Donald Trump the Megathread part II

10000maniacs

Everything is falling into place now in my head. Paramount pay Trump $16 Million in damages. I was thinking at the time why are Paramount so soft? They could have easily overturned that lawsuit. A monkey could have overturned that lawsuit.

But then I see that Paramount is looking to close an $8 billion merger with Skydance Media that will require final approval from the Trump administration. 😉😉

Thepoet85

The bill passes.

Best of luck to all who need healthcare or food assistance, times are going to get tough.

Frank Bullitt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123602443#Comment_123602443

I really am looking forward to the floods of "I didn't think it was going to impact me, I need my meds" that flow in from red states.

They deserve every single piece of it.

aloyisious

Final vote. GOP 216 Aye. Dems 212 Nay.

Total Aye 216. Total Nay 214. Bill passed by 2 votes.

The 2 GOP Nay holdouts were Massie and Fitzpatrick. I do not know who the two GOP Non voters are or know if they were present or were not able to get back to vote, due to weather problems as the House members had been allowed head home after the last House Vote. If they were absent, I'd imagine that Trump wont be happy with Johnson.

AbusesToilets

A republican party that was worried about facing elections wouldn't have passed this bill

aloyisious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123597500#Comment_123597500

I would expect there to be Air Marshalls on all the aircraft bringing in new arrivals. It would be so embarrassing if a hijack were to take place from the camp.

cunnifferous

Most Americans don't care about their own interests, or at least don't vote for them. 'it's the economy stupid' is one of the most incorrect phrases in US politics. Most voters would happily hoover up culture wars crap, that doesn't directly effect them, rather than vote in their own economic interest. The way America is now it's like the democrats start each election on -5 points. Hard to know where the country goes from here apart from deeper down the rabbit hole

RickBlaine

I feel sorry for the people who voted for Harris and who will suffer due to this bill. I hope the people who voted for Trump have long sleepless nights for years to come worrying about their money and healthcare. They get what they deserve.

briany

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123602454#Comment_123602454

"I'm a 67 year old mother of two beautiful boys from Arkansas. I've voted for President Trump three times and I was proud to do it. But today I've lost my medicare and no longer have access to the meds I need to treat my chronic migraines. I'm sitting here crying and cursing the day I ever laid eyes on Joe Biden, for I know that this is all his fault, somehow."

Lewis_Benson

Stupid is as stupid does.

aloyisious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123602461#Comment_123602461

When it comes to the mid-terms, with Trump still 2 years away from any presidential election, the truth will be there from the polls on how the electorate feels about the Big Beautiful Bill effects on their families and day to day living.

Those GOP members standing for re-election in the House and Senate might not want him standing alongside them at the hustings if the polls show he's a millstone and not a lucky charm with HIS Big Beautiful Bill.

Do you reckon there will be mass exiting from the re-election ranks of the GOP?

Frank Bullitt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123602487#Comment_123602487

"How could the Left do this to me?"

aloyisious

For some reason RTE Radio 1 news has the GOP vote as 218, not 216. I expect some-one has included the two non-votes in the GOP Aye result, and not the two GOP Nay votes, unless there's a Trump vote counter in RTE.

randomname2005

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123602214#Comment_123602214

How long before the tapes come out of trump calling up governors of certain states asking for them to find a few more votes people

AbusesToilets

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123602497#Comment_123602497

That's the point though. They are not planning on facing legitimate elections ever again

A Dub in Glasgo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123602487#Comment_123602487

'None of it is my fault…'

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123602487#Comment_123602487

Reminds me of this:

Telling that it's not enough to just vote for Trump but they have to broadcast it constantly.

Infini

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123602558#Comment_123602558

The ultimate problem: The Republicans are less a political party and more a mafia/cult that abandons reason and those who vote for them are denser than a neutron star.

odyssey06

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123602566#Comment_123602566

Its a toxic powerful mix of stubborn arrogant ignorance, the worst aspects of religion, hate (racist and sexist), and corruption.

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123602566#Comment_123602566

No. The problem is the people who slavishly return them to power again and again regardless of what they do.

Cluedo Monopoly

The Dow Jones and S&P 500 indexes are up over 5% year to date. How can they be doing so well after 6 months of this clown?

everlast75

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123602461#Comment_123602461

They won't care.

The Dems will come in and have to clean up the mess, and will get grief for being fiscally responsible.

Rinse and repeat.

Utterly depressing

Frank Bullitt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123602591#Comment_123602591

Considering that they are usually up around 9-10%, they aren't doing as well as they usually do.

For Petes Sake

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123602622#Comment_123602622

Don’t forget the GOP in the background will wail about the federal debt.

thereiver

The stock market is up because trump is throwing tax cuts at tech companys and anyone who is rich, one part is clever the worst medicaid cuts do,nt go into force until after the next senate elections. ice is now arresting us citizens because it has a weekly quoto to keep up of arrests .You look at video of an ice arrest ,its 6 blokes dressed up in military type gear with masks. it looks like a scene from black mirror

aloyisious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123602545#Comment_123602545

That could bring on a revolution where, with nothing left to lose, the people storming the place last stormed in 2021 might not be from any party assignation or trend, other than being better prepared very angry ****ed-over voters, following the example set by Trump and his ilk. One good thing is the GOP House and Senate members seem to prefer the business-suit & red-tie trend set by Trump.

It's strange that the trend now is for the "law-enforcers" to be the masked-ones and the persons seen as "criminal" are those not wearing masks, something of a change for the U.S. that.

thereiver

i doubt if most of the people who voted for this bill read the 1000,s of pages it contains .

technocrat

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123602454#Comment_123602454

This x1000

Hope the dumb fcuks really suffer after today!

Guaranteed they will still come out with usual mantra:

“President Trump needs more time to turnaround the economy”

Meanwhile their free meds and food stamps get stopped 🤣

briany

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123602545#Comment_123602545

I have to say that I'm consistently flabbergasted at people thinking the system will save the U.S. from Trump when it's that very system Trump & co. are intent on dismantling/corrupting.

It may be that few of us are aware of the full extent of what's going on in terms of MAGA people taking up positions that seem mundane but are really quite consequential at all levels throughout the country. It's hard for this type of thing to get much media scrutiny when everyone is rather more concerned with whatever outrageous thing Trump has done or said in the last 24 hours.

Frank Bullitt

The increase for ICE is Stephen Millers wet dream come true.

If America wasn't an attractive place to visit in the build to this, it just became a far more dangerous and scary place.