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Victims of Trump: a thread
But make yourself a cup of tea first...
But make yourself a cup of tea first...
Coronavirus deaths shown on http://trumpdeathclock.com"> http://trumpdeathclock.com have risen to over 220,000. This is a direct impact of ineffective leadership, ignoring the science, and delayed pandemic response. But we know this.
The Washington Post has an interesting article here about how the death toll correlates exactly with Trump’s behaviour when in office. The US is the world leader in covid-19 infections (five times as many as any other country). https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/05/06/trump-covid-death-counter/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2...
But we must look beyond the outrage that manifests only when we feel ourselves threatened. This is, respectfully, so much bigger than America. Thousands of dead civilians can be directly tied to the Trump administration, whose deaths are unrelated to the virus.
By September 30th 2020, 21 people had died in ICE custody. That is more than double 2019.
6 children in the space of 8 months died in immigration detention centres (that we know of, they are under no obligation to report these figures, but these were discovered by journalists).
6 children in the space of 8 months died in immigration detention centres (that we know of, they are under no obligation to report these figures, but these were discovered by journalists).
In this study, you can see how a lack of health insurance and universal health care is associated with as many as 44,789 US deaths per year. This is more than many common fatal illnesses. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775760/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic...
And that’s not to mention the atrocities committed overseas as Trump ramps up his “alternative” foreign policy. In this article you can see that more civilians were killed under Trump than the Taliban and the supposed targets of these air strikes. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/world/asia/afghanistan-civilian-casualties.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/3...
The number of civilians killed more than doubled in the first six months of 2018 due to Trump’s preference for lethal air strikes. And then, of course, there’s the CIA, which I’m not even going to get into on this platform.
But just to outline ONE specific target (bear in mind there will be hundreds), over 100 people, most of them children, were killed in an attempt to target one individual. These are not even classed as civilian casualties because they dare to exist within the strike zone.
Here is a link to the article screenshotted above: https://reprieve.org.uk/update/game-changer-trumps-new-attacks-on-human-rights/">https://reprieve.org.uk/update/ga...
I don’t know what you’ll do with this information. I don’t know, really, what it means. But I do know that if we keep characterising Trump as “stupid” and “dumb” we let him off the hook for countless casualties.
I could keep this thread going for years, but I think this is enough of a snapshot into a term of misery. Just don’t forget when you live under imperialism and capitalism that you’re never just voting in the interests of your own country, but could have a lethal impact on others.
