What are we even doing as a country?

I just don't understand how people can keep pretending.

I am your Nostradamus.

One of the more mesmerizing things from the past couple of years is Americans becoming propagandists for Russia. Like, Moscow Tucker, and many others in the Republican Party. Limp wrist-ed babies whining because they feel uncomfortable with the war, allegedly.  

It's not even "day one",  and Trump is already hedging his bets to say, "he will stop the war if he can". And I am here to tell you - he can not.  Not only is he going to NOT stop the war - he is going to join right in and I am going to tell you why.

Trump keeps saying that he is going to dip out until " Europe Pays their bills". He counts on Americans being uninformed with just about everything honestly. For instance - I bet not one of them knows that 22 of the 27 member states in Europe have met or exceeded the 3% requirements this year. Some have exceeded it by 30%. Anyone can go to Google and look. But they won't, because it just doesn't fit their agenda. Literally everyone in Europe has been cramming money into Ukraine. EVERYBODY!

"Largely fuelled by the war in Ukraine, EU member states' military spending peaked at €279 billion in 2023, with 2024 expected to hit €326 billion."

"So technically", Europe has already met his requirements. Furthermore - Trump is gonna want to take credit for that, even though he HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. Russia did that. NOT TRUMP. Europe knows what's at risk. Americans who mostly can't even pick Europe out on a map.... not so much.

Trump has no control over this war. It's been going on for over 1000 days which Americans also do not know. He is not going to walk into office and Russia/Ukraine are going to be like oh- okay Jesus we've been waiting for you all along". Get the eff out. The world is a very different place now, and Trump can't just walk in and act crazy because other leaders are way crazier now. He sort of your mild crazy at this point.

Additionally, the next for years are gonna be super salty. Everyone thinks Trump is going to come in a fix everything. But, that is not the way the world. A lot of these problems HE HELPED CREATE!

He could have told Russia to knock it the fuck off, But he didn't. He could have told Americans COVID is not a cold. He could not made real estate prices go up by 40%. But here we are.

Now... I did vote for him as you can see a few posts ago. BUT I am PISSED.

Maybe conspiracy culture is finally flaming out.

A few weeks ago I was out watering my front lawn. My neighbors new husband had just pulled up, and was looking at the sky. I was trying to pretend I didn't see him.

Finally, I hear him say my name. Then he yells to me from their driveway - "That's wrong"

I'm like 'whaaat"?

At this point he is making it obvious he was looking at contrails. Again he points at the sky and says "THAT IS wrong" they are spraying that from the sky.

I say - They, are not spraying things on us.

He says - I think you are wrong.

In the most polite way I say - okaaay. In a way that says you can believe that. Not sarcastically, just very politely because he's my neighbor. And again he tries to assert they are spraying stuff on us.

I tell him they aren't, and that the contrails happen because of ice crystals in the sky. 

I say - You know how these types of clouds give you rainbows sometimes? I myself was looking at the sky to see if the clouds were spitting out a random rainbow.

He's like - well... I like to google things.

Again, very politely I say - okaaaay.

He says - just google ice crystals/contrails? And I'm like - yeah.

I go  back into my house and recount this story to my husband because I am super frustrated I might have a problem with my neighbor now. I'm also super frustrated with the literacy in this country. Mr Snarkolepsy is like - well, he's not illiterate. He obviously reads things. Just the wrong things.

At that point I'm also bummed because surely to him, I'm the stupid idiot who doesn't know anything. So, I've sort of been trying to avoid them ever since. 

Then this week she decided she was going to ignore my avoidance, and I have to admit - she's been nicer than I've ever known her almost. She has never even mentioned the contrail thing with her husband. Go figure.