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

MisterAnarchy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123394562#Comment_123394562

Ive seen alot of comparisons of Andor to modern America and Thatchers Britain.

People saying the Empire is like ICE, enforcing their immigration laws against undocumented workers.

I guess there are parallels, but Andor was filmed in 2023.

The Empire has stood in for many regimes over the last 45 years.

Its a superb tv show, looking forward to the rest of series 2.

Exiled Rebel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123396424#Comment_123396424

That's I meant.

Field east

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123397548#Comment_123397548

a cease fire means no firing but does it also mean that one can move arnaments, tanks, guns, food , transport, etc, etc, etc, to the front lines and mount a MASSIVE offensive manoeuvre on day 4 , day 5 etc,etc, etc.?

Tell me how

Trump is over 1 month into his war with the Houthi's and now it looks like India and Pakistan could break in to all out conflict.

Using his logic, that's his fault as well.

And of course the war in Ukraine and the genocide in Palestine are continuing.

This from the self-anointed most peaceful President ever.

And what's he doing? Creating unenforceable laws to target specific people with his all delivery drivers must be able to speak english law announced today.

Safe to say this isn't going to be the thing to turn those falling poll numbers around.

kneemos

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123398812#Comment_123398812

Really? Who the hell cares if you're delivery driver has good English as long as they deliver.

What a bizarre subject to get hung on. Let me have a guess,a lot of immigrants do deliveries.

Tell me how

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123398874#Comment_123398874

Yep. But it's for safety reasons don't you know. Who cares if they have valid drivers licenses for which they had to prove they understood road signs and the rules of the road.

https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/trump-to-sign-executive-order-mandating-truckers-speak-english

According to a White House document obtained by Breitbart News, the order emphasizes that English proficiency is a "non-negotiable safety requirement" for professional drivers.

The document outlines the necessity for truckers to "read and understand traffic signs, communicate with traffic safety officers, border patrol, agricultural checkpoints, and cargo weight-limit station personnel, and provide and receive feedback and directions in English."

It's literally trying to push America back 100 years.

kneemos

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123398959#Comment_123398959

They have a big truck driver shortage. These people are biting their tails and saying ouch.

pad406

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123398874#Comment_123398874

Such a joke, this coming from a man that hasn't managed to put a coherent sentence together in God knows how long.

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-fire-and-fury-smart-genius-obama-774169

everlast75

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123398812#Comment_123398812

Again.

Culture war nonsense.

The press need to cop on and hammer the press secretary with questions that really matter, and not get distracted by this utter racist-bait nonsense.

Ask and ask again about Ukraine, Israel, tariffs and inflation.

Wolf359f

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123398978#Comment_123398978

It's ok, with the China tariffs, the number of boats arriving from China will drop next month so there will be layoffs of drivers because there will be **** all containers to truck throughout the US.

VinLieger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123399044#Comment_123399044

Drop is actually starting this week and trucking companies were already finding it difficult to keep drivers active due to lower freight numbers

cnocbui

ICE deports a 4 year old child with cancer, who is a US citizen, no less.

Loss of empathy is a key problem in people with frontotemporal dementia

Can't think of any currently sitting US president that fits to a 'T' … or can I?

Capt'n Midnight

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123399044#Comment_123399044

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g45zp77y5o

The IMF's boffins say they can start to see the impact from space as satellites track fewer, increasingly empty ships leaving China's ports. Of course this will be denied by the US.

Commercial satellites can track container ships even if AIS is off.

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-167.5/centery:37.2/zoom:4

https://www.vesselfinder.com/

Slow steaming will lengthen journey times to keep ships busy.

ceadaoin.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123399484#Comment_123399484

The child wasnt deported, the mother was, and she wanted to take her child with her, as most people would. For whatever reason, she didn't seem to want to leave the child in the US with their father or other family. Would it be better for them to deny the mothers wishes and forcibly seperate them instead? Either way, it's a no win situation for the government.

I do think that they should have let them stay at least until the child had finished treatment though. I hope there is treatment where they are going, or she can apply to return legally with her child somehow or arrange for someone she trusts to take her.

thereiver

Doge is a bunch of ignorant rude tech bros who don't know how government works .They are sacking people who work in social security .if you ring social security you ll wait hours to talk to someone and probably be told to go to a far away office .The problem is old people on disability find it hard to travel a long distance .

75 million Americans rely to some extent on social security children old people and single mothers I think Elon is on the autistic scale I don't think he realizes even working people need medicaid and social security

Yrump says he wants more people to have children while taking apart agencys that provide medical support to parents

A recession is coming and the falling dollar will.makw it even worse Meanwhile government spending is not falling tax revenue is falling as staff at the IRS who collect taxes are sacked

Investors are fleeing America to invest in gold or other safe foreign investments

America is losing status as a safe place to invest

dogbert27

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123399617#Comment_123399617

Trump says he wants Americans to have more children? Didn't Putin say that to the Russians a few years ago?

everlast75

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals win election

Trump's plan to take over Canada suffers setback

CFlat

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123399673#Comment_123399673

Wait for it....he'll say the election was rigged.

Akrasia

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123399693#Comment_123399693

Ironically the Canadian conservative party could legitimately claim that they suffered from election interference because Trump's actions that completely flipped political opinion in canada right before the vote.

