For Joe Reeve, the midterm afterglow faded fast.

The London startup founder was among the wave around the Trump-weary world awakening to the stunning news that Americans had sharply rejected President Donald Trump’s fist-in-the-eye stewardship of the United States that had started a war with Iran, forged no peace in Ukraine or the Mideast and made gas and food so expensive.

Voters, Reeve saw online, had flipped control of both houses of Congress, handing the power to check the president to his rival Democrats. American democracy, 250 years on, had survived the Trump era.

But a deep and profound distrust of the United States had survived the vote, too. And from national leaders to aspiring American immigrants, no one seemed confident that change was afoot.

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[–] 5 points 2 days ago (1 child)

Trump is a symptom, not the problem. The issue is that right now, there is no guarantee the US won't pick another batshit crazy fascist in 2028 or in 2032. You need a reform so profound that you might as well call it refoundation. And I don't see that happening when almost half your electorate is still voting for these republicans (and those who didn't would have voted for them if gas prices were decent).

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