A lawsuit disputing the results of the 2024 election has moved forward after it was revealed that former Vice President Kamala Harris received no votes a New York county.
  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    They both faced the same MAGA threat and the lib won.

    Largely thanks to the local public backlash to Trump tariffs. If Kamala had prevailed in November, both countries would likely have MAGA governments today.

    • lapping6596@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Yeah, it’s weird to be an American and hope the silver lining of trump is that the rest of the world keeps making better choices in response to how bad this is.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        Part of the Trump brand is “Fuck you, I’ve got mine” which isn’t condusive to international coalitions.

        Hell, just look at the Ukraine/Russia conflict. As soon as Trump got Zelensky to sign a bunch of Western Ukrainian real estate over to his cronies, he unleashed a large traunch of weapons to fuck over Putin. As soon as he got another Perfect Phone Call from Xi, and secured some unspecified promise, the Chinese tariffs evaporated.

        My man stands for nothing that won’t fit into his pocket.

    • dgmib@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      We can’t say that. We don’t know what would’ve happened in Canada if Trump lost.

      If Trump lost:

      • Trudeau might not have resigned
      • if he did, Carney might not have became liberal leader
      • The election probably wouldn’t have even happened yet, and the campaign likely would’ve been longer when it was.
      • Every party would have run very different campaigns since the top issues wouldn’t have been US relations

      A lot of things could’ve been different, but most notably:

      • PP might not have run a Trump-esk populist attack campaign.

      For all we know PP wouldn’t be seen as “the same MAGA threat”