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

briany

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123584741#Comment_123584741

The judiciary has been a little slower to bend to Trump's will than he would have liked, but bending it is.

eire4

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123583762#Comment_123583762

In terms of Sanders own elections he was in congress for 16 years so thats 8 elections and he has won 3 terms since he became a senator. Your contention about his failure to win a Democratic nomination for president is perfectly on point. I think what some (and I include myself) who like his policies overall point out is the corporate Democratic Party has not only never in any meaningful way embraced his policies they have actively worked against people in their own party and continue to do so as we speak if they are seen as being too Bernie like so to speak and well look where that has got the Democratic party and more importantly the US as a country. The point is at least IMHO is that the Democratic Party needs to embrace more of the Sanders agenda not fight against it to be successful and more importantly IMHO this would be a way forward that would be good for most Americans.

rossie1977

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123582852#Comment_123582852

Have you seen politicians, they are mostly bland and dour. Whoever the Dems had elected was going to be the worst person in the world regardless. Ron DeSantis was meant to be next President in waiting and Trump defeated him without evening turning up for the debates...

Anyway it was on the Republican party to stop Trump running. Once he was running he was winning regardless who the Dems put up given the the huge financial and political advantages he had from wall to wall free advertising on tv news and from Musk and rest of social media and of course the disinformation campaign from Putin targeting Dems that hasn't gone away.

briany

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123584879#Comment_123584879

The Republican party generally didn't want Trump when he first showed up, either. They didn't get behind him until it became all too clear that he would be the nominee in 2016, and not even then was it unanimous. The story of that party has been, in a sense, the slow purge which has taken place over the last decade to where nary a one will criticise him.

On the other hand, people are still making excuses for the likes of Sanders that the Democratic machine is against him. It is against him and politicians like him, but if the message is strong enough that shouldn't be a fatal impediment. You can, as Trump has shown, sidestep the machine.

The system will not produce the antidote to the disease ….

yagan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123584917#Comment_123584917

I think it's more a social media phenomenon where a massive egotist was able to bypass the established political norms as a anti government president.

beggars_bush

It helps when you have appointed a lot of them to their position

Frank Bullitt

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/trump-ending-all-trade-talks-with-canada-immediately/

And another tantrum, Carney will love making a mockery of Trump with this.

Seth Brundle

“We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven day period,”

erm, can someone please remind me how tariffs work again

sliabh 1956

After the latest ruling by the Supreme Court it seems Trump has an open Goal to shoot at with whatever bits of law he wants to circumnavigate. No wonder he was all smiles and jokes at the press briefing. Scary times for non Nationals in America.

odyssey06

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123585195#Comment_123585195

Trump keeps repeating the lie often enough to fool ignorant Americans. If you try to explain the reality to them they will throw a hissy fit about being lectured to ie pig headedness.

But reality can only be postponed for so long.

fullstop

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123585186#Comment_123585186

He doesn’t have the balls to say it to any of their faces. Went running home from G7 and started tweeting about Macron from the safety of his toilet. Laying into Canada again now but didn’t say boo to Carney last week. He’s an absolute coward

My name is URL

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123585203#Comment_123585203

His followers truly believe that tariffs are sanctions on the other lot.

A Dub in Glasgo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123585202#Comment_123585202

Checks and balances will sort it out