Drew Crecente (they/them)<p>Words matter. </p><p>For a moment let's look beyond Trump's nonsense tariff "plan" which is certain to cause global harms. </p><p>Please consider the words this abuser chose to use in defending the tariffs:</p><p>"our country has been looted, pillaged, raped and plundered”</p><p>😡 I understand the economic damage is occupying everybody's thoughts but we must call Trump out for trivializing sexual assault in this way. Allowing these phrases to go unchallenged is harmful to survivors and affects public discourse / social norms. </p><p>💜 April is <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/SAAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SAAM</span></a> (Sexual Assault Awareness Month) - please call out this sad excuse of a man for his mysogynistic, moronic, and ironic phrasing. </p><p>🌐<a href="https://business.inquirer.net/517271/trump-global-trade-has-looted-pillaged-raped-plundered-us-economy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">business.inquirer.net/517271/t</span><span class="invisible">rump-global-trade-has-looted-pillaged-raped-plundered-us-economy</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/sociology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sociology</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/publichealth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>publichealth</span></a></span> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/sociology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sociology</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/communications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communications</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/trauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trauma</span></a></p>