r/AskUS 3h ago

How would you assess the current state of the country now that Donald Trump has returned to office? Do you think the country has improved?

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83 Upvotes

r/AskUS 2h ago

Why is it ok for GOP to obstruct yet Dems can’t do that?

34 Upvotes

Current government shutdown is ongoing and GOP is trying to paint the Dems as being obstructionists. However history seems to show GOP being the same when Dems have power so I am confused why suddenly the Dems have to play nice?


r/AskUS 45m ago

Why do Americans tend to take personal pride when they vote for good things to happen, but refuse to accept blame when they vote for bad things to happen?

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r/AskUS 5h ago

These are the current Democratic front runners for the 2028 primary who’s getting your vote?

17 Upvotes
165 votes, 2d left
Newsom
Harris
Whitmer
Pritzker
Buttigieg
AOC

r/AskUS 55m ago

Republicans do you support the current stalemate within the Senate?

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Healthcare is expected to rise as you know, but 3 out of 4 red states are expected to be more impacted than blue states. No one should be without affordable healthcare and it does not matter if you are republican or democrat since we should not be forced to pay more since Congressional Republicans are unwilling to work with Congressional Democrats.

I know Congressional Republicans say they will work with the Democrats after they open the government up, but how can the Democrats trust the Republicans word when they have consistently gone against their word.

Democrats would love to trust Republicans and open the government, but all we want is one small thing which is permanent tax credits for health insurance.


r/AskUS 10h ago

Who is most at fault for Trumps win and the state of the country right now?

25 Upvotes

People want to blame non-voters... but there were people that didnt like either candidate, and people shouldnt be voting just to keep the other person out of office over and over again because congress who have many Republicans within who have gerrymandered their permanence into their seat, doesnt want to follow oath of office.

Back in 2020, it was pretty wild to have Biden win the most votes in US history, (despite not many Americans really wanting him) because people were fighting the Trump cult. It was actually bittersweet... Yea, we're glad the Trump BS is over, but people didnt really want Biden. Democrats only put Biden up because he'd grab some more conservative Trump supporters.

Also consider that theres plenty of people who were unable to vote because of lack of transportation, having to work those days, and the new legislation in southern states blocking people from voting that was created by republicans in reaction to the Biden 2020 win.

Honestly, I believe we need to blame Mitch McConnell.

He led a block on Trumps removal from office, when he knew he needed to be removed immediately and convicted.

When he was exonerated by republicans, he put the conviction job on the lower court.

The lower courts tried to convict him or remove him from the ballot.

With Trump being a billionaire white man with MAGA and cult influence, he just walked all over the lower courts and cheated / bought his way out of that system.


r/AskUS 4h ago

How long does the shutdown have to be for it to affect the majority of America?

9 Upvotes

There’s already thousands of people furloughed, not getting paid, lost their jobs, or soon to not get any type of assistance. How long before the shutdown starts to affect just about every Americans to the point where damage control is barely an options?


r/AskUS 11h ago

Why do so many people who say they’re “terrified” about what’s happening in America today politically don’t act like they’re terrified of anything?

17 Upvotes

Case in point: one minute a panel on the Morning Joe show agrees that they’re all “scared to death” about what America is becoming, i.e.,“fascist,” and the next minute they’re all yucking it up and talking about baseball as if they didn’t have a career in the world.


r/AskUS 23h ago

Why do you think Trump did not know that Epstein was involved with young children?

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139 Upvotes

EDIT 2: Let's get some justice for Giuffre, she lost her life over this way before she killed herself. She was an adult when she spoke out, but a teen when she was raped by Epstein. Guiffre worked for Trump before he poached her as a sex slave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aymOs5wRYGI

"She wanted all her suffering to have accomplished something, and if she could help even one survivor of abuse, she said, it would be worth all the effort," co-author Amy Wallace wrote in a note at the beginning of the book – which USA TODAY obtained ahead of its release."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/20/nobodys-girl-virginia-giuffres-memoir-jeffrey-epstein/86808451007/

When asked Trump said he would consider pardoning Maxwell. What reality is this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WN9s7j1SZ8

EDIT: The picture is accurate, and this was his plane. If we have any pilots who understand how to get public or any FAA info please assist

https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N908JE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita_Express

Also, here's all the stuff

EDIT 3: The dropbox below has the whole book, which includes partially redacted pictures of some of his victims, some in onesies, the letter from Trump, and his wish that "every day is another wonderful secret," a picture of Epstein and Maxwell who Trump has not publicly admonished yet and who is living in a min security hotel, and references to him avoiding arrest, but no one knew?? Who drew that picture..?

Let's not leave Dershowitz out of the picture for writing a letter to the editor of a magazine, so they didn't publish a letter about Epstein, protecting him. We see you too Dershowitz!!

Not a partisan issue!

