The worst and most stupid bit is this:

Speaking to crowds on Wednesday, vice president JD Vance said US allies are "suffering from this, frankly, more than we are."

He claimed this was because they had "focused on a lot of green energy scams and they're hurting a lot more than we are."

Vance continued:"As much as we've got to focus on getting these gas prices down, the reality is overseas they're feeling it far worse than we did because we've taken the steps to protect our energy economy.

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[–] 101 points 7 months ago (13 children)

Why are they allies when spoken to and treated like this?

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  • [–] 21 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    This is a great question that I'm kinda raging about.

    I'm Australian. Our fuel prices have increased by almost 50%. Inflation for this year is projected to be 5%.

    This is a ridiculous, unnecessary war, serving the interests of a despot we have had no business in supporting.

    I imagine that our Prime Minister would say, we were USA allies for 100 years before Trump, and will be for 100 years after he's gone. It's true that our alliance runs deep. The current AUKUS agreement concerns building submarines in partnership over several decades.

    However, I'm peeved that our Prime Minister is tip toeing around avoiding saying anything mean about the pedo in chief. Trump has thrown us all under the bus for his own reasons, and absolutely deserves to be called out.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Believe it or not there was a time before Trump.

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  • [–] 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    And some day not too long from now, there will be a time after Trump. He has an insane amount of health conditions, and he's the least popular president in living memory right now.

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago

    The question is if that will actually make a difference for the allies. They have shown how unstable they are, and that they are one bad president away from causing chaos for the whole fucking world. I'd hope there will have to be fundamental changes before that sentiment changes.

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