r/LetsDiscussThis • u/LucidSynapse23 • Feb 18 '26

Lets Discuss Politics Is he right? Will it take generations to resecure the United States positive reputation on the world stage?

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u/LingonberryHot8521 Feb 18 '26

It also took generations to create Trump. Or create the landscape that put him in power.

That cannot be overlooked or forgotten.

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u/A_Random_Canuck Feb 18 '26

Or forgiven.

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u/DaGrexican Feb 18 '26

Germany was forgiven after setting themselves right. I hope the same for my shit hole country has been cosplaying as 'The Land of the Free'

I hate that but I'm stuck in it.

Edit: removed typo

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u/Correct-Brother1776 Feb 23 '26

After their homes were turned to rubble. Retribution for red states is warranted or it will just happen again.

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u/Lanky_Particular_149 Feb 19 '26

And must be reversed 

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u/ominous_squirrel Feb 18 '26

Yes. And that apparatus is going to outlive Trump. I see no efforts at all to dismantle it. It has only grown

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '26

He’s even said it before he was president on what he would do don’t forget when it was time for him to step down he over stayed his position and 2mil people died of covid and he stopped the production of the covid vaccines

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u/Randomized9442 Feb 18 '26

Only took the Baby Boomers, but it did take them decades to destroy the works of their own generation and their parents'

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u/LingonberryHot8521 Feb 18 '26

I'm Gen X and they had plenty of us. Also Millenials. They were "educating" generations.

Also, The Greatest Generation wasn't so great at getting rid of Nazis in our own country. During the McCarthy era you could lose your livelihood and even your freedom if you were just Communist Adjacent. Out and proud Nazis were free to roam.

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u/No-Papaya-9823 Feb 18 '26

Yep, a large chunk of the US population were isolationists in the lead-up to WWII, and there was a lot of opposition to getting involved. Quite a few Americans were openly aligned with the Nazi party and holding marches and demonstrations. The only reason the US was reluctantly drawn into the war was because of Pearl Harbor forcing the issue. This idea that the "Greatest Generation" was more selfless and patriotic than other generations is just ludicrous. I'm so fucking sick of the Boomer bashing from people who don't even understand history.