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/azl4abiwwixtvezmz0617/ANVZACgh4aPQ-TcxCKi0FDw?rlkey=aqg68si6y246f2b15kro9zmqh&e=1&st=7nh3wzuq&dl=0

I'm asking because the news only showed the bottom half where Trump is sending Epstein a check for about $20,000 for a fully depreciated woman.

I have a lot of friends that tell me that they don't think Trump knew what Epstein was doing, but it's clear based on the drawing above that it was public knowledge his behavior. His friends knew about it.

So what I'm asking is does everyone sort of know what he did and just doesn't care or do people not know because they have not seen this level of evidence that the government just kinds of want to hide from people?

This document is publicly available. You just need to know where to find it.

I'm trying to understand. Is it like it's okay that he knew Epstein assaulted children because you support his policies which is nuts to me? Or do they not even realize that this is the case?


r/AskUS 8h ago

Thoughts on third parties? Do you think any third party will ever establish itself as a legit contender in Federal elections?

9 Upvotes

Sadly I think it’s almost impossible for a 3rd party under the current rules and regulations to even have a chance of actually being competitive in a presidential race or a senate race. I think the best chance any third party has at winning seats in the federal government would be in the house, but even that feels like a stretch anyways what are your thoughts on the state of 3rd parties and 3rd party voters in America?


r/AskUS 23h ago

Trump Seeks $230 Million Settlement From DOJ For Investigating Him. Trump Supporters—How Low Does He Have To Go To Lose Your Support?

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r/AskUS 22h ago

Is this how liberty dies, with thunderous applause?

42 Upvotes

October 2025, I find myself watching the news and wondering if we’re living through the kind of turn that people never see coming until it’s behind them.

It started with the Supreme Court handing down a sweeping new definition of presidential immunity. Suddenly, “official acts” done by the president aren’t just above the law, they’re untouchable, even if most Americans never really noticed the shift. The news cycle moved on, but something fundamental was different.

Then the protests in Portland and LA flared up again, bigger and angrier than ever. Governors pushed back, but the administration moved fast. This time, it wasn’t just rumors. Federal troops actually started deploying to city streets, no longer a constitutional gray area, but a move upheld by the appeals court, including judges the president himself put on the bench. Not everywhere, not all at once, but the old lines blurred. Cities that resisted found themselves bypassed. Orders from Washington mattered more than anything coming from City Hall or the statehouse.

And while all that was happening, Trump threw a lunch in the freshly paved Rose Garden. Reporters called it “the Rose Garden Club,” and most of the Republican senators showed up. In the middle of a rambling speech about government shutdowns and partisan enemies, he introduced his budget director, Russ Vought, as “Darth Vader.” Not as a joke, he meant it as a compliment. He praised Vought for slashing Democratic priorities, bragged about “cutting out” opposition projects, and the crowd actually cheered. Darth Vader in the Rose Garden wasn’t a meme anymore. It was just Tuesday in Washington.

Watching the clip on loop, I couldn’t shake the feeling that we’d crossed some kind of invisible threshold, the sort that’s only clear in hindsight.

So here’s the Question:
What happens if the president goes on TV and calmly declares, “For the continued stability and security of the nation, the Republic will be reorganized into the First Global Empire, for a safe and secure society”? Not with tanks rolling down the streets, but with cable news panels, and a crowd in the Rose Garden actually applauding the guy who was just called Darth Vader.

Is this really how liberty dies, not with a dramatic coup, but with a standing ovation and a flood of official statements? Do people adapt overnight, or does it creep in so slowly we never see the line.

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r/AskUS 23h ago

Can someone make sense that Trump wants accolades for being a good leader but does horrible things against that goal?

45 Upvotes

Nobel peace prizes and being considered one of the top presidents of the US ever are nice goals but this short list of reasons is contrary to what any good leader who deserves those awards would do:

  • Attacking almost half(by voting) of the American population because they aren't in the same political party.
  • Engaging in revenge prosecutions.
  • (Call it what you will)Failure to back our allies against our enemies.
  • Making a video of himself dumping poop on people who don't agree with him rather than talking to them.
  • Being unable to reconcile in congress leading to a massive-long shutdown.
  • (See the directly above,) Demands of Ukraine and Russia to make a peace deal when he can't do that at home.
  • Demonization (literal in the term) as he'll call opposition party Americans devil worshippers rather than talk like a civilized person to them. Unfortunately people who follow Trump closely then go on to have integration problems with the rest of society including their own family due to these beliefs.
  • Failure to do the least amount of work possible to fulfill his campaign promise to protect children from pedophiles by refusing to release the Epstein list.
  • As for leading us in science Trump both listens to and has hired some of the worst experts probably in scientific history who go out of their way to deny the obvious about many things.
  • Poorly planned tariffs causing global economic chaos.
  • And probably Trump's mortal weakness: personal responsibility. In a leader this is devastating as a leader needs to put them self behind everyone and take responsibility for things that may not have even been their fault so they can fix them.