Just like Brexit in 2016, whenever the crazies get a win, it undermines their counterparts abroad as people on the fence get clear evidence that the policies they advocate are destructive and counterproductive.

dogbert27

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123399703#Comment_123399703

Alternatively, if they won because of Trump's endorsement they would be telling the liberals to STFU.

It's bizarre how people fawn over Trump yet no matter who he chooses to endorse in an election, they always lose!

The only reason this stupidity continues is that nobody likes to be told they're stupid and would prefer to keep their heads in the sand.

Akrasia

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123399717#Comment_123399717

Arrogance, hubris and ego continue to be the leading causes of self ownage throughout history

Peregrinus

Trump didn't actually endorse anyone in the Canadian election. He posted on Truth Social urging Canadians to vote for the man who would bring Canada into the US as the 51st state. But no party, and SFAIK no candidate, in the Canadian elections supported this idea. He specifically didn't call for people to vote for Poilievre, who he says is "no friend of mine" and has "said negative things".

Trump's hostility towards Canada has been a signficant factor in the elections, with Canadians overwhelmning rallying to the flag. The Liberals have benefitted from this rather than the Conservatives, but that's not because the Conservatives have aligned themselves with Trump's policies towards Canada — in fact they strongly reject them. It's more because, before Trump embarked on this madness, Poilievre was seen as somewhat Trump-like — a right-wing populist calling for lower taxes and smaller government, with a somewhat confrontational relationship with LGBTQ advocacy groups, a fixation with free speech but rather less concern for other rights and freedoms, a more restrictive attitude to immigration, opposition to vaccine mandates, a cheap "Canada first!" slogan, etc.

The truth is that there's a great gap between Poilievre and Trump, and seeing Poilievre as a Canadian analogue of Trump wouild be very unfair to Poilievre. But Canadian voters wanting to express resistance to Trump's ambitions with regard to Canada in particular, and to Trump's values and attitudes in general, were always going to vote for Carney rather than for Poilievre.

The Trump Effect has been particularly strong in Canada because of Trump's open aggression towards Canada, but there is reason to think that it also operate in other countries. Right-populist leaders who have sought to echo some of Trump's attitudes or adopt some of his style are now paying an electoral price for that as voters look at the the US and decide that they don't want a leader that looks anything like Trump.

ronjo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123399693#Comment_123399693

MAGAs response is contradictory surprisingly…

1. Election was rigged.
2. This was Trumps plan all along. He wanted Carney to win so he can bully him

Igotadose

39% overall approval rating, no issue polling above 48% favorable for CFTrump.

https://apnorc.org/projects/100-days-in-and-the-public-feels-trumps-presidency-is-proceeding-mostly-as-expected/

also (https://archive.ph/BdpTI)

Laughably low ratings for 100 days into an administration.

At the next presser, I wonder if BS Barbie will say Trump congratulates Carney and looks forward to working with him…nah, he'll make it about himself and she'll just pass that through while taunting the reporters.

Looking forward to Carney as PM, Canada made a good choice, a serious economist in charge during wildly uncertain times. Canada with closer ties to the EU and China will be something to behold. Plus, Canadians aren't vacationing in the US and are selling their vacation homes.

Igotadose

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123399752#Comment_123399752

Trudeau's speech when CFTrump announced tariffs set the wheels in motion. Blaming everything on Trump started the momentum in Canada, they were removing products from shelves and booing at hockey matches the next day. Imagine if they announce a big trade deal with China, oh my the meltdown from Mar-a-Lago will be intense.

And with all the talk of Trump backing off on tariffs, it's approaching 'that horse has left the barn' point. The rest of the world is close to completely moving on from the US as a favored trading partner, China is gleefully increasing their network. Even Japan, who are rightfully wary of China, are exasperated. It might've been Japan dumping US debt recently that got the tariff nonsense paused again. Japan is the largest holder of US Debt, too. That Japanese politician ripping CFTrump to shreds in their parliament was very telling, they normally are a pretty reserved bunch when it comes to foreign politics.

And, tariffs won't be enough to fix his polling - jettison a couple **** from the cabinet or high posts like Hegseth and Navarro, new press secretary, and dial back Doge, reopen the SS offices and undo any reductions to Medicaid. Congress can do something about that in the upcoming budget negotiations, but they'll be the prolonged, up to the last minute nonsense people have grown inured to.

Economics101

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123399769#Comment_123399769

Carney's victory will reveal more layers of MAGA deception, lies and general nonsense. MAGA and Brexit, the gifts that keep on giving.

Peregrinus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123399769#Comment_123399769

What, he couldn't bully Poilievre?

poop emoji

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123397749#Comment_123397749

We more handmaidens tale than andor by now

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123399484#Comment_123399484

He cut off his own epileptic nephew's healthcare because his parents contested Fred Trump's will. Trump has always been this way. Always.

MisterAnarchy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123399703#Comment_123399703

Trumps meddling brought the Liberals back from the dead.

In early January, support for the Conservative party peaked at 44 percent in polls. The Liberals were down to only 20 percent.

People are very fickle, it seems to be a common occurence around the world, people complain and slate the incumbent party only to re-elect the same incompetent/corrupt politicians at the polling booth.

People deserve the politicians they elect.