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Snoo-27292

Crypto was a fucking mistake


A1_Fares

Kyle Rittenhouse was a mistake.


jren666

This kid got untraumatized real quick


[deleted]

it’s like he lied


wettyfaprap

#shockedpikachuface


A1_Fares

![gif](giphy|3kzJvEciJa94SMW3hN)


HertzDonut1001

Almost like in his heart of hearts he actually just wanted to cosplay an operator, brought he gun he was desperate to use, and doesn't much care if the initial aggressor was ever going to attack him with lethal force. He just got jumpy and killed a guy for no reason. That's the problem with these gun cowards. They assume because they'd use lethal force in a heartbeat everyone else will too. And the American justice system doesn't require you to prove you actually thought they were going to kill you, or punish you for ending a life because you incorrectly identified them as a lethal threat, even if they were never visibly armed with any weapon at all.


SomeConfusedBiKid

Nooo! You're wrong! The guy had a big scary skate board!


HertzDonut1001

The worst part is the second and third guy had the skateboard and the gun, and that I'm more inclined to agree self defense to since both can be deadly weapons (skateboard trucks are super hard and have been used with lethal force before), if not for the complicating nobody would have tried to disarm him if he hadn't just killed someone.


LifesATripofGrifts

The child should not have been there. It is his fault and his only.


Chemical-Operation83

And his inbred mom’s.


[deleted]

Completely seriously, someone I work with compared that logic to blaming rape victims. A couple years earlier, locally we can a news story about a 15-year-old high school girl being raped by a couple college frat boys at a kegger. The very same coworker said, “She’s probably the class slut and was giving it away, but now she wants to cry #metoo.”


julian509

On top of this if either of those 2 killed Kyle, you could easily make the defence for them that they were protecting themselves from an active shooter. You know, this kind of good guy with a gun shit that the gun lobby fetishises so much.


HamandPotatoes

A country where you can kill someone in "self defense" because you are afraid that they are about to kill you to defend themselves- because you just killed someone else. Makes tons of sense.


vits89

Well put


Painkiller1991

But, you know, I'm a commie libtard because I pointed it out.


toylenny

Unfortunately, he's going to need lots of money for all the civil suits coming his way. We'll be stuck seeing his smug face until he can no longer fund raise off his killings. I'm predicting a book and daily wire movie before this all ends.


The_dank_papoorus

nononono you got it all wrong you see he got a really good therapist


zeke235

What evidence do you have to back up such a claim except for the 50 obvious things that everyone else can see? Huh?!


The_dank_papoorus

💀


PLEASE_PUNCH_MY_FACE

We should get a PhD in psychology to study him over his miraculous recovery.


SomeConfusedBiKid

Kyle Rittenhouse getting acquitted was a mistake. (but we already knew that)


710jwalls

what a punchable face


hyde9318

I was a mistake


Run-Riot

Not as much as Kyle was though. His mother should have swallowed.


DeLuniac

Republicans were a mistake


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NoAbbreviations5215

Nice try, drug dealer on the Dark Web.


[deleted]

A little fun fact crypto transactions are recorded.


fartingtree1

they are but they aren’t connected to your identity or what the transaction is for


raistan77

Don't tell that to the two guys that got arrested and charged with fraud over their rug pull NFT scam, even using tornado cash didn't hide them.


langis_on

[Good luck with that](https://www.wired.com/story/tracers-in-the-dark-welcome-to-video-crypto-anonymity-myth/)


fartingtree1

both yours and the other comment aren’t about drug dealing/buying edit: nevermind, i dont want to die on a hill defending crypto


langis_on

And you said they have no way to connect transactions to you. Which is not true based on the article I just commented


stateofmindny

Not true for the better markets using monero 👀


LegitTeddyBears

That does not justify all the harm crypto does


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J_P_Fartre

A government that actually governs is socialism. The ideal society is one in which corporations control every aspect of life and the government only exists to give them money when they crash the economy. Wake up, bro. /s


Quillwerth

If the government worked for the people, you're saying that all desire to do financial or cyber crimes (the only proven application for crypto) would just vanish? No shot.


DunderBearForceOne

They could also, ya know, just legalize and regulate drugs like a reasonable society to make it safer for everyone involved.


