Economically dependent on their northern neighbor, business owners in Washington state are laying off employees and shutting their doors.

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    There are good Americans too, but unfortunately the majority voted for Trump, and now the world is turning away from USA.
    Unfortunately the good Americans are colateral dammage. But USA did start a trade war, and USA has threatened the security of even their closest allies.
    So the fault is 100% on the Americans for allowing Trump to become president. And even if many don’t agree with him, Trump’s actions are the official actions of the whole country. So Trump is dragging everybody down with him.

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        My God I’m tired of that argument, it’s so stupid IMO.
        Trump won the popular vote, the ones that didn’t bother in principle might as well have voted for Trump, because the result would be the same.
        By that logic it’s not only a majority but a super majority.

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        Nowhere near a majority if you include all the people who didn’t vote. Low voter turnout, combined with prolific gerrymandering and targeted attacks (like the 200 election day bomb threats closing polling stations mostly in Pennsylvania) means small minority groups can coordinate their actions to take over the government. Which is what has happened. The silent majority does not support Trump, and it’s well past time for them to remember they are in fact the actual majority, and they had better not remain silent much longer or else they’re going to find out that the cost of speaking will get higher and higher the longer they let these criminals run their country.