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

yagan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123535656#Comment_123535656

I was living there when Italia 90 was happening and it was a struggle in my local Irish bar to get them to put on the Irish games, and when they did show them the channel would keep breaking for ads!!!!! All the Irish americans wanted the baseball.

I know it's bigger there now, especially the woman's game, but if FIFA switched to just Mexico and Canada for the World Cup most yanks wouldn't even notice.

Cody montana

I see the military parade/trump birthday parade is on Saturday.

Apparently the weather is poor with thunder and lightning.

That’s a shame….

kneemos

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123536334#Comment_123536334

It's a sign.

Cody montana

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123536357#Comment_123536357

They’ll probably blame democrats for controlling the weather again.

Penn

At least if it rains Trump will have an excuse as to why his trousers look wet.

J Mysterio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123536324#Comment_123536324

Sad story, baseball over Ireland in USA WC in US Irish bar!

I don't think there even is a baseball equivalent of the Boston Celtics?

ArmaniJeanss

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123536464#Comment_123536464

Boston Red Sox - perhaps the most iconic team in baseball.

Re the 2026 WC.
I've no doubt it will sell out, though the underlying ticket prices may not be quite what FIFA originally envisaged. As we've seen with the CWC, dynamic pricing may go down as well as up.
More interesting might be the mood in the big cities after another 12 months of the Trump presidency. By definition the matches are in big urban areas which tend to be multi-cultural and Democrat leaning. Philly, New York, Seattle, LA, SF, Atlanta are all on the list. It's easy to see how it could get volatile if unrest is ramped up.

VinLieger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123536464#Comment_123536464

You've never heard of the Boston Red Sox?

storker

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123536369#Comment_123536369

That reminds me, who gets the blame for tornadoes and hurricanes now that the Republicans have taken over the Severe Weather Event Generator machines from the Democrats?

J Mysterio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123536486#Comment_123536486

I've been to a Red Sox game in Fenway actually, I just didn't necessarily see them as 'Irish', more just the local team. I'm aware there is a huge Irish/ American-Irish community, and bore witness to them in Dorchester/ Adams Village/ Southie.

They could have gone for 'Green Sox' or 'Celtic Sox' maybe, to make it easier for me.

threeball

Are the Americans going to allow 10s of 1000s of foreigners through immigration when the time comes around. You'll have supporters from all over south america, the middle east and theres a good chance he'll have fallen out with the Europeans by then (maybe even at war with them by then, who knows?).

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123536563#Comment_123536563

Yes. The country is built on perpetual immigration.

odyssey06

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123536563#Comment_123536563

Iran have already qualified for the World Cup. They are currently on the travel ban list.

That's not compatible with hosting a World Cup.

poop emoji

So now the national guard broken the law

https://apnews.com/article/national-guard-immigration-raids-los-angeles-c9957a0d4ded48e40ce78efb0b7a8fbf

Local commander is furiously trying to row back on his own statements after someone must have pointed out its illegal

”Under the Posse Comitatus Act, active-duty forces are prohibited by law from conducting law enforcement. Sherman said all of the Guard troops and Marines are going through several days of training on civil unrest and crowd control so they know exactly what they can and can’t do.”

Baba Yaga

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123535744#Comment_123535744

well…he sent the marines to invade los angeles…as well as the national guard…

yagan

USD slides to $1.16 per €.

It's been weaker before but it's the velocity of the slide that's very new.

aloyisious

In a way, Trump is the GOP's worst enemy. He keeps pushing out lies when talking about current events and incidents when it's been made clear by the news channels [incl Fox] film crews what the reality is. He's probably the best recruiter for those who want people to vote Democrat and it matters not the blind bit of difference to him or even some of his administration cabinet officers as they repeat what he said verbatim. So pardon me if I say: keep it up Don, you know best….

Cue the report that the Speaker of the House, the gent allegedly doing his best to get his fellow GOP members to vote for the big beautiful bill is worried that due to Trumps activities, the Dems will gain enough ground to turn the House blue at the midterm and make Trumps last two years in the Oval Office powerless.

I used the word ALLEGEDLY because there was another of those mysterious news stories yesterday that the Speaker was not working hard enough in the House to ensure its GOP members were in step with Trump to get the bill across the line, implicitly that the Speaker had taken his eye and foot off the accelerator while controlling the members in the house.

poop emoji

Why try to hide the cost?

amandstu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123537053#Comment_123537053

His title is "Honorable"…..

threeball

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123536579#Comment_123536579

Before Trump yes, not now

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123537109#Comment_123537109

Ever since the country began:

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/immigrant-population-over-time

Obviously, the line dips now and again but the trend is ever upwards and is so for a reason.

threeball

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123537115#Comment_123537115

Like I said, the US welcomed immigration before, not now. You really think Trump wants 10,000 additional Iranians knocking around or allow 50,000 Mexicans in.

kneemos

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123537142#Comment_123537142

I think they are welcome and very much needed. They contribute massively to the GDP.

