Donald Trump the Megathread part II - mod warnings in OP, Updated 06/06/25

everlast75

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411112#Comment_123411112

A very hostile response.

Can I presume you're a big fan of Trump? If so, I would really like your take on a plethora of scandals. Care to stick around and engage?

Penn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411112#Comment_123411112

First of all, the "CNN anti Trump nonsense" is an accounting of Trump's own posts on Truth Social. It was Trump who has put forward the idea of doing this. For reference, Trump's post below;

Secondly, I do know the difference between a WORLD WAR and a localised war that was NOT won. Hence why I said that Trump would probably claim they won that one too (because they did not win it).

Thirdly, as Rawr posted, "Veteran's Day" is a day which over time has come to celebrate all servicemen, past and present, living and deceased. As per my post, if you turn it into just one to commemorate the US' part in the victory of WWI, then another to commemorate the US' part in the victory of WWII, then you are negating the service of US veterans of all other wars, even the ones such as Vietnam where although the US were defeated, those servicemen still earned recognition and honour for serving their country (although obviously the circumstances around the US' involvement in the war to begin with are an entirely different matter).

But yeah, I do hate Trump. He's a c*nt. And your "Wahahh leave Trump alone" post held entirely zero substance.

yagan

I don't even know how Vietnam could be described as a localised war. Maybe they mean it's not far removed enough in time to able to put a victorious spin on it.

aloyisious

Its worth noting that the end of the WWII war in Europe [VE] was celebrated separately to the much later celebration of the end of the WWII war with Japan [VJ] in Sept 1945. Hopefully no one reminds Trump about that victory.

odyssey06

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411539#Comment_123411539

If you tried to explain that to Trump with his melted brain, he would troll with Victory over Europe.

yagan

I've seen a few estimates that the volume of containers in west coast ports will be down 35% by the end of next week compared with this time last year. East coast ports expected to record big drops in the week after when the extra sailing time to the east coast is factored in.

aloyisious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411556#Comment_123411556

Explaining to him that his grandfathers side had lost twice after the Yanks got involved might blow his mind.

odyssey06

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411593#Comment_123411593

Probably celebrating the signing of the Nazi Soviet Pact would be more in keeping with Trump's current politics… "some very fine people on both sides".

aloyisious

Talking of changes in management positions in Trumps team, Tulsi Gabbard [Trump's D of National Intelligence] has said she will not rule out another run for the presidency again. She ran for it as a Democrat candidate in 2020, the year Trump lost.

Strazdas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411051#Comment_123411051

'Victory Day' is May 9th in Russia. He seems to be taking his cue directly from Putin on this.

odyssey06

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411651#Comment_123411651

Well the UK also mark VE Day on May 8th… but yeah, I get the feeling he has Russian type events in mind.

yagan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411670#Comment_123411670

If he wanted to strengthen an EU alternative to NATO then he's going about the right way.

Quin_Dub

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411575#Comment_123411575

Lots of stories out telling similar stories.

The further knock-on is that the majority of Truck drivers are independent contractors and when there is nothing to deliver, they'll go get other jobs and leave the industry so if/when things pick back up there'll be an automatic shortages of drivers so the supply chain issues will continue far beyond the end of the "Great Tariff Wars of 2025"

ZeroThreat

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411709#Comment_123411709

Truckers - 'Deyy tekkkk awrrrrr jabbbbssss!' 😂

Tony EH

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411051#Comment_123411051

The sheer irony of a draft dodger wanting to change the names of public holidays that commemorate historic military victories.

:/

randd1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411782#Comment_123411782

The rumour is his grandfather came to the US as an immigrant to avoid being drafted in Germany.

It wouldn't be a surprise.

aloyisious

Holding on the the freedoms SCOTUS gave you is being made harder. Kim Davis, who denied same-sex couples marriage licenses, will appeal case to Supreme Court to overturn marriage equality.

Frank Bullitt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411709#Comment_123411709

Have seen a few snippets about this and the comparison to Shanghai port (where I have been before, it is enormous) and the movement in LA port, the largest in the western hemisphere. There is literally no movement at all in LA, none. The next few weeks really are shaping up to be a real wake up call to so many Americans.

