Donald Trump the Megathread part II - mod warnings in OP, Updated 18/03/25

aloyisious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123347746#Comment_123347746

Oh brother!

ixoy

Ars Technica have a good article about the complexity of moving iPhone manufacturing to the US, which apparently the Orange One wants.

"the idea of an American-made iPhone is impossible at worst and highly expensive at best."

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123348150#Comment_123348150

No.

The Fox News audience because radicalised by Fox news. They did adapt or tag on to the rot they created the rot.

The type of headline/soundbite only mentality that created Twitter is a red top mindset. They were also printing absolutely fake stories about the "woke" GLC back in the 80's.

It looked better in 0i8 because Murdoch was just easing people in.

trashcan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123348411#Comment_123348411

When we look back at the chief villains of the last 50 years Murdoch will be very close to the top of the tree. Evil man.

Strazdas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123348334#Comment_123348334

Judging by Trump's social media reaction the other day, he genuinely thought he could bully the Chinese into submission and was shocked when they instantly hit back with large tariffs of their own. He has taken on a big opponent here - looks like they are totally up for a battle with him.

reclose

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123348567#Comment_123348567

is there anywhere I can read up on this?

Capt'n Midnight

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123348402#Comment_123348402

Apple chartered aircraft to fly in 600 tons of iPhones from India to beat the tariffs. (~1.5 million) They make 20% of them in India.

It's not that strange as AFAIK iPhones go by air normally so they don't have to wait weeks for cash flow. Apple didn't need to change the process, just get in some extra capacity.

Any new jobs will be going to India, not USA. Trump's playing 3D chess against masters of transfer pricing.

Capt'n Midnight

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/state-report-anti-christian-bias-033535

The Trump administration has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying “anti-Christian bias” as part of its effort to implement a sweeping new executive order on supporting employees of Christian faith working in the federal government.

“It’s very ‘Handmaid’s Tale’-esque,” one official said.

There are lots of differences between Christian faiths as anyone who has heard about the 30 Years' War would be aware of. Or to put it another way , "That's the great thing about Catholicism - it's very vague and no-one knows what its really all about." — Father Ted

Will the witch trials be televised ?

Akrasia

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123348070#Comment_123348070

Its equal parts ridiculous/terrifying

These media outlets and individual personalities have huge influence, and they're prepared to voluntarily defenestrate themselves for Trump.

Damien360

I keep seeing clips of Karoline Leavitt in her daily press conference/misinformation and all I can think of is chemical Ali from the gulf war. The level of nothing to see here is scary.

Widdensushi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123348052#Comment_123348052

I thought I saw a clip where trump said inflation was at virtually zero...

Derkaiser93

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123346946#Comment_123346946

If any of them believe that they're living in denial.

The us as we know it and as an ally is over for the foreseeable. Even if trump and his administration fail in holding onto power and turning the us into a dictatorship or quasi dictatorship, the cat is out of the bag with fascists there for a long time to come. They've dismantled decades worth of federal government institutions and agencies, checks and balances on their power.

The us that is friendly and stable is gone.

briany

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123348411#Comment_123348411

What's been happening since the rise of Facebook in the late 2000s has been a whole other level to what the likes of Fox News had been doing prior to that, and this isn't to say that what Fox News had been at that point was particularly noble, but they at last participated in some basic shared realities and ground rules. Now, they have to act like Trump is God.

Like, they would call the 2008 election for Obama without too much fuss. They didn't necessarily like it, but nor were they going to put themselves in the position of openly questioning the validity of the election result with no hard evidence and open themselves up to litigation, as happened in 2020. That's something they did in 2020 because they had to pander to insane online conspiracies about it. Fox News did, at first, try to distance itself from this in notable incidents such as cutting away from a Trump presser about the 'fraudulent' election, but they since got on board with it using some slightly more oblique language to avoid another lawsuit, ie 'election security.

In other words, they no longer set the agenda. They have to follow whatever buzz is lighting up MAGA spaces online and cravenly attempt to get ratings off it.

Tell me how

I saw a short video clip from a US House of Representatives Member from Illinois. Mary Miller, a Republican.

Mary sits on House Agriculture and Education Committees.

The clip was interesting was Mary was talking about Climate Change. She didn't talk about it for long. All she said was that it was a hoax and a sham. And her logic for saying this, you might wonder given the committee memberships she holds might give her some insight, alas no, they don't.

She says that Climate Change is a Hoax because firstly the Climate is directly influenced by the Sun and secondly that God controls the Sun and he wouldn't do anything that would result in harm to the planet.

We laugh at the Healy Rays in Ireland, but every country has them. They might look and sound better in the US, but they're just as wilfully ignorant.

