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mucholderthandirt

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53. Yes. In fact, I'm surprised it's not worse.

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 12:34 AM

8 hrs ago

I had little to no hope that Democrats would even try to stand against him, and the people's reactions are a pleasant surprise. I'm having a tiny bit of hope we're going to do something about it.

It's not just Trump that has to go, though. All of the usual gang of idiots must go, including Vance, and all the Project 2025 believers have to go as well. Prison is a start, but I'd like to see something like the Nuremburg Trials, with appropriate results. I won't say that death is deserved, but... Well. Actions should have consequences that matter.

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When TSF "took office", did you think it would get this bad this fast? (Poll) [View all] orangecrush 14 hrs ago OP

I thought all this cr*p would happen during term 1 C_U_L8R 14 hrs ago #1

Like the civil war. orangecrush 14 hrs ago #3

Yes after I saw what total ass lickers the pubicans had become for monster 45. IA8IT 14 hrs ago #2

I thought that he would repeat actions of his first term BlueWaveNeverEnd 14 hrs ago #4

I believed in the separation of powers, and honestly thought Congress and the Courts could rein him in. sop 14 hrs ago #5

Same here orangecrush 13 hrs ago #15

Nope, when we also lost the Legislative branch to the GOP haele 12 hrs ago #26

I didn't expect instutitions like universities, large companies and media and news organizations to be so fucking In It to Win It 11 hrs ago #31

I think part of the resistance in term one ITAL 10 hrs ago #39

I didn't think it would be this bad in as many different ways. muriel_volestrangler 14 hrs ago #6

Knew it was gonna be bad, but damn, it's been absolutely horrible so far. a kennedy 14 hrs ago #7

The lack of imagination of so many has been unreal to watch NewHendoLib 13 hrs ago #8

Where were the predictions of masked ICE thugs? Of people being deported to prisons in other highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #32

extrapolation of acts from a malignant narcissistic lunatic. Sadly, none of this surprises me - NewHendoLib 11 hrs ago #33

But no one here actually predicted it getting this bad. highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #34

I didn't ponder all the specifics, but expected it to be bloody hell NewHendoLib 11 hrs ago #35

We all hated Trump and expected it to be bloody hell. Without specifics, though, I don't know how we can compare highplainsdem 9 hrs ago #48

I don't understand your need for specifics. NewHendoLib 8 hrs ago #54

See my reply 50. highplainsdem 8 hrs ago #55

I did. Efilroft Sul 10 hrs ago #38

There's nothing in your prediction there about violent masked federal agents, or people they capture being highplainsdem 10 hrs ago #41

Did I have to explicitly spell out ICE? Efilroft Sul 10 hrs ago #46

We all expected ICE to be a problem. All of us. We didn't expect masked thugs doing what they're highplainsdem 9 hrs ago #49

Just did not think it would this bad this fast dhol82 13 hrs ago #9

That makes two of us orangecrush 12 hrs ago #18

Yes, his age Starbeach 13 hrs ago #10

I'm surprised anyone could be surprised. He learned to get Tadpole Raisin 13 hrs ago #11

Some ways worse, some things not as bad as I expected AZProgressive 13 hrs ago #12

It's spiraling out of control, and getting crazier by the minute. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 13 hrs ago #13

I thought it would mvd 13 hrs ago #14

Yes! I was in meltdown in June 2024 when he won the R Nomination Bread and Circuses 13 hrs ago #16

Good foresight orangecrush 12 hrs ago #17

It's actually edhopper 12 hrs ago #19

Same FHRRK 12 hrs ago #20

No not this fast kwolf68 12 hrs ago #21

When I saw what Elon did the first month yes. Tree Lady 12 hrs ago #22

I thought it would be more of a repeat of the first term. Trump 2.0 is much worse In It to Win It 12 hrs ago #23

I'll admit it. I did not. They gutted the agencies to instill fear and compliance Maru Kitteh 12 hrs ago #24

I recommended people read "It Can't Happen Here" Arthur_Frain 12 hrs ago #25

Yea he has been planning this for the 4 years he was out of office in his floridah mar a Lago white power house. kimbutgar 12 hrs ago #27

Honestly I thought this was what 2017 would be like unblock 12 hrs ago #28

I don't recall anyone here predicting masked thugs employed by the government behaving like ICE. Or the highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #29

I think, frankly, that after seeing markodochartaigh 8 hrs ago #52

ICE's behavior has been worse. And no one expected highplainsdem 7 hrs ago #57

Yes, I actually read Project 2025. BlueTsunami2018 11 hrs ago #30

I did not jmowreader 11 hrs ago #36

i did not Takket 10 hrs ago #37

Oh I thought it would get this bad faster. Initech 10 hrs ago #40

FDT orangecrush 10 hrs ago #43

You said both that you "thought it would get this bad faster" and "it's way worse" than you could have imagined. highplainsdem 10 hrs ago #44

OK let me clarify. Initech 10 hrs ago #47

OK. That sort of agrees with something I mentioned in a reply above. We all expected it to get bad highplainsdem 9 hrs ago #50

Interesting premise. Thanks. NewHendoLib 8 hrs ago #56

This message was self-deleted by its author Initech 10 hrs ago #42

Said it would repeatedly Cosmocat 10 hrs ago #45

I thought he would overplay his hand. GoodRaisin 9 hrs ago #51

Yes. In fact, I'm surprised it's not worse. mucholderthandirt 8 hrs ago #53

Wasn't the first term bad enough? hamsterjill 2 hrs ago #58

Did anyone think he would tear down the entire East Wing of the White House in the dark of night? sop 1 hr ago #59

We told all y'all JustAnotherGen 45 min ago #60