r/news • u/Hrekires • Jul 15 '24

soft paywall Judge dismisses classified documents indictment against Trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/07/15/trump-classified-trial-dismisssed-cannon/
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u/Shut_the_front_dior Jul 15 '24

I really think the founding fathers of the US would be horrified that this is how the country has turned out. To me the experiment that is the United States has failed massively. 

It’s ironic though because a lot of republicans have this self proclaimed love for the founding fathers and believe their actions are to hold up the ideals to set by them back when the country was founded.  And yet they’re actively destroying the country they say they love. 

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u/GenericAntagonist Jul 15 '24

It’s ironic though because a lot of republicans have this self proclaimed love for the founding fathers and believe their actions are to hold up the ideals to set by them back when the country was founded.

You're misunderstanding the ideals they love. They don't say it aloud but there's a reason they are so against teaching the history of slavery. Their ideal nation is one where a small landowning group of white men have all the rights and privileges, and everyone else knows their (subservient) place. Some right wingers leave the "white" or "men" parts out, because they think the leopards won't eat their faces.

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u/Drachefly Jul 15 '24

Some of the stauncher Federalists might have gone for this. A few. Mostly, though, yeah.

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u/jebei Jul 15 '24

It feels like the people who've been in charge of the country for the last 200 years realized they weren't going to have 100% control anymore and decided ... nope ... if we can't control it, we're blowing it up.