P.S. I spend way too much time thinking that what if in 2016, the UK had voted to remain, Hillary had beaten Trump so much he disappeared and the world collectively decided that that was a good time to enact meaningful, long term and sustainable practices with respect to the climate and society instead of the rampant sh*t show we've seen dominate much of the time since because of the victories of the Brexiteers and the Orange loud mouth.

aidanodr

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123348979#Comment_123348979

A valuable lesson has been learned by the world re the USA. The world can no longer be held to constant recurring ransom by the whims of the US electorate every 4 years

thereiver

I read some business experts think trump is stupid or has toxic masculinity. Issues eg he wants to show he's tough raising tariffs even though all experts say tariffs are pointless and hurt the consumer and increase inflation .He has crashed the stock market and bond market in America .This is not good for musk most of his wealth is based on the stock market value of his companys

Even worse than that trillions lost in stock market value is that he is reducing the value of the dollar meaning goods for consumers and parts imported to make cars will cost more

No one wants to say the king is wrong

Ceo,s are afraid to criticize Trump as he,s taking money from the social security fund to find tax cuts for the rich and corporations

He supports lite touch regulations on digital currencys.

Its a massive change if people investors lose faith in the dollar and American Treasury bonds

america being a superpower is based on the strength of the dollar

All the alarm bells point to a coming recession caused by trump .

Doge is wreaking havoc on the social security agency which pays out pensions to 75 million people Doges motto is if it's not broke ,it,ll be broke when we are finished but it's ok cos we just fired 10,000 people so who cares if you can't get thru to someone on the phone to talk to or have a problem filling in an online application on an app to access your pension

i miss mad magazine if it was on the stands now trump and musk would be in every issue and their basic stupidity and greed would be lampooned

Tech company's are donating to trump as he s not in favour of regulation

meta has sacked moderation staff and sent moderators to work in the Texas to show they are in line with conservatives

Goggle said years ago browser fingerprinting is bad for consumer privacy but it's using it now it can spy on you by tracking the os version what version of chrome you are using on your PC or phone

Theres no basic privacy user data laws in America.

Theres,s a vibe shift going on tech companies do not have to even pretend to respect user,s privacy

Trump is clamping down on free speech and the right to protest in America

University s will have to agree to strict policy's against protestors in order to receive any federal funding for research or to be able to take on students on low income

Trump knows universitys are the source of the next generation of liberal democrats politicians and human rights activists

thereiver

I predict in a few months Doge will announce millions in savings after sacking 100,000 workers and dismantling federal agencies that provide vital public services that are necessary for a good normal quality of life for ordinary people or retired people like police and army veterans.

Its like the government announces 5 grand subsidys for all new car owners while sacking most of the workers who maintain the road network

The so called savings made by doge are maybe o.00000001 per cent of stock market trillion dollar lose,s if you retire in the next 3 years your 401 k pension fund is reduced in value the dollars in the pocket will buy less groceries inflation is increasing as tariffs increase the cost of consumer goods

threeball

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123347226#Comment_123347226

China will have to decide whether to decouple from the US dollar. Components ordered from China are mainly quoted in US dollars. If I'm quoted last week and decide to purchase today then there's a 14% loss of margin that the Chinese company have to absorb as the dollar is weakening considerably. So there are issues for China too outside of losing trade to the US.

threeball

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123348753#Comment_123348753

She's psychotic. Good luck to any one who decides to get in a relationship with her in the future. Anyone that can lie and manipulate with that level of confidence is a very dangerous person. We'll probably see her on the news in 10yrs for stealing a baby or something.

Field east

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123347470#Comment_123347470

but what about those innocents being killed in Gaza and SUPPLYING the means to Israel to do so?????????

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123349132#Comment_123349132

probably a cabinet filled with personality disorders, very likely she ll be addicted to something in the near future and a right mess….

threeball

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123349134#Comment_123349134

Trump has managed to take the attention off two human tragedies in Ukraine and Gaza whilst making himself the main news story. And he's delighted. It's what he lives for. The entire population of both could be eliminated tomorrow and he'd spend 10mins working out how to make it about him and divert the attention back.

It's merely coincidence that it's helping his genocidal buddies, Putin and Netanyahu.

everlast75

Good news guys...

It is unsure if the doctor who carried out this specific test was the same one that carried out previous tests...

Shelga

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123349132#Comment_123349132

Karoline Leavitt is 27 and is married to, and has a baby with, a 59 year old man 🤢. These people are so **** weird.

Igotadose

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123348979#Comment_123348979

Mary Miller. Uhuh. Another shining star in the Naziverse of the GOP:

"

“If we win a few elections, we’re still going to be losing unless we win the hearts and minds of our children. This is the battle. Hitler was right on one thing. He said, ‘Whoever has the youth has the future,’” Miller can be heard saying in a clip that was circulated on Twitter.

"

(https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/ks4tfc/hitler_was_right_on_one_thing_mary_miller/?rdt=48282)

Lewis_Benson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123349235#Comment_123349235

Any wonder trump has her on board.

Probabaly thinks he in there.

Tell me how

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123349249#Comment_123349249

And probably in her next breath.... "we've to protect kids from being indoctrinated by Trans book readers in public libraries."

Dr Robert

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123349235#Comment_123349235

She won't last the 4 years

Will_I_Amnt

Those old enough to remember 80s TV will get the reference. But for several weeks now.....moreso than in his first term.....I've been thinking to myself, this guy thinks he's JR Ewing

Then I read an article on Thursday with a snippet of an interview from the 80s where he talked about what a big fan he was of JR Ewing!

Uncanny

Will_I_Amnt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123349267#Comment_123349267

Her next career will be as a major presenter on Fox News......same as Kayleigh McEnany.....except bigger.....coz she's even further right than McEnany!