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

Podge_irl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123358348#Comment_123358348

The Administration could have him out and back tomorrow without even needing to resort to that.

But the courts and Marshalls can't do anything - and rightfully so. They also have no influence to exert, nor would it be proper for them to do so. But we're really reaching constitutional crisis point now.

That paying a foreign govt to indefinitely detain anyone isn't sufficiently illegal (and inherently vile) to stop the whole programme is beyond me. Though the precedent set during the GWOT basically seems to give the Executive carte blanche for such disgusting behaviour.

francois

Harvard showing some balls, unlike Colombia

https://news.sky.com/story/harvard-university-defies-trumps-demands-as-it-risks-billions-in-federal-funding-13349116

aloyisious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123358228#Comment_123358228

Good of you to accept the truth that he was illegally deported and not Trumps team line [that he was a person in the US illegally] on the basis that he had tattoos.

Podge_irl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123358359#Comment_123358359

The speed with which so many institutions from extremely wealthy universities to extremely wealthy law firms - all of whom can afford not to betray everything they stand for for a few years - is deeply dispiriting. And should be an eternal mark of shame.

BP_RS3813

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123358123#Comment_123358123

They have gotten away with it plenty times before... Only reason its different now is before it was somewhat hidden, now the president is openly advocating for it. Its not new news.

francois

Perfect metaphor for the current administration

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/apr/14/jd-vance-ohio-state-trophy

Field east

In Russia nobody thrusts anybody , workmates do not trust eachother, students can report what the teacher said, etc, etc, etc, etc. If you ‘step out of line’ in Russia - and especially in a public place- your chances of being reported on to the police is very high and away they go with you to !!!!!!!!!!?
is the same going to happen in America and one could end up in the ‘anti MEGA /Trump camp’ and be hassled / lose your job, be denied finance /end up in El Salvador.

So Americans need to be very careful that they do not walk ‘ on any toes’ and avoid. Being ‘DISLIKED’ by anyone - even for no reason

eightieschewbaccy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123358228#Comment_123358228

This is the only photo I can find of him where his tattoos are visible... How exactly are you identifying gang tattoos? Anyway, that's also his autistic son next to him who has had his father abducted, might shut you up.

Akrasia

Its already at the point of a police state.

Trump is goading his opposition in public, there will eventually be civil disobedience and that will be the pretext to call in the army. Its the standard playbook.

There is very little that can be done to stop this.

Rising against his regime will come at enormous personal consequences to anyone putting their head about the parapet and will only accelerate the totalitarian takeover.

The last protection of American democracy was the Courts, and Trump is just openly flouting them now.

DHS are his gestapo. A horribly cynical and authoritarian department set up in response to 9/11, from inception they were always a threat to democracy and now they're in the wrong hands

BP_RS3813

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123358400#Comment_123358400

I've always said that the 9/11 reaction was too extreme. There was also the bill that allowed the NSA to spy on everyone which they said would be temporary..still there today.

Certain people in power used the reaction to get bills past that would never be allowed in any other circumstance. The DHS org was one of those things set up.

Field east

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123358038#Comment_123358038

that seems to be the case ‘right across the board’. Have a look at the U tube , I think, of that cabinet meeting where Trump got all of his secetaries to report on the WONDERFUL progress they are all making in their departments. He was flanked by Rubio and Hegseath and they did a lot of nodding at the various Trump utterances eg “ you are doing a wonderful job Pam’ (Bondi)

Akrasia

"Power corrupts, Absolute power corrupts absolutely"

The more power Trump thinks he has, the more he will take.

Hes already a narcissist who thinks he deserves everything and hes already paranoid and thinks everyone is always trying to be unfair to him.

And he's allowed the very worst people into his inner circle. People who would not look any way out of place in the cabals of Hitler, Stalin or Mao..

