Given the escalation of deportations from criminals to now student visa holders what’s next? Green card holders? Denaturalizing citizens? Vulnerable minority groups? It feels like we are in the early stages of a social purge of “undesirables”. America isn’t sending people to gas chambers yet but we are sending them to places where we can not retrieve (Trump admin says they can not retrieve people from El Salvador even if it’s a mistake).
Our neighbors and allies are warning their citizens to be careful in our country. Some are boycotting American made products. And now today we are starting a trade war with the world. America has spent blood, treasure and time to cultivate its reputation (although not perfect) around the world. And now in a few months (maybe we can argue decades in the making) our reputation has declined rapidly.
Are we the bad guys now? Where does this end? Who benefits from this? Have we gone from the city on the hill to the fortress on the hill?
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Given the escalation of deportations from criminals to now student visa holders what’s next? Green card holders? Denaturalizing citizens? Vulnerable minority groups? It feels like we are in the early stages of a social purge of “undesirables”. America isn’t sending people to gas chambers yet but we are sending them to places where we can not retrieve (Trump admin says they can not retrieve people from El Salvador even if it’s a mistake).
Our neighbors and allies are warning their citizens to be careful in our country. Some are boycotting American made products. And now today we are starting a trade war with the world. America has spent blood, treasure and time to cultivate its reputation (although not perfect) around the world. And now in a few months (maybe we can argue decades in the making) our reputation has declined rapidly.
Are we the bad guys now? Where does this end? Who benefits from this? Have we gone from the city on the hill to the fortress on the hill?
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Sure, but I think a more fitting name is a “Gold Curtain”
Do you think China can be persuaded to come help the American people?
The Iron Curtain was designed foremost to keep people from leaving.
It’s definitely a weird time to travel to the Us and were isolating ourselves
That’s why it’s SO IMPORTANT TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD! Rally with the nation on APRIL 5th!!!! Find a rally near you!!👍
No.
I call BS on not being able to retrieve anyone from El Salvador, all that takes is a couple phone calls, issuing a passport and a plane ticket.
We are the bad guys.
Nothing good was going to come from electing a rapist and domestic terrorist.
He’s turned our allies into our enemies.
He’s blowing putin every day.
He is blackmailing law firms into giving him free legal services.
He’s deporting people to death camps.
We are absolutely the bad guys.
Im just a random millennial whose opinion means shit. But as a 30 year old, who grew up with boomer parents, and grandfathers who fought in WW2…it’s extremely weird to see geopolitics change as fast as they have. I’m not sure if it’s an iron curtain, or what. But what I do know, is the America we live in, is no longer the America we once knew (geopolitically speaking anyhow). To watch Americas influence decline at a rapid rate. To see us fall out with our allies in the span of weeks. To go from US leaders being respected and having decorum…to…whatever this is now. I fear we are in for disastrous consequences, brain drain being one of the major ones.
Behind the Gold-plated Curtain
Yes