I do not think Americans realise the far reaching economic consequences of having elected Donald Trump.

[xs4me2@mastodon.social]

@randahl

In the end the America as envisioned by Trump will stand alone.
And it will need a lot of repair to let the trust upon this vile treason return.
Trump should be removed and put on trial.

We have the examples from Brazil and South Korea… his behavior is unacceptable and unconstitutional.

[taatm@mathstodon.xyz]

@randahl
Exactly as I predicted. US tech is a global leader because the US military was the security leader and demanded equal access for tech markets that fail ethical tests.

US provided security was a gift that turned into a trade. The US has pulled their side and technology will now flip to European. It’s the Google and Starbucks tax rebalance I’m looking forward to.

[lightfighter@infosec.exchange]

@xs4me2 @randahl Unfortunately I don't think enough Americans understand that simply electing not-Trump, doesn't resolve the issue. Without prosecutions and structural changes, tyranny is only an election away. No country in their right mind is going to trust us until such actions are taken, and even then it will take quite a while to regain any semblance of international trust we had before.

[pettet8@mastodon.social]

@randahl They also decided in June 2025 to ditch Microsoft and go for open source LibreOffice.. This shift is also taking place in other EU countries with a strong drive to open-source software. For Example all 85.000laptops used by the French Gendarmerie are using Ubuntu as their OS. By late 2027 all 2.5 million government personnel in France will be using open source software (they started in 2024 with this project)

[chrisholladay@mastodon.social]

@randahl
They didnt care as long as they could hate everyone legally.

[dedicto@zeroes.ca]

@randahl And we need to ensure that the pain is felt exclusively by billionaires, when the public does wake up.

They stole it all. They aren't entitled to any of it.

Take all of it. Leave them with nothing.

[cainmark@mstdn.social]

@randahl

I'm an American and I appreciate this. Our health care system is awful unless youre very wealthy. And Pantir is an evil organization that should be stopped wherever it can.

[paladin@mastodon.nu]

@Nigel_Lake @randahl I work excluding with Microsoft software. Our customers are heavily invested with Microsoft. It will be much work and take long time.

I would say that the mood is worried. The trust is gone.

[paladin@mastodon.nu]

@swggrkllr3rd @randahl Oh those black shirts...

[countholdem@mastodon.social]

@Lightfighter Some of that may happen, with recent polls showing Independents growing to near twice the classic Democrat-Republican duopoly.

Also a considerable factor is more countries 'regressing to the mean', after accelerated globalization. Lacking an education revolution keeping more of the masses in sync with these swings, your synopsis of dragged-out mitigation, may be all that much more apropos.

[nicelymanifest@mastodon.social]

@randahl Uber-unwise to elect a pathologically egocentric criminal to run a powerful nation.

An insanity to do so as much as it was insane to allow him to be a candidate.

There are, it seems, no standards of the highest office - another insanity.

[ralph@hear-me.social]

@randahl

#alttext

Left side:
Afskaf Palantir i Danmark
ID: FT-22854
LÆS OP
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Borgerforslaget går på at afskaffe brugen af Palantir i offentlige institutioner i Danmark. Palantir er i anvendelse i bl.a. Politiets Pol-Intel.

Right side:
Startdato
05. marts 2026
Slutdato
01. september 2026
Antal støtter
3.491
Et samlet patient-journalsystem i Danmark, hvor data og milliarder af kroner ikke går til USA.
ID: FT-23074
LÆS OP

[bigfood@social.tchncs.de]

@randahl

[kruku@mastodon.bida.im]

@swggrkllr3rd @randahl
And the Reform Party and the Conservative Party and the (New) Labour Party.

[gailen@mastodon.social]

@randahl I'm an American who realizes these things but I also never voted for him. I'm kind of stuck getting dragged into things the other Americans are dragging us more sane citizens into.

[stenegeoff@mastodon.social]

@randahl I don't think anyone could have predicted the details, but many of us vaguely knew that being a dick the rest of the world would ultimately not go well for us. Now we're going to see that play out. Do what you must. It's the only way we will learn.

[revndm@queer.cool]

@randahl @BubblegumYeti they (“we”) don’t. I get so frustrated having to explain it to grown adults. It’s so obvious to me that I want to scream.

[tamtam@mastodon.de]

@randahl smart people, the Danes.

[nigel_lake@mastodon.world]

@Paladin @randahl It's really tough. Then again, if you run a business where data security matters - especially outside the USA - thrn this is a problem with which you must eventually grapple. It's easy to put in the 'too hard' basket - but at some point Microsoft could easily be required to disable software in a particular country...

[Added] Meanwhile, I see China began a fairly systematic effort to shift to different operating systems around five years ago...

[erwinrossen@mas.to]

@randahl How I envy the Danish politics.