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hamsterjill

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58. Wasn't the first term bad enough?

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Thu Jan 15, 2026, 06:43 AM

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I can’t believe anyone can be shocked by what is happening. Project 2025 was pretty clear.

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

I thought all this cr*p would happen during term 1 C_U_L8R Wednesday #1

Like the civil war. orangecrush Wednesday #3

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

I thought that he would repeat actions of his first term BlueWaveNeverEnd Wednesday #4

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

Same here orangecrush Wednesday #15

Nope, when we also lost the Legislative branch to the GOP haele Wednesday #26

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

I think part of the resistance in term one ITAL Wednesday #39

Yes, to all of that. In It to Win It 22 hrs ago #63

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

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

The lack of imagination of so many has been unreal to watch NewHendoLib Wednesday #8

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

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

But no one here actually predicted it getting this bad. highplainsdem Wednesday #34

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

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

I don't understand your need for specifics. NewHendoLib Yesterday #54

See my reply 50. highplainsdem Yesterday #55

I did. Efilroft Sul Wednesday #38

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

Did I have to explicitly spell out ICE? Efilroft Sul Wednesday #46

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

Just did not think it would this bad this fast dhol82 Wednesday #9

That makes two of us orangecrush Wednesday #18

Yes, his age Starbeach Wednesday #10

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

Some ways worse, some things not as bad as I expected AZProgressive Wednesday #12

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

I thought it would mvd Wednesday #14

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

Good foresight orangecrush Wednesday #17

It's actually edhopper Wednesday #19

Same FHRRK Wednesday #20

No not this fast kwolf68 Wednesday #21

When I saw what Elon did the first month yes. Tree Lady Wednesday #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 Wednesday #23

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

I recommended people read "It Can't Happen Here" Arthur_Frain Wednesday #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 Wednesday #27

Honestly I thought this was what 2017 would be like unblock Wednesday #28

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

I think, frankly, that after seeing markodochartaigh Yesterday #52

ICE's behavior has been worse. And no one expected highplainsdem Yesterday #57

Yes, I actually read Project 2025. BlueTsunami2018 Wednesday #30

I did not jmowreader Wednesday #36

i did not Takket Wednesday #37

Oh I thought it would get this bad faster. Initech Wednesday #40

FDT orangecrush Wednesday #43

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

OK let me clarify. Initech Wednesday #47

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

Interesting premise. Thanks. NewHendoLib Yesterday #56

And this whole bullshit with Greenland came out of nowhere. Initech 21 hrs ago #64

This message was self-deleted by its author Initech Wednesday #42

Said it would repeatedly Cosmocat Wednesday #45

I thought he would overplay his hand. GoodRaisin Yesterday #51

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

Wasn't the first term bad enough? hamsterjill Yesterday #58

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

No. See my reply 50 above for what I think is going on with the replies we're seeing here. highplainsdem 23 hrs ago #61

Post Rec orangecrush 23 hrs ago #62

We told all y'all JustAnotherGen Yesterday #60