at upwards of 500 people, or ~$200k per person per year. That’s senior software developer money, which if anything is too low for the highest authority of the current global hegemon.

Biden actively pilfered Bernie’s platform after winning the primary, so he was a forward thinking progressive compared to Harris and Hillary. Harris in particular explicitly ran to the right of Biden; she wasn’t exactly subtle about this. Perhaps more importantly, however, he had COVID on his side. Plenty of voters (33% of all voters and 57% of Biden voters) considered competent handling of COVID one of their two most important issues when voting; if COVID hadn’t happened or had happened under Biden’s watch Trump would’ve wiped the floor with him.

There is such a thing as forcing elites to make concessions. Not that I think Americans can or will do it, but it’s a thing.

That’s like saying “diarrhea and shit, the classic combo.” You can’t be nationalist without being at least a little xenophobic.

I mean you also see conservatives vote for people like Boebert and MTG. Misogynists, surprisingly, will reliably prioritize their other ideals over whether to put a woman in power.

I mean it’s fucking obviously the latter? What’s even your point here?

Atheist Zionists aren’t any less insufferable, though.

Because a non-terrible candidate would do popular things they don’t want to do? What even is this question?

Yeah but apparently she later changed her stance. I don’t remember the details but it’s quite recent.

The two women who made credible attempts at becoming president also happened to be utterly terrible politicians, but I’m sure that had nothing to do with the outcome.