Economics101

Talk about WW1 Victory day: the USA drafted about 4m men into the army, and suffered 53,000 killed in battle. France had over 8m in the army, and 1,300,000 killed in battle. Trump saying that the USA won WW1 is a sick joke. Sure, they helped turn the tide , but this ""we" won" bragging is just another BIG LIE..

aloyisious

Trump, continuing to misuse the president's pardon powers on Wednesday, pardoned a Nevada Republican convicted of federal criminal charges: misusing funds intended for a memorial statue to a Las Vegas police officer [slain on duty] for personal costs, incl plastic surgery on herself. Michele Fiore, a former LV City councilperson and State lawmaker, was on bail awaiting sentence for wire fraud, after conviction and losing an appeal against it, when Trump pardoned her.

sock.rocker*

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411782#Comment_123411782

His draft dodging is the only thing I respect about Trump. The same as I would respect a German in 1940, or an Israeli or Russian today, for dodging a draft. The fact it had to be dodged and you went to prison for doing it properly through conscientious objection is a stain on American history, not a stain on those who got out of it by other means.

I've blown up about this before on here so won't do it again but I do not like that Irish people use that as a slight against any American with regards to the Vietnam war. I can understand how we unfortunately import many of their social issues, but I will never understand the import of any respect for their soldiers in needless wars in the past.

If my grandfather avoided going to Vietnam through having "bone spurs", I'd be proud of him. My Irish grandfather had as much reason to be Vietnam with a gun as any American. ie. None.

Quin_Dub

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411913#Comment_123411913

For sure.. And the "ordinary" person is going to get the extra with the changes to the limit on tax exempt overseas shipments. So while is might take a few weeks for the cost impact to hit the shelves in Walmart etc. the impact on all the cheap tat everyone loves to order will be pretty much instant.

As pointed out earlier in the thread , all those Shein, Temu and Aliexpress are going to get much much more expensive all of a sudden.

Leroy42

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411930#Comment_123411930

TBF, that is not a misuse of the pardon powers. POTUS can pardon whomever he likes (I think the only limit is that it must be federal rather than state). That is the power the country has opted to give all POTUS, past and present.

Trump is simply using the powers as he is allowed to do. The real issue is the very existence of this power. It should be kept to the most extreme cases and based on sound reasoning and a clear issue with the law itself or how the law has been used.

None of that is the case here, but then it wasn't the case when any other POTUS did it either.

It really is an odd power to give any one person, particularly in a democracy. That this one person, regardless of their understanding of the law, can simply opt to set aside laws voted for by Congress and the Senate for any reason is crazy.

Igotadose

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411709#Comment_123411709

CNN sent a lovely reporter lady to eastern South Dakota to some county that voted 70% Trump. She interviewed a woman, a Democrat, whose was a 'freight scheduler' - she basically got trucks to sites with goods. Previously to 'tariff catastrophe day,' a big part of her business was to ship local products (beef, pork) to SoCal to ship to China, and then as the trucks were refrigerated, pick up fruit and vegetables and ship elsewhere prior to returning. Did a decent business, which is now dried up as the Port of Long Beach, Ca is becoming a ghost land.

But, nationwide, only something like 2% of GOP are saying they wouldn't vote for Trump again (ignoring the fact that they can't, at least now)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsn1baT3WaU

10000maniacs

I see the "de minimis" exemptons on packages coming into the USA ends today.

This above anything else is going to focus the minds of people who don't understand the economics of what Trump is doing.

No longer can they buy a small item like a radio, batteries or bag of screws from Aliexpress, Temu and Shein for a few bucks.

Every package is going to default at $100 import tax going up to $200 on June 2nd.

There are 5 million of these small packages coming from China to the USA every day.

It will be interesting to see how this one pans out. Especially amongst Trumps MAGA supporters.

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happyoutscan

Just a further continuation of the 'patriotism surge' post 9-11. Blind them with sacrifices.

F*cking eejits.

Deflection from what's hopefully coming in the next couple weeks.

Frank Bullitt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411937#Comment_123411937

On top of that, there are some very worrying signs from Las Vegas as well. Very little Canadians are going there now, and they would make up 30% of the tourists going there.

Some casinos have let folks go already, so Trump is not only going to be responsible for bankrupting his own, but a few others.

Exiled Rebel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123411787#Comment_123411787

His grandfather was expelled from Bavaria when he tried to move back to Germany from the US. The reason being is he had indeed missed compulsory military service so they banished him.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/21/trump-grandfather-friedrich-banished-germany-historian-royal-decree

Patrick2010

Just watched the highlights of his address to Alabama university, mother of God, it was like he was holding a rally to all these new graduates, it was the usual lies.

Eggs down 87%, petrol down below 2 dollars, groceries down, GDP to -.3 %, but it’s all Bidens fault, all his figures are wrong

Damien360

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123412002#Comment_123412002

I had to google that. The previous exemption was $800 dollars which seems very high. By contrast, Ireland has vat on everything imported from outside the EU and additionally a customs duty for anything over €150. So that change by Trump is not as mad as it may seem.