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Seth Meyers: Biden Sworn in as 46th President After Trump Leaves the White House

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)1/21/2021 3:58:34 am PST

re: #34 Hecuba’s daughter

Surprising that Tuberville didn’t vote “no”, but then Trump hadn’t instructed his cult to oppose the nominations, so Tuberville was left adrift.

OT: have to say, despite our concern about rebuilding alliances, and I may be too optimistic here, but it almost seems as though our allies will be letting bygones be bygones and we will be welcomed back to our traditional role. A lot is going to depend on how well the Democrats can overcome the obstacles that the Republicans will be throwing in our path. Of course, nothing can restore the 400,000 lives and more lost due to Trump’s criminal negligence and maybe bringing tens of millions of Trump fanatics back to reality is an impossible project, but perhaps the other damage can be repaired more quickly than we anticipated. Maybe we can emerge from the nightmare faster than we hoped.

One Trumpless day has converted me from despair to cockeyed optimism.

Permanent damage to the alliances however in that we gave them a very stark reminder that foreign policy can turn on a dime with a change of administration. And it happened much more rapidly than previous occasions since Trump pretty much cared nothing about diplomacy, protocols, or long-term relationships.

And certain groups that were hesitant to trust or wary of being used as pawns will be very skittish about dealing with the USA again. And I’m sure the Kurds will have long memories of being betrayed by the US - they won’t be forgetful or willing to blame it all on Trump either.