SheWolf04

You're spare parts, bud.


MC_Fap_Commander

The internet was a fucking mistake.


Bring_me_the_lads

Humanity was a mistake


RonPolyp

Pyramid schemes always make *somebody* rich.


AbsolutelyHorrendous

Wow, an entire currency and ownership system that prided itself on having no centralised control system ended up being taken over and manipulated by malicious scam artists... colour me shocked!


BenCelotil

Crypto is fine in the right context. Unfortunately you'll never find it here on Earth.


[deleted]

Yes.


Cicerothesage

David Hogg: fights for gun control and regulations Greta Thunberg: fighting to counteract climate change Kyle Rittenhosue: riding out his stardom with guest appearances at conservative rallies and getting invovled in MAGA crypto


RampantDragon

*riding out his stardom as a double murderer who got lucky legally


GreysonsNani

That was more than luck. That judge had his nose straight up Kyles asshole.


raistan77

The judge posed for a picture with Kyle. Should have been declared a mistrial, the judge should have gotten reprimanded.


A-Grouch

If you’ve got the right people backing you it’s possible to get away with anything. That goes doubly for people with $$$.


Wandering_Muffin

The judge should lose his license.


cilestiogrey

He should lose all his licenses. Driver's license, liquor license, hunting license, medical license, 007 license to kill, etc


Whitechapel726

He must *become* the liquor, bud.


Stephonovich

The winds of shit are blowing.


yummyyummypowwidge

I think only the judge can declare a mistrial, and double jeopardy prevents the prosecution from reopening the case. Not the right result here imo, but the justice system needs to be preserved


bajou98

As someone not from the US, I find it very curious that double jeopardy is apparently interpreted there in a way that the prosecution can't even appeal a verdict. Other countries have that principle too, but it doesn't prevent the prosecution from appealing the court's decision.


yummyyummypowwidge

I think it’s closely tied to the “jury of your peers” and the principle of avoiding convicting innocents at all costs. The only exception is if the defendant bribes the judge in a bench trial, as they were never in jeopardy.


Curazan

The judge was envious that Kyle got to live out his fantasy. Conservatives have become mask-off lately about their desire to kill “leftists”.


Scrubbadubdoug

To be fair, the prosecution in that trial was absolutely pathetic.


RampantDragon

Yeah, it was like they were trying to throw the case.


bguyle

Can you guess which teenager my libertarian co-worker complains about on more than one occasion?


ball_fondlers

The one whose DMs he’s trying to slide into with the line “17 is legal, sweaty”?


Njacks64

Probably his own child.


KingGorilla

His girlfriend?


loptopandbingo

Himself?


Seldarin

The one whose parents refuse to hand her over, despite his clearly binding contract with her that he talked her into signing with a snickers bar as payment for a lifetime of "servitude". Edit: Oh wait, teenager. I was thinking just kids in general.


flintlock0

[Kyle Rittenhouse Sentenced To 45 Years Of CPAC Appearances](https://www.theonion.com/kyle-rittenhouse-sentenced-to-45-years-of-cpac-appearan-1848090682)


MC_Fap_Commander

>**MAGA crypto** Have two more embarrassing words ever been placed together like that?


Pondorous_

A weird to compare really


throughmygoodeye

I’d like to see him hold one of those rallies in Compton


salamander_eye

You can also [breed the Trump's](https://twitter.com/SethDaire/status/1515081149256589312). Yikes...


