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[–] 8 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

that not only is that the antithesis of how a federal system works

What in the world are you talking about? Every leader of every region in the world represents their people, regardless of what any of those people think of them. That's why they're called "representatives". That's exactly how that works.

President Xi doesn't come to the US and meet with Barack Obama, because he doesn't represent America, and can't make decisions for them.

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  • [–] -5 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    What in the world are you talking about? You seem to be completely forgetting how many times state governors meet with world leaders just like the leader of Germany would.

    Would you say that Gavin Newsom doesn’t represent California because Trump exists?

    The federal system is literally designed such that the head of the EU isn’t the only person representing interests in the EU and the US is exactly the same way. To say that Trump represents the whole of the US is a childish oversimplification at best.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    You seem to be completely forgetting how many times state governors meet with world leaders

    Remind me, which state is Obama the governor of?

    Would you say that Gavin Newsom doesn’t represent California because Trump exists?

    ...huh? Newsom represents the state of California. Trump represents the country of America.

    To say that Trump represents the whole of the US is a childish oversimplification at best.

    To say that he doesn't is just extremely ignorant. I don't even know how to go about explaining this. He's the President of the USA. It's literally the only thing he does is represent America.

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  • [+] -7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    What does Obama have anything to do with this? You brought him up and continuing to do so is just showing that you don’t have a real argument to make here.

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