• stoy@lemmy.zip
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    24 days ago

    That would be absolutely terrible.

    Currently, the general US sentiment seems to be that Trump is an internal problem, that you have to deal with.

    An attack on the White House would not be seen as an attack against Trump, it would be seen as an attack against the nation as a whole.

    We have an example of this, look at the approval rating of Bush before and after 9/11, they surged from just barely over 50% to above 90% instantly.

    Now, I don’t expect this huge of a jump with Trump, but I there would absolutely be a huge jump in Trump’s approval ratings after a foreign attack on the White House.

    Plenty of people would see it as their duty to support the president in those times.

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      24 days ago

      it would be seen as an attack against the nation as a whole.

      So? USA is also absolutely attacking Iran as a nation as a whole. USA has set the precedence that Iran is absolutely allowed and even justified in doing this. And I for one would not lift a finger to help USA, but will continue to boycott American products.
      USA created this mess together with Israel, and USA shouldn’t come fucking crying to Europe if the White House is bombed!!
      Like USA did when Iran closed the Hormuz Strait. 😡
      Iran is clearly the victim here. Iran may be a shitty country, but on the international scene USA is worse.

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      24 days ago

      For the 30% of lead poisoned weirdos, maybe.

      During the theater run of Independence Day, people in the theater often cheered when the white house was destroyed.