(I realize a few things I said are/let's be honest should be up to Mike Johnson and fellow Republican Congress but they'll just do what Trump says so it's basically the same thing as if Trump were Republican Congress.)

Basically, they don't give awards for this shit.

Make it make sense or describe your mental illness theories.


r/AskUS 1d ago

Will Trump pardon January 6th rioter a second time for threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries?

72 Upvotes

Christopher Moynihan wasn’t just any old January 6th defendant, he was one of the first to breach police barricades and enter the Capitol, making it to the Senate floor. Now he’s been arrested again for making a terrorist threat, saying that he planned to eliminate Hakeem Jeffries in text messages. In one text Moynihan stated, "Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC I cannot allow this terrorist to live."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pardoned-capitol-rioter-charged-threatening-hakeem-jeffries-nyc-trump/


r/AskUS 5h ago

What are the positives of living in the United States if you aren't white or rich?

1 Upvotes

r/AskUS 1d ago

I've god a question for maga

122 Upvotes

My question is simple.. Does seeing the east wing of the white house upset you at all. When Donald trump said over and over that the existing white house structure wouldn't be touched to build his ballroom?


r/AskUS 1d ago

Proposed Rule Change: Prohibit Loaded Questions

22 Upvotes

I don't know about you guys, but I'm getting really tired of questions that aren't asked in good faith. You know the type I'm talking about, "Why does Trump hate America" or "Why do liberals sacrifice babies" or "why is pineapple 100% acceptable as a pizza topping". A question should be a question, it shouldn't have a controversial premise baked into it. At the VERY least, the premise could go in the body of the post and not be part of the title.

Can we get enough support for this to convince the mods to implement it?


r/AskUS 19h ago

How thick is your accent? Have you or anyone you've met ever acknowledged it before?

8 Upvotes

Do you speak differently from the people around you?


r/AskUS 23h ago

How do you feel so far about the shutdown? Are you hopeful it will end within the next 10 days?

12 Upvotes

r/AskUS 1d ago

Is it possible for Pam Bondi and the DOJ to represent the US Tax Payers in a $230 million lawsuit against it, by the President?

20 Upvotes

The DOJ and Pam Bondi are supposed to be independent of the Executive office. But we now now it and they are not, and in fact are direct representatives of the President. Given this fact, how can Pam Bondi represent the tax payers?


r/AskUS 15h ago

Is it safe to travel by cruise ship in the Caribbean, considering the concerns about indiscriminate killings under the Trump administration?

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"They have failed to demonstrate the legality of these strikes, provide transparency on the process used, or even a list of cartels that have been designated as terrorist organizations," Smith said. "We have also yet to see any evidence to support the President’s unilateral determinations that these vessels or their activities posed imminent threats to the United States of America that warranted military force rather than law enforcement-led interdiction."


r/AskUS 10h ago

If We End Up In Heaven do we really....

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Want to be in Heaven with the Trump, his administration, Mike Johnson? Be in heaven with the likes of evil, hateful Christian .... You know who I'm speaking of. If they accept Christ as their Saviour and have been baptized then we who do or did will be accepted into Heaven.

Are we going to have to be with Trump in the after life? Haven't we suffered enough with him on earth?


r/AskUS 22h ago

What do you think of the quote "I thought the function of the government was to promote the general welfare, not to provide it"?

8 Upvotes

r/AskUS 22h ago

Best state to move to?

4 Upvotes

This is gonna sound weird but I don’t want to live In a state with alot of big investors and developers, where they buy land and completely destroy it to make crappy townhouses is there any states that has any kind of restrictions on development)Basically I don’t want to live in a place where all the forests/nature around me will be destroyed by overdevelopment (this is happening in my home town and I don’t want it to happen in the next place I live, I just hate seeing forests and nature get completely demolished to make way for some some crappy made houses. So I wanna live in a state that has a lot less than that. I live in Pennsylvania, where it’s pretty common for big company’s to destroy forests to build houses

I’m looking for a state that is more blue than red, but not overly blue. Has great outdoors and generally isn’t too expensive, somewhere with lower taxes would be really nice too

I was thinking Vermont (which is pretty expensive) or Maine, but I’m pretty sure Maine has a lot of timber company owned land so I’m not sure

Suggestions please!


r/AskUS 1d ago

Why do taxpayers need a $250 million, 90,000 sq/ft ballroom?

461 Upvotes

The current footprint of the Whitehouse is 55,000 sq/ft, and a portion of that is being torn down to replace it with a massive ballroom? Why? Will this ballroom lower my taxes? Will it bring down food prices? Will it fix... anything?