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Can we be more specific and say it was Trump who pulled the US out of the Paris Accord, twice.
by fma 1mo ago
Can we be more specific and say it was Trump who pulled the US out of the Paris Accord, twice.
- Manfrednotfunny 1mo agoIt was the american people who voted in Trump twice! So no.
- zingar 1mo agoWell, a tiny fraction less than half the American people, at least the first time?
- mandolingual 1mo agoAll those who voted for him and all those who didn't vote against him are equally complicit
- Alive-in-2025 1mo agoWhy do you deny blaming Trump? Most other republicans wouldn't have done that. He's opened up a new ability to ignore standards of behavior, but without him I really think it wouldn't have happened. And average voters have never heard of treaties like that. They voted for idiocracy realized, and they got it, but they didn't know what they voted for. So voters are responsible (and I never convinced my dad even to this day that trump was bad, how much am I at fault), but he's an out there candidate in many ways too.
- Manfrednotfunny 1mo agoIts not about not blaming Trump, its about making it clear that its also the fault of every US American to even allow this in the first place. Not standing up, not fightning against it etc.
- Alive-in-2025 1mo agoI think that's a fair comment. We are all responsible for our collective actions as a country, even if we are a tiny voice in the nation, even if whatever side you are on is small. We can all dare to speak our thoughts to others, share our views.
- shoo 1mo agoIn 2016 Trump got 46.1% of the popular vote vs Hillary Clinton's 48.2%. Expressed as fractions of the total US population in 2016: - about 28.5% of the population was not eligible to vote (due to age or other reasons) - about 31.6% of the population was eligible to vote but did not vote for either candidate - about 20.4% of the population voted for Hillary Clinton - about 19.5% of the population voted for Trump If approx 1 in 5 is 'tiny' then support for the alternative was also 'tiny'.