I was about to write they need to make an offense first.
But you are right, they already did that, by preventing legal oversight.
That shouldn’t be allowed to pass.

Doesn’t that make it a perfect fit for Trump?

As a European, looking at that map is really really REALLY depressing!!
I’m a bit surprised to see China is more popular than USA in so many European countries including my own.
I don’t think that’s really the case if people thought more about it, it’s the immediate reaction of feeling betrayed by a friend and ally.
But if USA continue their current hostile policies against Europe and the world, and continue on their path towards fascism, of course China can be seen as the lesser evil.
One thing is for sure, the old relationship with USA is ruined, and there is very little chance EU will go back to be as pro American as we used to be.
This is a HUGE loss on both sides, we should have stood together to protect democracy, and to balance out China, that will soon be a global economic force never before seen.
But Instead USA chose to attack every ally they have, and alienate them beyond repair. Hopefully China will be a graceful superpower, when there is nobody to counter them.
USA needs to turn around super fast, and make it clear that the MAGA crowd is out politically for good.
Because democracies like USA and Europe and other allies need to strengthen alliances rather than weakening them. And we need to stand more for the values of democracy instead of breaking them down.
If we don’t, China and BRICS will dictate the terms in the future, and the world will devolve into an authoritarian hell.

Trump during intelligence briefing:
“I’ll close my eyes a bit while you are talking, so I can better concentrate on what you are saying, carry on…”

“rrrrr rrrr rrrrr”

MAGA’s society is one where white people rule and set the laws.

Absolutely, but it was not only white people who voted Trump in, a lot of Latinos and Hispanics also voted for him, and they are absolutely targets already!

Do the Americans really want USA to be a fascist gestapo country?
How exactly do the methods of Trumps regime reflect a society that values freedom?

30.912% voted for kamala

That makes 69.1% that didn’t vote against Trump.

Or in very rough rounded numbers.

About half voted, about half of those voted against Trump. = 75% that didn’t.

It was never meant to be an accurate number, but a ballpark rounded number. From 75 to 69 is 6% inaccurate. Good enough for the point I was trying to make. And more accurate numbers dont change the point in any way.
The point is a vast majority is OK with having a flaming fascist sociopath as president.

No the problem is ALL the about 75% that didn’t vote against him.
They were fine with letting Trump win.

Maybe East Germans didn’t realize how much they were behind?
Obviously the task was to pull East Germany up to western standards. And the investments to do so were very significant.
BUT the old East Germany was more equal, and I don’t think east Germans like the inequality of what they probably perceive as a capitalist problem.
Inequality is a problem throughout Europe, and those that are supposed to be good at it, like the Scandinavian countries, have been going the wrong way for decades now.
But of course AfD is destined to make the problem worse instead of better. Just like Trump obviously is in USA. And for the same reason, namely that they lack empathy.

it looks like they will overturn CDU

Will that make AfD the biggest party?
Here it stopped at 2nd biggest.

The Putin Party (AFD) will be the strongest party in Germany soon

I seriously doubt that, we had a similar party here in Denmark that topped at 22%. And even with 22% they never became part of government.

Even if AfD manages to become part of a government in the future, they will never have exclusive governing power like Trump has in USA. That’s the difference between a functional democracy, and the flawed democracy USA has.
AfD is mostly popular in the old East Germany, and German politicians need to figure out why that is. Why do they want authoritarianism again?
I have my suspicions, that it may have to do with not doing enough for ordinary workers, and giving too many privileges to the 1%. This is the problem in USA, where ironically they see Trump as resistance against that, when in fact he is part of the problem.

If AfD isn’t topping now, German politicians are doing something wrong. Do East Germans really favor Russia above EU?
If they do, they must be grossly misinformed.

From what I see, most Americans here on Lemmy seems to know better than most Americans on average.

There are a lot of good and bright people in USA, unfortunately they are not the majority.
I thought for sure Americans learned something from 2 Presidential periods with Bush. But when Trump was elected first time, I knew the American people were “Beyond pedagogical reach”. An expression used here about people who refuse to learn.

Hopefully this time will be bad enough for enough American people to finally understand the lesson, so this doesn’t happen again in a life time. But I wouldn’t bet on it.

I fucken hate it here.

I feel for the Americans that tried to prevent this, because they can see Trump is evil.
And anyone who denies that Trump isn’t evil has to be both blind and stupid socially. Trump is a flaming malignant narcissist, and that’s basically the definition of pure evil.

This realization may be painful for Americans. But we should know that the rest of the world understands us more clearly than we understand ourselves.

It seems to me most Americans here know what’s going on, and understand it well.
But overall I think most Europeans understand USA in a way most Americans don’t. We generally understand how USA as a society is sick, sick with selfishness to a degree it’s become sociopathic, and for some reason it refuses anything that could help cure it.

50 years ago USA was to many Europeans an ideal to follow. Today it’s a warning of what NOT to do.

I’m not saying you are wrong, more that it’s probably not that much better in other countries.
This research may be skewed, because they may not test on schools they know are doing poorly?

Well unless I’m reading this wrong, it seems USA is doing pretty well compared to other OECD countries (age 15):
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d19/tables/dt19_602.50.asp

Half of Americans have a functional literacy below a 6th grade level

Is this factual? Because if that’s true, that’s extremely bad, even shameful for a rich country like USA.

That’s why I’m not just an atheist but an anti-theist.

USA has a lot more crazy people than I ever suspected.
This lack of realization when faced with reality is way beyond any worst case scenario I ever imagined.
I thought most of the people who voted for him, simply didn’t believe the warnings. Turns out they actually support that shit?!?!

I bet the Democrats are using the momentum to send a stern message. And the press will proudly feature articles of how the Democrats SLAMMED the white house!! And the White house will barely notice, and go on doing what they are doing.