Re: Trump
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2026 2:59 pm
I think a massive part of the problem is the US senate/congress doesn't have an equivalent of Prime Minister's Questions
There is no forum in which a President is ever challenged, questioned, or otherwise in anyway held to account
That and the fact that in the US it's virtually treasonous to even question the greatness of America - most other countries have very free and open argument and dissent about the way the country is functioning
It seems like it's it's impossible to be critical of the US from within the US, it seems almost blasphemous to do so
Not so much the American Dream as the American Myth (that they've collectively gaslit themselves into believing and which can't in any way be challenged or seen as fallible)
There is no forum in which a President is ever challenged, questioned, or otherwise in anyway held to account
That and the fact that in the US it's virtually treasonous to even question the greatness of America - most other countries have very free and open argument and dissent about the way the country is functioning
It seems like it's it's impossible to be critical of the US from within the US, it seems almost blasphemous to do so
Not so much the American Dream as the American Myth (that they've collectively gaslit themselves into believing and which can't in any way be challenged or seen as fallible)