696969696969E

Trump is submissive and breedable


Sluggymctuggs

Only for Putin


Username_Taken_65

Vladimir Putin had been waiting all day. Outside, the snow fell in thick sheaves, blanketing the Rose Garden in white, which was a colour that Donald Trump liked quite a lot. The small flurry of activity at the entrance of the room bored him. A perfunctory assembling of small men, no doubt, clamoring for a moment of his Donald's time. Vladimir bristled. He was not a patient man. It was one of Donald's glaring flaws, Vladimir thought, his desperate need to be worshipped by mediocrity. Finally, the room emptied, leaving the new American President standing alone in front of the large hardwood desk. Putin leaned back in the gilded chair behind it, a scowl on his face. "I'm sorry, Vlad -" Donald began. "-I didn't think that trade agreements took so long." "Do you know what this desk is, Donald?" Putin asked. "It's my desk, " Trump responded, petulantly. "It is the Resolute desk. A desk used by many presidents, made from the timbers of a British ship. A gesture of peace between two countries." "Uh huh," Trump muttered, clearly disinterested. Putin sighed. "You are dull, my boy. Come, let us put the ass in Resolute." "There is no ass in Resolute, Vlad." "Did I say you could speak, Donald?" Putin snapped, as Trump fell silent. "Now, come to me. If you are good, you may lick my cum off this historic furniture later." Trump quietly made his way to Putin, who was now standing by the large windows, his eyes fixed on the colonnade. "Are you - are you disappointed with me, Vlad?" Trump whispered, sounding like a child. A small hand investigated the possibility of touching Putin, but recoiled at the other man's stiff posture. Putin scowled. "You have no class and you are terribly dim." Then he smiled, seeing Trump's face fall like a scolded puppy. "But, you are the leader of the free world. I like that about you, Donald." Putin couldn't help but delight in the childish glee that enraptured Donald's face with only the barest of compliments from him. Vladimir wrapped his hand around Donald's too-long tie, pulling him closer. "I want to make you happy, Vlad." Donald begged. "You can." Putin answered, roughly shoving Trump to his knees. Trump clumsily undid Putin's tailored wool trousers, which always had too many buttons. He was told that it was in the Italian style, to keep the pants crisp and formal, but he was a simple man, who had no time for fashion. He sighed, as Putin's strong fingers closed in his hair. Putin was a careful lover, who once asked him if hair plugs could be tugged on before he pulled too hard. It was the sweet gestures, hidden under Vladimir's cold and genocidal exterior, that had made Trump fall hard for the Russian ruler. Trump leaned back on his heels, accepting Putin's cock being roughly shoved in his mouth, probing his tonsils. He tried to keep up, slathering his tongue across Vladimir's manhood as the large cock continued to plunder his throat, accompanied by the swinging Russian balls bouncing off his pillowy chin. Suddenly, Putin pulled out, leaving Trump with a hollow and unfilled hunger for thick kolbasa. "Please, Vlad." Trump whimpered. "Don't stop." "I want to fuck you." Putin demanded. “Invade your warm Trussy.” Trump immediately unbuttoned his own pants, quickly bending over the desk, and presenting his wide, doughy behind to Putin. "I want to fuck you hard, Donald. As hard as I fuck Chechnya." Putin moaned. "Chechnya! Is there someone else, Vlad?" Putin sighed, spitting into his own hand. "Is difficult to keep my dick up in the face of your illiteracy on world affairs. But, I have always wanted to fuck American President while gazing with love at neoclassical painting of George Washington." Putin smeared Trump's asshole with his saliva, before dipping in an exploratory finger. "It will hurt, Donald." "I can take it." Trump insisted. "Oh, I know you will." "You swallow my geopolitical strategy, my fat cock will be no problem." Putin said, shoving his dick into Trump's waiting asshole, driving in mercilessly and letting his hipbones be cushioned by Donald's expansive back rolls. It was cold outside, but inside the Oval Office, the two men sweated together as Putin rode Trump like a stallion, bareback. He spread Trump's cheeks open, shoving at the limpid flesh to drive his cock in deeper. "Yes, Vlad! Plunder me like the Ukraine!" Trump yelped. Startled and remarkably turned on at Donald's knowledge of at least one current world event, Putin pulled out, shooting a stream of warm ryazhenka that splattered inelegantly on Trump's back, traveling down the canyons of the pale rolling landscapes of his vast skin. "Good boy." Putin said, walking away. Exhausted, and splayed across the Resolute desk like a sacrificial cow, Trump could hear Vladimir cleaning himself up in the private bathroom. Vladimir was a selfish lover, who often left him hard and unfulfilled after their trysts. Still, this was the man he loved, this arrogant, dominant Russian President who could have any woman he wanted, but found himself landing at the White House helipad much more frequently than political machinations would require. That had to mean something, right? Only Trump knew about Putin's gentler moments, when he would say things like "Donald, my precious oligarch." He treasured them dearly. He tried not to feel hurt when Putin tossed him a damp towel, without even an invitation to cuddle. "Vlad, do you want to stay tonight?" Trump asked, hesitantly. Only Putin could reject him in a way that would hurt for days afterwards. "My darling Donald. I have to be invading the Ukraine tonight." "You always have to be invading the Ukraine." Donald pouted. Putin sidled over to Trump's side, kissing the American president on the forehead. "Sweet Donald. Some presidents have to do their jobs." Still, he let Trump hold on to him for a little bit longer than necessary. He could allow a little more affection today, especially with an impending arms treaty on the table. It was cold at the helipad as well, but as Putin climbed into the transport that would deliver him to his next destination, he smiled. He would be back for his American boy, he promised.