Trump has a bee in his bonnet for some reason,but he's an economic idiot.

poop emoji

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123537199#Comment_123537199

On today’s episode of Leopards Ate My Face

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-voter-gets-choked-up-after-ice-detains-a-third-of-his-staff/

plodder

Being ridiculed the way he tries to ridicule others, is a dangerous situation for someone like Trump. This is like Bertie Ahern's "smoke and daggers"

During his speech, Trump attempted to criticize former President Joe Biden’s intelligence, saying, “He’s never been the sharpest bulb.”

“He was there to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the army, so, of course, he ended up discussing Joe Biden.” — DESI LYDIC

“What a wordsmith. See, see, most people would’ve gone with ‘brightest bulb,’ or ‘sharpest tool,’ but Donald Trump took half of both and smushed them together. That is what makes him the cream of the litter.” — DESI LYDIC

“But that’s Trump — he’s not the brightest knife in the drawer. Some say he’s two tacos short of a Happy Meal.” — JIMMY KIMMEL

“He wasn’t the sharpest bulb, no. He wasn’t the brightest knife in the drawer.” — JIMMY FALLON

“When Trump’s staff told him that he misquoted the idiom, he was, like, ‘Hey, who are you calling an idiom?’” — JIMMY FALLON

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/arts/television/desi-lydic-trump-military-parade.html

Manic Moran

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123536680#Comment_123536680

They hadn't, given they hadn't detained anyone.

However, the actual limits of federal military authority in this sort of situation have never been tested in court. Whilst they are prohibited from carrying out law enforcement actions, there is a long-standing precedent and a slew of opinions from the Office of Legal Counsel dating back to the 60s and 70s (itself relying on caselaw going back as far as the late 1890s) that federal troops can 'remove obstructions to federal functions' (It's the same precedent which includes protection of federal facilities). Very arguably, someone assaulting an ICE official or maybe a civilian federal employee trying to get into the federal building (As per the 1895 case authorising military use to allow mailmen to get to work), is an obstruction to a federal function so some form of intervention is authorised. If that's 'grab until he can be arrested' or 'beat him up until he goes away but don't arrest him' has not been determined anywhere.

The problem is all the lawyers over on /r/law keep looking to civilian law enforcement precedent as that's what they're used to when the military are relying on precedent related to Title 10 military code (Specifically 10 USC 252). Not the first time. The amount of discussion I've had with civilian police agencies who believe I can't order them to go arrest certain people (in my non-federal capacity) without a judge signing off (or in Texas without any paperwork at all and just a verbal order) proves to me that civilian lawyers have limited knowledge of military-based laws. I get it, they are very obscure laws and they eventually see the light once I walk them through the code, that doesn't make it any less valid.

randd1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123536532#Comment_123536532

The Democrats of course.

Because the Republicans are the most pathetic excuse of a party to ever exist, they simply cannot accept being in charge. Responsibility simply hurts their brains, they're too stupid to handle it.

So if it works, it's God's will, and if it doesn't, it's the Democrats fault. So simple their pathetic little brains can handle it.

Manic Moran

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123536215#Comment_123536215

Abbott has historically had a tendency to lean towards "better to have and not need, than need and not have" to anything from hurricane relief to civil disturbance ops. Since Texas is a big place, 'calling out the guard' isn't that quick a thing to do. I live three hours from my unit in a straight shot (My previous unit was 8 hours away). Add to that time to get home, pack, report to home station, move to a training site, get equipped with riot gear, get the refresher training, and then deploy to wherever (Dallas, Austin, San Antonio etc, none of those locations are within 90 minutes of my unit), 'same day' requests get difficult. Consider folks were complaining about the 8 hours it took the deploy the D.C. Guard on 6 January. A lot of us can't physically get to wherever in 8 hours even before any delays or discussions get involved, so the headstart is necessary.

I would also observe that the Texas Guard has thousands of personnel on duty at the Southern Border who are already being paid and can be transported. Eagle Pass, where a lot are based, to Dallas is a 7-hour drive in a car, let alone a military vehicle. To Houston is "only" six hours.

For other precedent, I've personally spent a week in California just sitting around an armory in the Central Valley waiting to see if anyone wanted us, and though Guardsmen were called up during the BLM riots in Texas, I don't recall any of them actually being sent onto the streets, local/state law enforcement seemed to do well enough.

Potatoeman

Like it or not ICE have a mandate to enforce deportation orders. These ‘mostly peaceful protests’ are looting stores again. Are the riots in the north mostly peaceful too or is it just mostly peaceful when they are approved by the left?

aloyisious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123536369#Comment_123536369

Probably Pope Leo as he's doing a live screening to the faithful in his hometown Chicago on Sat next at the same time the Washington review is on. It'd be nice to see a photo of Trump mouthing off about the weather with JD Vance beside him.