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Trump announced on Tuesday the US could "take over" the Gaza Strip and transform it into a premier tourist destination, or the "Riviera of the Middle East" - but without Palestinians.

On social media, many debated the plan, with large swathes of people denouncing it as "ethnic cleansing". Others immediately pointed out the US's long history of "settler colonialism" and "imperialism".

In the US, many liberal commentators, especially supporters of the Democratic Party, said Trump was acting precisely as they had warned ahead of presidential elections in November 2024. They blamed his Gaza takeover plan on Muslims for voting for him instead of Kamala Harris.

Voters in Michigan's Dearborn, the largest majority Arab-American city in the United States, overwhelmingly supported Trump in a clear protest against the Biden administration's handling of Israel's war on Gaza.

In reality, Trump won every swing state in the US election, and had he lost Michigan, Harris still would not have come close to competing in the electoral college.

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[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

first democrats dgaf about a genocide and derided people voting their conscience about it, calling them single issue voters; now their loved ones have to endure the inevitable next stage of a human rights violating cycle of history repeating itself and the democrats are once again denigrating them for it.

i took to calling democrats, blue maga, as a way to single out the hard core adherence to the inhumane red vs blue team tribalism that typifies american politics, but they're now literally espousing the same "fuck your feelings" mantra that exemplified trump's maga; they've TRULY become blue maga in every sense of the words and i suspect they'll be the ones in charge of the next election.

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 0 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I think you're missing the n in dngaf at the top of your comment?

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

My version is "don't give a fuck" and now I wonder if "don't" is technically 2 words. Lol

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

It technically is. It's a contraction of "do" and "not"