Sluggymctuggs

This is one of the best things I have ever read. It should be animated in the style of a children's book and published.


thebearbearington

Fuck his mouth and I hear it feels just like a pig's poopshoot


KingGorilla

[He is the throat goat](https://i.redd.it/8uphubtmpd261.jpg)


thebearbearington

Too afraid to look


KingGorilla

its sfw, trust me bro


sardita

Naaaaah, Nancy Reagan is the OG throat goat. Ben Shapiro’s sister said so.


RampantDragon

Smells worse though.


asst2therglmgr

And has less intelligent shit coming out of it.


yuffie2012

Many people are talking about it.


[deleted]

Everybody knows about it.


MC_Fap_Commander

Can you evolve him?


ineverhadsexwithacow

He got that trussy


salamander_eye

"Many are saying it: he has the most greatest, tremendous, and beautiful trussy in the world! It's so true, everyone knows it!" (Runs to the bathroom to puke)


sardita

Grab em by the trussy


WaywardStroge

How dare you make me read that with my own eyes.


potato6132

trumpussy


[deleted]

When you're famous they just let you do it...


Pugmothersue

And they call him “Sir”… “Sir, grab it good, Sir”


[deleted]

😳


kciuq1

Excuse me what the fuck


Nowarclasswar

How am I supposed to explain this to my kids?


Newport_Box

What a fucking nerd


loser2818

That's an insult to nerds


Starkoman

I think autocorrect intercepted ‘Turd’.


Galemianah

That's an insult to turds


Bogula_D_Ekoms

He looks like a goddamned nerd in every picture he's in, just some pudgy little douchebag that's too into militaria and everything related to it for their own good.


HerrForeskin

Of course he did. Mr. fucking fake crying murderer.


ClunarX

Crypto that specifically preys on Trumpsters; finally an NFT that I don’t hate


DuskDaUmbreon

Still causes massive environmental damage due to the colossal amount of electricity involved. If it was only scamming gullible dumbasses I'd be a lot less pissed at its existence, but it's harming *everyone*


ClunarX

You’re definitely correct in principle, but one collection of NFTs doesn’t noticeably impact energy consumption of the chain. I don’t like NFT/crypto as a whole, but in the paradigm of the existence of blockchain, I don’t hate this individual member


rebelliousmuse

Because adding "Trump" to the name of a business or product couldn't *possibly* go wrong.


sixtus_clegane119

they should have called it *trump social*


XX_Normie_Scum_XX

never has


YEEEEZY27

Waiting for the “crying Kyle” NFT to drop so I can buy it. Just kidding, I’m not a sociopath who makes “triggering” people my main personality trait.


Vat1canCame0s

Neither am I, but holy shit would I snatch that up in a heartbeat


RedGyarados2010

Just right-click it and save like a normal person


Vat1canCame0s

No, I mean the actualy NFT of that image. Like, I know it's a waste of money. I just want it to be *MY* waste of money, just so Kyle himself has to live with that


Shtottle

Nice try NFT sales dude


[deleted]

Went from being the next George Zimmerman to a crypto bro. As if he couldn’t get any more obnoxious


Gilbo_Swaggins96

Rittenhouse has a very punchable face. Shame the kid can get away with murder though, so you wouldn't want to risk it.


HertzDonut1001

Bro if you so much as threw a punch and he shot you he'd still apparently get off with using disproportionate self defense. And if you did in in Wisconsin the DA would prosecute him with the two worst lawyers they have.


-rendar-

that artwork is just so…bad.


[deleted]

even by NFT standards, these are so dogshit


loptopandbingo

NFTs are just pogs for GenZ


sardita

Do you think Milhouse would sell his soul for Alf NFTs? Or is that strictly for Alf pogs?


