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Lou's avatar

The press reminds me of children with bad parents, being afraid to admit as to the family dysfunction. Families want things to be normal when they are not and in this case, our national family has become completely dysfunctional. Perhaps now the children are finally starting to cry out that things at home are not good. In fairness, many in the press have been calling this president an authoritarian for a long time but it's going to take the majority of journalists to keep calling this sick man in the White House out. And for goodness sake, as you have pointed out many times, will a newspaper or two finally insist that this president resign. Geez, what's it going to take?!

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Orblover's avatar

Sadly, I don't get the impression that most Americans understand how much a good portion of other countries are following US news/politics and live in their own fear for the effect it has on them, by extension.

Why do business leaders not speak out more, too? US businesses the world over have a certain responsibility to those they use/hire abroad. You'd think they'd want a more stable "leader" and government, in order to keep themselves afloat.

In other words, the web of people and politics and business is far reaching enough that when one aspect falls down, so do the rest. It may not show right away, but eventually it will.

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