I'm sorry, folks. I'm just really scared. Please convince me the borders won't stay closed forever and that Trump isn't agreeing to bilateral closures specifically so he can purge the undesirables who have nowhere left to flee I don't want to believe that. I'm so scared
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
If that were the plan the US would not have been one of the last countries to restrict borders. Trump would not have spent so long pretending COVID was a non event.
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @KremlinKOA
Trump's entire fortune is tied up in tourism. He never wanted borders closed like this.
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Replying to @BetaDecayPlus @KremlinKOA
Then how is he being forced to do it? Who is powerful enough to control him?
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @KremlinKOA
Nobody has to force him to, you just need to get him in front of a camera saying the right string of words and then do the paperwork for him. The GOP aren't smart enough to have a mastermind.
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Replying to @BetaDecayPlus @KremlinKOA
Why would he agree to say the words when, as you say, they hurt his business and he's centered his whole thing on self benefit?
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @KremlinKOA
Because he has no idea what he's doing at any given time and like any bully he's incredibly easy to lead.
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Replying to @BetaDecayPlus @KremlinKOA
I mean I hope you're right. This just all seems very authoritarian and scary. I was with it when it seemed like it was really out of concern for immunocompromised people, but now that this is like "stay in your homes, never move, never grow, be alone and at risk forever" I'm not
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The problem for people who are aggressive "hawks" about this effort is that every single day we spend like this is ENORMOUSLY expensive
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Which is why I worry this has a payoff in the form of clearing out the undesirables for the conservatives who you'd think would be happy to have a little plague if it helped their stock prices
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