The fact that a letter like this made it out at all says a lot about the current situation. Zero fucking adults in the room.

Mr. Peace President: "I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"

Is that fucking for real?

Holy shit I just looked it up. It's an actual letter sent by the US president. Below is a GIF (tenor.com) expressing how I feel about this:

I'm American born and raised and here's the truth: whether by incompetence or malice, the United States' politicians handed over governance duties to corporations and, for my entire life, have made choices in direct opposition to its stated values.

My government is not your friend, or friend to me or anyone I have ever met. Since at least Reagan, and indisputably since """Citizens United""" it is a vessel for the primarily the military industrial complex.

The world would be in a better place if the US held to its espoused values of democracy and liberty, but although I've known many citizens who take these to heart in their daily lives, and are honorable and loving people, and imagine themselves members of the global community, in practice our government stands on these principles only so far as they are profitable for the military industrial complex, and for billionaires.

They have stripped hollow our education system and trampled consumer protection at every turn. They have at multiple times operated illegal concentration camps, and served as inspiration to the nazis themselves. They have waged death for oil and resources, in our name. When we stand against them, they imprison and kill us.

The world is deeply ill-served by a globally influential United States until massive systemic change occurs. They must give us ranked choice voting. Curb the supreme court. Enshrine systemic balance in policy, not gentlemen's agreements. Until then, ice us the fuck out and save yourselves from our lunatic leadership.

The abuser's "look what you made me do" is so sickening.

As an American, I'm not just embarrassed, I'm pissed. This is so fucking stupid and the fact that there are still people who like this guy is just disgusting

Holy fuck it’s real. Cock-a-fucking-doodle-ass-shit-sucking-ball-fuck it’s real.

I need a drink.

I'm an American and I'm kinda tired of hearing my countrymen apologize and say they are embarrassed. Were over a year into this and waaaay past the time to say that kinda shit. We shouldn't be embarrassed, we should feel ashamed and angry. And we shouldn't apologize, we should be actively finding ways to make a change no matter how small.

I know there are plenty of other Americans that probably lurk on communities like this so I'm mostly saying this to them. And the only reason I'm saying this is because about half the time I see other Americans apologize and say how embarassed they are it often seems like it's a way to say "see? I'm one of the good ones." None of us are the "good ones" anymore unless you are actively putting in the work. It doesn't matter if you didn't vote for him because he's still the president. People have died, continue to die, and will die in the future because of this man and he's doing all of it in our name. If Trump actually causes a global conflict with his bullshit we will not be blameless when the dust settles and our country will have to pay for this regardless of who you voted for.

I wonder how he still got 40% approval rating.

I didn't think anyone could make Kim Jong Il (or Kim Jong Un) seem comparatively rational and genius in a single note.

I got a bit depressed when after reading it the only thing that seems weird is the capitalization of some words. Why "8 Wars PLUS"? Why "Total Control"? And why the PLUS? does it mean at least 8, maybe more? Isn't he sure how many wars he ended? Is it an acronym?

It's truly terrifying somebody with the reasoning skills and restrain of a toddler has access to nuclear weapons, but even worse that so many people still support him.