Americans: “What do WE want? Oh…you don’t understand. What are YOU bringing to us as an offering to the god king so that he may bestow his benevolence upon you.”
And I’m not even kidding about about that; that’s exactly how the Trump administration thinks international relations should be.
I’m surprised they didn’t ask for Nintendo.
One of the contributing factors to the rise of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazi), was the economic state of Germany. Establishing an us-vs-them mindset and placing people into poverty might be the point.
The German economy overheated because of excessive government spending to appease the people. The Nazis went to war in 1939 to stave off the impending economic collapse through plundering of other country’s resources.
Edit: to those who would say it was the Versailles Treaty to blame for Germany being bankrupt during the Great Depression, it is more complicated than that. Many argue that blaming the reparations clause from Versailles is basically a myth.
But the resentment on Versailles treaty is not the only reason and it is far more complex. The US was basically providing money to Germany through loans, so that Germany can repay the reparations set by Versailles treaty (the United States along with Britain actually opposed the terms but the French insisted). Germany was actually on her way to pay the reparations and the economy boomed after World War 1. But, when 1929 came the Great Depression happened which means the United States had no more money to give, which means Germany also had no money to pay the reparations. This caused the country to default leading to hyperinflation.
Hitler refused to pay the remaining reparations and gave jobs to the Germans by rearming. However, this caused another inflation and impending bankruptcy which prompted Hitler to invade regions and then countries to plunder for more funds.
This is a gross misrepresentation. The nazi debts were accumulated to build up a war economy in order to go to war. The plan probably always was to pay it off (or at least maintain it) through looting, but they did not take on the debt to appease the people. Exactly none of it went into improving people’s lifes.
The Nazi rearmament gave people jobs (but caused excessive government expenditure). Also, Hitler stopped most of the payment for reparations when he came to power.
Germany was economically crippled by reparations imposed after World War I. Read up on the Treaty of Versailles. The treaty, signed in 1919, demanded Germany pay 50 billion gold marks (approximately $220 billion in today’s money) to cover civilian damage. This debt, along with other harsh terms of the treaty, contributed to hyperinflation, economic instability, and resentment that helped the Nazi party come to power in Germany.
That is true. But the resentment on Versailles treaty is not the only reason and it is far more complex. The US was basically providing money to Germany through loans, so that Germany can repay the reparations set by Versailles treaty (the United States along with Britain actually opposed the terms but the French insisted). Germany was actually on her way to pay the reparations and the economy boomed after World War 1. But, when 1929 came the Great Depression happened which means the United States had no more money to give, which means Germany also had no money to pay the reparations. This caused the country to default leading to hyperinflation.
Hitler refused to pay the remaining reparations and gave jobs to the Germans by rearming. However, this caused another inflation and impending bankruptcy which prompted Hitler to invade regions and then countries to plunder for more funds.
I don’t disagree with any of that.
It wasn’t loose government spending it was the reparations from ww1
That’s about what I would expect from the Trump regime
be nice to close all the bases in japan where crimes stem from…
You know - when they send their enlisted personnel they don’t send their best.
They sand r***ists and drunk drivers.
Gifts
They want large financial gifts. Preferably tax free
The American administration are not serious people, how can so many people not see this? It’s like they’re obviously not sees.
They want to perpetually be the victim.
It’s straight up psychological abuse. They want others to try and read their souls (aka guess) so that they can have the upper hand of being able to say it’s not good enough. Or that it has offended them in some way and oh look tariffs just went up again.
That and personal benefits. Trump is all about the grift. He doesn’t care about Americans, never has. If Japan said they’d make a statue of him on the top of mt Fuji he’s be touring it on every news station within the hour.
What they want is fealty.
Conservative America wants to publicly removed about petty non-existent grievances while demanding that they be taken seriously.
It’s worked on their constituents, but they can’t seem to understand why it doesn’t work on the rest of the world.
Team Manchild’s take on “we’ve tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas”…
We want nothing and you offer nothing?
Deal!
All the GOP wants is to feel like they’re in charge, they don’t have any real vision for America outside of it being less gay.
No they want it to appear less gay while they do “gay” shit and diddle kids.
Well, that and white and male. Oh, and spray-on tans are ok as well.
And eyeliner.
Basically Jersey Shore
The GQP hasn’t had an idea other than, give rich tax brakes, since I’ve been alive
That’s an unfair characterization and completely untrue.
They also want to deregulate everything.
Not true. They want to regulate green tech while deregulating fossil fuels.
They want to regulate birth control while deregulating firearms.
Modern Republicans aren’t conservative anymore, they are straight up fascists, or fascism-curious.
The more they do shit like this the more they look “school playground gay”
“We’re not allowed to just straight out ask for a bribe, so you have to figure that out on your own and give us the money under the table.”
“Did you stay at a Trump branded hotel ofr this trip? That’d be a start.”
What’s really stopping them from openly asking for bribes?
Nothing, now. Didn’t they change the laws to say government employees can receive “tips”?
Snyder v. United States from June 2024. The ruling is that money given before an official act is a “bribe”, but money given after an official act is a “gratuity”.
Yes, our Supreme Court is batfucked in the head, why do you ask?
Oh shiiiit. Oh shit shit.
This is too funny to even be laughed at.
It’s because they also receive a lot of “gratuities.”
Associate Justice C. Thomas has entered the chat.
