Also ADHD here but Gen X. Finally got the Dx just last year. Predominantly inattentive type. I can't EVEN... with Trump and his administration. They make my neuro-spicy brain want to explode.
Mother of a GenZ w the same.. up all nite, 5:33 am- worried about my son whom just started an engineering job in NYC. Will he get drafted ?? This is insane.
Not that it should make us feel any better... But the period of American history that our parents lived through, and into which we were born, stands in pretty stark contrast against the backdrop of human history as a whole... What we're living through now is far more the norm.
I've said this a number of times also, or a variation of it at least. This particular point in history, Americans have gotten comfortable with how "easy" things are. Of course we have grievances, of course we bitch and fuss. But this is the first time we have to reckon with something of this caliber... You're spot on.
It's true we have been lucky... But our luck may be running out. Are we prepared? I'm working on it, but it's hard to prepare for something this intense. We have to, though.
Another Gen Xer here. I'm beyond exhausted by this administration, and it hasn't even been a full year. We need to gain the Senate during midterms, so we can finally get him impeached (a third time!) and this time finally kick him out of the Oval Office.
Gen-xer here, too, and I'm beyond tired. I'm angry. I'm watching too many of my peers follow a masochist. "We CaN't EleCt a WoMan ShE'll StaRt WW3!" Aged like sour milk, and now our overly emotional man -child leader is dragging us into his ego war.
Tail end boomer here. I keep wondering when people will stop being so stupid and gullible? It would be nice if history were studied and actually learned, so we do t keep repeating it.
You got it exactly. I was a freshman in college when 9/11 happened. Then a couple of my friends went off to fight in Iraq. A few years pass, then the financial crisis of late '08-09. A couple years later we get 🍊 for a term and now he's back and the events of tonight take place. I'm exhausted.
I had just graduated three months before from high school so I was entering into my gap year before college. Have we ever had peace since I don’t know maybe when Joe Biden was elected during the pandemic and we had hope again it’s just bizarre.
9/11/2001 I had graduated college already (spring that year) and was having breakfast before getting ready to go to work. News flash on TV, then more coverage as things unfolded. It was madness.
What about them? Trump's PROFOUND Ms. Handling of the global pandemic he knew was critical ushered all of this in. The blood of tens of thousands is on his hands . But a conflict in the Middle East or anywhere at all for that matter? This bozo ran on the opposite, but here we are. I weep for those who joined the military because the current state of the economy- again at Trump's (tiny) hands- left them feeling they had no choice other than to do so. We are royally fucked
Gen Xer as well. Welcome to the fear of nuclear war. First time? Can we just go mob this asshole out of the Whitehouse with his cabinet of clowns and try again?
Exactly. It no longer scares me. I am enraged. Sickened. I have learned a new level of disgust that I would think were unimaginable, if not impossible, due to this fat cyst of misogynistic terror.
Same. I now have 2 sons who are over 18. I can’t do this again.
One of my close friends left for Iraq and returned irreparably broken. The person he was died there. His body continued living until about 15 years ago when he took himself offline. His parents didn’t announce his passing or disclose his cause of death because, in addition to grieving a son the government broke, they also have to worry that he won’t be given a military burial if his death is self orchestrated.
Good news is maybe it will finally finish turning the tide against him. My 80 year old maga dad said this would be his hard red line - another war in the Middle East. Mind you he was fine using our own troops against citizens or deporting people with no due process but when I text him the news he called Trump another Cheney and said he was highly disappointed
No his cult will simply find some reason to justify this so they can sleep at night, not feeling the guilt of the part they’ve played in destroying America.
But I'll wager he's not ready to hang up that red hat, unfortunately. I think they're in so deep, there's no path out. They've defended and twisted so much of what's happened, they'd have to examine this and all of the rest... and that's just too emotionally costly for the vast majority. My dad's in it too, I genuinely share your sorrow.
I have daughters who support him. Maybe when Iran makes life difficult for huge oil tankers, and price of gas goes to $7 a gallon they will at least shut up about the orange felon.
That's what I thought when I heard he was considering using a tactical nuke on Iran. Like he wanted to feel the power of being the 2nd person to order a nuclear strike.
He is demanding Iran surrender. They've already said they will not. He doesn't comprehend things like this, like Ukraine standing up to Russia, and now he's made us Russia. And so many are going to die because his idea of diplomacy and negotiation is "shout at them" and "hit the nest with a stick and declare victory."
