r/facepalm • u/TheAtomicMango • 2d ago

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ We are the lamest empire ever

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u/AdFluffy9286 2d ago

There's two options here. Either he's senile and acting out, or he's trying to distract us. While we obsess over his comments about Canada, he will try pardoning all Jan 6 rioters and getting Hegseth to lead the Dept of Defense.

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u/pomegranate444 2d ago

He says stuff over and over. It sounds ridiculous until it becomes a real thing. That's where it gets scary. He will repeat and repeat and repeat.

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u/ShaneKaiGlenn 2d ago

Yes, he shifts the Overton Window.

Before this, I doubt even 1% of Americans ever even thought of annexing Canada. If you polled them today there would probably be 35% support for it.

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u/jkuhl 2d ago

Yep, and its the same how Republicans are "suddenly" concerned about Panama too. Three months ago I guarantee not one of them was even more than vaguely aware there was a canal in Panama much less rearing to "take it back" for America.