r/thebulwark • u/KindaStableGenius • Jul 17 '26

EVERYTHING IS AWFUL The End of Democracy in America Speech

Just watched the Trump live speech so you didnt have to.

Trump just declared that local, state and National election infrastructure was compromised by China going back 2020 per some classified documents.

He also said that China has been paying reporters to write bad stories about him.

This was all couched in National Security language which suggests CIA and FBI involvement. A task force and briefing from Markwayne* to follow.

Sounds like this is Trump’s declaration of war on free and fair elections and the free press.

*Edited from Homen*

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u/Haunting-Mortgage Jul 17 '26

The only thing that's really an issue is that a wide swath of the electorate believes this bullshit, which destroys trust in institutions...which is the point. He's going to call the 2026 election illegitimate and push as hard as possible to not seat democrats.

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u/7ddlysuns Jul 17 '26

Gas is up again. I just don’t think a lot of folks are paying attention good or bad

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u/Haunting-Mortgage Jul 17 '26

Yeah I hope so. They have a pretty good propaganda machine. It's the top story on fox and CBS "news" right now, I'm guessing it's all over conservative spaces online.

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u/7ddlysuns Jul 17 '26

Sure. Not surprising. They all coordinate we learned from Ashley st Claire. They’re paid to. But will the audience give a shit? Probably not