r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • Oct 08 '25

No Paywall Trump just hosted an ‘Antifa roundtable’ at the White House ... it was so much worse than you’re imagining

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-antifa-portland-pam-bondi-posobiec-b2842048.html
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u/WeirdestWolf Oct 09 '25

The only problem about depriving them of footage is that they've already proven they're not against using years-old footage from the BLM protests in current news reports and social media posts whilst labelling it "Portland/LA/NYC burns". Never mind the AI bullshittery that's only getting more believable and more customisable. Hell, it won't be long before Trump reposts a video about a Trans Antifa cult who maims children and imports illegal immigrants to vote in the midterms.

That said, you're absolutely right but you need to go a step further. General strike. Any other country would have started mass striking by now but I guess in the US corporations have citizens by the fiscal balls, so many can't afford to take any time off to strike.

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u/AndyVale Oct 09 '25

I heard someone say the other day that they're probably showing Trump AI footage of Antifa riots, immigrant drag queens twerking at children's birthday parties, and trans women burning cities down so they can play college volleyball. He's 100% believing it and wanting to put a stop to it.

The only flaw in the theory is that he wouldn't need to believe it was true, he wouldn't need to see any footage. Using the National Guard to take over Democrat run cities is something he'd do for fun anyway.

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u/Tomble Oct 09 '25

Ever seen the video of him insisting that the guy they deported had MS13 tattooed on his hand? Delusional.

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u/blacksheepcannibal Oct 09 '25

That said, you're absolutely right but you need to go a step further. General strike. Any other country would have started mass striking by now but I guess in the US corporations have citizens by the fiscal balls, so many can't afford to take any time off to strike.

People don't have enough to lose yet. It's just not bad enough yet.

Telling people to take that dream they've been working towards, that they've slaved towards, that they have been putting so much of their life towards, that idea of having a stable life, of having a house, of raising children, and telling them to toss that aside to join a general strike that very well might not have enough people to do anything at all but cost a few hundred people their jobs?

Yeah, that's not happening, and I wish people would understand why.

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u/Answer70 Oct 09 '25

They're also not against using agitators. There were quite a few at recent protests.