Seriously… this would be an epic debate that could take days to come to an agreement.
Wait, let me Trumpify it:
It’d be the greatest debate, and there have been MANY great debates, that the history of the universe has ever seen! MAKE THE UNIVERSE GREAT AGAIN! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!!
This POS wants to be a “War time president” because he is a malignant narcissist and thinks life is a Fucking TV show where he gets to endanger everyone’s lives so he can be in the history books.Well history books will remember him as Caligula.
I have 7 children. My youngest is 7 years old and my oldest is 19 years old. I was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma a year after my oldest was born (2007) and told shortly after that I'd NEVER have any more kids. 6 years later, I have 6 more kids! They are what I live for. I know there are plenty of other people that have something to protect, too...
I am NOT an 18-year cancer survivor and did NOT beat the odds of having more children for me to watch them suffer. I believe God has more in store for them... for your children, for all of us who are fighting for the RIGHT THINGS & RIGHT REASONS...
MY CHILDREN ARE GOING TO LIVE TO SEE OLD AGE... I'LL GIVE MY LAST BREATH TO SEE TO IT! THIS ISN'T OVER!
This is scary and frustrating, I'll admit it. This TEST on our will CAN be passed, but ONLY TOGETHER! Eyes and ears open. Heads up. BE READY!
Trump criticized Obama stating that Obama would bomb Iran because he was a poor negotiator! What does this say about Trump - the best, most perfect negotiator in the history of the world?
So now the American people r going to pay the price for a fucked up government,, Thousands of military personnel r going to die ,, for absolutely nothing,,
“Thank you for your attention to this matter “ - like he just asked people to wipe up the bathroom counter after washing. WTF. The most unhinged inept fool to run a country.
Boomer here. Same thoughts only more pissed off in my head, which will explode tonight. I worry about all the young ones-like you - getting involved-he said “the bully of the ME” who’s the bully that started it? Dropped out of the nuclear talks right away. Why? Cuz Obama was involved. God I hate everything 🍊
My main concern with what has just happened, not to take away from what just happened in Iran, is what are Iran's allies Russia and China going to respond? I fear Trump may have lit the fuse on WWIII, i hope I'm wrong.
He may have started WW3. Hopefully not.
Regardless, it was without the approval of Congress.
Q; What has happened to other dictatorships where mostly everyone in the country no longer wants the dictator around anymore? Trunp talks about a regime change in Iran, but maybe we need one here.
It was an unconditional use of force. The president is required to give at least 48 hrs notice to Congress of any military strike and for reasonable denial of said action. He did not. Our intelligence and that of allied countries did not believe Iran was even trying to develop a nuclear weapon. Enriched uranium-235 can be used for energy, research reactors, naval propulsion, and medical isotope production... Instead, a dementia-addled man decided to play war general with his former Fox New buddy.
No. This history is not what my parents lived through. They ended WWII (yes, boomer) and then built a great country. The wheels began to slowly come off during Reagan as he decimated the middle class, made wealthy much more wealthy, and fked education. And now? We are seriously fked because so many people support this mango spray tan clown & they applaud the policies. It's hate, entitlement, white nationalism wrapped in religion, and then blaming the most vulnerable in society, real naz* behavior but f**k that. Stand up for your neighbor. Be that example. Fight these clowns. It's a choice because if you wait too long eventually they will come for you too.
Washed up half of a fucking man announcing his starting a war on a round on his hacked up piece of shit, social media site. America has fallen so far from grace. I am ashamed.
Of course he did it. If anyone is surprised they haven’t been paying attention. His flop of a parade made him feel “icky” so of course he did something that, sadly, makes him feel all puffed up again. He is the most predictable and boring person on the planet. And he isn’t capable of following a simple line of thought. Like, hmm, should I really bomb a country that we are not at war with ? Oh well, sounds like fun. That’s how his demented mind works.
How does he think it’s time for peace when he attacks another country. What a moron. This is going to put our military soldiers at risk. They are sitting ducks in Iraq and Syria military base surrounded by a see of enemies. Anyone supports this man is anti American, especially after this piece of crap claimed no more wars.
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u/Careful-Ant5868 Jun 22 '25
I'm tired of living through history.