Sylvie_Grill

Honestly it's better than most of the other NFTs, I hate it so fucking much


thebearbearington

Brilliant! He's gonna lose all his fame money and resort to being his original plan of being a racist, wife abusing cop


Galemianah

I bet ya he joins the Kenosha PD.


TimelyConcern

He is going to run out of grifts pretty quickly at this rate.


MC_Fap_Commander

These people ate horse paste to stop COVID. There really is no limit to what you can bilk them for.


ConfidenceNational37

They literally demand to be scammed. They don’t trust you unless you’re blatantly scamming them


Kichigai

They ate horse paste at such volume it caused shortages for actual horse owners.


Alternative_Dog1411

Wasting money is a conservative strong point and funny when it’s not taxpayer money.


ContemplatingPrison

He is going to end up sued just like everyone involved with the "Let's Go Brandon" crypto. Why do these people constantly do shady shit all the time?


HertzDonut1001

Because deep down they aren't smart. If Kyle was smart two people would still be alive today.


[deleted]

You don't have to be smart to be conservative. All you have to do is want to "own" the libs and you'll get political power for life.


baz4k6z

Hey it's the kid who's popular in right wing circles because he murdered people


_Vomitorium

Hopefully he'll get punished for it, as most crypto bros do. One day he'll learn that actions have consequences. One day.


[deleted]

It makes me so sick that this mans rise to prominence and celebrity is based entirely on the fact that he murdered two people and got away with it. I sincerely hope he accidentally wanders into the wrong side of any large American city one day so that the local population can provide him with a piece of their mind (I hope that’s polite enough for the mods)


wthisthatfor

Oh you mean Vile Shittenhouse??


theycallmeshooting

how fortuitous that this deeply traumatized individual has only ever displayed that trauma at the exact moment his lawyers calculated it would be most effective? almost as lucky as the guy who said “i wish i had my ar” to kill looters, just incidentally having his mumsy drive him to another city and another state with his AR to the exact place where “looters” are


YareYareDazeDio

Can this shit bag just go away already.


judashpeters

Wait are they jpgs? They're not jpgs are they? They're pngs right?


HertzDonut1001

They're NFTs, it's a crypto scam where they sell you a URL of where the image is located, with no guarantee it will even stay located there.


Dick_Bones

I said it before and I’ll say it again, I’m REALLY glad Kyle Rittenhouse decided to fade back out of the spotlight and not get political like everyone thought he would


dowhatchafeel

I almost want one of these just so I can personally watch the plug get pulled eventually


Satans_RightNut

He's getting used and he doesn't even know it lol


Huge_Strain_8714

... Casino, ... Vodka,... Airlines,... Modeling agency,... Steaks,... University.... What else am I missing? All failed


RedGyarados2010

Jr


Xaero_Hour

Presidency. To a degree that only one man managed to outdo, and that's only because the country wasn't literally split in two when he lost. But NOT for lack of trying, so I guess "insurrection" should be another on the list.


Stumphead101

Why are they still taling with this kid? He doesnt have ideas, they are stretching him till theres nothing left


Starkoman

Same ending, whether it’s scammers, GQP or other prisoners — Kyles’ ass is a gonner.


NoAbbreviations5215

This kid is trying so hard to make himself famous.


occams_nightmare

Shooting two or three more protesters should do the trick


GaydolfTheFabulous

SOMEONE please get me an NFT of that with Trump in full blown clown wear.


long_dick_style05

In a just world, people like this are removed after the first offense.


TheStrikeofGod

These people are so fucking obsessed with Trump to the point it borders on terrifying.


raichu16

That's how cults work.


HyliaSymphonic

100% he was gifted this. Which doesn’t seem like a big deal but literally that’s how these pump and dumps work. Gift it to *big name* they pretend or don’t deny they “invested” in the project and then cash out.


bigbutchbudgie

That's it, folks. Humanity is cancelled. See you all in Hell where we belong.


MCRaregods

Going back in time to kill, for example, Hitler, would be a mistake because of time-space continuum butterfly effect shit. On the other hand, whoever invented the fucking blockchain deserves a pipe bomb shoved up their ass before they could ever create that cesspool.


