Please, for the love of God, just stop giving him attention

[baggachipz@sh.itjust.works]

This is the reason he won again. The “press” makes so much more money when they have tabloid fodder and reality tv drama. Remember how boring it was when the adults were running things in the first 2 years before campaign “season” started again? It was so nice.

[jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works]

"Nuking Hurricanes" is way more interesting than "inflation."

[cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win]

Same story posted from 3 different news agencies x every news community on Lemmy =

[redstonevalley@sh.itjust.works]

The difference for me personally is if news articles start with “Trump says“ or with "USA does“. I am very much done with the former, just to keep my mental health intact.

[octopus_ink@lemmy.ml]

If his past performance + Project 2025 haven't combined to convince you that the first win was a surprise to everyone and his handlers are far more ready this time around, you are as deluded as those who voted for him.

He's worthy of our attention. Stupid and assholish or not, he's literally the most powerful man on the planet (aside from Elon Musk) right now.

[cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win]

frankly, this magazine is on notice

Um, what are you talking about?

[5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Dissociation and denial are understandable in times of despair. Sometimes, denial can fuel further despair though.

[gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world]

Ignorance is not a solution. I can ignore cars while walking across the street, but it's probably a bad idea since I might get hit. This motherfucker is going to affect the future of the planet, so all hands on deck, red alert, pay attention. The man is a criminal, he should be in prison, not running a country. I want him feeling like he's under a microscope with the whole world watching.

[octopus_ink@lemmy.ml]

And, frankly, this magazine is on notice. If it starts being 100% US politics it’s getting blocked as well. I have zero regrets about this new policy I’m implementing.

You say this like someone is going to change their behavior based on it. No one at all has regrets about you choosing to exercise the block early block often ethos of the fediverse. I salute your decision to control your own feed.

I'm sorry our politics is everywhere (sincerely) - I'm not going to stop talking about it though.

[earflap@reddthat.com]

That only works when he isnt the most powerful person in the fucking world

[jagermo@feddit.org]

I blocked Trump and Musk keywords in my Lemmy client and i feel so much lese anger.

[disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world]

We can’t afford it. Your nation provides 90% of the electricity we consume and 60% of the crude oil we refine. We need your partnership more than he’ll ever admit, especially now that our grid is regionally strained by AI and EV adoption.

[jadensmith@sh.itjust.works]

I just wish social media wasn't focused on so much, when it comes to politicians and other high figures.

They should be posting statements of value on official websites and the like, yet instead a blimmin' tweet is the highlight of discussion time and time again. Why should I care? I'm not here to be friends with them.

[tachyontele@lemm.ee]

I agree. But that's not what the press is reporting on, is it?

[bradinutah@thelemmy.club]

It's the sane washing that needs to go. Stop normalizing the bad behavior of malignant narcissism and criminality.

[grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works]

I’m glad someone else realized this too.

I realized something, ever since 2016 we have been trained by the media to constantly be outrage over words that may never become actions.

So now I only care if an action is made. All this “news” about trolls trolling the world is just a big nothing burger that you don’t need to know unless you actually work in politics.

I would go as far as to say it should become a rule on some news subs that a controversial figure saying something controversial is not news.

[nabdad@lemmy.world]

The media should certainly respond to Trump's bullshit, but the response should be to ignore it and keep asking what his plans are to reduce prices, end inflation, and all the other impossible, contradictory promises he made to get the morons in this country to vote for him.

[zomg@lemmy.world]

Fucking yes, stop making "were going to name it gulf of America", "make Canada the 51st state", "Texas is going to succeed from the US" big news.

These are either distractions, attempts to control new cycles, political tools, or attempts to energize voter bases.

TX succeeding is one of the oldest. Texas succeeding would all but nearly ensure the US never sees the US electing another Republican president. It's be political suicide. They'd lose dozens of electoral college votes, Congress people and more.

[redstonevalley@sh.itjust.works]

I don't think my disinterest in most of the things that fall out of Trumps mouthhole is a sign of denial. Most of these are outright lies, baseless accusations, exaggerations, narcissism, and pure hatred. I'm not obliged to let this affect my life. I'm also an EU citizen and as such I have a natural distance to US politics. (I know that the orange turd's actions have grave consequences for EU citizens too, to be clear, and this is something I can't ignore)

[styxem@sh.itjust.works]

Your nation provides 90% of the electricity we consume

That is completely false. In 2023 the US generated 4257 TWh compared to Canada's 615 TWh. The US only had a net import of 19 TWh

Source https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world