And Trump is emboldening every authoritarian lickspittle to over reach in their own little regimes, hes authorizing police brutality, border and prison guards to be as depraved as they want to be. Creating a hostile environment where even the smallest act of defiance can destroy someone's life. And he's doing it in public so everyone knows that they need to keep their heads down and not push back

8-10

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123358396#Comment_123358396

Maybe one of the tattoo's was celebrating his kid's birthday?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly22xm8kx1o

Field east

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123358069#Comment_123358069

I hope that whatever the UN owns in the US re its buildings used for meetings that it is very salable. Moving office in this day and age is not such a big problem. The UN probably needs a bit of ‘downsizing and could be achieved by moving office in- to another country. It would give the US a really bloody nose , . WHY SHOULD THE US THINK THAT IT HAS THE RIGHT/SOLE AUTHORITY/FRANCHISE to provide the UN service on its soil??

8-10

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123358069#Comment_123358069

Finally something to help with the amount of underutilised hotel rooms in the city

eightieschewbaccy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123358432#Comment_123358432

Wait till they see Pete Hegseth's tattoos. I assume @REDBULL68 will agree that white supremacist tattoos should have him deported?

Field east

What is even more troubling - even more than the tariffs IMO -is Trumps assertion when he ‘suggested’ that if you want to do business with America it will be only entertained on the basis that you do not do any business with China

Podge_irl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123358069#Comment_123358069

They already have one in Geneva so that would simply become the HQ but it seems fairly unlikely.

Field east

If Trump stopped paying ,to El Salvador the cost of keeping the. Prisoners, I assume that the ‘agreement’ says that they WILL BE RETURNED to the US!!!!!!!

Oscar_Madison

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123358400#Comment_123358400

It’s also a very blatant sign that the next elections will be tainted with corruption - America is fcked

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123358432#Comment_123358432

Jesus the entire fanbase of 00's skater punk is fuked if that star tattoo can get you sent to El Salvador 🤣

kneemos

Going after the universities now. Gawddamn hippies.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz01y9gkdm3o

Igotadose

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123358034#Comment_123358034

Lots of variations on that going around. Scientists, forestry workers, immigrants, …

Igotadose

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123358396#Comment_123358396

Guy married a woman with 2 kids and had another afterwards with her. All kids are special needs.

How many of our resident centrists and MAGAts would've done the same?

ilkhanid

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123358014#Comment_123358014

….tells it how it is.

Rawr

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123358460#Comment_123358460

That is the inbuilt folly of such a deal. If a parton State such as the US decided to not honor payment, or simply withdraw from the agreement, there's likely no system in place for sending internees back to the US. El Savador could even arrange transport, but there's no guarentee that the US would let these people back in.

So in the end, you're landed with the cost of taking care of people another country offloaded on you, and potentially little-to-no reward for doing it. I sort of suspect Rwanda found themselves in a similar situation when the Tories were offloading people there. Although in that case it was less of a prison, and more of disembarkation point for migrants to go try something else, and it didn't appear to last long.

Will be interesting to see how long Donnie can keep El Savador going until he inevitably does something to implode that "deal".

Leroy42

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123358549#Comment_123358549

Trump knows that Russia invaded Ukraine. Remember, he was all about saying that under him Putin would have never invaded but Biden was too weak.

He is lying, and repeating that lie often enough that he hopes (and he is correct for his base) that many people will start to at least quesstion that fact and start to think its a 'good people of both sides' arguement. He knows then that rather than calling him out as a liar, people will spend their time arguing about whether the invasion was really as bad as it was made out at the time and maybe Russia are not being treated fairly.

Its all nonesense and Russia aren't helping at all by continuing to refuse any ceasefire and continuing to fire missles. But this is the path Trump has decided to go down and he is now working for Putin

Strazdas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123358598#Comment_123358598

He is clearly a bad actor here and biased against Ukraine. Impossible to see how any supposed peace deal of his could work, when he is not an honest broker and is pro-Russia. I think this reality has already sunk in with both Ukraine and the EU.

poop emoji

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123358123#Comment_123358123

That Hispanic voters were one of the largest voters for Trump shows how much Latinos actually care about other Americans

They want and are turning US into a banana republic

Baba Yaga

im probably way off but yeah i think donnie is for sure working for putin,must be up for another employee of the month award…

am i remembering right…didnt donnie try to strong-arm Ukraine a few years ago…?looking for something on…i cant remember who…maybe Biden..?