MichaelCollison

@Johnny75Boy @AnnCoulter He’s committing war crimes you agree but those people …. just can’t admit you were wrong so now you have to double down to protect yourself.

@AnnCoulter 10000000 percent true. I can’t take any of them seriously anymore. Even though they are correct, just can’t do it

I really wish "legal experts" hadn't screamed bloody murder about every little thing Trump did, so they could speak with authority now that he's actually committing war crimes.

@Broccolidwarf @Politics_Matter @anneapplebaum Again the high-minded European arrogance I know and love (I was born in Germany). Again the reflection in the mirror is what you are reacting to. You came into this with your mind made up, and not open to new information. Hallmarks of a closed mind and arrogance.

@MichaelCollison @Politics_Matter @anneapplebaum Mate, you are excemplifying exactly the American lack of self-awareness which I said was not just MAGA - and you are proving the very point you disputed by suddenly acting all high and mighty about your shithole of a country.

Trump has insulted and tariffed his European allies, persuaded Denmark to prepare for a US invasion and, by pressuring Ukraine and not Russia, encouraged Putin to keep fighting. All of which he has forgotten. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/…

@Broccolidwarf @Politics_Matter @anneapplebaum I guess I’ll just have to be overwhelmed with your superior European self-awareness and intelligence. 😒

@MichaelCollison @Politics_Matter @anneapplebaum Perfect post to return to the statement which started all this: "You Americans have zero self-awareness 🙄"

@Broccolidwarf @Politics_Matter @anneapplebaum No I give up because your arrogance has you thinking you understand and you really have no clue. My community, the African American Community voted for the Democratic candidate at a 80%+ rate. We rejected Trump both times. But you wouldn’t understand that. Try that math. 😉

@MichaelCollison @Politics_Matter @anneapplebaum You give up because the math is not mathing to support your point? 😉

@Broccolidwarf @Politics_Matter @anneapplebaum I could care less if Europe pulls away. You see American arrogance, because it’s a reflection: many countries in Europe have had their time in the sun and been just as arrogant. Arrogance is a feature of empires, and all empires fall.

@MichaelCollison @Politics_Matter @anneapplebaum This is exactly why Europe is pulling away from you, because even democrats may start off saying all the right things, but if you scratch the surface a little, your true feelings about Europe become visible. It's not just MAGA - it's America.

@Broccolidwarf @Politics_Matter @anneapplebaum I quoted “literacy”, we have a language difference. I did not mean intelligence. I meant how people process information. Cult members do not process information based on facts.

@MichaelCollison @Politics_Matter @anneapplebaum Mate, you were the one who brought literacy into this - not i: "Unless you live in the USA it is next to impossible to explain the “literacy” gap between MAGA and the rest of us." I just pointed out that according to your own official statistics on literacy, it's not just MAGA.

@Broccolidwarf @Politics_Matter @anneapplebaum I give up, clearly the cult thing is not getting through to you. 🤷🏿‍♂️

@MichaelCollison @Politics_Matter @anneapplebaum Yes I have. But the electoral college strengthens my point, it doesn't weaken it. Only 64% voted in 2024, Trump got 49.8% of those = 31.8% of the adult population. If every single Trump voter is illiterate, that still leaves another 22.2% of the population.

@Broccolidwarf @Politics_Matter @anneapplebaum If these European countries outperform in every way, why has Europe been so dependent on America since the end of WW2? Why has Europe had no spine (until recently) towards Trump and MAGA.

@MichaelCollison @Politics_Matter @anneapplebaum As for Europe being a utopia, nobody is claiming that, and either way it depends on the country. Some European countries outperform the US in almost every meaningful respect.

@Broccolidwarf @Politics_Matter @anneapplebaum I tried to explain: MAGA and the GOP is a cult. Intelligent people join cults, it has nothing to do with intelligence. Zero.

@MichaelCollison @Politics_Matter @anneapplebaum What's that got to do with literacy or intelligence in the current US population?

@Broccolidwarf @Politics_Matter @anneapplebaum And don’t get too high on your horse: Europe fought two world wars in which over 100M people died. Europe is not some utopia.

@MichaelCollison @Politics_Matter @anneapplebaum 54% of the US population has a literacy below a 6th grade level. 54% of the population did not vote for Trump.