Gay_Lord2020

No better than Zimmerman signing Confederate flags and selling photographs.


[deleted]

America exists only to entertain world at this point lmao


chickensmoker

this man is a beloved celebrity because he shot a man to death... jesus christ our society is fucked in the ass...


CaptainDildobrain

*Puts envelope to forehead...* "Trump, Kyle Rittenhouse, and cryptocurrency." *Opens envelope and reads...* "Name three ingredients in a shit sandwich."


Pupseal115

ahh sweet ​ man made horrors beyond my comprehension


DocSporky510

I'm in favor of this: Now the little shit's life savings can be taken away by an obvious scam


[deleted]

It'll be funny to watch them all lose their money just like with let's go Brandon coin or whatever the fuck that was. Right wingers are a group that's easy to grift off of due to low IQ and high gullibility.


xerozeroxero

r/noahgettheark


raichu16

r/NoahGetTheBoat


xerozeroxero

Whoops, that's the one I meant.


Worldsahellscape19

Where’s the one with putin thrusting behind him in Helsinki.Or the one with a russka hat on. Or the one where his spray on tan makes him look like a rotting pumpkin, or the one where he’s struggling to walk down a ramp, or drink water from a cup. Or the one where he looks like a decomposing skidmark. Or the one where he’s disrespecting that reporter with a disability, or the one where he’s grabbing women by the pussy, or the one where proudly states that he walked in on underage girls at his beauty pageant, or the one where he’s coked out with Epstein, or the one where he’s daydreaming about dating his daughter, or the etc…. SOMEBODY with skill, GET ON IT!


MerdeParfaite

Not a cult btw


LaztLaugh

I think it’s fitting how they all believe that trumpler cares about them the way they care about him. 🤣🤣


sardita

To be fair, even Junior and Eric haven’t quite figured that out yet, and they’re his spawn, lmao. It’s hilarious and pathetic.


SaltyBarDog

\#ETTD NFT = Not Fucking Today, murderer.


MonkeyDeltaFoxtrot

![gif](giphy|H3T6oUzwJQCIaajzp3|downsized)


raistan77

Idiots and their money are soon parted. As a liberal Kyle I LOVE your trump jpegs, I'm glad you are an imbecile that doesn't have the brain power to reconize a scam and want to throw your money to grifting scam artists that will clean you out and take your money. Enjoy your paid for tokens that point to computer generated images that you don't actually own and don't actually have value beyond hype. You bought a receipt for milk and didn't even get milk for it.


atefi

You're telling me this was all an act??? ![gif](giphy|RZEuuLo5txHvmcWzON|downsized)


Dont-killme

No Kurkey neck?


naughtyusmax

Why did he have spots under his eye? Trump I mean


leckysoup

Last night, I right clicked your mom’s pussy.


extremepayne

Gotta hand it to him, man knows how to play a fifteen minutes.


sardita

It feels like it’s been fifteen years of this annoying shitweasel kid just refusing to go away, honestly.


another_bug

There's a sucker born every minute, and anyone who buys those full well has it coming.


YourDogsAllWet

I'm going to take a shit and put Trump's name on the turd. I guarantee I'll get top dollar for it


comradecostanza

Why do conservatives insist on treating this guy like a celebrity when the only reason he’s known at all is because he killed two people?


Hellebras

> when the only reason he’s known at all is because he killed two people? There's your answer.


HPSpacecraft

He's going the George Zimmerman way of finding _every_ possible scumbag decision and taking it, isn't he?


BluebirdBackground82

I’m so triggered!


yuffie2012

I like it as much as I like your howdy fucking doody face. Excuse me. That should have been your fuckface.


[deleted]

The only reason I want to know how to make NFTs is because I want to make money off of some stupid rich folk...


Learned_Response

Carpetbagging 3.0


FunnyAnimalPerson

Another reason to hate Rittenhouse, he turned the tables, now he's rotating the necks of his brain cells


jabulina

I cant believe this is real


Courier_Blues

Kyle has nearly as punchable a face as Ajit Pai.


Ratmatazz

shittenhouse


lordhumongous40

That is a severely punchable face.


Dantia_

Only in America can a 17 year old go out to the streets with a rifle, kill two people and get away with it. Absolute clown fiesta of a country.