@Broccolidwarf @Politics_Matter @anneapplebaum Unless you live in the USA it is next to impossible to explain the “literacy” gap between MAGA and the rest of us. The GOP has spent 40 years waging war on “facts”. MAGA does not care about NATO because their cult leader has said they are the enemy. Facts don’t matter in a cult.

@MichaelCollison @Politics_Matter @anneapplebaum It's not just MAGA I see many other Americans bitching about NATO There seems to be a general lack of knowledge about the organisation, how it functions, how it is funded, what it is there for - and not least why it benefits the US

@Broccolidwarf @Politics_Matter @anneapplebaum Correction: the MAGA cult has zero self-awareness.

@Politics_Matter @anneapplebaum Your president said he was getting Greenland "one way or the other" and when prompted refused to rule out using military force. And here you are, bitching about Danish and Greenlanding leaders responding forcefully to those statements. You Americans have zero self-awareness 🙄

@barryinthefiles @mehdirhasan Love how you presented no details beyond MAGA delusion of how well you are doing.

@MichaelCollison @mehdirhasan Yes I am much better off it’s not even close. If you are truly not better off…you’re doing something wrong.

I just can’t believe any of this is real. This man is literally beyond parody.

@barryinthefiles @mehdirhasan Iran is defeated which is why Trump is issuing ultimatums and going to TACO again. Food prices are up, layoffs are up, jobs hard to find, interest rates are higher, gas prices are higher, the market is down YTD. You are not better off.

@MichaelCollison @mehdirhasan I’m middle class, well above thanks to Trump so far in his 2nd term. Biden erased the middle class in his term. Iran is defeated, inflation is much lower than Biden and if anything Biden follows fascism more than now. Sorry Mike. If you’re not thriving that’s on you.

@barryinthefiles @mehdirhasan The USA is not returning to greatness! 😂 The middle class is disappearing, we can’t even defeat a 2nd rate military power in Iran, inflation is back and we are descending into fascism.

@mehdirhasan This is just a factual post Mehdi. The Israelites did struggle for years but this was the start. America has struggled under Obama and Biden but we are slowly returning to greatness again.

@HeroicLife @Heccles94 Most of those jobs exist because of demand from consumers. Companies create jobs when there is demand. When demand dries up they lay people off. Try working at Amazon some time: they terrorize people rather than employ them.

Twitter had 7,500 employees before Musk. It exists because a handful of founders created it. Bezos started Amazon in a garage -- it now employs 1.5 million people. Microsoft went from two guys in Albuquerque to 228,000 employees. Intel was eight engineers in 1968 and still employs over 100,000 after the cuts. Every single job on your list was created by the billionaire you're mad at for cutting it. You've listed companies that collectively employ roughly two million people and pointed at the 5% being restructured as proof the whole model is a lie. That's like watching a hospital lose a patient and concluding medicine doesn't work. "Replace with AI" is doing the same work "replace with machines" did in the 1800s, "replace with computers" did in the 1990s, and "replace with automation" did in the 2010s. Total US employment after every single one of those transitions: higher than before. The jobs that get eliminated are real and the disruption is painful, but the claim that billionaires don't create jobs requires ignoring the millions of roles that exist right now solely because these people built something from nothing.

Musk sacked 80% of staff when he bought twitter Bezos is sacking 14,000 people to replace with AI Microsoft are cutting 4.1% of jobs (9,100) to replace with AI Intel are cutting up to 25% of staff to replace with AI What's that about billionaires creating jobs?

@Badger419256 @SarahLongwell25 Man you really are on the Q stuff? The “they” is the Trump DOJ. 😂 They keep leading you around promising those prosecutions. 😒

@MichaelCollison @SarahLongwell25 It is easy to throw accusations about Trump around when you haven’t actually seen the files. Why do they refuse to release Weiner’s laptop or Seth Rich’s laptop.

“We can’t do social safety-net stuff because we have to fund wars in the Middle East” is the exact opposite of the pitch Trump made to voters with America First.

@Badger419256 @SarahLongwell25 That’s all I need to know: Q Anon. 😒

@MichaelCollison @SarahLongwell25 I have been following politics for a long time, since before Obama. If you only realized what all the politicians have to done us. You would be shocked. I read a tons of news from everywhere not just the US. Q makes some good points.

@Badger419256 @SarahLongwell25 You were fired up about all the subpoenaes, I tried to inject reality.

@MichaelCollison @SarahLongwell25 You allow your emotions to control your thinking and believe what you see posted instead of doing a little bit of research. The left and the right are covering their asses. They are both the same animal.